Madrid may be Spain’s beating heart, but pair scorching temperatures with a touch of air pollution and even the locals want to get out of town for the day…

There was a time where ‘family vacation’ meant rocking up to a resort with kids clubs, a huge kids pool and insipid evening entertainment. Not anymore…

Ask anyone about historic places to visit in Andalusia and they’ll immediately point you to the Moorish grandeur of Granada or the spires of Cordoba and Seville…

If you’ve managed to shake off the shackles of the office or finally set out as a freelancer, then suddenly everything becomes less ‘work from home…