Sardinia was a really quick decision for our family holiday and we didn’t plan anything. We thought to take the apartment just in the middle of the coast of the island and to enjoy the…
L’Aquàrium de Barcelona sits in Port Vell, at the bottom of La Rambla, and it is the most expensive family outing in this city that isn’t a theme park. That’s not a reason to skip…
This weekend I thought to write about our experience of travelling in a car with a toddler for 9 hours. We went to Blois a lovely city in France, 900km from Barcelona. I propose you…
Quick answer How to get. The zoo is situated in the heart of the Parc de la Ciutadella, and you can get there very quick in public transport. (Metro: red line L1 – Arc de…
Platja d’Aro is a proper Costa Brava resort town: one long central beach, a seafront of restaurants, water parks, and in August a great many people. We’ve been in winter, which almost nobody writes about,…
We stayed at this hotel in winter 2016, when it was still the Silken Park Hotel San Jorge. Today it’s Park Hotel San Jorge & Spa by Escampa Hotels, a 4-star superior on the cliffs…
We live in Barcelona, so sledding isn’t something we grew up with — it’s something we drive two hours for, a few times each winter, and have slowly got better at. Most of what follows…
H10 Cubik sits on Via Laietana, a few metres from Barcelona Cathedral, and on its roof there’s a bar called Atik with a heated plunge pool and a view over the Gothic Quarter. Two things…
Pineda de Mar is the last town of the Maresme — the stretch of coast running north out of Barcelona — and the one thing worth knowing before anything else is that the train stops…
In 2013, when Damian was five months old, Dumitru and I took him to London. It was our first trip abroad as a family, and our first without grandparents nearby to hand the baby to.…