Food & drink
Bite Me, Café Aviz in Porto
It might not be the sort of establishment you’d head to for a special meal, but settling into a seat at the Café Aviz in Porto is like slipping on a… […]
Month: October 2012
Food & drink
Hungry to Discover Gastro-Hike Destinations
Some destinations offer great walking but functional rather than outstanding food; in other places you can gorge on the finest of food but then not have any… […]
Catalonia
Being Wined, Dined and Wowed at Magical Castell d’Encus in Tremp
Not all vineyards weave as potent a magic spell; it requires a delicious mix of ingredients and Raül Bobet’s Castell d’Encus near Tremp has them by the fairy dust load. […]
Travel Talk
Take Advantage of TripAdvisor’s Free Business Consultancy
There can be few people in the travel and tourism industry who fail to recognise the importance of TripAdvisor to holiday consumers. Love it or hate it, TripAdvisor is a tourism tour de force. […]
Travel Talk
Tips on Becoming a Professional Travel Blogger
Finding bloggers who can make the jump from writing for themselves to being a professional blogger hasn’t always been easy and many times we’ve had to say… […]
Asturias
Bite Me, Restaurant Tierra Astur in Oviedo
Not so much a case of ‘eat me’ but ‘meat me’ at this wonderfully quirky shrine to Asturian cuisine outside of Oviedo. […]
Food & drink
A Visit to the Aldea Rum Distillery on La Palma
Don Manuel removes the cap from a bottle of Reserva 10 Años (10 Years Reserve) and pours two shots. I’m expecting to judder but the rum slips smoothly down my throat, warming and comforting. […]
Africa
The High Atlas Mountains in Photos
The Atlas Mountains appear as though they could have remain unchanged since gods and men fought, haggled and tricked each other on their sparse slopes… […]
Food & drink
Seriously Hot Foods from Around the World and the Hiccup Test
We recently bought some chillies in a Spanish supermarket with the most brilliant name; they were called puta la madre chillies. […]
Being Uncool
Highway to Hell, Me a Scooter and Lanzarote
My second attempt in a zillion years at mastering a two-wheeled mean machine (i.e. scooter) resulted in as much humiliation as my first did when I was eighteen. […]
Food & drink
Review of La Placeta, Santa Cruz de la Palma’s Jazzy Traditional Restaurant
On the seafront side, La Placeta’s 18the century façade forms part of one of the biggest attractions of La Palma’s capital, Los Balcones… […]
Europe
A Life Of Wine At Matías i Torres on La Palma
“The vines represent a connection to everything about our home and our history,” says Victoria. “Through them we are connected to the soil, the sea, the volcanic slopes and to our ancestors. The wine is a living embodiment of that bond.” […]
Hotels
Review of Hotel Las Olas, La Palma
The pastel coloured apartments that make up Las Olas are pleasing to the eye and the low-rise complex allows views to the verdant hills behind… […]
Food & drink
Don’t Eat Where Locals Eat and Do Stay on the Beaten Track
Some feel like tired clichés and rehashed mantras handed down from a world weary travel guru whose views are as faded as their once khaki jeans. […]
La Palma
Cigar Rolling in La Palma, the Cuba of the Canary Islands
This is exactly how I imagined a cigar rolling factory might look. It’s downtown Havana in rural La Palma. […]