Set in a 19th-century palace in the central square of Alameda de Hércules in Seville, Patio de la Alameda is a boutique style hotel, reminiscent of Moroccan riads, with rooms & suites off an internal courtyard. Unsurprisingly, given the short(ish) distance from North Africa, the hotel is very Moorish inspired – like much of Seville. […]
Sometimes there’s nothing better than a roast on a Sunday. We’re very spoiled for choice in Didsbury, so it’s not difficult to find somewhere that does the job. But this is what we like when we’re at home, in England, not abroad. Fair-dos if you want a Sunday Roast abroad, especially in certain parts of […]
Blogging about Le Dune, reminded me that I hadn’t got round to blogging about our second trip to Los Caracoles, the wonderful pod hotel we discovered, high up in the hills above Nerja, last November. We loved it so much, and were so intrigued by the pod-suites, that we decided to return. And how glad […]
So, as soon as we arrived back from Los Caracoles, I had to check if a suite was available later in the week, because we’d been so enchanted by out stay here. And, we were in luck! £53 via Booking.com for a suite – living room, double bedroom, large bathroom with corner bathroom and private […]
On a drive high up in the hills above Frigiliana, we spotted some strange pod shaped constructions clinging to a hillside and were immediately intrigued and determined to find out more about them. A conversation with Leanne, owner of Calle Capuchinos 24, and a quick internet search, revealed them to be a very quirky hotel […]
As the rain now seems to have arrived and the Andalucian winter seems to be settling in, and thoughts turning to returning home, I thought I’d do a bit of a montage on our beautiful stay in Spain. A real extension to summer 😉 We stayed at Calle Capuchinos 24 in Nerja – which is […]
I’ve often heard people talking about skiing up in the Sierra Nevada in the morning and then sunbathing on the beach in the afternoon – and have always wanted to experience such a contrast. Although it’s early November, Nerja is still warm and when we left mid-morning, the temperature was already creeping up to twenty […]
From our base in Nerja, Granada – and therefore The Alhambra – is less than an hour away, and so we couldn’t resist the urge to revisit this amazing Moorish fortress. It is recommended on the official website that tickets are bought in advance, especially in high season, but as we were visiting at the […]
For obvious reasons, there’s no celebrating of 5th November out here in Andalucia. But the absence of a bonfire and fireworks weren’t the only reasons why the 5th November – to me, the real start of winter – seemed a bit odd yesterday. What seemed odd, was spending it on a beach in sunshine that […]
So, we’ve been back just over two weeks from our travels in Sicily, Sardinia & Paxos. It’s been lovely coming home but I can feel that twitchy, itchiness setting in again… Don’t get me wrong. I love where we live, our home, what we do. But I just know there’s a lot of experiences out […]
Barcelona is beautiful. It’s that simple…
Easter may be well over now, and it’s a couple of weeks since we returned, but memories of Seville are still burning very, very brightly. We were lucky enough to be there during Semana Santa (Holy Week) and, oh my word! What a spectacle! The week features the processions of pasos – floats of life-like […]