Catalonia
Skulking with Vultures in the Pyrenees
The shadow glides silently across the ground in front of us before dissolving into the grassy slopes; it’s big – no, that’s an understatement, it’s huge… […]
Year: 2012
Barcelona
Unravelling A Rich Tapestry of Experiences In Catalonia
A few days into a trip around Catalonia and it’s fair to say that the expectations I had beforehand have not only been exceeded; they’ve been smashed to smithereens. […]
Africa
The Changing Face of the High Atlas Mountains
Less than two years ago, Tacchedirt had only candles for light and stories for entertainment. […]
Europe
Hotel Botánico, Tenerife
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The Canary Islands
Travel Writers Create Original Material Whilst Travel Bloggers Write About What They Did on Their Holidays
There are more myths in travel writing and travel blogging than in The Odyssey and the one about traditional travel writers seeking out fresh original copy when they visit a destination whereas bloggers… […]
Costa Brava
Entering the Lair of Salvador Dalí in Figueres
Entering the Dalí Theatre-Museum is akin to stepping through the doors of the artistic equivalent of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory… […]
Asturias
Niembro & the Restaurant San Pelayo in Llanes, Asturias
The weather was glorious, the canapés from the hands of chef José Miguel Naves… well to die for and the scenery was of the sort that attracts film-makers by the bus load. […]
Hiking
Walking La Gomera, Sometimes This Job is Just Amazing
When Inntravel sent us the itinerary for their walking in La Gomera holiday that they wanted us to update and amend, we knew we were in for a challenge. What we didn’t know, was that it would be such an incredible week. […]
Europe
Pousada de Santa Marinha, Guimarães
An imposing, former 12th century monastery where original, 18th century Azulejos tiles, Moorish architecture and monks’ cells have been given an award winning architectural makeover … […]
Food & drink
A Taste of Spice, The Killer Mojos of La Gomera
I’ve eaten them more times than I can remember; so many times in fact that the act of spreading the rich red or glistening green paste on the obligatory bread in Canarian restaurants has become an almost subconscious semi-automated act. […]
Europe
French Flair at the Bistro Restaurant Montmartre in Costa Teguise
Set on a quiet road behind the main street in Costa Teguise, Montmartre Bistro is a little slice of Parisian bohemian life in a sun-soaked Lanzarote resort. […]
Hiking
A Photo Tour of Six Days Walking on La Gomera
On La Gomera you’re either going up or you’re going down, so six days of checking walking routes for Inntravel was an opportunity to get in some serious barranco hiking… […]
Lanzarote
The Blog Trip Model That Won’t Cost Tourist Boards the Earth
Tourist Boards don’t need massive resources to plan and implement innovative blog/press trips. In fact it’s possible to host regular blog trips that won’t be a drain on either financial or staff resources. […]
Food & drink
The Art of Lanzarote Wines
Lanzarote’s award winning Malvasía wines can hold their heads up when it comes to quality, and given the difficulty of their birth, that’s quite some achievement. […]
Europe
Learning to Stand Up Paddle in Lanzarote
Spending a couple of hours learning to master the basics of Stand Up Paddle (SUP), the new board sport that has exploded on to the surf scene like a tsunami, taught me three things. […]