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Author: james@holiday-velvet.com
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You can consider Spain, if you are planning to have wonderful sporting holidays. Spain certainly has been the acknowledged leader of sports arena, since it hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Spain really is a fantastic playground in the Western Europe. It is a year round destination for your sporting holidays.
Traditionally dominated by football (soccer), cycling, and bullfighting, Spain is also known for a wide variety of other sports, such as aerial sports, motor racing, basketball, billiards, canoeing, fishing, golf, handball, horseback riding, jai alai, motor boat racing, motorcycle sport, rifle shooting, rowing, rugby, sailing, skittles, skiing, swimming, tae-kwon-do, tennis, water skiing, winter sports, and water sports. Definitely, you can find numerous sports venues in Spain.
BULLFIGHTING started in the village squares and gradually became the traditional sporting activity, part of Spanish culture. Spanish-style bullfighting is called “corrida de toros” or “fiesta brava”. You can travel to Spain from March to October, the Bullfighting season in Spain. You mustn’t miss the fight that held during fiesta, and the fight that held for the fiesta of San Isidro in Madrid. The feast day of San Pedro Regalado is also known for bullfighting. You must remember that it’s a dangerous sport, and shouldn’t try it unless you are experienced in it.
FOOTBALL is the most played Spaniard sport. Spain is known for Liga de F?tbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as La Liga, the one of the best leagues in the world. Spain is also known for its world famous football clubs FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Valencia CF. If you want to enjoy football in your holidays, you can stay in Barcelona, Madrid, or Valencia.
CYCLING is an important sport of Spaniards. Spain is famous for the Vuelta a Espa?a (Tour of Spain) that is one of the three Grand Tours; the other two being Tour de France (Tour of France) and Giro d’Italia (Tour of Italy). The Vuelta a Espa?a is one of the most esteemed cycling events in the world. You can enjoy cycling out in open or at cycling tracks or velodromes in Spain, particularly in Barcelona.
HUNTING is adventurous sporting activity of Spaniards. You can enjoy two types of hunting in Spain: Small Game Hunting (small animals such as rabbits) and Big Game Hunting (large animals such as deer and boars). Spanish hunting lets you enjoy the natural beauty of the Spanish wilderness of the Mediterranean shores, the green northern highlands, the beautiful Cantabrian and Pyrenean Mountains. However, you may have to seek permission for hunting in Spain.
GOLF is very popular among the Spaniards. Spain hosted the Ryder Cup in 1997. There are many fine golf courses in Spain. Some of top golf courses in Spain include Valderrama Golf Club (Andalucia), El Saler Golf Club (Valencia), Real Club de Golf Sotogrande (Andalucia), PGA Golf de Catalunya (Catalu?a), Club de Campo Villa de Madrid (Black course) (Madrid), The San Roque Club (Old course) (Andalucia), Real Club de Golf Puerta de Hierro (Arriba course) (Madrid), Real Sociedad de Golf Neguri (Andalucia), and Alcaidesa Links Golf Course.
SKIING is another popular sporting activity of Spaniards. It is one of the preferred sports of the Spanish Royal Family. Spain has the southernmost ski resort in Europe, Sierra Nevada, where skiing is possible just a few kilometers from swimming off the warmest coasts in Europe.
WATER SPORTS are very popular in Spain. Andalucia is mecca for the water sporting buffs. Its salubrious climate, clean and transparent water makes it a perfect destination for water sports. You can enjoy surfing, windsurfing, jet skis, scuba diving, kite surfing, sailing, motor boating, rowing, canoeing, windsurfing, surfing, kite surfing, snorkeling, diving, and fishing. Guadalquivir in Tranco de Beas Reservoir in the Nature Park of Cazorla, Segura (Ja?n province) and Izn?jar Reservoir covering the parts of Cordoba, M?laga and Granada provinces are nice picks, if you are looking for best boating facilities. Tarifa coastline is perfect choice for surfing, windsurfing and kite surfing. Spain also offers many scuba diving sites that let you see the world under the Mediterranean waves.