Salvador Dalí believed he was the reincarnation of the rugged Cap de Creus – the barren, windswept headland north of the seaside town of Cadaques on the Costa Brava, on the way to the border with...
The city of Girona is a 38-minute train journey north of Barcelona. Much smaller than the Catalan capital, Girona is a doable size for a weekend. You can walk everywhere, the food is good, the...
Girona once served as a passageway for the Romans on their way through 'Hispania'. Fast forward a couple of thousand years and the city is a passageway for a different kind of visitor: the food-loving...
Where do I start with Les Cols? First, the name of this two Michelin-starred restaurant in the foothills of the Girona Pyrenees translates from Catalan as the 'cabbage heads'. For me, Les Cols...
My dream to visit Les Cols first arose last November when a gallery director at Paris Photo showed me pictures of this Michelin-starred gem in Catalonia's Garrotxa Natural Park, a green area of rivers and...
Good seafood is a luxury. I found it at Estimar, an intimate little restaurant, with Andalusian-born Rafa Zarfa at the helm. You can find Estimar in a side alleyway in the old city of Barcelona. Look...
UPDATE 23 March 2021: As reported in La Vanguardía newspaper, El Senyor Parellada will not be opening its shutters once lockdown is lifted...
I found out about Teoric while at the picture framer's in Barcelona. This was in the same block as where my son was born 22 years ago, in the district of Gràcia. I knew Teoric...
The best time to visit the Mediterranean is in the autumn. The skies are clear, the temperatures cooler and the crowds are more dispersed. It's also all the better for seeing street art....