Simon Calder: Reeling in the years on a homage to Catalonia
(independent.co.uk travel news and advice) - 6 months, 3 weeks ago
As you probably weren't around in 1961, let me mention that it was a good year for Private Eye (which was born) and numerologists (it being the last year until 8008 that reads the same when turned upside-down). It was also a great year for British travellers: anyone undeterred by the Franco dictatorship could travel to Spain's Costa Brava and stay at the Playa Sol Hotel, which opened 50 years ago this week....
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