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Michelin Guide Starred restaurants in Spain & Portugal 2017

A few days ago, the 2017 Michelin stars were awarded for Spain and Portugal in Girona, the emblematic gastronomic land of Ferran Adrià’s mythic El Bulli and the most celebrated Roca brothers’ jewel, El Celler de Can Roca. The highlights: Three stars Chef Martín Berasategui’s ten-year-old Barcelona restaurant Lasarte is the first new three-star restaurant…

2016 Sitges Film Festival key figures

  The Sitges Film Festival (Catalan: Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya) is a Spanish film festival and one of the world’s foremost international festivals specializing in fantasy and horror films. Established in 1968, the festival normally takes place every year in early October in the coastal resort of Sitges, 34 kilometers West-South-West of…

La Mercè 2016 Festival – Main Events & Program

La Mercè 2016 Festival – Main Events & Program La Mercè 2016 Program in English (PDF) La Mercè is the biggest annual festival in Barcelona, honoring the Virgin of Grace (Mare de Déu de la Mercè in Catalan), patron saint of the archdiocese of Barcelona and co-patroness of the city, along with Saint Eulàlia. Although…

5 Food Trends for 2016 by Food Lover Tour

1. All goes small – Tapas Style stays trendy “Less is more”. Sharing small portions with authentic and strong flavours will also be an important Trend for 2016. Menus are getting shorter, dining rooms are getting smaller and Restaurants focus more and more on what the customers search for. An unforgettable experience of special tastes…

Have you heard about the famous Catalan “Calçotada”?

About Calçotada Wintertime has come and Catalonia celebrates the harvest of Calçot in this time of the year with the annual calçotada, which represents one of the most popular and unique traditional dishes. The most famous calçotada celebration is held in Valls the last week of January. What are Calcots? Calçot is a type of…

The Ultimate 2014 Barcelona Cocktail Route by b-guided

This is the first of a series of posts from our guest blogger and partner b-guided, a comprehensive and hype guide to Barcelona in English and Spanish with great information and tips about art, design, fashion, food & drink and entertainment. Barcelona is in a constant state of reinvention when it comes to its gastronomic,…

Good, Useful Apps if you Plan a Trip to Barcelona

“Apps’cuse me, do you know the way to get to…” This would be the typical scene of a tourist lost in the streets of any city with their map, trying to get attention from “runners”  avoiding you because they are in a hurry. Well, unfortunately, this scene happens to almost all of us at least…

Spanish Wine and Cheese Pairing

Choosing a good Spanish wine and cheese pairing is not easy! How many wines, how many cheeses do we have in Spain? Well, a lot! If we consider that we have more than 80 types of cheese, with 23 of them classified as Protected Designation of Origin (D.O.P – Denominación de Origen Protegida), and 69…

Welcome to the Food Lover Blog, food, lifestyle, travel and more!

Welcome! It’s with great pleasure that we announce the launch of our blog, the Food Lover Blog. This is the place for tips, news and useful links about good food, nice places, local culture and bon vivant attitude. Your comments are more than welcome, you also find us on: Facebook Twitter Trip Advisor Instagram  We’ll…