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, …
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La Quinta del Duque del Arco, un ‘must’ en El Pardo
. Un lindo paseo de 30 minutos si planeáis visitar El Pardo, justo antes de llegar al centro. Esta quinta es un ejemplo de las casas que los aristócratas de los siglos XVII y XVIII …
EDITOR: KAREN ROSE KINGSBURY
. A Content Marketing Exec for a U.K. travel brand and founder of eco-friendly travel blog Transform Me Travel, Karen is passionate about three things; writing, travel and living more sustainably. Karen has been fortunate …
‘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 …
THE ALHAMBRA IN PHOTOS, LET THERE BE LIGHT!
“Una caminata me llevó hasta el alba. Era la hora en que la luz no ha revelado aún los colores.” —Jorge Luis Borges . A very close friend is visiting Granada and Alhambra very soon …
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 …
EDITOR: MARIE MARQUEZ
Born and raised in France, it was literally love at first sight that made Marie moved to Austria. Editorial assistant during the day, she spends most of her free time exploring her beloved Vienna when …
LAS FIESTAS DE LA PALOMA EN MADRID
Every summer Madrid celebrates a great deal of street summer parties, being the Fiesta de la Virgen de La Paloma the biggest and the most famous. It has all the ingredients of every great …
ILLUSTRATOR: LUCY BANAJI
Hi, I’m an illustrator who lives and works in Hackney, London. Besides illustrating I’m a keen rock climber and spend most weekends in the Great Outdoors. I love climbing because it takes you to places …
EDITOR: ANNE-SOPHIE GRACIEUX
French and Parisian, working in culture and fundraising fields, I dived into the Grande Bellezza of Roma, 3 years ago. Leaving the Palais Garnier/Opéra national de Paris (where I worked for a long time) for the …
A Magic Journey: Iceland
Iceland, land of ice and fire, is one of the most amazing and different places you can ever imagine. A magic place where nature reigns above all, where you can see glaciers and in a …
ILLUSTRATOR: RENA ORTEGA
The name Renata comes from Italian and it means “reborn” But everybody knows me as Rena. I’m an illustrator, designer and world explorer based near Barcelona, between the city and the mountains. During childhood, I was …
EDITOR: RAMÓN GULLÓN
Ramón aka @fotoneutrino. An engineer for longer than a photographer. Cosmopolitan and trainee screenwriter. A pinch of abstract and a pinch of concrete. In other shoes when the occasion calls for it. . Where do …
THE BUEN RETIRO PARK
If you’re traveling to Madrid sometime soon to enjoy these early spring days, we for sure can recommend a couple of unconventional things to do, but there’s also a very conventional, even cliché one, …
JustMAD @ COAM
This last week Madrid was all about art because while the biggest Spanish art fair, ARCO was in town there were a lot of alternative proposals. JustMAD was one of them and this year it was …
A minimap of the Moon!
We just found this really nice Next City’s article that shares the story of Johannes Hevelius (Polland, 1611), astronomy student and creator of the first scientifically accurate maps of the moon. To be able …
A Picnic Journey: San Francisco
San Francisco’s urban landscape is packed with energizing visuals in the form of natural beauty and historic architectural charm. The city’s 49 square miles are eminently walkable and packed with sweeping hills, cozy nooks and …
DREAMING OF MINIMAPPING: LAKE COMO
I visited Lake Como a couple of years ago when Minimaps didn’t exist as it is right now, it was just a blurry idea, that’s why I would love to have the opportunity of …