Mar
08
“Are you going to Seville?” That’s the most-asked question we’ve had since we announced that Jerez was one of our destinations for Grantourismo. The fact that people are asking that question is one of the reasons that we are here in Jerez – a town we’re quickly growing very fond of. When people think of …
Feb
24
Playlist is a series of posts we’ll feature about destination soundtracks, whether they’re playlists we create ourselves inspired by the place, music that has come recommended to us by locals, or, as in this case, the soundtrack of the property we’ve stayed at. Yes, you heard right, it’s not only Hotel Costes and other design …
Jan
13
Think back to the last time you had to book a holiday house for a family reunion or choose a resort for your summer getaway. Remember the hours you spent trawling through photos and descriptions on websites? Flicking through the back page ads in stacks of old Conde Nast Travellers? Multiply that by 26 and …
Jan
05
There’s no denying the Grand Tour was partly a summer holiday, the grand tourists leaving England, and later America, to travel to ‘The Continent’, invariably crossing the Alps to spend some months in the sunshine in Italy – under a parasol of course. But it was about so much more than lazing among the wildflowers …
Jan
02
We’ve spent well over a thousand nights in hotels over the last four years that we’ve been on the road. So every chance we’ve had we’ve opted to check into a rental apartment instead. If we’ve been researching a guidebook where we’ve had to cover large areas of a country by car, as we did …
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