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...
The Catalan town of Figueres is home to the Salvador Dali museum and half an hour from El Celler de Can Roca, the world’s ‘best’ restaurant… two good reasons for a day trip from Barcelona. My...