Discover Southern Europe | Editor’s note
Dear Reader,
Discover Southern Europe Issue 10, December 2019
Published by Scan Group
Esme Fox Kate Harvey Paola Maggiulli Ingrid Opstad Gerard Plana Noelia Santana Hannah Jane Thompson Pierre Antoine Zahnd
Print Uniprint
Cover Photo Simon Fital
Executive Editor Thomas Winther
Sales & Key Account Managers Katia Sfihi Victoria Crusafon Janina Delgado Sara Mariscal Mathilde Rineau Alice Tanghe
Published 12.2019 ISSN 2832-3398
Creative Director Mads E. Petersen Editor Arne Adriaenssens Copy-editor Karl Batterbee Graphic Designer Audrey Beullier Contributors Nicola Rachel Colyer Eddi Fiegel Steve Flinders
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We’ve reached issue number ten! Even in ever-relaxed Southern Europe, time seems to be flying. In fact, it is hard to believe that it is December already. Blame it on the sun that doesn’t stop shining or on the warm atmosphere that still lingers through its streets, but the twinkle lights in the shopping streets and the soft smell of pine trees in the living rooms has come as a bit of a surprise to me, this year. Yet, not to worry, this Discover Southern Europe contains a crash-course on how to celebrate your holidays ‘à la française’ (page 46) and how to cook your family an Italian Christmas supper (page 77). We also leave no time to waste and commence our holiday shopping straight away. Christmas gifts, festive outfits… we help you to find them all. Another perk of winter is that we can dust off our skis again. We pay the region’s specialists on winter sports gear a visit, after which we head straight to the vibrant city of Grenoble and the impressive Mer de Glace, our favourite skiing destination at the Mont Blanc. This pearl-white glacier is soft on the eyes and a true paradise when on a snowboard. And that is just one of the nine ‘unicoloured’ places that we have paid a visit to this month. We head to nine intriguing spots where one colour is king. Join us on a trip to the purple lavender field of the Provence, the pink salt lakes of Torrevieja and the yellow palace of Sintra, for example. For some indoor fun, we visit museums, castles, restaurants, hotels, theatres… and there is way more Southern European greatness up for grabs in this issue, so just flip this page and start your journey through our last issue of 2019. We’ll be back in 2020 with more French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese inspiration than ever. On behalf of the entire Discover Southern Europe team, I wish you a merry Christmas and a prosperous and sunny 2020.
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Arne Adriaenssens Editor