A couple of days ago we traveled to Granada, one of the most amazing cities I’ve been. Full of contrasts, very friendly people, delicious and abundant food and amazing views of the Sierra Nevada, that …
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MISTAKEN MAPS
Before the world had been fully explored, cartographers often made educated but incorrect guesses like portraying California as an island, the existence of a continent as big as Africa called “Java La Grande”, or the …
TO LIVE LONG AND PROSPER… READ!
So, it turns out that reading books is tied to a longer life, according to a new report. That’s what we read this week in The New York Times. Here’s an excerpt of the article: …
MADRID BY SUSIE LOMOVITZ
When I was looking for photographs for the Madrid Bookstores With A Charm minimap I couldn’t help to think of my good friend Susana who besides being an amazing yoga teacher, designer, baby …
JEAN-MICHEL ALBEROLA: L’AVENTURE DES DÉTAILS
«Tout mon travail consiste à déplacer très légèrement quelque chose qui existe déjà. C’est à chacun de lire ce déplacement comme il l’entend. Il n’y a pas de vérité dans mon travail.» — Jean-Michel …
A weekend in Brittany
During Holy Week break we made a quick trip to Brest, a city in the Finistère (end of the earth) département of Brittany in the western extremity of France. Brest was mainly reconstructed after the …
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, …
TYPICAL SPANISH
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/157168824″ width=”980″][/su_vimeo] The Typical Spanish, a guide for guiris in trouble video from Fragmento Universo demonstrates that learning basic but very necessary Spanish expressions can be really easy and also beautiful (and sometimes very weird!). They are …
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 …
Let’s make 2016 lovely!
Hello 2016! In this first post of the year we share the illustration of one of our illustrators and art directors of Minimaps: Victoria Fernández We also wanted to share a couple of interesting …
DREAMING OF MINIMAPPING: MENORCA
One year ago I was in my favorite Balearic island: Menorca. I was lucky enough to have traveled with a bunch of girls that are truly experts, almost “menorquíes“, so I easily enjoyed without …
DREAMING OF MINIMAPPING: NORMANDIE
Happy Birthday France! Happy Bastille Day! I’m constantly publishing photos of Paris, so I thought of diversifying a bit the panorama, that’s why I’m sharing with you the newest Dreaming of Minimapping destination: Normandie. I …
10 PEOPLE-CENTRED SMART CITY INITIATIVES via NESTA
Here’s an interesting article by Nesta that showcases 10 people-centered initiatives at the time it highlights that for smart cities to reach their full potential, they need to focus on the citizens living in …
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 …
THE FUTURE OF BREAKFAST
Photo via Pearlfisher. Here’s an interesting post written by Shaun Jones, Futures Business Director of Pearlfisher London about the future of breakfast that we, as restless brunch minimappers have found interesting (: “The breakfast …
DREAMING OF MINIMAPPING: JUAN-LES-PINS
Nina Burleigh’s article in The New York Times really got me thinking of my plans for the summer and craving for spending some time under the sun in Juan-les-Pins, a little town in the …
AN AIRBNB FOR THE KINKY? KINKBNB, OF COURSE
Photos via KinkBNB. What happens when you mix AirBNB’s business model with 50 Shades of Grey: KinkBNB. As they explain in their website “many sites offer to connect you to regular rooms, but …
INTERVIEW WITH EDITOR GABY PRIETO
Gaby Prieto, founder of Teascopia is the curator of the lovely Barcelona: All About Tea minimap, illustrated by the talented Valentina Alvarado (have a look here, you will love it!) And since …
NYT’S EUROPE FAVORITE STREETS
The New York Times contributors in 12 different cities describe their favorite streets (and one river!) in 12 iconic European cities: Paris, Lisbon, London, San Sebastián, Madrid, Bern, Milan, Istanbul, Oslo, Vienna and Prague. All …
WORLD FILM PHOTOGRAPHY DAY
Whenever I travel, the first thing I always pack is my film camera. Usually a LOMO LC-A, but if I’m traveling light I usually include my Fuji Polaroid and the Dianita F+. I’m just gonna …
FLANEUR MAGAZINE, A FANTASTIC DISCOVERY
Wandering around in the Internet, as usual, we came across a cool post by John O’Reilly, editor of Varoom Magazine, who we happen to know because he was one of our favorite lecturers in Central …
LE BRUNCH
We’ve been exploring brunches in Paris to create our next minimap and on our way to Montmartre via rue Henrie Monnier we discovered La Buvette gastrothèque. We enjoyed an amazing brunch (coffee, eggs, waffles, crêpes, …
READY OR NOT!
Hello world, welcome to Minimaps! I’ve been working on this crowd-sourced traveling experiences project for a long time now. I’m addicted to side-projects, even though I cannot say that I have a main one. …