Cities
We are not normally found on our travels in the peak of Summer, preferring the quieter months at the May or September peripheries. But two music festivals in Spain; Cruïlla in Barcelona and Mad Cool in Madrid had caught our attention, so we built an itinerary for a ten-day mini-tour of Spain that would revolve around music festivals, good food and cold beer. Platja de Sant Sebastià, Sitges We've visited Barcelona several times, so on this occasion the city would initially be a gateway. Once out of Barcelona Airport our destination lay some twenty-five miles further down the Mediterranean coast, the seaside town of Sitges. Nestled between the Garraf Massif and the sparkling Mediterranean, Sitges has always enjoyed an enviable setting. Originally a small fishing village, it prospered through trade with the Americas during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries before reinventing itself as an artists' colony. Painters, writers and musicians were drawn here by the quality of the...
