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The EnvyMy.Life Travel Journal
City guides, trip itineraries and honest reviews, from the dive bar to the Michelin star.
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Barcelona, Spain
The tables I keep going back to in my home city: snails at Los Caracoles, mezcal at El Pachuco, panther's milk on Carrer de la Mercè, Thanksgiving at the pub and a Picasso-red jazz club in the Eixample.
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My favourite days out in my home city: Tibidabo's century-old fairground in the fog, a cava sunset on Montjuïc, the Sagrada Família's new tower, Park Güell (book!) and...
Barcelona, Spain
My Barcelona nights out, from Patti LuPone pulling songs from a hat at the Tívoli to Carmina Burana under the Palau's stained glass, Gaultier's opening night, a Phantom...
Catalonia, Spain
Four of my favourite days out by train: Sitges old town, Girona's giant Gothic nave, Roman Tarragona and the cliff path from Sant Pol to Calella's lighthouse.
Ibiza, Spain
Three trips to the White Island: beach hotels, Dalt Vila and a day on Formentera; a winter break by night ferry; and a villa in the pines, with...
Paris & the Vendée, France
Five nights in France built around one show: Dita Von Teese at the Folies Bergère, a Sunday of fountains at Versailles, Paris by e-bike and two days at...
Athens, Greece
Five nights in Athens in February: a grand hotel on Syntagma Square, a small suite hotel in Thiseio, and four dinners that each held a Michelin star, from...
Madrid, Spain
Four winter days in Madrid: a mansion hotel with a gym in a gilded salon, Cabaret staged inside a hotel, chocolate caviar in Salamanca and a Cinderella on...
Palma, Spain
Three January nights in Palma: a spa hotel in Santa Catalina, sushi across the street, an underground concert in the Coves del Drach and a cathedral with hardly...
Mainland Greece
Two weeks on the Greek mainland in October: dinner in Thessaloniki, Meteora at golden hour, a fireplace night in Arachova, Ancient Corinth after the coaches leave, and five...
Paris, France
Three nights in Paris over Pride weekend: a balcony above the Sunday market at Bastille, an Aperol in the Marais, a late one on Rue des Lombards and...
Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra
A two-day road trip from Barcelona: lunch at Les Grands Buffets in Narbonne, the N20 over the Pyrenees, a night in Escaldes and a morning at Caldea.
Lisbon, Portugal
Six December nights in a Bica duplex: Christmas lights on Rua Garrett, a market lunch on Praça da Figueira, a nata under a painted ceiling inside Zara and...
