SPAIN - PURTUGAL

Spain and Portugal are two neighboring countries at the tip of Europe continent. These two countries reminds of Middle Age adventures such as Vasco da Gama, Magellan, Marcopolo, and others. The fact that south America is now known as Latin America with most of their countries speak Spanish prove the intensive migration and settlement of Spaniards on the continent. While the Portuguese mostly diriged themselves to Asia in search of Spice islands which were competed by other countries such as Dutch, French and England. Both line of adventures caused long colonization on the visited countries. At the end three countries, Spain, French and England have implanted their culture on the widest surface of the e4arth which is simply can be seen how many countries are now using English, France and spanish as their national language. Spain historically during the turn of Christian Era was under the influence of Roman Empire, and starting the 8th century was under the influence of Islamic kingdom. The trace of Islamic influence can still be seen at the town of Granada, where a magnificent Mosque is left and changed into Church. As the country having a wide influence in the world, soon developed into rich country by controlling the trade from its colonies, and Madrid as the capital city developed into one of the most sparkling cities of Europe. Port cities such as Barcelona, Alicante, Cartagena Cadiz and Jerez also developed fast. All the cities preserves the beautiful heritage of the architecture of the past which is interesting for tourists, beside Spain also have beautiful beach holiday such as Palma on the island of Malorca, lies in the Middle Sea. Spain has two beaches, one facing Middle sea and the northern Spain facing Atlantic ocean, where lay some cities and port such as San Sebastian, Bilbao, Santander, Giyon, La Coruna, and Vigo. While Portugal is much smaller in size lies on the west shore with the capital city of Lisbon, a city located on the beach. As one of the European countries, Portugal is not as popular as Spain in tourism interest. spain, especially in Madrid, Barcelona, Palma, Murciar, Barcelona, and other cities developed excellent travel facilities such as hotels, restaurants, transportation, cruising, and other activities such as entertainment both traditional and modern. Many tour operators promote the tourism interest of Spain through the internet.

1. Tony´s Rent a Car
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2. Malaga Autos Car Hire
   www.tonysrentacar.com/en/links/hotels - Ivan linksattonysrentacar.com 14mar09