If you’ve spent too long on the Costa Blanca coast dodging inflatable flamingos and full English breakfasts, Benissa is like a cold beer in a shaded plaza. This is a place where you’re not listening to all different English accents, babbling on about cricket, football and politics, while wondering where…
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Culinary Adventures
We Visited Misto Restaurante For Dinner.
Someone laughingly asked me last week if we ever eat anywhere that’s not ‘cheap’, to which I replied we are booked in at Misto Restaurante for evening dinner. I want to pre-empt this write up by saying that over the years, Soph and I have enjoyed 5 star hotels, Michelin…
Sightseeing and Landmarks
Sun, Sand & Secret Coves: Playas Cabo de Gata
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Spanish Cuisine and Recipes
First Time To Bar Graciela – Oh Wow!
We were in Los Montesinos and decided to try somewhere new and chose Bar Graciela. Oh wow, what a pleasant find this proved to be. A proper Spanish bar, reminding us of when we lived in a traditional, Spanish village back in Cuevas. There was no other language being spoken…
Casual Eateries and Cafés
Restaurante Don Pepe Alicante
29th April saw us drive upto Alicante to meet up with Sophs mum and her friend, who were across for a weeks holiday. We ended up having lunch at Restaurante Don Pepe Alicante, a place we’d not eaten at before. Our, or should I say my intention was to call…
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Lunch At Bar Sonia, Benijofar
Today we stopped off for lunch at Bar Sonia, as we were in Benijofar and had an hour and a half to kill. This is probably our favourite place for tapas in town and after numerous visits where we have just had tapas, I was determined to try their menu…