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Enigma, Barcelona

Renowned Catalonian chef Albert Adrià’s new restaurant, Enigma, provides an exceptional experience both gastronomically and in the realm of interior design...

Room Mate Gerard, Barcelona

The joyous, popular boutique hotel chain Room Mate Hotels has just opened its fifth hotel in Barcelona, the Room Mate Gerard. As per the chain’s mythology, which promises to make a stay at its hotels feel like visiting an old friend...

Hoja Santa, Barcelona

Forget Tex-Mex, pure Mexican food in all its flavourful glory is the newest source of inspiration in the world of cuisine. Throw out any and all preconceived biases you may have acquired from cheap so-called “Mexican” fast-food...

Worth Knowing, Mallorca

Mallorca is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea's Balearic Islands archipelago, with its next largest neighbours being Ibiza...

Essence, Mallorca

Standing on the wooden rooftop deck of Es Baluard, Palma's museum of modern art, the sun is directly over our heads and the wind whirls...

Casa Fernando, Palma, Mallorca

Undeniably, what one yearns for most when on holiday in the Mediterranean islands is to fill up on all of the tasty seafood that the region...

El Balear, Puerto de Sóller, Mallorca

With yachts gently bobbing up and down on a backdrop of the Serra De Tramuntana Mountains, Puerto de Sóller is one of Mallorca's...

Es Guix, Escorca, Mallorca

Es Guix is one of those places where once you arrive, you feel like you've just made a wonderful discovery. The restaurant is seemingly in...

Ca's Xorc, between Soller and Deià, Mallorca

As a place of lodging, Ca's Xorc is a destination in itself. It is housed in a historical, 18th-century Mallorcan country house...

The Willy Wonka of the gourmet world. Interview with Catalonian chef Albert Adrià, Barcelona

Having transformed a Barcelona city block into a gastronomic mecca, famous Catalonian chef Albert Adrià says that the era...

Essence, Penedes

Penedès is one of the oldest wine-growing regions in Europe. Its history reaches back to the time of the Phoenicians, who began cultivating Chardonnay grapes here in the 6th century BC...

Essence, Priorat Wine Region

Priorat is only an one and half hour drive or 160 kilometres from Barcelona. Priorat is also one of two regions in Spain that have received the prestigious DOQ designation of quality...

Bar Canete, Barcelona

Caňete is a vibrant tapas bar favored by locals in the El Raval district of Barcelona - a neighborhood that, until recently, was known as the city's "wild child", i.e...

PAKTA, Barcelona

Adrià brothers (Ferran and Albert) in Barcelona continue to develop more down-to-earth version of haute cuisine, a trend started by their tapa bar Tickets in...

Puerta del Carmen, Granada

Aside from the fact that Puerta del Carmen is already set in a historical building with tall windows and high ceiling, its interior décor conjures up a...

Habitat, Granada

These there modern and comfy apartments boast a truly unique location about 100 meters off the Granada cathedral. One- or two-bedroom Habitat...

El Mama, La Papa, Barcelona

El Mama, La Papa– yes, that’s the unusual name of a new café-restaurant in Barcelona. The owner wished to play with the idea of the dualities that dwell within each one of us...

Little Shoes, Barcelona

This is a great opportunity to revisit your childhood whilst also getting a mercantile chore done, namely, the buying of shoes for tots. The inside of Little Shoes looks like a graph-paper notebook come to life...

Insider: Rob Roy, Barcelona

I don’t think I have to sell the city; I think everyone already has an idea about Barcelona. Most people imagine it as a holiday town. And it does feel like that when you come here...

Routes, Mallorca

Pollença, Alcúdia and Formentor are the three main towns in the northeastern part of the island. Pollença is neither too small nor too big...

La Boveda, Palma, Mallorca

Every city has places that have been deemed as being legendary, but without any real explanation for how this status has been achieved...

Lua, Puerto de Sóller, Mallorca

The outdoor dining terrace at Lua is one of the most in-demand places for dinner in Puerto de Sóller. Located on the third floor...

Mirador de na Foradada, between Valldemossa and Deià, Mallorca

This is a place more known for its panoramic views than its food. The restaurant sits atop the very edge of a cliff - on one side are the summits...

La Residencia, Deià, Mallorca

La Residencia is one of Mallorca's most legendary hotels, and its location is just as legendary - the artistically bohemian village of Deià...

Brondo Architect, Palma, Mallorca

The Brondo Architect is one of the most resplendent newcomers to appear on Malorca's hotel scene in the last few years...

Hotel Do: Placa Reial, Barcelona

Hotel Do: Plaça Reial seems like the very representation of fine wine, embodied in stone and concrete. The small hotel has only 18 guestrooms, and its owners have once been...

Cal Llop, Priorat Wine Region

Gratallops, the wine capital of Priorat, is a small mountain village with a population of 250. Gratallops received city privileges in the year 1258 but has been inhabited for much longer...

Ohla, Barcelona

Ohla can be described as an obsession with fashion and style - aka "trendiness" - as embodied in the shape and form of a hotel. And to the nth degree, at that...

Picasso Museum (Museu Picasso), Barcelona

Although Picasso spent most of his life in France, Barcelona was where he established himself as an artist. Born in Málaga, Picasso's father was a painter and a teacher who liked to joke...

Asador Casa Santa Pola, Ronda

Asador Casa Santa Pola is a fancy restaurant set in an ancient Ronda building with a great view over the cliffs and Ronda Old City, right across the ravine...

Real Asador de Castilla, Granada

Real Asador de Castilla is an outstanding restaurant much favored by locals. It features a substantial Spanish fare and a very traditional...