food

The famous Mediterranean diet, known for its health benefits as well as the taste of its ingredients, can be credited to a particular conjunction of factors: the use of fresh ingredients from around the Mediterranean, the wisdom of age-old traditional recipes, and the time-honoured methods of preparation (for example, spit, oven, grill or open fire) of these dishes. In broad outline, the Mediterranean...

Spain is great at wine it is also great at many other things but when it comes to olive oil it is by far the best in the world. Spain is, in fact, the largest olive oil producer in the world, producing over 44% of the world’s olive oil. So, it is the Spanish harvest that sets the global pricing for olive oil and every September the world looks at Spain to see how the olives are developing just before...

Chestnut Season in Serranía de Ronda Located in Malaga’s Serranía de Ronda, the Genal Valley has already begun to show its Autumn colours. Each year, October is an important month for this beautiful location because that is the time when it welcomes its most precious fruit – the Chestnut. The variety is known as pilonga and it is such a delicacy that it is exported to most of Europe as a...

Tarifa, a Spanish town located in the province of Cadiz and at the southernmost end of the Iberian Peninsula. Situated on the ´Costa de la Luz´ (Coast of Light) where the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean collide, is it any wonder why this enchanted place is such a magnet for tourists all over the world? Read on to find out what our favourite things are to do in Tarifa… Castle of Guzmán el...