SPAIN

Spain is where it all began for us. In 2021 we gave up our home, packed the car, and drove south with no real plan and no idea when we'd be back. We ended up staying almost eight months.

 

It's easy to see why. Endless beaches. Whitewashed towns like Frigiliana and Tarifa. The buzz of Málaga, the magic of Granada. If you want more of a challenge, climb Pico del Cielo or La Maroma, or visit the otherworldly landscapes of Cabo de Gata and the Tabernas Desert.

 

A few years later, we swapped the mainland for two Canary Islands — a month on each. La Palma: lush, volcanic, mountainous. Fuerteventura: dry, windswept, flat. Barely 300km apart, yet total opposites.

 

One country, endless contrast. Here's everything we learned along the way.