We enjoyed this article about Casa Camacho’s signature drink, the Yayo, a personal favorite sweet and strong cocktail that we actually featured in our Madrid Vermouth Minimap. “Our specialty was vermouth, but he wanted to …
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Chillida 100: Un siglo de posibilidades
✨ Hoy cumpliría 100 el gran Eduardo Chillida ✨ Celebramos esta fecha especial [@chillida100] y su maravilloso legado de este “artista sin prisas” (como lo describiría Borja Hermoso en EPS) compartiendo aquí y en Instagram …
¡Todos a bordo del tren nocturno! Los trenes europeos apuestan por la sostenibilidad en 2024
En Superminimaps celebramos que las principales compañías ferroviarias europeas estén iniciando un renacimiento de los trenes nocturnos con la introducción de tres nuevas rutas: Berlín a París, Berlín a Bruselas y París a Aurillac, según …
All Aboard the Night Train: European railways embrace sustainable travel in 2024
Here at Superminimaps we are celebrating that major European rail companies are ushering in a revival of overnight sleeper trains with the introduction of three new routes: Berlin to Paris, Berlin to Brussels, and Paris …
Es tiempo de trashumancia en Madrid
La trashumancia, según la define la UNESCO, es el “desplazamiento estacional de rebaños por rutas migratorias del Mediterráneo y los Alpes”. En Europa es una modalidad de pastoreo consistente en el desplazamiento estacional de ganados por …
Pink Wonderland: 7 lugares muy rosa
Dreaming of finding your own Barbieland? Probably it will be very difficult to find a place with an all-female Supreme, but… if it’s pink you’re craving for, you’ll love these places.
Mentally here: Joana Vasconcelos’s Wedding Cake
[ENGLISH BELOW] Si te gusta la campiña inglesa, la tradición de los pabellones efímeros y las tartas de boda enormes, esto te encantará: Un pabellón de 40 pies de Joana Vasconcelos acaba de abrir sus …
Celebrando San Isidro en Madrid
Las celebraciones de las fiestas de mayo madrileñas giran en torno a la relación que hay entre el agua y el santo, que este año parece haberse adaptado a la nueva plegaria de la ciudad en época de preocupante sequía: “quita el sol y pon el agua”
San Sebastián, irresistible
“San Sebastián se lleva la palma como la mejor ciudad de Europa para visitar. Es una zona conocida por su ambiente relajado, sus extensas playas de color miel y sus numerosos restaurantes con chefs de fama mundial”
The Ilha do Farol through Filipe Farinha’s eyes
Beautiful Ilha do Farol photographs by Filipe Farinha.
¿Es 2023 el Año del Gato? / 2023, Year of the Cat?
¿Sabías que Vietnam no celebra el Año del Conejo? 🐰🧐 [English Below] Sí, mientras casi todo el continente asiático celebra el Año del Conejo en 2023, Vietnam está dando la bienvenida al Año del Gato. Aparentemente, no está …
Paseos por la sierra de Madrid: Patones de arriba
Si estáis buscando un paseo súper lindo que tiene algo de excursión, algo de gastronomía y algo de viaje en el tiempo, tenéis que visitar Patones de Arriba. A 60 kilómetros al noreste de Madrid, …
There will be new European train journeys for 2023!
Yes, according to The Guardian, “a collective determination to curb flying has driven demand for overnight trains”, and starting from December 11th, well here they are! Apart of the climate convenience of the train, and …
Switzerland’s (and the world’s) Longest Passenger Train
Hey, train lovers! Did you know that Switzerland built a 2-kilometer-long train? 🚂🇨🇭 Yes, to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Switzerland’s first railway, the country’s rail industry came together to run the world’s longest-ever passenger train — …
Filomena, en fotos
Filomena, la borrasca que generó la nevada más grande en por lo menos 50 años en Madrid, en dos días de fotografías: sábado y domingo. Como dice la canción: yesterday was dramatic, today is okay. …
Let it snow! Una visita a la Sierra de Madrid
. Por alguna extraña razón en todo este tiempo nunca había subido a Navacerrada. Creo que en mi mente un sitio a 1200 m de altitud, en la ladera sur de la sierra de Guadarrama …
Hey Xàbia, I’ve just met you…
Cala Granadella, can it be more beautiful? Short answer: nope. . …and this is crazy, but here’s my number, so call me maybe? Yes, that’s the feeling that you get after spending just a couple …
MANZANARES EL REAL Y LA PEDRIZA
At the foot of the Sierra de Guadarrama, on the shore of the Santillana reservoir and surrounded by the Regional Park of the Upper Basin of the Manzanares River (part of the Biosphere Reserve), lies …
‘LIRE À LA PLAGE’, ALWAYS A VERY NICE PLAN
(EN) This past week while in Étretat, I discovered the absolutely lovely Lire à la plage operation promoted by the Seine-Maritime department. From the 6th of July to the 25th of August there …
SUMMER IN LES JARDINS D’ÉTRETAT
Small, peaceful, experimental and anchored in a fabulous location Les jardins d’Etretat is a garden / open-air museum that is definitely a very interesting and original thing to do when you’re visiting Etretat, one of the loveliest towns of Haute …
SUPERMINIMAPS @ RECORDIS SHOP IN BARCELONA
Dear friends, If by chance at some point you are walking through the streets of El Born, with a keen desire to give away a couple of minimaps from Barcelona (Spoiled Bohemians & Craft Beer) and …
BURGOS, A PERFECT DAY TRIP
If you’re into Gothic architecture, typical Spanish food (morcilla, suckling lamb, red wine with “Ribera del Duero” designation of origin) and unique archeological museums, Burgos is the right place for you! . Burgos, is the historic …
EL RETIRO GETTING DRESSED FOR AUTUMN
Whenever is possible I try to go and have a walk in El Retiro. It’s without a doubt one of the most magnificent parks in Madrid, and surely the most popular and whenever you’re …
SAIGON’S CENTRAL POST OFFICE
When I came back from Vietnam I was absolutely excited about everything I had seen and experienced, but also it was a bit overwhelming trying to deal with the material I had gathered. Too many …
From Caños de Meca, with love
– Caños de Meca is a small seaside village embedded in the Parque Natural del Acantilado on the Costa de la Luz of Spain. It is part of the province of Cádiz, definitely one of my …
ALL ABOUT SAN LORENZO & LA PALOMA STREET PARTIES
Both locals and tourists who decide to resist the heath in Madrid during August instead of running to an overcrowded beach know they’re in for two treats: the first one is enjoying a relatively …
FROM BENIDORM, WITH LOVE
. Yes, this week we are featuring Benidorm. I know these beaches filled with expats and retired seniors are not usually a love at first sight story, but they are so peculiar (weird peculiar) that …
FROM TARIFA, WITH LOVE
Tarifa is a small, wonderful town in Cádiz, right on the southernmost coast of mainland Spain (there’s the Islas Canarias right next to Africa). Tarifa is very famous for being a world’s popular wind surf …
FROM CALP, WITH LOVE
The Spanish Mediterranean coast can be both absolutely breathtaking and super weird in their own peculiar way. Generally all at once. Calp, in Alicante, even thought is a lot less popular than other towns around, …
OUR LATEST OBSESSION: VIETNAM!
Hello friends! If you are following us in Instagram you already know that we have recently travelled to Vietnam so we’re going to start sharing a bunch of things about this fascinating country. If …