Juan Ponce de León was the first Spanish explorer to arrive in Florida. In 1493, Ponce de León sailed with Christopher Columbus on Columbus’ second voyage to America. Ponce de León set sail again, this time north through the Bahamas heading towards Florida. He was in search of new lands and treasures. He had also heard of a mythical fountain of youth.
On 2nd of April of 1513, his ships landed on Florida’s east coast near present-day St. Augustine. He claimed this beautiful land in the name Spain. Since he had discovered this country of lavish landscape and beautiful beaches, he was entitled to name it; he named it La Florida or “place of flowers”.
The age of colonization and exploration brought the French to Florida and started building colonies. This upset Spain and as a result Pedro Menendez de Aviles was sent to drive out the French colonists.
Menendez began to threaten Fort Caroline. Jean Ribault, the French explorer, knew the Spanish were busy building the fort at St. Augustine, so he took many men and ships to attack them. Menendez took advantage of this and left with 500 soldiers to attack Fort Caroline. The Spanish were able to take control of the fort and they killed almost all the French soldiers.
During the XVII century the English attacked the Spanish for several times. In 1763, at the end of the Seven Years’ War, Spain was forced to cede Florida to Britain based on the Treaty of Paris.
Twenty years later, Spain recovered Florida through the Treaty of Versailles of 1783, which put an end to American independence war.
After the so-called ‘second war of independence’, Spain was forced to sell Florida to the United States, though the signing of the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819.
To anybody who wants to experience this historic anniversary Rent4Days offers comfortable apartments in Miami.
The most Important Tennis Tournament in Madrid
Have you heard of the Mutua Madrid Open? Are you a tennis lover and you wouldn’t want to miss the tournament?
The event will be take place in La Caja Mágica of Domingue Perralt, the 3th to 12th of May 2013, the best tennis player in the world will there, both men and women.
Rent4Days provides the best Madrid apartments for your stay in the city with great offers and special discounts.
The area of the event offers three tennis courts and a capacity for 20.000 spectators. It is accessible from Madrid’s city center by the Metro line L3 San Fermín-Orcasur and the bus.
The tickets are already on sale, there are three tickets and the matches will take place in the morning or evening.
Come and visit Madrid to enjoy this amazing sport event, experience Spain’s capitol and relax in an apartment from Rent4Days Madrid.
The best tennis tournament will be take place in Madrid, to enjoy this amazing sport event and Rent4Days provides the best Madrid apartments.
Barcelona Metro Map
This post is especially useful for everybody who is visiting Barcelona for short or long-term stay. It is a Map of the cities Underground public transport, the famous Metro of Barcelona.
With the help of this you can easily navigate your way and reach any point of the city in only a few minutes. Just make sure to print your copy before or during your holidays in Barcelona.
Barcelona vs Bayern Munich – Champions League semifinals 2013
The draw for the UEFA Champions League semifinals gave us the epic clash: Bayern vs Barcelona.
The two teams will meet to qualify for the Champions League final to be held on May 25 in London at the famous Wembley stadium.
Barca will come out with a slight advantage at May 1st, the second leg in Barcelona’s the Camp Nou stadium, with the support of 90,000 Fans.
Are you planning to come see the return match at Camp Nou?
Visit our website to find your perfect apartment in Barcelona with Rent4Days for a unique experience and do not miss the incredible night of the Champions!
Although the FC Barcelona usually is winning major titles recently, the statistics are in favor of Bayern Munich, which in six matches against Barca has won 3 times with 1 loss and 2 draws.
In those three direct confrontations, Bayern continued to the leagues next round 2 times and the F.C. only once.
Bayern are a winning machine this year that surpassed all other challengers to the title of the German “Bundesliga” and even won six additional games.
But Barca has already shown that it is able to pass all the tests and can compete with strong rivals like Milan or PSG, and this with its star Player Messi injured.
We hope that these two teams’ players will fully recover quickly and prepare for the final confrontations in the best conditions.
The entire F.C. Barcelona and Messi at his best have good chances to reach the finals on May 25 in London.
The other semifinal will also be a duel between Spain and when Real Madrid have to face Borussia Dortmund.
The easiest and cheapest ways to travel to Madrid
Would you like to wake up with your partner and to take the breakfast with him/her right next to the Puerta del Sol, one of Spains most beautiful and friendly squares. Would you like to stay in an apartment decorates in the impressive Victorian design that makes for a special stay?
Breaking the routine and do something different like a spontaneous trip in an so far undiscovered urban paradise.
