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Port Days in Spain

Day 19 Barcelona ole..Ole…OLE!

May 23, 2007

We have been to Barcelona previously and have always enjoyed this city. Today the ship docked at the Muelle de Adosado, which on first appeared to be an easy walking distance to the Renblas, but required a port shuttle bus (€2 one-way or €3 round trip) due to the port traffic. The bus dropped us [...]

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Day 18 – Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands – Tuesday, May 22, 2007

May 22, 2007

Mallorca is the largest of Spain’s Balearic Islands. Mallorca, Minorca and Ibiza are three of the five major islands making up this archipelago south of Spain’s southern coast, and are playgrounds for sun-loving Europeans. Palma is the largest city and the capital of the Balearic Islands. During our previous visit to Mallorca on the Costa [...]

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Day 17: Cartagena, Spain What a pleasant surprise!

May 21, 2007

When doing my internet research on this port we were surprised by the dearth of available information. Most brief summaries of the city ended with a comment on their attempt to revitalize tourism. Usually this results in the port being disappointing. We are happy to report that Cartagena was a pleasant surprise. The Prinsendam docked [...]

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Day 14: Cadiz and Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Tio Pepe Ole!

May 18, 2007

For this port, we booked our first Holland America shore excursion to Jerez de la Frontera. We traveled by bus from Cadiz inland to nearby Jerez, the center of the sherry industry. This area of Andalusia is also known for its horses and flamenco. The Prinsendam was docked directly in the Old Town of Cadiz, [...]

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