Train Stations with Character: Spain’s Most Beautiful Stations
Not Just Places You Catch Trains You can learn a lot about a country by standing in its train stations. Not the ticket counters or[…]
The Lost Railways of Spain: Forgotten Tracks and Ghost Stations
Where the Tracks Trail Off into Silence They don’t really vanish, you know. These old Spanish railway lines. They don’t scream or collapse or announce[…]
The Transcantábrico: Slow Luxury Along the Northern Coast
A Different Kind of Train Journey After all the commuter runs, regional rambles, and high-speed sprints, this one was different. This was railway indulgence. The[…]
Crossing Borders: Barcelona to Paris by Rail
The Dream of International Rail There’s something uniquely satisfying about boarding a train in one country and stepping off in another. No airports. No plastic[…]
A Lighthearted Day at the Railway Museum
Vilanova i la GeltrĂş and a Promised Trip It all started with a bribe. “If we go to the beach town,” Sue said, “we are[…]
The Forgotten Lines: Exploring Spain’s Abandoned Railways
You’d think I’d come to Spain for the weather or the food. Everyone else does. But no. I came for the tracks. And not even[…]
First Spanish Train Trip: Barcelona to Zaragoza on the AVE (and the Bit Where I Nearly Bought a House)
Couldn’t sleep the night before. Nothing dramatic—just that mild sort of buzzing when something important’s coming. I laid out my socks. Sue said I looked[…]
The Good, The Bad, and the Delayed (Spain’s Regional Trains)
After getting bounced around (in a mostly fun way) on Feve’s slow, unpredictable, and stubbornly scenic northern routes, I figured it was time for something[…]
Northern Spain’s Narrow-Gauge Trains: Exploring FeveÂ
After Sitges, we needed a shift. Something slower. Less predictable. Not just another straight-line rush from A to B. So, obviously, we ended up on[…]
The AVE: Spain’s High-Speed RevolutionÂ
Spain’s railways? They were solid, sure, but nothing revolutionary. Then 1992 happened. The AVE (Alta Velocidad Española) rolled in, and suddenly, Spain wasn’t just in[…]