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The Kingdom of Spain is a country located in Southern Europe, with two small exclaves in North Africa, politically organized as a parliamentary monarchy. It is the largest of the three sovereign nations that make up the Iberian Peninsula—the others are Portugal and Andorra. The demand for Spain vacation rentals is at its height during the summer holiday season.

Spain and Spain vacation rentals has became the second most-visited tourism destination in the World after France. They welcome 52 million tourists per year, according to the World Tourism Organization.

Tourism in Spain creating the demand for Spain vacation rental villas, houses, and condos includes the two largest cities of Madrid and Barcelona, and some other very interesting places include Vigo and Pontevedra in Galicia, Cordoba, Sevilla, Granada (cultural places) and Málaga, Huelva, Cádiz, Almería (beaches) in Andalusia, Salamanca, Toledo, Segovia are beautiful places in the rest of the country. Important tourist places (with incredible beaches and the greatest concentration of Spain vacation rental condos, villas and cottages) are Rías Baixas (in the province of Pontevedra), Salou, Benidorm, Mallorca, Ibiza (Balearic Islands), Canary Islands, Valencia, Catalonia and The Cantabrico (north of Spain).

Spain's national airline is Iberia (or Iberia Airlines), but the country can also be flown into on many international passenger and charter airlines, both of which fly to many tourist spots in the region. There are good trains, for example AVE (Spanish high velocity) or Talgo. There are good freeways to the most important cities.

Spain has hundreds of interesting cities where Spain vacation rental cottages, condos and villas may be found. These are some of the major travel destinations among them.

Barcelona A lively cosmopolitan city that is capital of the Catalans. Famous for the Architecture of Antoni Gaudi.  
Benidorm - A Valencian city where you can enjoy a seaside tourism and lots of pubs and discos. Famous for its skyscrapers and beaches.  
Bilbao -  Former industrial city, home to the Guggenheim Museum.
Cadiz -  the oldest city in Western Europe, where it is celebrated its famous carnival.
Cartagena - Small city on the south east coast. Roman ruins.
Córdoba - The Grand Mosque ('Mezquita') of Cordoba is one of the world's finest buildings.
Cuenca - Located on a mountain surrounded by a deep canyon, you can visit the hanging houses (casas colgadas).
Granada - Stunning city in the south, surrounded by snow capped mountains of the Sierra Nevada, home of La Alhambra.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - The continent in miniature. Is really beautiful. Excellent beaches and resort offered.
Leon - A lovely city in the northwest of Spain, it boosts one of the most important Gothic cathedrals in the world.
Logroño - A small city in the north of Spain. Well-known of being the capital of the Rioja's wine.
Madrid  -Capital of Spain. Lively city with great museums and wild nights
Málaga - Capital city of the Costa del Sol. A fine, typical Spanish city, hometown of Picasso and its Picasso Museum, with one of the most popular beaches.
Marbella - Situated in the Costa del Sol, it is an luxury resort town with exclusive restaurants, hotels and clubs.
Mérida (- Spain) Well preserved Roman ruins.
Murcia - A gateway to the South of the Costa Blanca, Murcia is a university city.
Oviedo - Capital city of Asturias. Culturally interesting.
Pamplona - Famous for the San Fermin 'Running of the Bulls' Festival.
Pontevedra - Visit the well-conserved, lovely old town.
Salamanca - A picturesque historical university city.
Santiago de Compostela - Visit the impressing cathedral, end of "Camino de Santiago."
San Sebastián - A wealthy city with a large sandy beach bay.
Segovia - See the roman aqueduct in the middle of town.
Seville - Beautiful, beautiful see the Giralda.
Toledo - City of gold plates.
Valencia - Paella was invented here.
Valladolid - The best Spanish language is spoken here.
Vigo - Lively city with great museums and wild nights. Biggest city of Galicia. Capital of the Sailing in Spain.
Zaragoza - You can see Roman ruins and see the 'mozarabe' brick architecture.

To the west and to the south of Galicia, Spain borders Portugal. To the south, it borders Gibraltar and, through its cities in North Africa (Ceuta and Melilla), Morocco. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It also includes the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and a number of uninhabited islands on the Mediterranean side of the strait of Gibraltar, known as Plazas de soberanía, such as the Chafarine islands, the isle of Alborán, the "rocks" (peñones) of Vélez and Alhucemas, and the tiny Isla Perejil. In the northeast along the Pyrenees, a small exclave town called Llívia in Catalonia is surrounded by French territory.

The name Spain (España in Spanish) comes from the Latin name Hispania.

Mainland Spain is dominated by high plateaus and mountain ranges such as the Pyrenees or the Sierra Nevada. Running from these heights are several major rivers such as the Tajo, the Ebro, the Duero, the Guadiana and the Guadalquivir. Alluvial plains are found along the coast, the largest of which is that of the Guadalquivir in Andalusia, in the east there are alluvial plains with medium rivers like Segura, Júcar and Turia. Spain is bound to the east by Mediterranean Sea (containing the Balearic Islands), to the north by the Bay of Biscay and to its west by the Atlantic Ocean, where the Canary Islands off the African coast are found.

 Source: Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia.