We drove through the Sierra de Aracena nature park, also in northern Huelva to reach the town of Aracena. The region is famous for cured Ibérico hams and cork oak. Aracena itself is a cute little white-washed town with only two main streets. There were restaurants and shops that sold traditional ceramic pottery crafts of the region. There were a...

This morning we realised why the ladies in the auberge couldn't cook last night - because they spent about four hours from 6am slicing jamon, oiling bread, and making ham sandwiches for everyone's breakfast. We hung around the kitchen for long enough to become such a nuisance that they invited us in, and we tried some delicious black-footed pig ...