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
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. […]
Food & drink
La Peskera Restaurant, Costa Teguise
It was a delicious dilemna. We had been invited by local restaurateur César López Bullón to dine at one of his César Restaurants in Costa Teguise… […]
Europe
César Manrique, Made in Lanzarote
Like the creator of his own Universe, Manrique’s hand is in the very landscape of Lanzarote; the uniform, low, white buildings that stand against the black, volcanic terrain like images from an old scrap book of some distant, African land… […]
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… […]
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… […]
Larnaca
Old Ruins and New Festivals in Larnaca
Apart from its more recent attractions, Larnaca also has a really impressive history going back to the 14th century BC. Because of its central location and importance for trade routes through the Mediterranean it has… […]
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. […]
Costa Brava
Take Flight over Costa Brava
We’ve chosen the perfect day for our flight. The wind is light, the sky a cloudless expanse of blue, borrowed and intensified by the surface of the Balearic Sea which spills its colour onto the shore of Roses beach as we fly overhead… […]
Food & drink
Restaurant Review, A Taste of Autumn at Pimenta Moscada, Guimarães
Apart from being pretty as a postcard, Largo dos Laranjos is home to Pimenta Moscada, a restaurant whose menu was a bit different from other restaurants… […]
Costa Brava
Beautiful Besalú
When it comes to stunning settings, Besalú steals a march on most. Not only is the medieval town sited amidst Constable-esque countryside on the banks of the Fluvia River, but its main access is via a magnificent, 12th century, Romanesque bridge… […]
Spain
Scenes From Santa Cruz Carnival, Tenerife
It’s almost over; 12 days of hanging out with queens, both of the carnaval and drag variety, partying at parades and being wowed and occasionally shocked by some of the fancy dress costumes that have passed our eyes during carnival on Tenerife – it’s been a total blast. […]