To be as Spanish as you can be, one needs to pause vegetarianism for a day. Leave Seville, search for the authentic Andalusian food and get familiar with the therm jamón ibérico (cured Iberian ham). If you stay in Seville, ham of the best quality is just a myth: sold in rare places hard to […]
Spanish historians, as in most of the other countries, can’t be praised for giving women enough credit. However, Seville’s economy heavily depended on women. Especially in 18. century when all men went out of town to do business in Cadiz. When Not Just a Tourist got a suggestion to make a “women walking tour of […]
July is one of the hottest months in Seville and some might say I am crazy to subject myself to this sweltering heat. However, today, I chose to add some fire to the weather with a Flamenco dance lesson! Most people who come to Seville end up going to the ‘touristy’ tablaos in the center […]
There is something very special about the white albariza soil in the Jerez/Cadiz region, which reflects the Spanish Andalucían sunlight back into the palomino grapes grown along the Atlantic Coast. On my second day exploring Andalusia with David of Not Just a Tourist, we stopped by two very special Bodega’s to relish the tastes of […]
We met at Seville City Hall at Plaza Nueva at 7:30pm to begin the, “From the Roof Tops” tour of Seville with our guide David Delgado. While waiting for David to arrive, we admired the elaborate carvings of the original Roman founders of the city, Hercules and Julius Ceasar located on the South side of […]
After an intense Flamenco dance class with Noemi and a few new friends at Not Just a Tourist, I had developed quite an appetite and thirst for some authentic Andalusian cuisine. Not too far away from the dance studio, David led our group to a nearby co-work space kitchen where we were greeted by an […]
Imagine a medieval temple that depicts your vision of the Universe without the use of sculptures or realistic pictorial representations of people using only the finest age-old materials of jasper, onyx, marble and granite. The amazing structure I am describing is known as the famous, “Mezquita” in Cordoba, Spain. Luckily, my first trip to visit […]
I’ve always been amazed by the super powers food posses; capabilities I believe surpass even your greatest of heroes. Unlike man, food doesn’t really have the ability to let you down but rather the gift of always lifting you up. For instance when you’re feeling ill, what’s the first thing you crave —after the care […]
When it comes to food, the ever lasting crusade of being a “traveller” or a “tourist” emerges again. It might be the motive of thousands of professional essays and articles about how to differ one from the other, and if such a distinction exists at all. But when it comes to the ubiquitous realm of […]
Traveling is nice but not always ends with a happy ending! Below are a few suggestions in case your journey takes you directly from the dream like beach to the surgery. In the end it´s just another journey! Isn´t it the reason why we travel? To look for the unknown and the unpredictable? Rule number 1: […]
Private Guided Visit of the Alhambra
by Claire T.
Exclusive Tapas and Flamenco Night
by David