Depending on your residence you can reach Spain’s Capitol in just about one hour. Come and visit Madrid!
You will enjoy an unforgettable stay in your favorite Rent4Days apartment in Madrid.
Are you in doubt because you feel unsure about the best way to travel to Madrid? No problem, we will give to you the best solutions.
If you prefer to travel by train, you will have a comfortable, relaxed and inexpensive trip. Traveling with a group of friends or with the family? Make use of the heavily discounted tickets for groups.
Consult more information in the website Renfe.com the Spanish train company. Travelling in AVE (the faster train) you can find discounts. The discounted tickets are indicated with the logo “M”. Prices can go as low as 90€ per person per trip, even traveling longer distances.
Apart there are also ALVIA trains which are a bit slower but you can save more than 30 € compared to an AVE train per trip.
The perfect alternative to the train would be to travel by plane. Madrid is the capital city located in the centre of the Spanish Peninsula so flight times should be kept below one hour.
If your decision is travel by plane, you should check the airline website companies that work in Spain. Economic return tickets go as low as 30€
Now, you have the idea to travel to Madrid, visit our website www.rent4days.com and just enjoy your stay with us. With some of the best apartments in Madrid we assure that you will have a great stay.
Saint Valentine’s Day in Barcelona
As you may know the international day of love approaches, February 14th is Saint Valentine’s Day. Around this time the city of Barcelona will be even more beautiful than it already is. Take a walk and find typical romantic decorations in its streets, its shops, restaurants. Although there are many wise people who rightfully say that who love has to be shown and shared 365 days a year, it is though also true that on this special day love should be given just a bit more. We will assure you that it will be worth it and your partner or flirt as well as your beloved friends and family will feel mutual.
Some people give away roses, some people give away books, and lately to give experience for Valentine’s Day (maybe even something more extraordinary than the usual romantic dinner. We recommend a few nights in our Saint Valentine’s Day Barcelona apartments to spark the flame of love and to proof that the other person truly is your soul mate.
It is the perfect opportunity also for those who already were fortunate enough to have found the love of their life’s to set another milestone in their relationship and create a romantic memory which they and their better half will never forget.
And for all those singles it will be the perfect time to declare their affection to that special person they always seemed to care about. I not on the 14th of February when then?
Rent4Days recommend stays in our studio apartments. They are the perfect accommodation for couples providing a quite, romantic and intimate day and evening. They provide that extra intensity that cannot be found in the already known comforts of the own home.
Rent4Days wishes a happy Saint Valentine’s Day!
Saint Valentines Day in Miami
As you may know the international day of love approaches, February 14th is Saint Valentine’s Day. Around this time the city of Miami will be even more beautiful than it already is. Take a walk and find typical romantic decorations in its streets, its shops, restaurants.
Although there are many wise people who rightfully say that who love has to be shown and shared 365 days a year, it is though also true that on this special day love should be given just a bit more.
We will assure you that it will be worth it and your partner or flirt as well as your beloved friends and family will feel mutual.
Some people give away roses, some people give away books, and lately to give experience for Valentine’s Day (maybe even something more extraordinary than the usual romantic dinner). We recommend a few nights in our Saint Valentine’s Day Miami apartments to spark the flame of love and to proof that the other person truly is your soul mate.
It is the perfect opportunity also for those who already were fortunate enough to have found the love of their life’s to set another milestone in their relationship and create a romantic memory which they and their better half will never forget.
Rent4Days recommend stays in our studio apartments. They are the perfect accommodation for couples providing a quite, romantic and intimate day and evening. They provide that extra intensity that cannot be found in the already known comforts of the own home.And for all those singles it will be the perfect time to declare their affection to that special person they always seemed to care about. If not on the 14th of February when then?
Rent4Days wishes a happy Saint Valentine’s Day!
Valentine´s Day
The celebration of Valentine’s Day is approaching and the best way to re-conquer your partner is taking her/him to spend a romantic weekend in Madrid where you will fall in love again thanks to the wonderful apartments that Rent4days owns in this city of dreams.
From February 14th to the 17th,
Rent4days gives you the opportunity to enjoy a passionate stay in one of the 16 apartments that Rent4days prepared especially for this romantic occasion, and enjoy Madrid seductive nights, stroll through its charming streets and immerse yourself into its innumerable charms.
For this, all you have to do is look for apartments with a red heart on our webpage.
Go ahead and surprise your partner with these captivating holidays, where the love will return to shine with even greater force in your relationship.