Málaga with Kids: Things to Do in the City (Our Family Trip)
We spent two days in Málaga with kids at the end of June 2019, with Damian (6) and Marc (3). We arrived from Granada, where it had been 40°C. Málaga’s 24°C and the sea breeze…
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Sercotel Málaga Review with Kids: Connecting Rooms by the Train Station
We were guests of Sercotel Málaga for this stay. The opinions are our own. We spent two nights at Hotel Sercotel Málaga at the end of June 2019, with Damian (6) and Marc (3), after…
Alhambra with Kids: Tickets, Dress Code & Tips (2026)
Alhambra with Kids: Tickets, Dress Code and Tips for Families We almost didn’t get in. We’d had a busy few weeks at work and at home before our Granada trip, I assumed we’d buy Alhambra…
Granada Card Review: Is It Worth It for Families? (2026)
Granada Card Review: Is It Worth It for Families? We spent three days in Granada with our two boys, then 6 and 3, and used the Granada City Card for almost everything: buses, the tourist…
Gran Hotel Luna de Granada Review: Family Room & Pools
Gran Hotel Luna de Granada Review: Our Family Stay We landed in Granada on an early flight from Barcelona and were at Gran Hotel Luna de Granada long before check-in. By 11am it was already…
Balearic Islands with Kids: Mallorca, Menorca or Ibiza?
We’ve taken our kids to three of the four Balearic Islands, at three very different ages. Mallorca when Damian was 2, and again with both boys at 6 and 3. Menorca at 5 and 2.…
Colònia Güell & Gaudí’s Crypt: The Gaudí Nobody Queues For
Twenty minutes on a train from Plaça Espanya, there is a UNESCO-listed Gaudí building with no queue. That sentence does most of the work of this article. While several thousand people a day file through…
Besalú: Catalonia’s Medieval Town and Its 12th-Century Bridge
Besalú looks like a film set, and the odd thing is that nobody has filmed there. You cross a fortified twelfth-century bridge over the river Fluvià — seven uneven arches, two towers and a gatehouse…
Best Sunsets in Fuerteventura: 5 Spots and What Time to Go
We watch the sunset on every island we go to. In Fuerteventura we managed it nearly every evening of five days, and the boys started asking about it before dinner — which is the point…
Fuerteventura with Kids: Best Areas, Beaches & Things to Do
Disclosure: part of this trip was hosted by Pierre & Vacances, who provided our accommodation at Origo Mare. We paid for our own flights, car hire, food and everything else, and nobody had any say…
Pierre & Vacances Origo Mare Review: A Villa with Two Kids
Disclosure: our stay at Origo Mare was hosted by Pierre & Vacances as part of a collaboration. We paid for our own flights, car hire and food, we chose room-only rather than a meal plan,…
Parc de la Ciutadella with Kids: Hours, Playgrounds & Zoo
Quick answer We’ve been coming to Ciutadella since the boys could walk, and it’s still the park I send visiting families to first. Seventy acres of it, free, ten minutes from the Gothic Quarter, with…
Spartan Race Mallorca: Our Super Race Experience in Palma
As mentioned on our previous post, our main reason to go to Mallorca, was daddy´s participation at Spartan Race in Palma de Mallorca. It was his second time to participate in such a competition. First…
22 Most Instagrammable Places in Barcelona
Quick answer AN ARCHITECTURAL TOUR WITH KIDS IN BARCELONA. WALKING TOUR OF BARCELONA HOW TO MOVE AROUND IN BARCELONA? The most instagrammable places in Barcelona. 1. Parc Güell Parc Güell is that kind of place,…
1 Day in Barcelona: An Hour-by-Hour Itinerary That Works
Quick answer One day in Barcelona is not enough, and that’s fine — plenty of people get exactly one, off a cruise ship or between flights, and the question isn’t whether it’s enough but how…
4 Days in Barcelona: A Local’s Day-by-Day Itinerary
Quick answer Four days is the length where Barcelona starts working properly. Three days covers the sights; the fourth is what lets you leave the city for a day without feeling you’ve stolen time from…
Getting Around Barcelona: Tickets, Metro & Airport (2026)
Quick answer We’ve lived in Barcelona since 2010, and the single thing visitors most reliably get wrong here isn’t which sights to see — it’s which ticket to buy. Most people either overpay for a…
20 Day Trips From Barcelona: How to Get There and How Long
Barcelona is a good city to leave for a day. Not because there’s nothing to do in it — we live here, there’s plenty — but because within two hours of Plaça de Catalunya you…
Barcelona bucket list: walking tour of Barcelona. 10 must see places in Barcelona.
This walking tour is created mainly for the first time visitors. As this walking tour of Barcelona includes 10 main places to see while in Barcelona. Those can be discovered in only 1 day. We…
Tenerife in Winter with Kids: Where to Stay, Weather & What to Do
Every winter, when Europe goes grey, the same island fills up first. For fourteen years I worked on the hotel side of the travel business, and Tenerife in winter was one of the most in-demand…