La Mancha is a natural and historical region located on an arid but fertile elevated plateau of central Spain, south of Madrid, from the mountains of Toledo to the western spurs of the hills of Cuenca, and bordered to the south by the Sierra Morena and to the north by the Alcarria region. La Mancha includes portions of the modern provinces of Cuenca, Toledo and Albacete, and most of the Ciudad Real region.

La Mancha is made up of a plateau averaging 500 metres to 600 metres in altitude, centering the province of Ciudad Real.

La Mancha includes the Sierra de Alcaraz, Nothern Sierra Morena, Montes de Toledo y Serranía de Cuenca, parts of Tajo river valley, and it is divided from the comarcas of Campo Montiel and Campo Calatrava to the south.

Miguel de Cervantes gave international fame to his land and its windmills when he wrote Don Quixote de La Mancha. There are many versions of films for Don Quixote. Most of them were filmed in La Mancha.

La Mancha's famous windmills.

Climate
The climate is typically Mediterranean, mild and humid, with east and west winds and occasionally winds from Sahara. Average temperatures in Melilla reach 13ºC in winter and 24ºC in summer.

Atlas Mountains,

They are a series of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa, running generally southwest to northeast to form the geologic backbone of the countries of Maghreb (the western region of the Arab territory)-Morocco,Algeria and Tunisia. They extend for more than 2,000 kilometers, from the Moroccan port of Agadir in the southwest, to the Tunisian capital of Tunisia in the northeast. Their thick rim rises to form a high sill separating the Mediterranean basin to the north from the Sahara to the south, plus it's also constituting a barrier that hinders, without completely preventing, communication between the two regions.

The Río de Oro

It's a river which flows in northeast Morocco to reach the Mediterranean Sea at the harbour of Melilla.Rio de Oro was a Spanish territory that later became the southern part of Spanish Sahara.

The Spanish Sahara

Spain formed Spanish Sahara in 1958 by uniting the territories of Saguira ,el-Hamra and Rio de Oro, whilst ceding Tarfaya, Tan-Tan and the Cape Juby strip to Morocco.

Cultural moument: Church of la Purísima Concepción

Built in the XVII century. Inside there are three naves with altar stones and Baroque reredos by San Francisco. Dedicated to the patron saint of the town Virgen de la Victoria. Of note inside is the XVI century font and the Cristo de la Vera Cruz, from the end of the XV century.

Places of Interest: Teide, Parque Nacional de Timanfaya, La cueva de los Verdes, El Auditorio de Tenerife y la Playa de las Teresitas.

Is located at the north of Africa near to the south coasts of Morocco and the Sahara.

Is composed by 7 different islands.

Reasons to go to Málaga

-Calle Larios -Picasso Museum -Port area -The cathedral -The amphitheatro

Málaga's inhabitants are very friendly and outgoing , its the perfect way to go

Places to visit:

Basílica de la sagrada familia,

Casa Baltlló,

Barrio Gótico,

Monasterio de Montserrat,

Basílica de Santa María del Mar,

Villa Vella,

Parque

The highest point of the province is Pico Mágina.

It is one of the larger producers of olive oil in the world. It produces around 60% of all Spanish production.

Places to visit in Jaén:

Catedral de la Asunción de Jaén

Sierra de Cazorla

Parque Natural de Despeñaperros

Places to visit in Almería:

Alcazaba

Cabo de Gata

Almería beaches

The best time to visit Almería is in winter.

Reasons to visit Sevilla

-the alazacar -Flamenco -Tapas -architectures - Nightlife -shopping.

Sevilla is a romantic city as much as fun and amazing .

You can go there with whoever you would like to !

Reasons to go to Córdoba

-The Mezquita -People, art and culture -Weather -Festivals -museums

Córdoba is also great because of its outdoors! In which you can go hiking, running, swimming.. Even hunting!

-Festivals -the food -the beaches -the bodegas - the history

Cádiz is beautiful from the 10km fine sand beaches to the little villages that are around. Its also very cheap and fun to go!

There are two rivers crossing the community: Río Manzanares and Río Jarama. 🌌

This community is in the center of the Central Plateau. It rises 2.000m above sea level🌄

It has a Continental Mediterranean climate. It has ver y cold winters and ver y hot summers. ☀️❄️

Madrid is the capital of Spain, making it the most densly populated community of Spain. In 2012 the population of Madrid was about 6.449 million. 🌃

The community is 8.030km² and it's the number 12 largest community of 17 communities. 🇪🇸

Madrid ha san average of 4.225 foreign turists travelling to the community, 30.676 pernoctations of foreign turists, 8.994 spanish citizens that travel  there and 36.002 pernoctations of spanish residents per year. 🎫✈️🚊🚘

In Madrid there are also many fun musicals you can atend to. An example could be Priscilla, a musical where the actores perform, wether dancing or singing, the world's most danced songs.👯🎤🎭

Madrid is one of the world's most popular city for everything but one of the main reasons is the places of art interest. You can visit El Museo Del Prado, a museum that has some of the world's most prestigious statues and paintings. You can also visit the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, el Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia, Museo Sorolla and Museo Arqueológico Nacional between many others.🎨

But there are other monuments you can visit in the streets of Madrid are La Plaza de las Cibeles, that is next to El Banco De España and Correos, that have lovely and beautiful buildings. ⛲️

For the boys in the family, you can visit El Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, where the football team Real Madrid train, El Estadio Vicente Calderón, where the Atletico de Madrid train. ⚽️

You can also visit the Palacio Real, El Parque del Retiro, where you can have lovely picnics and feed the squirrels, la Gran Vía, where you can do some shopping, la Calle Fuencarral, a other shopping street, la Plaza De España, another monument, la Casa de Campo, a gigantic  park like El Retiro or la Catedral de Madrid between many others. 🌈 

The best time to visit Granada is in Spring and Autumn when the temperature is just perfect with warm sunny days.

Reasons to go to Granada:

-The Alhambra

-The Albaicín