Spanish Tourism Documentary

Thanks to Jamie from the ESA   and Matt Podbury for the lead to this new documentary on the impacts of tourism.
The site is part of a wider site on tourist impacts.

The movie is in Spanish, but has English subtitles.

Spanish salads

Simon Reeve recently explored the greenhouses of Almeria in Southern Spain as part of his series on the Mediterranean. I read his book over the Christmas period.
This is not a new story, but there are many geographical connections to be made here.
I put together a lesson on this area a few years ago for an observation lesson, and the materials for that are available online on my Slideshare page.

Darren Anderson has written about this area too, along with others. His piece in the Atlantic journal outlines one possible vision for our rural futures, involving technology.
And recently, Internet Geography added a case study on this area, which has saved me a lot of time, as it includes some useful images, mapping and data.

Benidorm

This is not referring to the ITV series, which has just returned for another series at the Solana Hotel.

It's the resort and area of Spain, which is featured as part of the resources on this COSTA BLANCA blog.
There are some very useful resources, which are the work of teacher Gareth Thomas. There are iGCSE and 'A' level resources amongst them, but one of the most useful sections is under the tab 'Local Geography'.
These provide a very useful case study of local geographical landscapes within the region.
Browse through for other useful resources and lesson ideas.

Tofal's blog

It's always good to hear from other bloggers...
I was recently contacted by Tofol Tobal Conesa, who has a blog called 'The Freelance Geographer' which describes some of his projects and travels.

Thanks for getting in touch !