Tabarca 2

TABARCA, ALICANTE, SPAIN. Stepping back in time.

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July 28th 2014
Geo: 38.1643, -0.47342TABARCA. Beautiful island, great beaches. Tabarca is a boat ride from the Alicante Harbor. It takes about 45 minutes by boat. This little island is beautiful. The water was crystal clear. There is not a lot of vegetation on the island and it was very hot so there was nowhere to shelter from the sun. It felt like we had stepped back in time. You can walk around the whole isl ... read more

Europe » Spain

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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