What to do in Trujillo, Spain: Food, History and Daytrips
Extremadura is one of those places you want everyone to know about, but also want to have entirely to yourself. Nestled between Madrid and Andalusia, it's an oft-overlooked part of Spain and…
Spain Snapshots: the Monastery of Yuste in Extremadura
When I announced that I'd won a writing contest and had a free weekend's stay in a luxury apartment in Trujillo, the Novio had one condition: that we could also…
Autonomous Community Spotlight: Extremadura
Not one to make travel goals, I did make one when coming to Spain: visit all 17 autonomous communities at least once before going home. While Madrid, Barcelona and Seville…
Spain Snapshots: The Guadalupe Monastery of Cáceres
Many great places in Spain are seeped in legends, mentioned in texts or venerated by the insane queues at its ticket offices (I'm looking at you, Alhambra). For me, the…
A Weekend at Trujillo Villas
I spent two nights sleeping next to Francisco Pizarro. Well, next to the house where the Conqueror of Peru grew up on the hardened plains of Extremadura in a small…
Spain Snapshots: Garganta la Olla, the gorgeous extremeño pueblo you’ve never, ever heard of
There was only one real reason why we stopped: it was sunny and just about 1pm, which meant it was beer hour. Snaking down the one-lane highway that led from…