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Chasing the Eclipse: Spain’s 2026 Total Solar Eclipse

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By Max Milano (Travel Writer & Photographer) The moment I heard that Spain’s 2026 total solar eclipse would enter the Iberian Peninsula over A Coruña, one thought came to mind. The eclipse would occur in the early evening, about an hour before sunset. That created a rare opportunity to place something remarkable in the foreground. And what could be better than a 2,000-year-old Roman lighthouse, the Tower of Hercules, standing guard over the entrance to…

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Don’t Get Lost In Translation: The Two Translation Services Every English-Speaking Expat Needs In Spain

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By Max Milano The Spanish bureaucrat behind the glass slides your birth certificate back across the counter. “Necesita una traducción jurada.” You recognize traducción. You understand that something needs to be translated. But you have no idea what jurada means, why the translation you already paid for is unacceptable, or why the clerk is now pointing toward the door. Outside, the Spanish sun is shining. People are drinking coffee in the plaza. Somewhere nearby, a…

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1930s-style Spain Eclipse 2026 poster showing totality low over the Atlantic beside the Tower of Hercules in Galicia.

Spain Eclipse 2026: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Tips and Top Viewing Locations

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By Max Milano (Travel Writer and Photographer) I consider myself something of an old hand when it comes to total solar eclipses. The upcoming total eclipse in Spain will be my third. That is nothing to boast about, since solar eclipses are not especially rare on a planetary scale. Somewhere on Earth, between two and five solar eclipses occur every year, although many are only partial. A total solar eclipse happens somewhere on our planet…

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