Price Check Ceret – A Ceret Shopping List with Prices

Olives at Céret (Ceret) Saturday markets, Céret, France. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved. Ceret Shopping List.

What we are really loving about doing this Price Check series – more than forcing us to do comparison shops at every destination – is that it’s making us pay more attention to what’s on the shelves at supermarkets, rather than what we are buying, and is therefore helping us to understand what people are … Read more

Perpignan Food, Wine, Walking and Conversation with Local Expert Carl

Perpignan – Food, Wine, Walking, and Conversation in one of Southern France's liveliest cities. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

“Walk, just walk,” was the advice we received from Carl, the owner of our petite weekend escape in Perpignan, when we asked him what we should do. “Oh, and eat and drink…” And so began a long weekend of food, wine, walking and conversation in Perpignan, one of Southern France’s liveliest cities, which we kicked … Read more

Markets in Barcelona

Markets in Barcelona – sightseeing that will get you salivating! Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Strolling through local markets on our travels is as much a form of sightseeing as it is a shopping trip or another chance to eat out. Especially in Barcelona, where the markets are so wonderful. Taking in the dazzling displays of freshly-caught seafood and fish, gills scarlet and scales glistening, the kaleidoscope of colours that … Read more

Price Check: a Barcelona Shopping List

Fruit shop at the markets, Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona Shopping List. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Barcelona boasts some brilliant fresh food markets, including the famous (although now very touristy) La Boqueria on Las Ramblas, Santa Caterina in El Born, Barceloneta in the neighbourhood of the same name, and Mercat de la Liberta in Gracia, the barrio where we’re staying. There are also excellent supermercados in the basements of El Corte … Read more

Price Check: a Jerez shopping list

Price Check – a Jerez shopping list with prices. Tio Pepe Palomino Fino, Jerez, Spain. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

In Jerez, like Marrakech, it’s much more fun to shop at local markets than at a supermarket, however, unlike Marrakech, you’re not going to get everything you need at the markets, and in Jerez you will find yourself having to head to the Carrefour Express (opposite the Mercado) at some point. Here is our Jerez shopping … Read more