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Taste tapas in Barcelona, explore hidden beaches and coastlines that inspire Salvador Dali's inspiration, and end your journey at Alpine National Park, Anthony Ham writes. ** Barcelona-
Best suited to the tangled lanes of the Barri Gotic (Gothic-quarter-Catalan) in tapassin, snacks are all about tradition.
The stone building of the shelter snack bar in Barcelona's oldest neighborhood shows a lasting loyalty to two simple facts: first, take the best ingredients and interfere with them as little as possible;
Secondly, the best thing is small package.
The famous El Xampanyet is the first stop of snack crawling guided by food critic Bego Sanchis, chef and owner of taste cooking Bego Sanchis is cooking and Taste Cooking
Shouting to get yourself heard because it's what a person does at the Spanish bar Bego order cava and tangy boquerons en vinagre (white anchovy in vinegar), these
After pouring the wine glass, we walked through the crowd of Rambla avenue and towards quimit I quimit, a miniature bar full of wine bottles and a few cans of seafood on the wall.
"With Snacks, most people will think of Basque snacks, small pieces of bread with food on them, arranged along the bar," Bego said . " When we consider ordering anchovies, both the prawns and the light dishes are served in the shade by a delicious mixture of salmon, honey and cream cheese, montadito de salmon.
"In Barcelona, snacks are more about preserving food, the best seafood in cans, and the smaller entrees," Bego said . ".
Just because there is something irresistible about the food-defined journey, Bego leads us back here in Barri Gotic and Xarcuteria La Pineda from 1930.
Ham thigh hanging on cava
Frequent guests.
With friends and customers, Barmen has a quiet conversation in Catalan.
Once in a while someone will sing along with Carlos alcaena, a regular visitor who sits in the corner and plays a guitar between the bitter woman, mouth.
"I used to work across the road and come here for lunch," Carlos said . ".
"La Pineda is my office now.
"We tried the slices of jamon iberico (pickled ham) and canned razor clams with blood --red vermouth.
Although Delicious, the food is almost accidental.
"Tapas is a social event and a reason to catch up with friends," said Bego.
The role of food is to bring people together.
More information: d' informacio oficina de turisme has offices throughout Barcelona. com).
Cooking and tasting twicedaily, 3 1/2-
Hour cooking class (cooking and tasting ). net). -
Where else can I eat in the market?
Look for this bar in a quiet driveway in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona.
Chinese People's Liberation Army chef Sanchez
Montijano, who does not let medieval decorations limit the prosperity of his modern Mediterranean, has his own juice braised lamb, light white dishes
Mashed beans, glazed potatoes and le scallions with a little thyme (elpla ). cat). -
This boutique hotel is located on a pedestrian street in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona and the cool El Born area, where is it?
Century townhouse
The rooms are elegant and modern and require a room overlooking the back lane to sleep quieter at night.
They also offer spacious suites in the two nearby buildings (Ibis banysorientals. com).
* Costa Brava * best suited to the beaches of northern Barcelona, nature suddenly took over in addition to the concrete expansion in the suburbs of the city.
The rocky promontory of the Brava coast forced the main road to extend inland, a narrow, winding quiet road through the steep outline of the coast.
Soon it arrived at the village of Tossa de March, where the sand of the new month bent towards pine trees
Clad's corner surrounded by the 14 th
The walls and towers of the century.
On the surface of the water, fishing boats and yachts are gently in the sheltered bay.
In the 1930 s, it was easy to understand that painter Mark Chagar described Tosa as a "blue paradise.
The main beach of toosa, platagageland is made up of golden Mediterranean beaches and glittering pebbles in the sun.
In the hot summer, the beach may be flooded with corpses, but in the north of the same bay, the mentian of Praga del Regge and Pula March is still more intimate.
Further along the coast is another candidate for Calella de Palafrugell, the most beautiful village beach in Costa Brava.
In this secluded small village, the fish restaurant in the sparkling white house overlooks the beach.
