I love Spain - had such a wicked time driving round that country - Barcelona - Valencia - Malaga - Salamanca - San Sebastien. Would do the whole trip again tomorrow.
I will admit - I didn't like Malaga that much purely because there were too many English tourists. Although we did get a pretty sweet room upgrade to a premium sweet for the night we were there which was most welcome after the 7 hour drive from Valencia - That south coast road is an amazing drive.
On the free WPC app here. Nothing wrong with Spain, just not our scene. My partner is not huge fan of the food. Though we did have some wonderful meals. We did our best to stick to the non tourist areas.
I agree - Try to stay away from the tourist routes as much as possible. If you ever get a chance you should visit Salamanca for a day - Its a really small town - full of great architecture as it holds the oldest university in Spain - but the food is amazing, its all meat and its some of the finest meat I have ever tasted - the other bonus is its not a tourist trap.
Played xenogears for the first time when the summer started and I'm almost done the game (because I have work and family priorities). I highly recommend people downloading espxe emulator and playing xenogears!! Too goood