Passion For Food – The Best Pintxos In San Sebastian, Spain

20/04/2016.Reading time 14 minutes.

San Sebastian, Spain, is foodie heaven. This guide features 7 of the best pintxo bars in the old town and the best pintxos to eat in each.

In Basque Country – Best Things To Do In San Sebastian, Spain

14/04/2016.Reading time 13 minutes.

Conch shaped sweep of the La Concha beach, San Sebastian

Discover the sophisticated charm and the sublime pintxo culture of this beautiful Basque city.

Getaria – A Seafarer, A Couturier & Sensational Seafood!

29/10/2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

No visit to Getaria can begin without knowing the answer to this simple question: Who was the first person to circumnavigate the earth? What you and I learned in primary school, it appears, is the wrong answer! Ferdinand Magellan did plan and embark on the ambitious voyage from Spain. He did discover the strait that led to the Pacific ocean (whose name […]

Fine Wines, Bodegas & Hill Towns Of Rioja Alavesa

01/10/2015.Reading time 9 minutes.

For our 40th anniversary last month, (You read right. And ditch the math, I am not quite as old as you are thinking right now!) we consciously decided to give showy sights a miss for a slow savouring of food, wine and languorous coastal villages. And the Basque region came up trumps on all counts. With just the right amount of […]

Guggenheim Bilbao – A Spectacular Symbol of Renewal

02/09/2015.Reading time 1 minute.

When we dashed across, nearly a decade ago, on a (crazy) day trip from Barcelona to Bilbao just to gaze upon those stunning overlapping waves of shimmering titanium, we were clueless about the city’s history of industrial decline, or of the conception of the Guggenheim museum as an icon of urban reinvention. It is hard to imagine that […]

A Blooming Statue!

15/03/2013.Reading time 1 minute.

This giant flower sculpture of a West Highland White Terrier puppy is part of the permanent collection of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Designed in 1992 by Jeff Koons – an American artist renowned for his “Neo-Pop art – for an art exhibition in Arolsen Castle, Germany, it was purchased by the Bilbao museum in 1997 (after a short stint in […]