--- title: Blog - TourTailors | self-guided (16) description: self-guided | (16) --- [![Self-guided by Local Experts](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/tourtailors.svg)](https://www.tourtailors.com/) [![Self-guided by Local Experts](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/TourTailors_Logo_Cores.png)](https://www.tourtailors.com/) - [WHAT YOU WILL GET](https://tourtailors.com/what-you-will-get/) - [HOW IT WORKS](https://tourtailors.com/how-it-works/) - [TOUR IDEAS](https://tourtailors.com/tours/) - [TRAVEL GUIDE](https://tourtailors.com/travel-guide/) - [ABOUT US](https://tourtailors.com/our-purpose/) - [BLOG](https://blog.tourtailors.com) - [WHAT YOU WILL GET](https://tourtailors.com/what-you-will-get/) - [HOW IT WORKS](https://tourtailors.com/how-it-works/) - [TOUR IDEAS](https://tourtailors.com/tours/) - [TRAVEL GUIDE](https://tourtailors.com/travel-guide/) - [ABOUT US](https://tourtailors.com/our-purpose/) - [BLOG](https://blog.tourtailors.com) - [CONTACT US](https://tourtailors.com/contact-us/) [CONTACT US](https://tourtailors.com/contact-us) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. # Blog #### [BEYOND THE BORDERS: SPAIN’S BEST DETOURS FROM PORTUGAL](https://blog.tourtailors.com/beyond-the-borders-spains-best-detours-from-portugal) Portugal Spain [![Beyond the Borders: Spain’s best detours from Portugal](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/Blog/Spanish%20detours%20from%20Portugal/Spanish%20detours%20from%20Portugal_FEATURED.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/beyond-the-borders-spains-best-detours-from-portugal) The two countries in the [Iberian Peninsula](https://blog.tourtailors.com/unmissable-museums-in-the-iberian-peninsula) have had their misunderstandings in the past and to grow together, side by side, was anything but easy over the centuries. However, time passes and heals every wound, and even... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/beyond-the-borders-spains-best-detours-from-portugal) #### [TOP 10 THINGS TO DO IN SAN SEBASTIÁN](https://blog.tourtailors.com/top-10-things-to-do-in-san-sebastian) Spain [![Top 10 things to do in San Sebastian](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/Blog/Top%2010%20things%20to%20do%20in%20San%20Sebastian/San%20Sebastian%20-%20Featured.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/top-10-things-to-do-in-san-sebastian) Sitting elegantly on the edge of the Bay of Biscay, in the province of Guipuzkoa, near France, the city of San Sebastián or Donostia, as it is called in Euskadi (the region’s language along with Spanish), is a treasure... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/top-10-things-to-do-in-san-sebastian) #### [DISCOVER SPAIN'S CULINARY HUBS](https://blog.tourtailors.com/discover-spains-culinary-hubs) Spain [![Tapas and pintxos](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/Discover%20Spains%20culinary%20hubs%20-%20Featured.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/discover-spains-culinary-hubs) If there’s one thing that [Spain](https://tourtailors.com/tours/spain-from-tip-to-toe/) is known for around the world is for [its food](https://tourtailors.com/tours/food-and-wines-of-northern-spain/)! Far from being the only attraction, food definitely plays a massively important role in the Spanish culture, and it is impossible to remain... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/discover-spains-culinary-hubs) #### [BEST HIDDEN GEMS OF NORTHERN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN](https://blog.tourtailors.com/best-hidden-gems-of-northern-portugal-and-spain) Portugal Spain [![](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/Blog/Best%20hidden%20gems%20of%20Northern%20Portugal%20and%20Spain/Best%20hidden%20gems%20of%20Northern%20Portugal%20and%20Spain%20-%20Featured.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/best-hidden-gems-of-northern-portugal-and-spain) When it comes to really knowing a country, the best is to focus first on a particular region and then make similar plans for the next trip to get to know the rest of its regions. That way, region by region, at a less... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/best-hidden-gems-of-northern-portugal-and-spain) #### [RAILWAY TRAVEL IN SPAIN](https://blog.tourtailors.com/railway-travel-in-spain) Spain [![Seville](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/Railway%20travel%20in%20Spain%20-%20featured.jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/railway-travel-in-spain) Train travel has got to be one of the most romantic and adventurous ways of traveling. Books have been written about it, movies have been made around the subject, but there’s nothing like actually going for the... [Read More](https://blog.tourtailors.com/railway-travel-in-spain) #### [IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SALVADOR DALÍ, IN COSTA BRAVA](https://blog.tourtailors.com/in-the-footsteps-of-salvador-dali-in-costa-brava) Spain [![Costa Brava](https://blog.tourtailors.com/hubfs/In%20the%20footsteps%20of%20Dali%2c%20in%20Costa%20Brava%20(featured).jpg)](https://blog.tourtailors.com/in-the-footsteps-of-salvador-dali-in-costa-brava) When we like [an artist](https://blog.tourtailors.com/follow-the-footsteps-of-pablo-picasso)and we end up visiting a location somehow related to his life, very often we find ourselves picturing in our head his life, his words, his mannerisms and wondering in what way that place... 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