Spain often brings to mind images of bullfights, flamenco dancers, guitar music, golden beaches, magical islands set in the dark-blue Mediterranean, and snow-white villages clinging to mountainsides. Spain is all that, and more.
Much of Spain’s countryside is covered with low mountains, green in spring, dry and brown the rest of the year. The soil and Mediterranean climate—hot summers and mild winter—are perfect for growing cork trees as well as oranges, grapes, almonds, and olives.
Spain’s architecture ranges