Tag archives for Spain
Saturday Night Out in Madrid
Posted by Janelle Nanos on November 19, 2009 I arrived in Madrid a few weeks ago with only a handful of hours on a Saturday to show my fiancé around town, so I wanted a way to pack in as much culture as we could, and if possible, do it on the cheap. Enter my colleague Meg Weaver’s excellent Free City Guide to…
Building a Place-Based Playlist
Posted by saldrich on August 19, 2009 National Geographic Magazine Editorial Researcher Brad Scriber took a recent trip to Barcelona and filled us in on how he chose his trip soundtrack. About the only time my music collection grows is when I travel. Now, I’d love to say that’s because I spend my vacation nights in low-lit, smoky clubs discovering emerging talent…
I Heart My City: Shawn’s Seville
Posted by I Heart My City on April 14, 2009 Hola, city-lovers! Today we’re heading to Seville, Spain, where Shawn Hennessey shares the best the city has to offer. Want to see your city on IT? Copy and paste our list of fill-in-the-blank questions into an e-mail, fill in your answers, and send your responses to IntelligentTravel@ngs.org. And if you’re still waiting for us to…
Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Seville, Spain
Posted by Meg Weaver on March 12, 2009 With the beads and revelry of Mardi Gras behind us and in the throes of the Lent season, it’s time to look forward to Semana Santa (Holy Week), a elaborate commemoration of the last week of Christ’s life. Though I’m not a religious soul, I fell into marking Semana Santa while studying abroad in Seville,…
Cinema Paraíso
Posted by Jessie Johnston on September 5, 2006 IT’s tired of being single, so we’re officially entering the dating scene. When we took you out for dinner last week it was more of a "hesidate," but this week IT’s serious: We’re taking you to the movies. The fall round of film festivals officially kicked off last weekend in Telluride, and continues apace in…
Euro Trip 2006
Posted by it on July 5, 2006 Before settling into her cubicle at Traveler, intern Allison Busacca took a three-week, six-city backpacking tour through Europe. She reports: Wanting desperately to flex our art history muscles, my three friends and I originally planned on doing a European mega-museum tour. However, we found that most paintings faded into the background as we experienced the…
