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lonely planet

25 Wednesday Oct 2017

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the Lonely Planet team with Reyes Morales and Delia at Casa Morales

So THIS happened last July but we were sworn to secrecy until the big news came out… which is that Sevilla has been chosen by Lonely Planet as the top city destination to visit in 2018. And I am thrilled that my Cycle & Tapas Tour (a great collaboration between We Love Tapas & Elecmove) is featured in the Lonely Planet video. Have a look here… Lonely Planet Best Travel 2018

Here are a few scenes from our day out filming. It was a long hot day, but also so much fun. Many thanks to Lonely Planet and also to our fabulous Delia for being the “face and voice” for our project – she did an amazing job.
filming at the Plaza de España

classic Plaza de España fountain shot

Delia with LP team having tapas & sherry at Las Teresas

Delia (centre), Sofia (right) and the  Lonely Planet team

jeremy, karen & joe

24 Tuesday Oct 2017

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The last time I saw Jeremy @jeremyhead, Karen & Joe was almost exactly two years ago, when we met up for tapas and ended up on an impromptu Triana Tapas Tour. This time we managed to meet near the end of their week-long visit in Sevilla and had a lovely lunch at the recently renovated La Azotea Zaragoza. Good times.

phoebe

23 Monday Oct 2017

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Ramón & Phoebe at La Abacería Antigua de San Lorenzo

Phoebe @plemess is yet another friend I met through Twitter, but indirectly, through – yep – another Twitter friend (and now her husband) Oli @CoteDuPy. We met in person in London (August 2015) when Phoebe very generously offered to host a rooftop dinner for me in her home. So when I heard she would be visiting Sevilla I was happy to play host one afternoon and introduce her to some of my favourite tapas bars (and tapas). Phoebe is also a sherry addict like me, so I made sure we went to places that have a nice range of sherries, but I hadn’t expected to find this year’s latest bottling (autumn 2017) of Solear manzanilla pasada by Bodegas Barbadillo at La Antigua Abacería de San Lorenzo. What an extra special treat that was.

fabulous sherry and tapas at Eslava

We finished up with a penúltima at La Tienda de Azotea, by which time Phoebe’s friend had arrived in town, so she went off to meet him and I made my way home. All in all, a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Solear Autumn Saca 2017 at La Abacería Antigua de San Lorenzo

sherry cocktail bar

19 Thursday Oct 2017

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This week the Premier Sherry Cocktail Bar had its official opening, including a private master class given by sherry ambassador Pepe Ferrer, which I was lucky enough to be invited to. It’s a gorgeous bar, and I love the clever wall display showing the sherry aging process. Looking forward to going back soon to try some of the cocktails on offer, and to possibly working with them in the near future.