Spanish Serenade

Traditional Singers, Laguardia, Spain by HighlanderImages

Laguardia is a small walled hill town in the Rioja wine country of northern Spain. Sitting high on a rock foundation under the shadows of the mountains to the northwest, the city retains, intact, its historic walls from the 13th century including its four entrance gates. Within its walls can be found historic building from various time periods. Today, the outer village walls are breached with glass windows, but it is easy to imagine the village as it must have been in the Middle Ages. There are only a few streets with in the old city, so navigating is fairly easy. Still, the village is large enough to provide you with some shopping, and magical eating experiences, not to mention the experience of consuming some of the best wines of Spain.

While walking through the small narrow streets of the town I followed the sounds of singing and celebration and eventually rounded a corner to find this group of men celebrating something ... a wedding perhaps, a birthday ... or just life itself!

Streets of La Guardia

La Guardia is a small walled village in northern Spain close to the Cantabrian mountains and River Ebro. The area is known for the famous Rioja red wines named after the town La Rioja. The small streets of the village within the walled exterior are very interesting to walk through and shows life which has probably not changed for many hundreds of years. Many walled towns like this in Spain have a long history some dating back to Roman times.