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Arrive on the sun-bleached shores of Menorca after a spell on Mallorca or Ibiza and notice the drop in volume – here it's more birdsong than Pete Tong. The easternmost Balearic island moves to its own mellow beat. Its twinset of sea-splashed cities, eastern Anglo-Spanish Maó and western maze-like Ciutadella, are delightfully low-key and distinctive, and the white- and golden-sand bays that stud its 216km coastline are among the loveliest in the Mediterranean. Inland, the island remains distinctly rural, with an estimated 70,000km of dry-stone walls criss-crossing fields and rolling hills between whitewashed villages.

Planerar du och din partner en romantisk semester på spanska solkusten? Eller kanske är det dags för en tjejweekend med guldkant? Här är 9 exklusiva hotell där ni kan njuta av allt från spa-behandlingar och golfrundor till fenomenal service och vackra omgivningar.

Strandliv, säger du. Skidåkning, tycker din resvän. Varför inte både och, föreslår vi. Följ med på en resa som blandar varma vårvindar vid Medelhavet med nysnö i Pyrenéerna.

Dangling off the south coast of Ibiza, a mere half-hour away by fast ferry, the 20km-long island of Formentera (population 12,120) is a beautifully pure, get-away-from-it-all escape. Formentera's pace of life is blissfully languid, designed for lazy days spent lounging on some of Europe's (dare we say the world's?) most exquisite beaches.

Although best known for Maspalomas and the resort landscape running west along the shore, the south also offers some highly picturesque pockets and breathtaking natural wonders. The most obvious example of the latter, ironically perhaps, is back in Maspalomas, with its astonishing dunes: a nature reserve of huge sand hillocks in a vast dune field that recalls the Sahara Desert. It's here that you can understand why the island is so often called a 'continent in miniature'. But there's also the delightful village of Mogán, by its namesake barranco, where you really should spend the night to allow its magic to fully seep in. Or, for glorious seafood and a fun port atmosphere, head on down to Puerto de Mogán. Windsurfers may pay little attention to all of these attractions, however, and storm over to Pozo Izquierdo to ride the fine waves.

Ett nytt snabbtåg med premiär 2019 ska ta passagerare mellan de båda städerna på tre timmar. Priset blir cirka 25 procent lägre än kostnaden för motsvarande tågbiljetter idag, skriver Lonely Planet.

Vidsträckta floddeltan, stupande klippor och fantastiska surfvågor. Peter Sahlberg och Jens Holmér på Surfakademin ger sina bästa tips till spanska regionen Galicien.

Towering cliffs, scenic beaches and lush nature reserves are among the big attractions that lie just beyond Bilbao. Inhabited since Paleolithic times, Biscay Province provides a fine gateway to the wonders of the Basque Country from hiking through dramatic scenery in the Parque Natural de Gorbeia to taking in human-made creations in waterside Portugalete. Biscay Province also contains Gernika, where the horrors of the 20th century are well documented in a village that suffered devastating bombardments during the Spanish Civil War.

Lokalproducerad mat, inhemska druvor och skakade cocktails. Här är de hetaste restaurangerna och barerna du inte får missa i Palma med omnejd!

The elegant, if traffic-filled, district of L'Eixample (pronounced 'lay-sham-pluh') is a showcase for Modernista architecture, including Gaudí's unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Família. L'Eixample also has a celebrated dining scene, along with high-end boutiques and wildly diverse nightlife: university party spots, gilded cocktail lounges and the buzzing gay club scene of 'Gaixample' are all part of the mix.