Home News Repsol Guide: a shower of suns

Repsol Guide: a shower of suns

We Spaniards like the summer. For this reason, the traditional Repsol Guide incorporates new establishments typical of the summer season to offer its readers more alternatives to enjoy. We tell you all the details about this new list that the company puts at our service.

Spain: ideal holiday destination

Spain enjoys innumerable quality destinations to enjoy the summer holidays. A country that offers tourists an endless list of places to enjoy the sun, nature, heritage and gastronomy. Tourists choose our towns for enjoy rest. This is demonstrated year after year in the data collected by the National Institute of Statistics.

According to the INE, around 31 million people They visited our country in 2021, taking into account that we were immersed in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Not to mention the trips made by the Spanish, especially from the interior to the kilometric coastal areas. And what better way than to discover in detail the best places where you can take a breath than by getting information from the Repsol Guide.

Repsol guide
Sardine skewers in a typical beach bar in Almuñécar, Andalusia. / Source: Granada Today newspaper

The soles summer

Since last year, the Repsol Guide unveiled this new section in which affordable sites are collected to spend the summer well. More than 2.500 beach bars, ice cream parlors and terraces populate this extensive list. Some places with tradition, spread throughout the Spanish territory, where you can taste local and quality products. And it is that la Mediterranean diet It is another of the reasons why tourists choose our country.

This year more than 250 new ones are added soles to the list that the Repsol Guide. These new additions have been presented this week in Port des Torrent (Ibiza), one of the symbols of the Spanish summer. For the company, the island of Pitiusa represents the desired vacation spot in the collective imagination. A place that combines paradisiacal beaches, gastronomy and entertainment.

Repsol guide
A waiter serves an order in a beach bar on the Spanish coast. / Source: Sergio Lara

The post-pandemic summer

For those responsible for Repsol Guide They have pointed out that the future of the summer that is just around the corner is perceived with optimism. The hospitality sector has been greatly affected for the measures taken during the pandemic. Despite this, from the company they feel the desire that tourists have to enjoy. For this reason, they want to continue promoting gastronomy as a driving vehicle for the economy.

They also highlighted the value of eating a quality product in a beach bar, an aperitif on a terrace or a homemade ice cream. The new establishments this year follow the path started a year ago. These are spaces that would be recommended to acquaintances to continue promoting a affordable food ecosystem.

The new establishments include the beach bar on the island of Santa Clara, El Portalico in Albacete and Casa Rubio, in Córdoba. This is just one example of the list variety. A range of possibilities to enjoy our natural and gastronomic heritage.

The Repsol Guide, the bible of tourist information

La Repsol Guide, called Guía Campsa until 2008, is considered the bible of tourist information. Born in 1979, through its pages routes and itineraries are proposed throughout Spain. These routes highlight places of interest, making emphasis on gastronomy. Since 2016, it has a website where they publish reports and articles about restaurants, wineries or the favorite routes of celebrities.

Within the gastronomic information, a large amount of data is detailed about establishments, markets and local producers. For 35 years, the energy company has granted the prestigious Repsol Suns. These distinctions are awarded to the best restaurants and chefs in Spain and Portugal, a format similar to the coveted Michelin Stars. Undoubtedly a way to show the world the gastronomic quality of our country.

Repsol guide
An image of the 2009 Repsol Guide and its special supplements. / Source: Petronor

And now that you know more, are you going to visit these places on your next vacation?

 

Share