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Altea y Guadalest

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September 9th 2008
So the past week we have gone on various little excursions to places in and around the Alicante area. Last Saturday we took a day trip to Guadalest and Altea. We started off with a tour of Guadalest which is a quaint little village up in the mountains inland from the coast. It was a little bit touristy but cute all the same. The old town is accessible only through a tunnel carved into the rock ( ... read more

Europe » Spain » Valencian Community

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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