Spain

Spain is renowned worldwide for vibrant fiestas, sizzling summers and colourful towns and villages. Spanish cuisine is top-notch and so are the country's flavourful drinks, often created out of a necessity to enjoy a thirst-quenching, affordable beverage during those hot summer days. This spirit of mixing and matching alcohol...

When discussing Spain’s cuisine, tapas and paella come to mind but while those dishes are great (and I recommend them), Spanish gastronomy is much more diverse. It focuses on letting the ingredients do the work; the preparations use choice quality ingredients and aren’t very complicated. A good example is...

In an era when it's challenging to travel and Netflix consistently releases quality content, you could quickly get a case of wanderlust by watching a foreign series. From crime dramas to romantic chick flicks, it's not difficult to get hooked on dreaming of visiting the filming locations. Whether you...

Alicante is sprawled in front of the Mediterranean Sea in Spain’s Costa Blanca, a 124-mile (200 km) stretch of coast known for its white sandy beaches and charming towns. The city has a rich history, having been inhabited for over 7000 years. It was long used as a trading hub by...

A child of the sixties, Torremolinos grew from a quiet little fishing village into a thriving resort city almost overnight, from British and Scottish holidaymakers desperate to soak up the sun in Costa del Sol. Straight off the plane, and seven kilometres away from the airport, was exactly what...

The minute my eyes rest on the cobblestone streets of Santillana del Mar, I think I’ve been transported into a set of a Grimm’s fairytale. The medieval Spanish village is picture-book perfect. Stone buildings house old-fashioned shops that sell hand-made leather handbags, rugs, souvenir brass keys, painted china plates, wooden...