designersabroad.co.uk features the architecture, cultural institutions and city life we've experienced in the UK, Europe, Morocco, the Desert Southwest of the USA, Cape Town and the Winelands of South Africa.

It features routes and itineries we've devised and followed, accommodation we've stayed in and bars/cafes and restaurants we've frequented. Plus  — a few suggestions based on our research. Here are some of our latest posts.

•  Valencia September 2019: Sun, sand and city life ➜ click to this new post

•  February 2019: Guia Repsol & Basque Restaurants ➜ Click to this new post
  
  

• January 2019: Matia Kalea, Donostia/San Sebastian ➜ Click to this new post
  
  
  

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  May 2018: Marrakech ➜ Click to this new post

• February 2018: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Winter Break ➜ Click to this new post

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  November 2017: Palma de Mallorca — late Autumn City Break ➜ Click to this new post

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  October 2017: Narrow Gauge Rail travel in Northern Spain — Basque Lands, Cantabria, Asturias & Galicia  ➜ Click to this new post

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  February 2017: ‘La Hora del Vermut’ 2017 — the revival of vermouth/vermut/vermú in Spain ➜ Click to this new post 

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  November/December 2016: Malaga/Seville/Jerez/Cadiz winter tour by rail ➜ Click to this new post
  
  
  

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  September 2016: Bilbao — on the beach at Gexto — easy Metro trip to the River Nervion Estuary 
  
  

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  Also reports from Manchester & Salford; Porto, Portugal City Break; Santa Cruz and the North of Tenerife ; the Rioja Region of Northern Spain; The Desert Southwest of the USA; Cape Town and the Winelands of the Western Cape of South Africa & Pen Llŷn in North Wales.

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