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The EnvyMy.Life Travel Journal
City guides, trip itineraries and honest reviews, from the dive bar to the Michelin star.
Barcelona, Spain
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 Pride under the Arc de Triomf.
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Málaga, Spain
Four November nights in Málaga for Antonio Banderas's Gypsy: a restored 1926 grand hotel on the seafront, sushi around the corner, ham off Calle Larios and a spring...
Veneto, Italy
The last leg of my Italian summer: a stop in Verona, three nights in a frescoed suite on Corso Palladio, La Rotonda and Tiepolo's Villa Valmarana, then one...
Lombardy, Italy
Four July days in Lombardy: the funicular up to Brunate, a hydrofoil to Bellagio, Portaluppi's Villa Necchi, Dolce&Gabbana's Alta Moda in the royal palace and lunch with the...
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Five July nights built around P!nk's Summer Carnival: three very different hotels, Freddy Heineken's old bar, windmills at the Zaanse Schans and cheese on a conveyor belt.
Berlin, Germany
Five spring nights off Nollendorfplatz: a garden terrace on Lützowplatz, a midnight beer on Maaßenstraße, May Day at the Brandenburg Gate and an afternoon in the Jugendstil courtyards...
