What's So Special About Spain?

By Nancy Blodgett Klein

This is a book meant for children to help them understand what makes Spain so special by highlighting some of its most interesting cities through words and color photos. Adults can use the book to help them plan a trip to Spain as well. The tour of Spain is designed so visitors to the country can travel via car or public transportation in a clockwise direction to see the most important sights in nine unique cities of the country. Generally, the cities are between three to five hours apart Most of the places featured have been designated as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nancy Blodgett Klein
• Release date: Mar 5, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224019199

Nancy Blodgett Klein

Nancy Blodgett Klein worked as a journalist as well as a magazine editor in the Chicagoland area for much of her career after receiving a master's degree in journalism from Boston University. Later on, she went back to college and earned as master's degree from Roosevelt University in Illinois. Then she worked as a bilingual teacher to mostly Mexican students. In 2016, she retired to Spain with her husband Rick Klein. They are the proud parents of two adult sons named Alex and Andy. While living in Spain, Nancy keeps busy with yoga, singing in a choir, participating in a writers group and two book groups. She also writes a blog on a variety of topics called spainwriter.home.blog. Nancy Blodgett Klein worked as a journalist as well as a magazine editor in the Chicagoland area for much of her career after receiving a master's degree in journalism from Boston University. Later on, she went back to college and earned as master's degree from Roosevelt University in Illinois. Then she worked as a bilingual teacher to mostly Mexican students. In 2016, she retired to Spain with her husband Rick Klein. They are the proud parents of two adult sons named Alex and Andy. While living in Spain, Nancy keeps busy with yoga, singing in a choir, participating in a writers group and two book groups. She also writes a blog on a variety of topics called spainwriter.home.blog.

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What's So Special About Spain?

Nancy Blodgett Klein

Copyright © 2022 Nancy Blodgett

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.

ISBN 9798359276566

Cover design by: Art Painter

Library of Congress Control Number: 2018675309

Printed in the United States of America

For all children interested in traveling the world, Spain is calling you.

Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Introduction

Segovia

Cuenca

Barcelona

Valencia

Granada

Seville

Salamanca

Santiago De Compostela

Madrid

About the Author

Introduction

If you have never been to Spain, I will tell you about some of the many treasures it has and maybe this will inspire you to go there someday.

Spain has tons of castles and cathedrals. There are about 2500 castles around Spain and around 100 cathedrals. Cathedrals are usually much bigger and more impressive than churches. Spain also has many structures from ancient Roman times, including aqueducts that carry water from place to place and outdoor theaters called amphitheaters where members of the public would gather to be entertained. One of these Roman aqueducts will be featured in this book along with some of the best known castles and cathedrals.

Spain was controlled by Arabs from 711 until 1492 so there are many structures with an Arabian look throughout the country, including several palaces or alcazars as they are known in Spanish. Several of these are included in this book as well.

The weather in Spain is typically warm and sunny most of the year. It’s a country that grows lots of fruit, especially lemons and oranges. There are many olive groves and vineyards around the countryside as Spain is a big producer of olive oil and wine. Many tourists come to Spain because the weather is great and the food delicious. People also like the