Travel Destinations Spain

Sport is somewhat of a religion in Spain. The sport is played and fought to an extremely high standard. The football, though it can be slower than the English game, is very exciting. Golf, presumably the most popular individual sport in Spain. The bullfighting is a big tradition in Spain. The sheer elegance and panache is so evident and overwhelming that you become intoxicated on the atmosphere.

Facts, Icons and Landmarks

Spain, is a country located in Southern Europe, with two small exclaves in North Africa (both bordering Morocco). Spain is a democracy which is organized as a parliamentary monarchy. It is a developed country with the ninth-largest economy in the world. It is the largest of the three sovereign nations that make up the Iberian Peninsula—the others are Portugal and the microstate of Andorra. Mainland Spain is dominated by high plateaus and mountain ranges such as the Pyrenees or the Sierra Nevada. Running from these heights are several major rivers such as the Tajo, the Ebro, the Duero, the Guadiana and the Guadalquivir. Two landmarks of Madrid, the Torre de Madrid builing and the Debod Temple, in HDR - (Madrid, Spain) - April 2006.