spain anyone?
 

Got the bug...settled with gf and forgot that i wanted to travel. good part of gf settling: $$$ saving

soo, anyone know any inexpensive ways to spend a couple weeks in spain or portugal? i'm looking for a may-august time frame, couple weeks in there.

Any ideas/helpful hints/places to see/stay/airlines with good flights, anythign at all?

I was in Madrid last fall for a few days but didn't do it on the cheap (my office paid). I can suggest some places to go if you'd like.

Cynthetiq offered a lot of good advice in the thread I posted asking about Madrid. He may have some advice about Spain in general.

I've been to most cities in northern Spain. My favorite place by a long shot was Barcelona. It is a far more interesting city than Madrid, in my experience. August is generally a very cheap time to travel to European cities (except near the beach) because a ton of Europeans are on vacation. You wouldn't believe how deserted the cities can be. Hotels usually have really low occupancies, so you're apt to get good rates.