The Canary Islands are popular at any time of the year; a cooling breeze is guaranteed whatever the season and the volcanic landscapes never fail to impress. And while Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria are always the popular choices, there are more discreet alternatives for those looking for a less crowded option. San Miguel de […]

There is a square in Salamanca which they call the ‘living room of Spain’, not only for its beauty but because Plaza Mayor is the meeting place for many student nationalities coming to this Unesco world heritage city to learn Castilian, Spain’s most popular dialect. The attraction of learning Spanish in Salamanca is also that […]

It is almost impossible to exaggerate the pleasure of a visit to Barcelona, one of the great Mediterranean cities and Europe’s top weekend destination. It combines tradition, modernity, style, art, architecture, a bustling street life that turns into an all-night party—and weather that is seldom less than ideal. While other European city-dwellers are gritting their […]

If the Corral del Rey in Seville is your supreme pied-a-terre in town, the Hacienda de San Rafael is an ideal country pad between Seville and Jerez—and worthy winner of the Tatler Travel Awards’ ‘Most Heavenly Hideaway’. The Hacienda has been in the Reid family for a century-and-a-half and until the Sixties it was a […]