Colorfully Spain

02/07/2016

Want a bike trip to the Spanish wine country? Yeah, we got that.

01/07/2016

La Rioja isn't only famous for its wine! Check out our article on the birth of the Castillian language, and the UNESCO heritage sites of Suso and Yuso!

arts The Birthplace of the Spanish Language June 29, 2016 Colorfully Spain Leave a comment Tucked away in the hills of La Rioja are two small monasteries with very important histories. The first is the Monastery of Suso, which dates to the 6th century CE, and stands on a hill overlooking the valley…

30/06/2016

Interesting news from the Wine Country: this kind of archaeology may seem uninteresting at first, but understanding livestock movement and maintainence is a big part of how archaeologists understand taxation and other political and economic systems in the ancient world.

The Quaternary International journal has just published a scientific paper about the existence of livestock enclosures in Álava dating back about 5,000 years. In this pioneering work on agropastoral communities in the Chalcolithic, researchers from the UPV/EHU have participated alongside experts fro...

29/06/2016

Don't wait, plan your getaway for autumn now! Explore the cuisine and archaeology of southern Spain with us in October and November! Few slots remaining!

ItineraryOn today’s tour you will discover the secret of Madrid’s cuisine – that it’s a fabulous blend of dishes shaped over centuries by people from all over Spain and beyond.

29/06/2016

Looking for a low cost way to spend an active summer holiday? Come surfing and kayaking along the northern coast of Spain with us in July and August, 9 slots left!

ItineraryFly into Madrid-Barajas, including pick-up and transport to the hotel. We offer a walking tour today of this gorgeous and historical city.

29/06/2016

Food, Wine, & Sun! Get the most out of your vacation this year and discover the gastronomy of Spain with us! 9 slots left!

ItineraryArrive in the morning to Barcelona. After checking in at the hotel, we will take a tour of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter. At night we will kick off the food tour with a Catalan cooking class.

23/04/2016

Make sherry your new dinner party drink! Read more to find out why.

gastronomy 5 Types of Sherry August 25, 2015 Colorfully Spain Leave a comment Sherry, Spanish fortified wine, has to be one of the most underappreciated wines out there. Though it has a wide range of taste and goes well with almost any food, it has largely been ignored by the wine drinking populatio…

14/04/2016

A good tempranillo wine goes *very* well with lamb or beef kebab. The tannin and slight spicy zing will make your next meal all the better!

14/04/2016

For your next after dinner food adventure, try some fruit tarts with cava. (or anything with cava, to be perfectly honest.)

28/03/2016

More news from the Pit of Bones in Atapuerca, Spain. Ole, archaeology fans!

Previous analyses of the hominins from Sima de los Huesos in 2013 showed that their maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA was distantly related to Denisovans, extinct relatives of Neandertals in Asia. This was unexpected since their skeletal remains carry Neandertal-derived features. Researchers of…