Sandra’s Spanish Holiday tips

Tamariu beach

Tamariu was our favourite place and we hope to stay there next time we go. It is again a small bay, with the low rise town behind it. A lovely golden beach, boats galore, lovely waters, and some apartments to stay in looking into the bay. There are a handful of restaurants, all of which look good, although we had no time to try any of them!We continued our trip along the coast road, heading to Aiguablava for a very short stop. Aiguablava is another bay and very rugged and very pretty. It looks a nice place to stay as it has restaurants and amenities but our time was running out. Read the rest of this entry »

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indoor food market costa brava

Palafrugell, Calella de Palafrugell and Llafranc

Next day, we drove to Palafrugell where they had a street market on. We had lovely pastries and coffee and watched the world go by. A large Town, this had lots of atmosphere, although not as pretty as it’s neighbouring smaller towns and villages. We came across a great indoor market selling food stuff’s so if you want to stock up on Spanish delicacies, then it is a good place to visit!

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Fonclara, Peratallada and Palau Sator

Peratallada medieval village

We spent the afternoon driving around the Countryside and checking out a few of the places that had been recommended to us, so that we could plan the rest of our trip.We started off in Fontclara and saw lots of cows and rolling hills with bales of hay, then onto some of the Medieval villages. Palau Sator is very quaint (a small medieval hamlet) and we booked a table for dinner there, as the restaurant looked so lovely.Then we went onto Peratallada. This Medieval Town’s name comes from perda tallada, meaning ‘hewn stone’. The houses here were made from stone carved from rocks. Read the rest of this entry »

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We decided to stay in L’Estartit for many reasons – it is a popular, but small resort, that gets booked out every Summer, and it was also a fantastic base for our planned journey around the Costa Brava. We had originally planned it to surprise my Mum and Dad who were staying in Lloret de Mar for two weeks, but it turned out the nicest place in Spain we have been to (bar Lanzarote which we love!). Read the rest of this entry »

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Lloret de mar ice cream

callela de palafrugell paella

These are restaurants we visited during our trip in 2008:

L’Estartit

It was quite late (around 11pm), so some of the restaurants in L’Estartit had closed their kitchens when we got there, but there are a few late night places to eat, so we got a pizza, which was very satisfactory and a nice couple of cold beers! Read the rest of this entry »

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Fontclara, Peratallada and Palau Sator

We spent the afternoon driving around the Countryside and checking out a few of the places that had been recommended to us, so that we could plan the rest of our trip.

We started off in Fontclara and saw lots of cows and rolling hills with bales of hay, then onto some of the Medieval villages. Palau Sator is very quaint (a small medieval hamlet) and we booked a table for dinner there, as the restaurant looked so lovely. Read the rest of this entry »

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Peratallada medieval village

We decided to stay in L’Estartit for many reasons – it is a popular, but small resort, that gets booked out every Summer, and it was also a fantastic base for our planned journey around the Costa Brava. We had originally planned it to surprise my Mum and Dad who were staying in Lloret de Mar for two weeks, but it turned out the nicest place in Spain we have been to (bar Lanzarote which we love!). Read the rest of this entry »

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conil de la frontera beach bar

Best dining in Andalucia – Costa del Sol and Costa de la Luz restaurant guide

 

 

We had a wonderful trip touring the delights of Andalucia for two and half weeks in October/November 2007.  Call it luck, but we had some fantastic weather and were able to sunbathe on the beaches, sit outside for our meals and enjoy mostly sunshine and warmth.

Marbella

The ‘Fuerte Hotel’ in Marbella is a fantastic Hotel chain, with great rooms, entertainment, bar and swimming pool, set right on the seafront, with its own private beach -

El Fuerte beach club Marbella

 complete with a beach restaurant grill. We had a lunch there and it was very tasty – we had grilled Rosada fish, mixed salad with tuna and egg, and clams in garlic, with cold beers.  Very relaxing, with the Mediterranean sea lapping up just a few feet away and their huge barbeque sizzling in the background.  Read the rest of this entry »

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We had a wonderful trip touring the delights of Andalucia for two and half weeks in October/November 2007. Call it luck, but we had some fantastic weather and were able to sunbathe on the beaches, sit outside for our meals and enjoy mostly sunshine and warmth.

We got a flight into Malaga, picked up our hire car and headed straight to Marbella for our first few nights at the Fuerte Hotel. Read the rest of this entry »

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