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… […]
Articles by Jack
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
Europe
Discover Costa Teguise in Lanzarote, Outdoor Living and Creative Cuisine
Although developed as a tourist resort, Costa Teguise on Lanzarote’s south east coast has a pleasing small town community feel to it, possibly as a result of two factors. […]
Europe
A Different View of The Canary Island of Lanzarote
Anyone who dismisses the most easterly of the Canary Islands as a purpose built, package holiday hell obviously has the observational skills of a blind albino cave crab. […]
Europe
Is El Rincón de Juan Carlos the Best Restaurant in The Canary Islands?
I expected the food at El Rincòn de Juan Carlos to be of a high standard… but I didn’t expect it to grab me and whirl me around the room with wild abandon… […]
Africa
Cool Cats and Dusty Drawers, The Ups and Downs of an African Safari
It’s almost too overwhelming a scene to absorb. I’m staring into the exquisite face of Aslan, the king of the beasts, who’s lazing in the sparse shade of a tinder dry bush less than 20 feet away. […]
Travel Talk
Why Do Some Travel Bloggers Hate Tourists?
I had to read the line twice. ”I didn’t want to be dancing alongside a bunch of tourists…’ Eleven words that highlight the quite bizarre snobbery occasionally found in travel writing and blogging. […]
Gran Canaria
A Different View of the Canary Islands
Tacky, touristy and terrible if you’re a discerning traveller. Anyone who still believes that about The Canary Islands has either been going to the wrong bits or needs to change what paper/blogs they read. […]
Denmark
Cross Cultural Salads, Soups and Toasting the Danes with Akvavit
There’s something deliciously surreal about being taught the proper way to make a toast in Denmark by a mischievous 90 year old transsexual… […]
Food & drink
How To Know When You Can Trust Restaurant Reviews
Many, many restaurant reviews are written purely from an extremely subjective viewpoint and that negates their value. But how do you identify the ones you can trust? In some ways it’s easier to be able to identify those you can’t.
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Great Britain
Review of Mackay’s Hotel, Strathpeffer
Being part of a good value tour of the Scottish Highlands package, we didn’t expect much from Mackay’s Hotel and were really quite surprised when it exceeded expectations in a number of areas. […]