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News from Spain

Good for bike racers, bad for medieval souls
By Julie Subrin | 4:00 PM Jul 2, 2009

Every year, epic bicycle race Le Tour de France changes its route and incorporates a bordering region; this year, riders will traverse northwest Spain. Should you want to stand on the sidelines, we recommend Stage 6. It begins in Girona, which boasts one of the largest Jewish Quarters in medieval Catalonia and is overlooked by ...

Ritual & Observance

Barcelona, Mon Amour

Strolling anew through a beloved city
By Lynn Harris | 12:26 PM Jul 12, 2007

Last April, we spent five days in Barcelona, the city locked in a three-way tie with Jerusalem and New Orleans for the title of my favorite on the planet. (Not counting, of course, New York.) While on a walking tour of the stony warren that was the city’s medieval (and earlier) Jewish quarter, we began ...