Spanish cities/ ciudades de España
I would love to live in Spain in the upcoming years and I love Sevilla! But, does anyone here know of any cities there that are not too big, but are also beautiful? Like, Toledo is very beautiful and cultural, but is a major city. I would like to live in a safe and beautiful city, does anybody have any recommendation? Thank you! Me encantaría vivir en España en el futuro, y me encanta Sevilla! Pero hay alguien que conoce algunas ciudades allá que no tan grandes pero también bonitas? Como, Toledo es tan bonita y cultural, pero es una ciudad muy grande. Me gustaría vivir en una ciudad segura y hermosa, hay recomendaciones? Muchas gracias! -emro9632
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All Cadiz coast is beautiful 
Sí me encanta mucho Denia Alicante.
Yes I really love Dénia Alicante.
Dénia has many rich and colorful characters.
Dénia tiene muchos personajes ricos y coloridos.
Un hombre sobre la ciudad.
Spain has a lot of beautiful cities with less than 100.000 - 200.000 inhabitans.
Merida: Founded by romans as "Emerita Augusta". It is at the north of Sevilla, near Portugal. All the city has Romans monuments (If you go in summer you can watch a play in an original roman theatre). It has a loooot of places to see.
Burgos: In the north of Spain, at the south of Bilbao. It probably has the most beautiful cathedral in Spain and more places to see.
Granada: It has many things to see and do, but it has one of the best Spanish (and World) monuments, the Alhambra (The palace where lived the last islamics people before they were send out of Spain in 1492)
Spain has hundreds of incredible places and cities as Segovia Roman aqueduct), San Sebastian , Avila (Complete medieval city walls), Cádiz, León, Santiago de Compostela, Oviedo,...
My birthplace, Rota Spain is a beautiful beach town about the size of Santa Monica, California, only much more beautiful. Here are some pictures, of the beach area and of the downtown area.
Rota is located in the southwest corner of Spain, not too far from Cádiz.
Claro,¿ qué voy a decir yo?
¡¡DE MADRID AL CIELO!!
Not a small place though, but most certainly la creme de la creme!! 
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I prefer the Spanish Alantic coast so somewhere near Cadiz would be good for me.
Prefiero la costa atlántica de España así que cerca de Cádiz sería bueno para mí.
Or even the small town of Barbate - fabulous beach close by.
Granada: It has many things to see and do, but it has one of the best Spanish (and World) monuments, the Alhambra (The palace where lived the last islamics people before they were send out of Spain in 1492)
I love Granada, too. It has everything : snowy mountains a stone throw away, a great city life, and, trust me, you go "tapeando" just ask for a couple of drinks, as they will serve you so much FREE food with is that you won't be able to believe it is for free.
Happened to me, I went to a bar with a friend, they brought us a couple of beers with a "tapa". The tapa consisted of a huge dish of stew with meat, potatoes etc so I actually asked if that was the tapa, we hadn't asked for a "ración". the owner looked at me like ...foreigners!!! lol. Trust me, here in Madrid this does not exist. You do get a tapa, but it is small.
This depends on what stage of life you are and what you want from your new home. I have spent time in Valencia and Salamanca staying with a family doing a language course. I had a great time in Salamanca which has beautiful buildings, good transport and the buzz from a University. It has the advantage for a foreigner that Castilian Spanish is the only language so no road signs in other languages etc. I ate and went to the cinema in the barrio next to where I stayed, which was a short walk from the centre. There were good train and coach links to Madrid. However, I went in November which was cold and wet and I understand it is very hot in the summer. The family I stayed with, lived in a flat .
When I went to Valencia I loved the weather - it was again November but we sat out in the sun. It has the advantage of a beach and a metro. I stayed in a cosmopolitan barrio next to an upmarket barrio a short walk from the centre. It may however be a bit big for you.
I liked Santiago de Compestela which is a university town.. I went as a tourist so only visited the old town. It has a reputation for lots of rain and being hot in midsummer. The local language is galego so many signs are in that language and it may be many educational courses would be in galego. I had no problem finding people who spoke Spanish
I enjoyed Sevilla when I spent time there. I wanted to visit Sanlucar de Barrameda but run out of time. One of my friends from Sevilla has a holiday home in Chipiona further down the coast.
A friend of mine likes Osuna which is between Malaga and Sevilla.
I have heard good reports of Gijon and Oviedo
I enjoyed Girona in Catalonia. It is compact, though steep in places There is a train service and a small airport. Many people using the airport get straight on a coach to Barcelona further down the coast. Obviously Catalan is used extensively.
Look at this site. he owners live in Madrid but have spent time visiting other places
notes from Spain They do podcasts in English about many aspects of Spain [they also have good podcasts in Spanish if you want to improve your Spanish]
Here on rtve are programmes about various cities in Spain
I also like un país para comerselo which has programmes from all over Spain
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Cuando visitábamos España, nuestro ciudad favorita fue Toledo con todo sus maravillas.
When we visited Spain, our favorite city was Toledo with all its wonders.
salamanca is not too big
