The bus to Tarifa

Spain - Algeciras & Tarifa

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January 29th 2008
Monday 28 January 2008 After six hours of travel our train arrived in Algeciras (photo), a port town on the south coast of Spain. With no map to speak of, we wandered out of the station looking for anything that either looked like a bus station or looked like it pointed to one. We found the latter and soon after we found the bus station. All advice we had received had advised not to ... read more

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Tarifa

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more