Spain tends to be warm in the summer. Lots of people love to bask in the dry heat of the plains. I prefer the northern coast. It’s prehistoric painted cave country. Think Altimura, although there are other, smaller, and more easily visited caves as well. It’s lightly touristed, but one of my favorite Spanish places.
Summer is the best time to visit. The weather is almost perfect, and the imperfections tend to be the best part. You see, on many summer afternoons, clouds move in to fill the sky, and the mystical light filtered through them (the one that calls for you to bring out your camera) flows over the verdant green of the countryside. Suddenly the sky darkens further and there is lightning. Soon you’re in the middle of one of those short thunderstorms the coast is noted for. The show is spectacular. If you were stuck in a hotel, perhaps you’d brave the weather and head for a cider house. But if you had rented a vacation house, you could choose your beverage of choice and sit on the veranda with it. The thunderstorms are nature’s best shows, and renting a warm and rustic house to enjoy it all from is the way to go. Maybe Casamaria in Cantabria will do.
Get yourself a loaf of peasant bread, slice up some of the local blue cheese called Cabrales, settle in with a glass of red wine and imagine yourself in Cantabria.
Of course, you can rent a vacation house anywhere in Spain. It’s all good.
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