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Sol Spanish: Your Quick Spanish Language Guide for Holidays in Spain

On By Laura Ferries WriterIn spain, spanishLeave a comment

[You can download my simple Spanish guide for going on your holiday to Spain for under £10 directly here]

Many people say that they would love to learn Spanish.

Plenty of things can get in the way of this: time, jobs, family commitments, other hobbies and more. However, I find that one of the key motivators is in having a reason to learn.

I learned Spanish to live in Spain. This meant I had to become fluent so I had the language skills for all situations: at work, socially, going shopping, seeing a doctor, communicating with hairdressers, dentists, landlord and so on.

Córdoba, Spain, where I lived 2015-2018

What if you’re going on holiday to Spain for a week? What if you visit Spain once a year and know that you don’t need fluency but would like to be able to communicate needs and wants and to be able to chat with local people and show appreciation for their language and culture? Nobody wants to feel like the ignorant native-English speaker who rolls up at any destination around the world and just expects everyone to speak their language with zero effort to attempt theirs.

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Visiting the Alhambra of Granada: Spain’s Majestic Moorish Palace

On By Laura Ferries WriterIn al-Andalus, alhambra, granada4 Comments

Going to Spain on holiday but don’t know the language? Wanting to know just enough Spanish to use on your holiday without having to learn the grammar and tons of pointless vocabulary and phrases? (‘La niña come manzanas‘ on DuoLingo, anyone?)

Download my simple, colourful and helpful guide to holiday Spanish which will give you exactly the word and brief phrases you will need for chatting with the locals in Spain here!

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Of all of Spain’s architectural gems, the Alhambra Palace (UNESCO World Heritage Site) is its most precious treasure.

It is so stunning inside and outside, close up and from afar that it is impossible to take it all in- every corner reveals yet more painstaking artisanal carvings and monuments and astonishing views across Granada. (Read about the city of Granada here)

Situated in the hills overlooking the city, with the snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance, its presence can be felt at all times in this city and there are several vantage points for the best views such as the Mirador San Nicolás (pictured below):

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Visiting Granada: A Guide to One of Spain’s Best Cities

On By Laura Ferries WriterIn granada4 Comments

Why is Granada so special?

Going to Spain on holiday but don’t know the language? Wanting to know just enough Spanish to use on your holiday without having to learn the grammar and tons of pointless vocabulary and phrases? (‘La niña come manzanas‘ on DuoLingo, anyone?)

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Ok so the title is highly subjective.

But I am now about to tell you all about Spain’s most magical, North African feeling city.

I can defend the title a little though by the amount of times I’ve heard both Spanish and non-Spanish people alike referring to it as their favourite city in Spain.

Córdobes people are fiercely proud of their homeland but many of them have also conceded that Granada just has something ambient and exotic like nowhere else in the country.

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Medina Azahara Guide: Discovering al-Andalus’ Former Capital

On By Laura Ferries WriterIn cordoba6 Comments

Going to Spain on holiday but don’t know the language? Wanting to know just enough Spanish to use on your holiday without having to learn the grammar and tons of pointless vocabulary and phrases? (‘La niña come manzanas‘ on DuoLingo, anyone?)

Download my simple, colourful and helpful guide to holiday Spanish which will give you exactly the word and brief phrases you will need for chatting with the locals in Spain here!

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The Medina Azahara, or as it is sometimes stylised, the Madinat al-Zahra, is an unsung wonder of an archeological site but it really is so much more than that.

This site was once the powerful capital of al-Andalus with a marvellous vantage point for keeping a watch across Córdoba and continues to be shrouded in mystery and romance today, from its brief but colourful 80 year existence.

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Visit Casa Andalusí- a glimpse into Roman and Moorish Andalucía

On By Laura Ferries WriterIn al-Andalus, cordoba1 Comment

Going to Spain on holiday but don’t know the language? Wanting to know just enough Spanish to use on your holiday without having to learn the grammar and tons of pointless vocabulary and phrases? (‘La niña come manzanas‘ on DuoLingo, anyone?)

Download my simple, colourful and helpful guide to holiday Spanish which will give you exactly the word and brief phrases you will need for chatting with the locals in Spain here!

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I stumbled across Casa Andalusí in Córdoba inadvertently when looking for things to show my parents one scorching hot day in July last year. We had been around the spice- fragranced and leather draped markets all morning but now, at mid-day, it was time to seek refuge from the fierce Andaluz summer sun.

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