Spain - 100 Days and Nights

The Street Art of Barcelona, Spain

Vito ValentinettiDecember 28, 2021

So this is just a massive photo dump of street art I saw around Barcelona in December of 2021. It went missing for a bit on a hard drive, but I was super happy to find these months later. ...

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The Street Art of Lleida, Spain (15 Years Later)

Vito ValentinettiDecember 22, 2021

During a hitchhiking excursion that went extremely sideways in 2007, I found myself wandering in a meandering direction northeast along the river Segriá in Lleida, Spain. The entire wall along the river was covered in colorful art. This was the first...

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The Street Art of Zaragoza, Spain

Vito ValentinettiDecember 20, 2021

If you think of Spain as the land of eternal sunshine, think again. It's actually quite dreary in the winter with a number of grey days and so much rain that the river almost crested. I struggled a bit this week taking photographs of the street art h...

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A Tour of Brutalist Architecture in Madrid, Spain

Vito ValentinettiDecember 16, 2021

With its rich and lengthy history, the capitol of Spain boasts all sorts of amazing architectural treasures from across different time periods, but you don't typically hear much about the brutalism found in Madrid. Torres Blancas (Francisco Javier S...

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Before/After Malaga’s Lockdown 2020

Vito ValentinettiOctober 13, 2021

When Malaga went into lockdown in 2020, I had only recently arrived, so the city I came to know was an empty one. A heavy police presence and hefty fines kept most people confined to their homes for nearly two months. During that time, I wandered the...

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I Hiked: The Limonero Dam (Málaga, Spain)

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 17, 2020

Easily accessible from Málaga, this hike just outside the city limits rambles along the shoreline of the man-made Limonero Reservoir, across the dam, and back down into the city. The Trailhead This is a difficult hike to get lost on as you m...

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The Street Art of Malaga: Late Summer 2020 Edition

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 12, 2020

With the easing of restrictions after Spain's 100-day State of Alarm, artists returned to the streets creating murals across the city. It was comforting to see a semblance of normality returning to a country that suffered through one of the most extr...

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The Street Art of Torremolinos, Spain

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 9, 2020

Torremolinos, a chilled out beach town on the Costa del Sol, didn't have nearly as much street art as Malaga or Estepona, but there are more than a few interesting and important pieces to check out in the city center. Let's start with the two most fa...

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100 Days of Alarm, Lockdown, and Málaga

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 4, 2020

It was supposed to be a two-week trip. First off to Spain to see my parents, then to Estonia to cover a music festival, and finally back to Bulgaria to finish off ski season. When Spain declared a State of Alarm on March 15 and my flights were cancel...

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Fairytale Castles, Virgin Shrines, and The White Hill Towns of Andalusia, Spain

Vito ValentinettiSeptember 3, 2020

The province of Málaga boasts a seemingly unending list of day trips so on one sunny Friday, I tried to cram in as many as possible. Benalmádena Arroyo de la Miel The adventure begins with a train from Málaga to the Arroyo de la Miel district in ...

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