Hello everyone,
This forum is such a wealth of information! My family is planning a trip to Spain for 2023. We haven't traveled abroad since before Covid, so we're looking forward to getting back to Europe. Since we are a family of 5 (2 adults with a 16 year old, 13 year old, and 11 year old at the time of travel) European hotels typically are not large enough and we prefer to rent apartments or houses. We like having laundry facilities and the ability to make our own breakfasts at home and at other times as needed. I studied abroad in Spain in college many years ago and loved it, but living with a Spanish family, I didn't have to worry about where to stay. :) This will be my husband's and children's first trip to Spain!
We of course have used AirBnB and VRBO, along with booking.com, but we are wondering if anyone has additional recommendations of sites to check out for lodging in Spain that I might not be aware of, and perhaps some are more local to the area. I see in Rick Steves' guidebook that he mentions FlipKey and HomeAway.
As we're just in the initial planning stages, here are locations that we're interested in visiting (but we may not make it to all of these places). If anyone has stayed in an amazing apartment or home or neighborhood in these places, I would love to know that as well!
Barcelona
Madrid
Toledo
Granada
Sevilla
Cordoba
one of the white hill towns (not sure yet which one)
Thank you in advance!
Courtney