We went to Menorca for five days at the end of September with a five-year-old and a two-year-old, and by the third day I had stopped planning. That is the thing about this island: it…
Menorca is 53 km from end to end and it has seven lighthouses. We reached six of them in five days, mostly by accident — you set off for a beach, see a white tower…
By the third evening of our trip Damian was asking about the sunset before dinner. He was five. That is the thing about watching the sun go down on an island — it costs nothing,…
Menorca has been a protected UNESCO Biosphere Reserve from 1993. This means that it´s beaches are truly protected. Menorca beaches have crystal clear turquoise waters, a total paradise for any traveller. Menorca is 216 kilometres…
We had five days and four nights in Menorca at the end of September with a five-year-old and a two-year-old. We saw at least three beaches a day, drove the length of the island twice,…
We had lived in Barcelona for years before we finally drove up to Calella de Palafrugell, and we gave it one Sunday. That was the mistake. By the time we were driving home I was…
There is a park thirteen kilometres from Barcelona where the Sagrada Família comes up to your waist, Montserrat fits in a field, and a child can walk from Girona to Tarragona in about four minutes.…
We’ve taken our two boys out in kayaks on flat water, on the sea and on a reservoir, over several years, working towards one thing: a full day in a kayak. This is what we…
For one week every August, the residents of Gràcia turn their own streets into cathedrals, jungles, underwater worlds and outer space — built by hand, out of recycled plastic, cardboard and bottle tops, over months…
To this specific edition we were invited by Barcelona És Molt Més and Anoia Turisme for an instagrammer event that was organized in Igualada. We were happy enough to participate at this event and see…
Ferrari Land is the only Ferrari theme park in Europe, it sits inside the PortAventura resort at Salou, and the most useful thing anyone can tell you about it is a pricing quirk. Adding it…
We paid for every PortAventura stay ourselves. None of our hotel stays here have been hosted, and this review is from two nights at Hotel El Paso with our two boys. Where we stayedHotel El…
We go to PortAventura at least once a year and have done for years. It’s two hours from Barcelona, it’s the largest resort in southern Europe, and there is one thing about it that almost…
We had a plan for our first full day in Gozo: drive around the whole island and see everything. By lunchtime we had seen exactly one place, because we couldn’t leave Xlendi. That set the…
Our last day in Malta started at the airport. We dropped our bags, found the bus, and went into Valletta with a five-year-old and a two-year-old who had just spent five days on a quiet…
We arrived at the Blue Lagoon early on a Sunday morning, thinking we had beaten the crowds. We hadn’t. By eleven there was hardly a free rock to sit on. The water, though, was exactly…
Disclosure: Mayjo Car Hire provided our car free of charge as a collaboration. We paid for our own fuel. We chose what to write, and this review is based on our experience in May 2018,…
Disclosure: our five-night stay at Ta Leli was a collaboration with Baron Holiday Homes and was free of charge. We chose what to write, and this review includes the things that didn’t work for us.…
An hour inland from Barcelona there’s a small aerodrome at Igualada-Òdena where you can go up in a glider for €150, be towed to 800 metres by a light aircraft, and then have the rope…
Our April 2018 trip was a press trip organised and paid for by the Vienna Tourist Board. Opinions are our own, and all prices below were checked in October 2026. Our trip to Vienna started…