© Mónica R. Goya
Travel Writing
May 2023
I wrote two new stories for Condé Nast Traveler Spain recently.
One is a guide to the Bloomsbury neighbourhood, and the other, trip ideas to explore London with kids as Londoners, not tourists.
February 2023
New written work featuring two Asturian spots, Llanes and Bermiego, for in-flight magazine Binter. Photograhy by Rocío Eslava. See here.
Summer 2022
New writing and photo work for the summer issue of Food and Travel UK magazine, a guide to eat like a local in El Retiro neighbourhood.
July 2022
A road trip with a focus on British cheese, see here.
November 2021
New writing and photo work for the latest issue of Good Cheese, featuring the cheeses of Asturias and some classic recipes from Bar Camacho and Aitor Vega fromagerie.
October 2021
New writing work for the October issue of Food and Travel UK magazine, a guide to one of Valencia’s coolest neighbourhoods, Russafa.
June 2021
It’s been a treat to work on this story (writing & photography) featuring some of Asturias’s most brilliant young cheesemakers. I was lucky to get that sunshine in winter, when I photographed the story. The work appears in the Travel Issue (summer 2021) of US magazine Culture Cheese.
March 2021
New work on London’s Greenground Map. Read full story (in Spanish) here.
March 2021
New work profiling Coventry as City of Culture 2021. Read full story (in Spanish) here.
February 2021
Five walks to enjoy the beauty of the Asturian outdoors in winter. The story appeared in the digital front page. Read full story (in Spanish) here.
January 2021
The almond trees, one of the crops that dominated the rural landscapes of some Canarian islands before tourism took over, put on a show at this time of the year. Read full story (in Spanish) here.
November 2020
Earlier this year I had the chance to spend over two months back home in Asturias. It was a unique opportunity to rediscover my homeland with time on my hands.
A photo essay has now been published in The New York Times. Read full story here.
October 2020
New work for Binter magazine, cover story featuring some of the must-visit destinations in western Asturias.
The work appears in the Binter October issue, out now.
October 2020
Lovely to see one of my images of the artisan cheesemakers of Asturias in Courier magazine.
The work appears in the Courier October/November issue, out now.
August 2020
Asturias has superb beaches, but also has incredible rivers and wild swimming is highly popular. Read full story (in Spanish) here.
August 2020
The forest-garden of Fonte Baxa, an impressive private garden in western Asturias, has opened to the public for the first time. Read about my visit (in Spanish) here.
August 2020
San Antonio beach, in eastern Asturias, has been voted the best in Spain. Read full story here.
April 2020
It’s a pleasure to write an intimate letter to a country I have loved since an early age, Mexico. The essay appears in the Mexico issue of Lodestars Anthology, with photography by Greta Rybus.
March 2020
It’s a pleasure to write about Albariño wine and Galicia for the Latin American edition of Food & Wine.
November 2019
New story (writing + photography) for Iberia Excelente (business class in-flight magazine), a road trip across one of Spain’s most exciting wine regions, Ribeira Sacra. The story focuses on a brilliant host, Francisco Almuíña, who overcame his traumatic vision loss after a workplace accident and now shows visitors the land of his childhood through the senses, sharing all his knowledge on the nature, traditions, vineyards and local foods of the area. The story also focuses on Pedro Rodríguez, of Guímaro winery, a third-generation winemaker and his terroir-driven wines.
