The ‘Amazon for Campervan Rentals’
The “Amazon for campervan rentals” – Indie Campers announce their new campervan rental marketplace.
CHEF JOSÉ ANDRÉS WINS BASQUE CULINARY WORLD PRIZE 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic may have forced restaurants to close – but visionary chefs around the world have been busy using their powers for good. This year’s prestigious Basque Culinary World … Continue reading
OH TO TRAVEL!
A USA, Spain, Costa Rica video from the archives. With normal travel freedoms restricted throughout the world I’ve been thinking a lot about joys of unplanned wandering. Or spending time … Continue reading
SPAIN HOTEL INSURANCE
Health insurance is set to overtake sea view, free parking and breakfast included as a perk for hotel guests traveling in the ‘post’ COVID-19 period. Over and above adherence to … Continue reading
VINTAGE SOCIAL DISTANCING
It’s not the first time there has been social distancing on Spain’s beaches. This couple caused a sensation when in June 1910 they brazenly broke the rules forbidding men … Continue reading
TOURISM: RISKY BUSINESS
It’s a risky gamble. Should countries re-activate foreign tourism before an international test and contact trace system is in place? Last year 1.5 billion people made trips for tourism. 2020 … Continue reading
HEALTH PASSPORTS
There is a gap of a month between the opening of borders in Europe and the proposed availability of a UNWTO-backed health passport which aims to facilitate health-safe travel by … Continue reading
WHAT’S ALLOWED IN SPAIN THIS WEEK?
There are four phases from lockdown to the new normality in post-COVID Spain, and on May 25 almost half the country advanced from 1 to 2. So what does that … Continue reading
SPAIN HOTELS HEALTH & SAFETY
What is being done to protect tourists in Spain? A lot, is the answer. See my overview in The Guardian. The Spanish government released a set of protocols for 21 … Continue reading
TIMETABLE TO A NEW NORMAL
Spain has a 4-phase plan for easing restrictions. The idea is that we reach a new normal by July 1. This is how it looked on May 11. Every two … Continue reading
COOL YET WARM HOTELS – SPAIN
COMING SOON: Sublime design hotels with fires in the bedrooms across Spain. There are more than you might think and I’m checking them all. And taking my time.
DRIVE FROM SEVILLE TO EAT HERE, HERE, HERE & HERE
Ecija (A4 from Seville to Cordoba), and Marchena and Osuna (A92 from Seville to Malaga / Granada) are long weekend destinations in La Campiña de Sevilla (see my Guardian piece … Continue reading
PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES
Possibly the only reason to travel through the Gorafe desert in Granada is to take a look at the Casa del Desierto. The bleak desert can be extremely hot and … Continue reading
COULD IT BE MAGIC?
Few know. Some of the 51 towns on the Pueblos Mágicos de España network could be on the Not Visited Much network. Here’s my Top 10 of the best least … Continue reading
WHEN IN SEVILLE
Far too much to recommend in beautiful Seville. I could have filled double the space in The Guardian City Guide. Start there, but here are four more top places. Las … Continue reading
OLIVE OIL FRAUD
Meant to include a link to this feature on extra virgin olive oil fraud in Italy, written a while back for Reader’s Digest. Fascinating to research the industry in Bari. … Continue reading
