Weekend in Barcelona Itinerary for Food and Wine Lovers

Weekend in Barcelona Itinerary for Food and Wine Lovers. La Boqueria Market, Barcelona, Spain. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Weekend in Barcelona? Yes, please. Barcelona has to be our favourite European city for a weekend getaway. When we lived in the Middle East we used to make a beeline for the Catalan capital the first chance we had. Oh how I wish we lived that close again! Now with the proliferation of low cost airlines, … Read more

To the Penedes to Taste 50 Great Cavas and Catalan Cuisine

To the Penedes to Taste 50 Great Cavas and Catalan Cuisine. Cava in Barcelona, Spain. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

50 Great Cavas. That’s right. We’re Barcelona bound today and tomorrow we’re heading to the Penedes wine region to taste 50 Great Cavas and gorge ourselves on Catalan cuisine for five days. 50 Cavas in five days. Will we survive? In preparation for our Cava tasting marathon we asked the local experts for some Cava tasting … Read more

We Are Barcelona Bound!

Social Travel and the Deregulation of the Travel Industry. Barcelona tourist protest banner, Spain. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

This time tomorrow I’ll be starting to think about packing and a few hours later we’ll be heading to the airport for our flight to Barcelona via Guangzhou and Paris. We’re Barcelona bound! It’s been a few years since we were in Europe – our longest period away from the continent since we moved to … Read more