Ana is a journalist who works as a brand strategist and trend researcher. She also considers herself a professional procrastinator and a nomad. Rumour has it that her first word was: mapa (Spanish for map). …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
ARCO 2018: A FEW ARTWORKS
The end of February in Madrid is devoted to art. The city holds ARCO, it’s most famous contemporary art fair and city fills up with many alternative art encounters from Urvanity (this year held at the …
ILLUSTRATOR: MARC COMBAS
Marc Combas, better know as Topolino, his name in arts, was born on the 13 of December, 1967. He lives and work in Sète, South of France, where he draws and paints. Sketching all day …
EDITOR: LUCIE TOURNEBIZE
After spending long hours gazing at the sea and dreaming during her childhood in Sète, South of France, Lucie took off and decide to experience life in other places. Never too far from the Mediterranean …
JANET ECHELMAN’S ‘1.78 MADRID ‘ AT THE PLAZA MAYOR
1.78 Madrid by Janet Echelman @ Plaza Mayor. | Photos: Ana Laya. Madrid’s Plaza Mayor is turning 400 years in 2018, that’s why the city mayor is planning a number of activities to celebrate …
#TBT: VENICE & A LITTLE CUSTOM MADE MINIMAP
As we were working on a commissioned map (yes, we do that) for the Spanish newspaper The Objective (soon to become a proper minimap as the editor of this map is adding two more places …
EDITOR: GUSTAVO RUBEL
Gustavo is an advertising creative that for over 18 years has been surrounded by ideas, hobbies and a lot of coffee. He likes design, photography, traveling, food, food, food, and as good creative his favourite …
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 …
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 …