I was especially excited to see “El Convent 1613“. I had liked everything I had seen or read and the fact that it used to be a convent especially provoked me. History tells that the original convent was located 6 km from the town and the inclement weather and austerity of the time were why […]

Arriving at “La Luna” hotel at night was my first contact with the Caribbean. It was raining. A propeller plane, unpainted and in an obvious state of decay, was waiting for us in Trinidad and Tobago. We came from New York, where the scene was completely different. Inside the plane we were about 12 people [&helli

This hotel is special. I arrived late after a busy day at work. I was nervous as if I was in a hurry, when, in fact, I was not. Claudia was the first to make me feel that there was something extraordinary inside those walls. I don’t know how she did it, but she slowed […]

Few hotels have surprised me as much as this one. The history of the hotel dates back to 1935, when Maria Gratacós (“la Blanca”) founded a restaurant with rooms in the bay of Llafranc. It was originally called “Fonda Levante” and did not change its name until democracy arrived. Since then, it has no ...