However, the iconic beach on the Costa Brava is a secluded bay
The same shaped entrance occupied by sea water and sand is surrounded by pine trees that climb up steep slopes.
All of these elements exist in the Gulf of Agua Brava.
Even at the peak of the summer, the rock-covered inland areas are still crowded, climbing through trees to quiet sandy beaches and feeling like tripping over a well --
Local secrets.
"Look around you, listen," said young lifeguard Noemi Garcia . ".
"The most you hear is Spanish and Catalan.
Because whether we come here to work or just go swimming, we are all from here.
We all came from the coast of Brava. "--
More information: costabrava. org-Where to eat-
Toc Al MarOn rises slightly on the beach of Aiguablava, which is an open-
The sky restaurant feels like an extension of the beach.
Order grilled fish, captured by Ramon Deulofeu, cooked on oak treeswood fire. -Where to stay-
Hostal Sa RascassaIn Aiguafreda, this morning 20-
Century House combines stone architecture with food.
This is the location and attention to detail of the owner Oscar and husband --and-
Leo and Angela's wife team run the kitchen, a perfect escape (hostalsarasassa ). com).
* Cap de Creus and Figueres * are best suited to the grim rocky landscape of Dalian, where Cap de Creus is the easternmost end of the Spanish mainland and where the painter, master Salvador Dalí, finds inspiration.
"It is impossible to understand Dali's surrealism," said the painter and Dali's one-demi Pitxot.
Confidant and collaborator of time, "without understanding his relationship with Cape Crius.
From the time he was a child, Dali often spent hours here, walking barefoot through the Cape, and then thinking about hours, rocks, the sun, how the light fell.
Ah, we used to talk about those stones!
He will say to me, have you seen it? . .
Dali's love for the scenery is contagious.
The Creus cap is an extraordinary terrain with strange striped rocks glistening, antique, veins passing through them like rivers.
The sudden appearance of the outstandingly strange rock form evokes the absurdity of Dali.
It's windy here.
A worn face on the side;
There, the rock is the muse of master Dali's work, the great masturbation.
"For Dali, the Creus hat is a magical place," Pitxot said . ".
"Or, as he said, 'a magnificent geological mess '.
"In the village of the port of ligate, there is great evidence of the eccentric behavior of Dali.
His former home, now the Casa Museum of Dali, is an old fisherman's hut, transformed into a labyrinth of buildings filled with his strange objects: a stuffed polar bear,
The shape of the swimming pool, the wooden bust image of Christ, an unfinished painting on the easel.
Although he spent most of his adult life on the coast, Dali was born and died in the town of Figueres, an hour inland.
Theater in Dali-Museum co-
The Pitxot, designed before Salvador Dali's death, has collected the world's finest art pieces.
Lurking in the background of his many masterpieces (Leida otamica, the sexy ghost, the dream of Venice's Othello), is the artist's beloved Creth hat, A land that is both real and imaginary. --
More information: fundaio Gala-
El Salvador Dali supervises the heritage of the painter and is in the port of Figueres and iligart (El Salvador-dali. org). -
Kadaquus is a beautiful seaside town on the Kerry peninsula, where there are many beachfront restaurants, but Catero is a premium restaurant.
Taste delicious grilled seafood platter (cuatro-restaurant-cadaques. com). -Where to stay-
This charming hotel has cheerful white rooms and unusual rocks, quiet southern areas, surrounded by rocks surrounded by Echo cap De Cruz, the angle balcony requires a balcony with a view of the small cobblestone beach (llanepetit. com).
* Girona * is the best for medieval Spain, crowned by a looming Cathedral and surrounded by powerful walls, Girona looks like a medieval epic
This is a city that really knows how to perform.
The high stone wall of Girona contains the church and the former cathedral. a star historical attraction is its architecture.
Time synagogue and small palace can be traced back to different ages in the Middle Ages.
