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My Travel Dreams' Spain

If you don't already know her fantastic blog, My Travel Dreams, this summer, we have selected our favourite places to discover in Italy, Spain, Greece and France, enough inspiration to last the next five years...

La Granja, Ibiza

I want to rest at La Granja with the other half (adults only, sorry kids) I want to sleep in this white-washed hacienda-fica in the middle of the olive trees, slip under the peacock blue linen sheets after a yoga class at moonlight. I want to eat vegetables from the garden whilst drinking organic mescal and wine. I want dinner under the stars, walks in pine trees forests, gardening lessons with the hipster farmer and naps under the pergolas. I want to discover this brand new trendy but also kind of laid-back spot, a little design and very hippy Who’s babysitting the kids again?

La Granja, Carretera Forada a Sant Mateu, Km. 1 / +34 615 40 65 88 / From 350€ per night (expensive but so good!)

Hostal Spa Empures, Costa Brava

Posé face à la mer sur une petite plage de sable doux, c’est un endroit hors-du-temps où la journée s’étire à l’espagnole jusqu’à 20h entre baignades, jeux de cartes, lectures et châteaux de sable. Dans l’hôtel, tout est simple et beau, comme une immense maison de famille luxueuse mais pas snob dans laquelle on voudrait vivre toute l’année. Ici, on mange les légumes du jardin, et tout est fait pour limiter l’empreinte écologique du lieu : économie d’eau, utilisation de matériaux locaux… Le petit déjeuner dans la grande salle inondée de soleil du Bistro del Mar est sans égal, pan con tomate, cafe latte et brioche maison. Avec les enfants, on loge à 4 dans une cabine ultra design plantée dans un jardin ombragé. Le soir, on marche par le chemin le long de la côte jusqu’au port pour aller manger des glaces et regarder les danses traditionnelles.

Hostal Spa Empùries / Platja Portitxol, s/n, 17130 L’Escala, Girona, Espagne / Tel: +34 972 77 02 07 / A partir de 135 euros la nuit.

Ses Sucreses, Menorca

This year, it’s decided, I’m going to Minorca. We book a room at Ses Sucreres, a guesthouse in the village of Ferreries, between Mahon, the capital, and Ciutadella. Installed in a renovated 19th century building, it hosts 6 simple rooms with thrifted furniture. In this bohemian paradise, the bathrooms, with their vintage accents, are furnished with organic products and smells like heaven. For breakfast, we enjoy cold fresh fruit juices and homemade-with-love cakes around the fountain on the patio. At daytime, we treat ourselves to a shiatsu or reiki massage, we go to the food market, we go horseback-riding or we hike along the walking trails between the untouched beaches and pine forests. At sunset, we dream on the rooftop terrace overlooking the city. At night, we read in the cosy living-room by the fireside or we get lost in the little streets of the old town between the tapas-bar and bustling terraces.

Ses Sucreres / Sant Joan, 13-15, 07750 Ferreries, Menorca/ Double room from 90€

Casa Dominique, Lanzarote

Located in the north of the island, in a middle of a lunar landscape, the 3 Dominican little white houses are isolated, facing the sea. Each of them are part of a 3.5 hectares property, has a bedroom and a living room with panoramic views and 2 terraces. In the natural park of Famara, far away from the big resorts, we will chill in our rural casa, dive in the swimming pool, stroll along the sandy little streets of Caleta de Famara (a 20-minute walk from the house), take a walk on the beach near the Jable’s desert, approach the volcanos, wander in the cacti gardens, surf in front of the house on San Juan’s famous spot and at night, we’ll have a taste of the house’s wine under the stars…

Casa Dominique / 35558 Caleta de Famara, Las Palmas Province, Spain / 34 928 17 32 68 / From 100 € per night



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