Sentence examples for tajo from inspiring English sources

From here, on a warm late summer morning I set out on a path cushioned by pine needles, following the meanderings of the river Tajo.

ReprintsA "water war" has also erupted over Castile-La Mancha's diversion of the River Tajo at Murcia's expense.

Tagus River, Portuguese Rio Tejo, Spanish Río Tajo, longest waterway of the Iberian Peninsula.

These Celtiberians inhabited the hill country between the sources of the Tagus (Tajo) and Iberus (Ebro) rivers, including most of the modern province of Soria and much of the neighbouring provinces of Guadalajara and Teruel.

Ángela de Acevedo a lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth (Isabel de Borbón), wife of King Philip IV left three extant plays of unknown dates: El muerto disimulado ("The Pretending Dead Man"), La Margarita del Tajo que dió nombre a Santarem ("Margarita of Tajo Who Named Santarem"), and Dicha y desdicha del juego y devoción de la Virgen Blissss and Misfortune in Gaming and Devotion to the Virgin").

One intelligence report from a Spaniard, Count Nava de Tajo, to British diplomats said that the duke believed there could be a revolution in Britain, resulting in the abdication of King George VI.

The mountain village of Poveda de la Sierra, equidistant between Madrid and Valencia, makes a good launching pad for exploring the Alto Tajo, and the Casa Parri (00 34 949 817 223; hospedajeruralparri.com; doubles €53) is a homely base.

WHERE TO STAY Parador Del Toledo sits on a hill across the river Tajo, the ideal vantage point to see Toledo.

We pushed on, past broken crusader castles and Roman viaducts, over the mighty Río Tajo to Cáceres, where we spent a sumptuous afternoon and night wandering virtually alone through a film-set 16th century walled town of bewildering grace and charm.

In 1902 a plan was conceived to siphon off water from here and divert it to the Segura river to irrigate farms in the arid southeast in what is known as the Tajo-Segura transfer.

I drove the narrow, cobbled roads into Alhama de Granada's main square, Plaza Constitucion, and parked with ease, ready to explore this small hill town with its Moorish quarter, the Iglesia del Carmen and dramatic views of Los Tajos (the gorge).