Through the steep
Half a mountain perched in the old town of Girona, a network of intricate stones
Laneway with clothes turned and twisted.
The building, guarded by high arches and antique doors, is decorated with wrought iron balconies and falls to one of the most beautiful urban river fronts in the whole of Catalunya.
Wandering through these alleys, it is not surprising to see a monk in his robes appear from the shadows.
This mysterious figure is one of the many people who participated in the historical reproduction of Girona.
They injected the way of life into the city's medieval past.
Today is a reminder of the heroic defense of the Napoleon army in 1808, that Girona, while surrendering in the city and throughout the region, has maintained a firm grip on the invaders for seven months.
It looks much like Napoleon's combination of a simple introduction to himself as a local in Jose who is playing the leader of Girona defender, a soldier wearing a fixed bayonet and a town Noble with a high head and chest.
"Why are we doing this," Jose said to me . ".
"Part of the reason is that it's a bit interesting.
But it's also because we take our history seriously in Girona.
The story of the city is written on every stone. "--
More information: Local government Tourism Bureaugirona.
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Php) is supplemented by a private-run turisme imaginari. com). -
Where to eat le Bistrot? Back to the literary cafe in the early 20 th century
This is a bistro serving Spanish and French dishes. com). -Where to stay-
HistoricA hotel is just a few steps away from the cathedral, located on the Hill of the old town, with spacious rooms and light ceilings. The top-
The flooring suite is full of natural light while on-
The apartment has more space and retro beauty.
Com) * Parc Nacional d''aigustortes I Estany de maurmaur * best suited to the view of the Pyrenees mountains, where Spain rises, the most beautiful corner to meet the rest of Europe in northeast Spain is the San Mauricio Park.
"This park is like Yellowstone, Canada and the Alps, a small park," said Joseph Maria Rippa, who has been a park administrator for 20 years.
"You can enjoy the best alpine scenery in a small area.
Enter the park from the south-
West, the Riu de Sant Nicolau Valley, carved by ancient glaciers, climbs inside the park.
At an altitude of 1600 metres, the trail, which can only be reached on foot, passes through the original fresh water of estini de lebretta.
"Of the thousands of lakes in the Pyrenees," Joseph said, "there are nearly 200 lakes within the boundaries of the park.
Anywhere in the Pyrenees mountains, anywhere in southern Europe, there are actually no lakes so concentrated.
"Estany (the lake in Catalan) and aiguesttes (winding streams) are the source of the name of the park.
Outside the island of lebretta, The Valley climbs up the rugged plateau watered by clear hills and streams, halfwild horses.
The valley is narrower and deeper until it finally reaches an altitude of 2000 m and an altitude of 90-
Interest rate hike over the last taxi drop minutes-off point.
Here, in the center of the park, there is a feeling of standing between two different worlds.
From the mountains to the west, the weather in the Atlantic is common, but the climate in the east is the Mediterranean.
"You have to respect these mountains," Joseph said . "
"They are beautiful, but it may snow here even in summer.
He pointed out that a pine tree had a history of 600 before Columbus.
The distance is the jagged granite fragments of Agujas Perdut (The Lost Mountain Peak)'s mythical Fortress of nature, and the white clouds rotate around these fragments, which are said to shelter an invisible lake.
Even in 20 years, Joseph was suppressed by all the views of Catalunya stretching to the foot of the mountain. --
For more information: Please consult the Park reddeparquesnacionales information. mma. es.
The private car is unable to access the park, and it takes 3 1/2 hours to walk from the park entrance to estellon.
ELong is after 90
Interest rate hike over the last taxi drop minutes-off.
At the top of Taur village, where does this well eat
The local restaurant has creative salads and mountain delicacies such as stuffed lamb. com). -
Where is Santa Maria Taur staying is a stone home-
Built in the most beautiful Roman Church.
This charming house of rustic stones, wood and slate, under the supervision of owner Alex, is a rambling country resort with impeccable taste.
The room is as warm and comfortable as open fire (taull ). com).