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Month: October 2012

Food & drink

Bite Me, Café Aviz in Porto

October 31, 2012 Jack 0

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… […]

Food & drink

Hungry to Discover Gastro-Hike Destinations

October 30, 2012 Jack 0

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

October 27, 2012 Jack 0

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

October 27, 2012 Andy 1

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

October 24, 2012 Jack 1

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

October 23, 2012 Jack 0

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

October 22, 2012 Andy 2

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

October 21, 2012 Jack 1

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

October 16, 2012 Jack 0

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

October 15, 2012 Jack 1

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

October 12, 2012 Jack 0

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… […]

Aromatic Malvasía wine from Matías i Torres
Europe

A Life Of Wine At Matías i Torres on La Palma

October 11, 2012 Andy 1

“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.” […]

Swimming Pool Hotel Las Olas
Hotels

Review of Hotel Las Olas, La Palma

October 10, 2012 Jack 0

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… […]

Statue of Liberty
Food & drink

Don’t Eat Where Locals Eat and Do Stay on the Beaten Track

October 9, 2012 Jack 4

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. […]

Cigar Factory, La Palma
La Palma

Cigar Rolling in La Palma, the Cuba of the Canary Islands

October 3, 2012 Jack 2

This is exactly how I imagined a cigar rolling factory might look. It’s downtown Havana in rural La Palma. […]

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