Souvenirs from Spain: toy and elite, graceful and sharply honed, delicious and unique

Everyone who has gone on a trip abroad - whether it is a ski resort or exotic islands, a historical study of cultural or architectural monuments of different countries or a trip with a view to shopping, at the end of the holiday always thinks about choosing souvenirs. This is any thing that reminds of a visit to a foreign country, a merry holiday in it and incredible experiences experienced during the trip, which can be put at home in a prominent place or presented to your relatives and friends.

Having visited the magnificent country of Spain, with its extraordinary culture, way of life and the whole atmosphere, you can not leave it without taking any souvenir, for example, real castanets or delicious Spanish sherry. Such things - one can be sure of that - will not serve as usual dust collectors, but remain the most vivid memories of the time spent abroad, carefree and exciting.

So, what souvenirs from Spain will be the most unusual and interesting, the most memorable pieces of memory? As already mentioned above, such can be a national percussion musical instrument - castanets created from two concave shell-plates, connected together by a cord. The best (and most expensive) castanets are made from the hardest wood, much cheaper - from fiberglass. Buy such a musical miracle in any souvenir shop, and learn how to tap a cheerful rhythm - right on the streets. Naturally, you can not go to Spain - the homeland of the bullfight, and do not bring with you a variety of souvenirs-bulls (bulls) made of different materials. Of glass and wood, metal and even plush - without their talisman-bull, no one will remain.

Souvenirs from Spain can be playful and toy, as described above, and maybe quite different - elegant, like magnificent fans (of all sizes, lace, paper, wood or plastic) or expensive and solid, like real weapons produced in the city of Toledo . Magnificent steel, once glorified this city, today in the crafty hands of masters turns into copies of famous swords and swords, willingly bought up by tourists from all over the globe. The sword of Toledo is not a trinket, it is a piece of the great history of Spain, partly a symbol of it, so such a souvenir, presented to someone, will certainly be appreciated.

Memorable souvenirs can also be very tasty - it's a fabulously tasty hamon - a cheese-pork ham, which is a national Spanish delicacy. This dish can be sold in two forms: the more expensive jamon serrano (mountain jamon) and the jamon iberico (black leg) available to any guest of the country. You can also bring from a trip through Spain sherry, one of the most famous brands of Spanish wine, which is produced in the vicinity of the city of Jerez de la Frontera. Buyers can choose dry sherry "Fino", featuring a bitterish-fresh almond flavor and an attractive pale straw color, a dry sort of wine called "Amontillado" with a hazelnut flavor, rich amber color or a soft "Manzanilla" variety, strong and unusually aromatic.

For the beautiful half of humanity are designed jewelry souvenirs from Spain - wonderful ornaments of skilled handmade, inlaid with gold and silver or made from artificial pearls grown on the island of Mallorca. The women will not remain indifferent to high-quality Spanish ceramics produced in some areas, including Toledo, Valencia and Catalonia, and also in Andalusia, where the ancient medieval traditions of pottery still exist.

If you want to surprise friends, bring unusual souvenirs from Spain - a real Spanish guitar, woven multi-colored carpets with a hand pattern or Valencian porcelain, always original and high-quality. For football fans an excellent gift will be a variety of symbols of local clubs ("Barcelona" or "Real Madrid"), bought in numerous museums dedicated to these teams.