Spain
has been a favourite destination for horse riding holidays for many years and continues to be a firm favourite with our clients. With easy access and, in some cases cheap flights,
Spain is the destination of choice for many of our clients year in year out.
If you are looking for the real Spain then there really is no better way to see it than from horseback. Please be warned, many or our horse
riding holidays in Spain sell out before Springtime so please be sure to book early. If you are a little late booking then please call us, there are cancellations occasionally, and we will try and get you the riding holiday you are looking for.
Widely known for Flamenco music and dance, bull-fights, fantastic beaches and lots of sunshine,
Spain has to offer much more than that. It is - and has been for thousands of years - one of the cultural centres of Europe. It has beautiful cities and towns, offering really old monuments as well as futuristic architecture. Its various regions are all different one to each other, geographically, climatically and even in personality. It is a fascinating country to know and to know more about it.
Although
Spain lies in the temperate zone, its rugged relief gives rise to a great diversity of climates.
The Cantabrian mountains mark the first well-defined climatologically dividing zone. To the north of this range, i.e. in the narrow northern strip, where the Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia are situated, lies what we may call rainy Spain, with a maritime climate par excellence, with only slight variations in temperature, mild winters and cool summers, an almost constantly cloudy sky and frequent rainfall, although less so during the summer. This climate, which is typical of western Europe, favours a northern European type of vegetation.
To the south of the Cantabrian range lies dry Spain, which has extremely varied climate, always characterized by scarce rainfall and a pitiless burning sun in an intensely blue sky, occasionally crossed by short-lived, fierce local thunderstorms.
In terms of surface area, rainy Spain accounts for about a third of the country, while the other two thirds make up dry Spain.
There is much more to Spain than just 'The Costa's'.
