Cordoba is recapturing the buzz and reputation it had a thousand years ago, while Cadiz likes to describe itself as the oldest in Europe.

Stocks in Europe and the US rallied overnight, with a big jump in US housing starts, good German business confidence and a healthy appetite for Spanish debt.

Worries over the fate of the euro and the EU's member states continue to drag on the single currency and equities in Europe and on Wall Street.

For centuries, scientists and historians have argued over why Stonehenge was built and, even more puzzlingly, how.

UK travellers are taking advantage of the cheap fares offered to people travelling on December 25.

Nordic skating is a favourite winter pastime on the pristine ice that stretches amid the islands of Stockholm's archipelago, writes Aglaja Adam.