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About Helen Page

Helen Page is a prolific blogger and ardent traveller; she runs Travelsignposts with her professional writer and photographer husband Tony.

The Addictive Pimientos de Padrón

October 19, 2017 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Pimientos de Padrón

Pimientos de Padrón is A Favourite Spanish Tapas Dish: Pimientos de Padrón is one of our favourite tapas dishes in Spain. We first tasted this delicious dish at Sésamo’s in Barcelona and have become addicted to it. These small Padrón peppers are fried, at high temperature, in olive oil and sprinkled with flakes of sea salt […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: galicia, padrón municipality, padrón peppers, pimientos de padrón, tapas dish

Feria de Abril 2017 – Seville’s Famous Spring Fair

March 15, 2017 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Seville Festival

Feria de Abril 2017 – A Highlight Festival of Seville’s Social Calendar: Two weeks after Easter, life in Seville swings across the Canal de Alfonso XIII to the fairground of the Feria de Abril. Seville’s annual Spring Festival takes place in the Los Remedios area, south-west of the city. After the week-long sombre observation of Semana Santa […]

Filed Under: News & Events Tagged With: april fair seville, feria de abril, feria de abril 2017, feria seville, fiesta de abril, sevilla festival

Semana Santa in Seville: Holy Week 2017

March 13, 2017 By Helen Page 1 Comment

Semana Santa Seville

For Holy Week Celebrations, Semana Santa in Seville is the Most Famous in Spain: Semana Santa in Seville is one of the most important religious events on the Sevillian calendar and Seville’s Holy Week celebrations are also one of the most well-known in Spain. As such, Seville’s Semana Santa attracts many Spanish devotees and hordes […]

Filed Under: News & Events Tagged With: easter week, holy week, semana santa in seville, semana santa spain, semanasanta, spanish easter

Sésamo – An Imaginative Vegetarian in Barcelona

September 14, 2016 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Sésamo Restaurant, Barcelona

IN MEAT-LOVING SPAIN, FINDING A VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT LIKE SESAMO IS A TREASURE: In Barcelona’s multicultural El Raval district, you’ll never go hungry. There is a wide range of cafés, restaurants and takeaways catering to all kinds of dining preferences. Many of the Spanish restaurants offer budget tourist menus. There are also the cheap and cheerful Indian, […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: barcelona food, dining in barcelona, el raval restaurants, sésamo, vegetarian restaurant

Andorra – A Peculiar Kind of Principality

September 20, 2015 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Andorra Main Street

THE PRINCIPALITY OF ANDORRA ATTRACTS DUTY-FREE SHOPPERS, SKIERS AND PEOPLE WITH MONEY TO STASH AWAY: Andorra is the sixth smallest country in Europe with visitor numbers that many tourism officials would kill for. It does not have any significant monuments or places to see, so why are visitors flocking to Andorra? We had a one-day […]

Filed Under: Destinations Tagged With: andorra, andorra shopping, andorra skiing, principality of europe, tax haven

Encierro – The Running of the Bulls

May 30, 2012 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Encierro - Pamplona

Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls is the Star Event of the Sanfermines: The Running of the Bulls (Encierro) is an event that takes place in many towns across Spain, however it is the Pamplona’s Encierro that is famous the world over, thanks to Hemingway. Over 85 years after Hemingway’s cult novel The Sun Also Rises, […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: encierro, fiesta san fermin, hemingway, PAMPLONA, pamplona bull run, pamplona fiesta, running of the bulls, running with bulls

Pamplona – Where Thrillseekers Come to Run with the Bulls

May 28, 2012 By Helen Page 1 Comment

Pamplona Monuments

Pamplona – Best Known for its Fiesta of San Fermin and the Running of the Bulls: Pamplona is a city that’s best known for its Fiesta de San Fermín and the Running of the Bulls. For those not familiar with the significance of Pamplona’s running of the bulls event, a stroll through the main streets of […]

Filed Under: Destinations Tagged With: fiesta san fermin, PAMPLONA, pamplona bull run, pamplona fiesta, running of the bulls, running with bulls

Pamplona Airport Transfers – Aeropuerto de Pamplona-Noain (PNA)

May 28, 2012 By Helen Page 1 Comment

Pamplona Airport Ground Transportation

Aeropuerto de Pamplona-Noain – Pamplona Airport Transfers: Pamplona Airport is located between the towns of Noain and Esquiroz and is about six kilometres to the south of Pamplona city. The new terminal which opened in November 2010 doubled the airport’s capacity and it is now able to handle 1.1 million passengers a year and also […]

Filed Under: Getting around Tagged With: airport transfers, pamplona airport, pamplona spain, running of the bulls, running with the bulls

If the Apes Leave, Gibraltar Will Cease to be British…

May 25, 2012 By Helen Page 1 Comment

Barbary Macaque - Gibraltar

Gibraltar’s Barbary Apes Are a Part of the Territory’s Tourist Attractions: You wouldn’t travel any distance just to see some apes, but visitors to the Rock of Gibraltar always find themselves captivated by the Barbary apes here. The apes are a part of Gibraltar’s tourist attractions and they do a pretty good job in keeping […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: barbary apes, barbary macaques, Gibraltar, gibraltar apes, rock of gibraltar

The Convent – Residence of the Gibraltar Governor

May 23, 2012 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

The Convent - Gibraltar Governor

The Convent Has Been the Residence of The Gibraltar Governor Since 1711: Towards the southern end of the Main Street of Gibraltar is The Convent, the official residence of the Governor of Gibraltar since 1711. This humble name of the building is derived from the fact that the building was originally founded as a Franciscan […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: gibraltar attractions, gibraltar government, gibraltar governor, the convent gibraltar, what to see in gibraltar

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