The Spanish F1 Grand Prix will take place on 23rd June 2024 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. This venue which can accommodate as many as 140,000 spectators has borne witness to some of iconic moments since hosting its first race in 1991. Highlights have included Nigel Mansell’s commanding performances in …
Located in the province of Castellón in eastern Spain, the small city of Villarreal lies 65km north-east of Valencia. It is home to Villarreal Football Club which has risen from humble beginnings to become one of the country’s top football clubs. Home matches are played at El Estadio de la …
Valencia CF was founded in 1919 by people involved in the business of exporting citrus fruits from the region. They played their first competitive match in 1921 at the Algirós stadium before moving to their current home of Mestalla in 1923. Initially the club played in a regional league before …
Every football fan in Europe should take a FC Barcelona Football Break at least once in their life and enjoy the experience of a match at the Nou Camp Stadium.
A visit to Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium is high on the bucket list of most European football fans. The iconic home of the thirteen times European champions is one of Madrid’s top tourist sights which attracts fans from all over the world every weekend. As well as reserving a …
Atlético Madrid’s league and cup double in the 1995–96 season was their first La Liga title in 19 years. Unfortunately, for Los Rojiblancos this success was short lived with the team being relegated to the second tier of Spanish football for two seasons just four years later. Their Europa League …
Athletic Bilbao, historically, are the fourth most successful football club in Spain. As well as being one of only three clubs never relegated from the top division of La Liga – there are no prizes for knowing the other two – they are also third in the number of titles …
Rafa Nadal’s story begins in the town of Manacor in Mallorca where he was was born in 1986. Today he is a legend of the sport and one of the greatest tennis players of all time with 22 Grand Slam titles to his name. In 2016, he opened the Rafa …
In 1897 a group of students and lecturers from the Institución Libre de Enseñanza, including several graduates from both Cambridge and Oxford, organised themselves into a football team which played matches on Sunday mornings. Over the coming years a number of other teams emerged and in 1902 Madrid Football Club …
