Isabella Noble

Málaga

Travel Journalist at Freelance

Articles

Grand Hyatt Barcelona hotel review: a landmark five-star perfect for foodies

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Isabella Noble

Go beyond the busy old town and you’ll discover a more tranquil side to the energetic Catalan capital — the leafy Les Corts district. It’s where you’ll also find this landmark 19-floor building that first opened in the Seventies as one of Barcelona’s first skyscraper hotels and was transformed into the Grand Hyatt in 2024. Inside it has a glossy, art deco-inspired look, and a gold-hued lobby where a glinting installation of triangular mirrors dangles from the ceiling.
Lonely Planet’s guide to navigating overtourism in Barcelona

1 week ago | lonelyplanet.com | Isabella Noble

On any day, a wander around the famous Mercat de la Boqueria in Barcelona can feel like experiencing a microcosm of the city’s ongoing struggles with overtourism. There has been a market on this spot off La Rambla boulevard for hundreds of years, but since tourism exploded in the Catalan capital from the 1990s onwards things have changed rapidly.
8 of the best beach cities in Spain

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Isabella Noble

NowSpanish Grand Prix Venue: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Dates: 30 May-1 June Race start: 14:00 BST on Sunday Coverage: Live commentary of practice and qualifying on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2 and 3, with race on BBC Radio 5 Live; live text updates on BBC Sport website and app McLaren's Lando Norris …
8 of the best beach cities in Spain

2 weeks ago | nationalgeographic.com | Isabella Noble

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). High-spirited northern surf hubs, relaxed Mediterranean-fronting neighbourhoods and glowing sands washed by the thundering Atlantic — mainland Spain’s cities can offer all of this and more. Take your pick of these varied urban beauties, scattered around the country’s 3,000-mile peninsular coast.
Resumen de Confidenciales nº 4836

3 weeks ago | capitalmadrid.com | Barney Jopson |Ambrose Evans-Pritchard |Isabella Noble |Tarek Salame

Titulares PrincipalesLas muertes por suicidio de hombres triplican las de mujeres: 'Ser varón es en sí mismo un factor de riesgo', por Eleonora GiovioEn España, según los últimos datos disponibles del Instituto Nacional de Estadística, murieron por suicidio 4.116 personas en 2023. De ellos, el 73,9% fueron hombres (3.044). Los expertos achacan esta tendencia, en parte, a las expectativas sobre la masculinidad: ser fuertes, resolutivos y sustentar a la familia.
Been to Barcelona? Now try Spain's lesser-known cities

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Isabella Noble

1 hour agoFrom a traditional wine spritzer to a devil’s margarita, these iconic wine cocktails will make you reconsider wine as a key bar ingredient. Wine cocktails are a lighter alternative to spirits-based cocktails. That’s because wine has a lower alcohol by volume (ABV) in comparison to distilled spirits; …
Been to Barcelona? Now try Spain's lesser-known cities

3 weeks ago | nationalgeographic.com | Isabella Noble

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). With Spain receiving record-breaking numbers of international visitors in the past two years — up to 94 million last year — it pays to hunt out its quiet corners. And there are plenty of areas where travellers have yet to claim a stake.
Northern Spain’s most beautiful walking routes - in pictures

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Isabella Noble

Ruta del Cares, AsturiasA beloved northern star on Spain’s walking scene, the Ruta del Cares plunges into the heart of the rugged Parque Nacional Picos de Europa. The spine-tingling (though fairly wide) path tracks along a gorge that soars 1,000 metres above the Río Cares, linking the Asturian hamlet of Poncebos with tiny Caín to the south, in neighbouring Castilla y León.
Which is the best Canary Island?

1 month ago | thetimes.com | Isabella Noble
These Andalusian beauties make for a perfect dual city break

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Isabella Noble

The oldest city in western Europe is easy to twin with its sherry-making cousin - here's how to do itMention Cádiz to someone in Spain and the conversation is highly likely to pivot towards this ancient, southern- Andalusian city's food scene. Have you tried the Payoyo cheese from the Grazalema mountains? The wafer-thin shrimp fritters known as tortillitas de camarones? Perhaps the almadraba tuna, fished using a millennia-old Phoenician technique?