Majestic Palms and Mystery Play of Elche
A Cultural Oasis. We Brits love Spain, and Valencia in particular. Its sun-kissed beaches, its nightlife. But there is much more to popular tourist regions...
Parador 44
Spain in the Heart of Cardiff. 20 years ago, brothers and sister Tom Morgan, Owen Morgan and Natalie Isaac opened their first Spanish tapas restaurant,...
Remelluri Organic Winery – travel review
The mountains have been here for 80 million years; humans have been using the mountains for a lot less time than that, but nevertheless for...
Nordés is the first Atlantic Galician Gin
I first met Nordés Atlantic Galician Gin a few years ago. I was dashing through an airport returning from a stay in this unique region...
Barcelona Sketchbook – book review
Barcelona is a beautiful city and famed for its buildings. Barcelona Sketchbook: Homage to Catalan Architecture allows the reader to view these façades in something...
Mallorca for the Arts – travel review
We might well think we know everything about Mallorca – possibly spelled Majorca and often pronounced with a hard ‘j’! It’s evidently a tapestry of...
Hotel Bon Sol – it’s a family affair – travel review
This deceptively large hotel couldn’t have a better location. Hotel Bon Sol Resort and Spa is in Illetas, which is only 8 km (5 miles)...
Travels & Tapas in Basque Country – travel review
We have likely heard of it but if pinpointing this region on a map was a capital offence then it’s probable a few of us...
Valencia, Spain – travel review
Valencia is the third largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona. The Port of Valencia is the 5th busiest container port in Europe and...
Tapas Bars and Michelin Stars with Travels and Tapas – review
Jose and Isabel Macicior have fast become the faces of bespoke food and culture trips to Spain and southern France. They have hit the ground...
Vigo – Michelin Stars and Seafood – travel review
You will appreciate from these articles that I consider Vigo in Galicia something of an undiscovered culinary gem. The fresh produce and seafood are outstanding...
Vigo – crab, clams and continuity – travel review
For those of you living in the south of England, you will already know about Vigo. You will swear that it is a parish formed...
Galicia – deliciously diverse – travel review
We all have prejudices. We don’t think that we do but that is in itself the nature of a prejudice. I was anxious that this...
Sacred Sierra by Jason Webster – review
Well, to be honest, I didn’t find the title very inspiring. Sounds like a hermit looking for religion and it probably wasn’t going to be...
Spain Body and Soul by H M van den Brink – review
This is another remarkable book from those nice people at Haus Publishing. This is truly quality food writing, travel writing, poetic writing, and thoroughly absorbing...
Tapas Bar Crawl – Barcelona – food and travel review
We have what Jeni Barnett would call a “nearasdammit” son who is Catalan (note: I do not say Spanish). This has given us the advantage...