Wine Touring, Valle del Tirón, Rioja Alta

West of Haro, the “wine capital” of La Rioja, in the Valley of Tirón, you will find several small villages, some with castles and all with a long history of wine making; Anguciana, Ternero (Castile-León) Sajazarra, Fonzaleche, Cuzcurrita de Río Tirón and Tirgo. The Río Tirón joins the Río Oja near Cihuri, before flowing into…

Madrid For Christmas

What’s Madrid like at Christmas time? This may be your year to find out. Madrid During The Day Madrid At Night Travel Planning, Bespoke Travel Exclusive Travel Planning Services by Iberian Traveler & Maribel’s Guides.  Contact Maribel to arrange a custom itinerary for your next trip to Spain, Portugal, or France.

Madrid Fusión 2022

Spain in 2022 is about the culture of food & wine Spain Food & Wine 2022 We were invited to attend the recent 3-day long Madrid Fusión Alimentos de España 2022 by our friend and owner/chef of the popular Taberna La Catapa, Miguel Angel. This year’s event, the largest in it’s 20-year history, featured Dabiz Muñoz (DiverXO, Madrid), Joan…

Madrid’s Haute Cuisine Temples

Michelin stars and Repsol suns For a splash out, or budget-be-damned, celebratory dinner, Spain’s capitol city has an abundance of outstanding restaurants from which to experience some of the countries best cuisine, including twenty-two of which have been awarded Michelin stars, and eighty-five earning 1 to 3 Repsol suns for 2020.   Álbora Without doubt…

Bodegas de Navarra on the Way of Saint James – The French Route

Savoring the food and wine of Navarra on the way to Santiago Señorío de Arínzano Your first stop along the route will be in the Terra de Estella sub zone at the stunning and vast estate in the tiny village of Aberín on the route of the Camino de Santiago, the Pilgrimage’s Route of St….

Portugal’s Michelin stars for 2019

Three new Michelin Stars for 2019 G Pousada, in the Pousada de Bragança São Bartolomeu, tucked away in the far northeast corner of Portugal, was awarded its first star for Chef Óscar Gonçalves’ creative cuisine of the Transmonte region.  Chef António Loureiro was also awarded a star for his modern Portuguese cuisine at A Cozinha in Guimarães.  Chef Pedro…