If you're looking for the best place to stay in Barcelona, this list of the best accommodation in Barcelona will give you lots of ideas to choose from. Pick your favourite Barcelona place to stay from this list which includes luxury and budget hotels. Read more

Wondering what to do in Barcelona in five days? This post has all the answers for things to do in Barcelona in 5 days including Gaudi, Parc Guell, food tours and beaches! Read more

I'm unsure if it's because it looks like a distant cousin of "The Gherkin" that is now such a distinctive part of (my hometown) London's skyline or if it's because it's just a very prominent pop out sight in stretch that is Barcelona's sprawl, but I really like the Torre read more

Last year NewMan and I spent a May weekend in Alicante. It was a last minute long weekend away, taking full advantage of the UK May Bank Holiday (our funny British words for a national holiday). How so much has changed since then.Back then I had a full-time job read more

Two and a half days isn't really long enough to discover a city's best kept secrets. Give me another week in Barcelona and I'm confident I'd have a list as tall as the Sagrada Familia's towers. I did,  however, find two reasons to go to Barcelona if you love read more

Whilst still in Thailand putting off our inevitable return to UK, I read about easyJet's Southend to Barcelona blogger competition. I entered, was shortlisted and eventually was successful based on the following pitch.  "Aside from travel, I’m passionate about learning more about photography and I’m currently experimenting with depth read more

I am exhausted.I have blisters on no fewer than four of my ten toes.I have walked miles and miles, have snapped hundreds of photographs and successfully got lost on three occasions.Earlier I returned to my ( amazing) hotel room and I didn't know what to have first; read more

Good morning! As you read this I am enjoying my first "press trip" experience in Southend Airport, Essex. It's part of that competition I was nagging  telling you about the other week. I'm one of five lucky bloggers who are being flown to Barcelona by EasyJet to celebrate their inaugural read more

Welcome to another (hopefully) regular feature on this blog where I review a destination for a day trip, should you be in the vicinity..The first is Cadaques, a small former fishing town in very northern Spain turned tourist and second home haven among the French and Spanish. We were read more

As NewMan and I went through security at Stansted Airport a few weeks ago, mentally preparing ourselves for all the "joys" of another Ryanair flight, a member of the airport staff, who'd chosen to go through my bag, asked us where we were headed."South of France," I replied read more

Last month NewMan and I took advantage of a bank holiday weekend in Alicante, Spain. Here are some of my pictures and memories..… read more