Semana Santa Visiting Madrid for Semana Santa is a little different than being in Sevilla, Málaga, Jerez, Úbeda or even San Vicente de la Sonsierra (Rioja), but only in the number of Brotherhoods or in the overall intensity of their processions. You won’t see any flagellation, “los picaos”, but if you know what’s going on, Holy Week…
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Fall in Portugal’s Alto Douro Wine Region
Fall is a perfect time of the year to find yourself in Portugal’s strikingly beautiful Alto Douro wine region. This year we based ourselves for 4 nights at Taylor-Fladgate’s Vintage House in Pinhão during the second week of November, after the fall harvest, when the vineyards explode in a rainbow of vivid colors. A few…
World Cheese Awards 2019
LOS MEJORES QUESOS DEL MUNDO The Top 16: Organic Blue Cheese Rogue River Blue | 101 puntos | Rogue Creamery | Estados Unidos Nazionale del Parmigiano Reggiano Latteria Sociale Santo Stefano |100 puntos | Consorzio Conva – Nazionale del Parmigiano Reggiano | Italia Torta del Casar DOP Virgen del Prado | 92 puntos | Queseria…
Iberian Traveler – Maribel’s Guides
The Best of Spain, Portugal and the south of France BESPOKE TRAVEL Culture, Wine and Gastronomy Focusing on those parts of Spain, Portugal and France that remain virtually undiscovered except by the most discriminating travelers, Iberian Traveler prefers to keep our custom tours exclusive, small enough to encourage personal experiences and discoveries. Iberian Traveler’s guided tours…
Dining in San Sebastián-Donostia
The Michelin stars Pedro Subijana’s Akelaŕe on Mount Igueldo, one of our personal favorites, Andoni’s Mugaritz in Errenteria, the most cerebral and cutting-edge, Restaurant Martín Berasategui in Lasarte, Hilario Arbelaitz’s Zuberoa in Oiartzun, by far the most traditional of the Michelin stars, are all located in the suburbs, while the Txapategi brothers, Mikel, Kepa and Gorka’s…
Dining in the Ribera del Duero
The traditional menus Fine dining gourmet style in the Ribera del Duero had been a bit of a challenge over the years as most restaurants had limited their menu items to the very traditional Castilian classics: the area’s acclaimed (and succulent) baby roast lamb, baby lamb chops grilled over vine shoots, lamb sweetbreads (mollejas), steak…
Overnighting In The Ribera Del Duero
Peñafiel, Castilla y León, is essentially the center of the Ribera del Duero, but one would be hard pressed to cover this wine growing region using only one base from both a logistical and practical point of view. Staying in the Valladolid province Staying west of Peñafiel For our exploration of the most prestigious wineries…
Wine Touring from Toledo
If you are planning on spending a few days in Toledo, and interested in wine, then you should arrange to visit the following bodegas located in the countryside nearby. Bodega Finca Loranque This 500 hectare wine estate, dating from the 18th-century, is located within a 30-minute drive north of the city, just to the west…
The Ribera del Duero Wine Region
Wine Touring in the Ribera del Duero Long considered one of the most legendary winemaking regions in Spain, the Ribera del Duero, which lies only a short 2-hour drive northwest of Madrid on Spain’s northern plateau, is home to some of the most elegant red wines in the world. its extremes of weather, from…
Exploring Portugal’s Alentejo
Arraiolos to Vila Vicosa Our latest Iberian sojourn took us to Portugal’s largest province, its “wild east”, the Alentejo, “the land beyond the River Tagus”, just 90 minutes east of Lisbon and just west of Spain’s Extremadura, the land of the Conquistadors. The Alentejo is a vast, primarily rural, utterly tranquil and unspoiled area of…
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