Stories
Curiosities, history, products, adventures and things to do in every place our food comes from.
Forty kilometres of old railway through the Matarraña
Matarraña, TeruelTunnels, viaducts and almond trees on a line where no train has run for decades.8 min read
The wave everyone talks about at Punta Blanca
El Cotillo, FuerteventuraWhy surfers cross Europe for a few days of the right swell in the north of Fuerteventura.6 min read
Goats, wind and the Majorero cheese
Antigua, FuerteventuraNayra and Echedey milk at six and the wind decides the rest.7 min read
The night Calanda does not sleep
Calanda, TeruelThousands of drums at once, at noon on Holy Thursday.5 min read
In the Matarraña there are more olive trees than hands to pick them
Calaceite, TeruelA year in the Matarraña for the people who stay.9 min read
Walking the Camí de Cavalls around Menorca
MenorcaThe old path of the coast guards, one stretch at a time.10 min read
What makes an olive oil extra virgin and what does not
Calaceite, TeruelWhat the tasting panel looks for and why acidity is not the whole story.6 min read
Black pigs, sobrasada and the Mallorca tourists never see
Porreres, MallorcaInland Mallorca, the one away from the beach.7 min read
Fire, demons and Sant Antoni in the villages of Mallorca
MallorcaBonfires in the squares on a January night.5 min read
A thousand years of Saturday market in Vic
Vic, OsonaThe square, the fog and the sausages hanging in every stall.6 min read
Sunset by boat on l'Albufera
Sueca, ValenciaRice fields under water, herons and the best hour of the day.5 min read
How a mountain village ended up making Spain's Christmas
Xixona, AlicanteAlmonds, honey and a trade that went door to door.8 min read
The almadraba, a maze of nets older than the village
Barbate, CádizHow the bluefin tuna has been caught off Cádiz for centuries.11 min read
Horses on the beach at low tide
Sanlúcar de Barrameda, CádizThe summer races of Sanlúcar, with the Doñana shore on the other side.4 min read
Macarena kept the vinegar casks nobody else in Sanlúcar wanted
Sanlúcar de Barrameda, CádizCasks, time and a vinegar nobody planned.6 min read
Above the clouds in La Palma
Puntagorda, La PalmaA night with the telescopes and a mortar of mojo the next morning.6 min read
Saffron roses at dawn
Camuñas, ToledoA week in late October when the whole village picks flowers.5 min read
The dehesa, the forest that feeds the Iberian pig
Fregenal de la Sierra, BadajozHolm oaks, acorns and a landscape made by people over centuries.9 min read
Out on the mussel rafts at dawn
A Illa de Arousa, PontevedraRopes, boats and a ría that sets its own timetable.7 min read