Our group was fortunate to spend a half-day e-biking through medieval villages we might otherwise not have considered in Catalunya’s Baix Empordà. E-biking through medieval villages gives you an unanticipated perspective. You can go fast enough - with an electric boost for inclines and lengthy distances - to visit several villages in a short period of time. You can go slow enough to wind your way through narrow street corridors, taking note of special details. In the Baix Empordà region of Continue Reading
Essential Day Trip from Barcelona: How to Get to Montserrat to see La Moreneta, Patron Saint of Catalonia
Visit La Moreneta, the patron saint of Catalonia, at the spiritual destination of Montserrat, an essential day trip from Barcelona. We cover how to get to Montserrat from Barcelona, choosing the best tour to Montserrat, and three choices of hotel in Montserrat, Spain's very popular religious and historical site. We’d stumbled into the basilica at Montserrat just in time for Sunday Mass, and still the line to see her continued of its own accord. The famous boys choir sang, the Mass was spoken in Continue Reading
La Bomba Tapas and Barcelona Anarchists
In the Barri Gràcia, we bite into La Bomba tapas, which pay tribute to historic Barcelona anarchists who fought in the Spanish Civil War. They go down easy with today’s Catalán identity. “Watch out, the brava sauce is spicy,” warns Renee. In Barcelona’s Gràcia neighborhood, a labyrinth of tight historic streets, we are biting into La Bomba tapas. Note: This post contains affiliate links and/or references to our advertisers. We may receive compensation when you click on or make a purchase Continue Reading
Hotel Aiguaclara: What Love Begets in Begur
At the Hotel Aiguaclara in Begur on Spain's Costa Brava, you are a treasured guest who is welcomed with love. When you come to stay at the Hotel Aiguaclara in Begur, you arrive at the 19th-century house of Bonaventura Caner Bataller. This was a man whose name (“good venture”) foretold a fortune to be made in Cuba and invested here on return. In Begur, you are embraced by the loveliness of the Costa Brava, a land between mountains and sea. Here, life is rich with giving and Continue Reading