Barcelona shouts “tourist city” to me and while I can see the reason why it attracts more travellers than Valencia, I still knew I could escape the crowds and get to some off the wall places. While backpacking in Catalonia I heard about the village of Gracia which is housed inside Barcelona’s metropolitan area yet Read more about Backpacking in Catalonia: Exploring the Village of Gracia in Barcelona[…]
Let me start with a shock for you. Obvious European cities never did much for me. I never had any intention of visiting places like Paris, Munich, Rome, Madrid and Barcelona. But the travel lifestyle is unpredictable. While looking for a cheap flight from New York to Europe, Barcelona and Madrid came top. I opted Read more about Staying in the Best Hostel in Barcelona, Catalonia: Hostal Barcelona[…]
After touring Andorra and loving my first week in mainland Europe for over 5 years, I decided on doing some quirky and unusual things when my backpack and I hit the Catalonian city of Barcelona. Officially and politically I was in Spain of course, but the locals love their Catalonian heritage and hence red and Read more about Gracia Neighbourhood Food Tour with Devour Barcelona in Catalonia[…]
As well as being a proud Catalan city, Barcelona (officially part of Spain) also sits near the border of two other countries, Andorra and France and both are only a 3 hour trip from Barcelona. As I had been to France and Spain before a few times, I decided to head to Andorra while I Read more about World Borders: How to Get From Barcelona Airport to Andorra by Bus (Catalonia/Spain to Andorra)[…]
In Ibiza, the nights are for partying and your backpack takes a week off from moving as you do the grooving. But what about during the days? Sure, you could spend half the day sleeping, grab some lunch and start partying all over again as the evening approaches. But there are plenty of other ways Read more about Backpacking in Spain: Ibiza By Day, How to Stay Busy Between the Partying[…]
I rarely talk about my early trips around Europe but they have been reignited the last few weeks thanks to the football World Cup in Brazil and the fact I’m visiting Mexico which hosted the 1986 World Cup. You see, the reason for my backpacking in Valencia was so that I could visit the football Read more about Backpacking in Valencia, Spain – Blast from the Past[…]
I’ve been to Spain three times in total, once with mates on a lads booze up, once on a spot of backpacking and the other time was with my family. While I’ve visited the Spanish mainland of course and travelled all over Spanish speaking South America, I thought I’d share with you my top 5 Read more about Top 5 Exotic Spanish Islands[…]
If the lads are reading this it might jog a few memories from back in the day. Rather than “backpacking in Majorca”, we partied in Majorca, spending a week in the party hub of Magaluf. Thirsty Thursdays today takes me back to 2001, while keeping you in touch with the present. Magaluf it seems it Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Lads Holidays in Magaluf, Majorca, Spain[…]