The Serra de Tramuntana in Majorca is dotted with beautiful towns and a special charm, but if there were one town on the Costa Nord (North Coast) which you must not forget in your trip through the region, it would without doubt be Valldemossa.   This small town is beautiful at any time of the year, but it is perhaps best enjoyed in wintertime when…

Itapuã is a legendary beach in Salvador de Bahía, one of the last before the city´s perimeter was extended to Lauro de Freitas, which is famous for being the great bohemian stronghold of the 70s. Vinicius de Moraes and the great Bahian singer-songwriter Dorival Caymmi both sang about it. Caetano Veloso also paid…

The Canary Islands began to emerge from the ocean’s depths as a result of magmatic activity. This process began in the Miocene period, 23 million years ago. The oldest islands are La Gomera, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote, the youngest being El Hierro, La Palma, and Tenerife. Mount Teide,…