Strike threat

with supplies due to the war in Ukraine, as well as the Omicron Covid variant, but that from April there was a travel recovery, especially in the leisure, meetings and congresses sectors.

Inflation

AIR NOSTRUM pilots have voted 92% in favour of indefinite strike action in their on-going pay row.

The decision follows seven days of strikes over the Christmas and New Year period.

The report added that 61% of economic growth in Spain last year was down to tourism.

Exceltur said the first quarter of 2022 was marked by higher energy prices and problems

The body believes that accumulated demand and the desire to travel have overcome the adverse effects on personal income caused by inflation. The report pointed out that a big increase in domestic tourism activity boosted the sector.

Pilots union Sepla said it was a response to Air Nostrum's ‘immovable’ position in preventing negotiations to sign a new agreement ‘that sets fair working conditions and wages for workers’.

Air Nostrum said that if it caved in to Sepla's ‘exorbitant’ requests for a 30% salary hike over two years, the firm’s financial viability would be threatened.

The so-called Montblanc finale (above), was a true surprise looking like a classic pasta dish but was really a poached pear served in chestnut cream, orange jam and meringue. Villasclaras shows real maturity for a chef in his early 30s, but his stints at Dinner under Heston Blumenthal in London, as well as with Spain’s genius Andoni Luis Aduriz, at Mug aritz, really helped his development.

“More than anything I am going back as close to El La go’s roots as possible with the Slow Food concept,” he explains.

“I have a great, young team, including a Serbian sous chef, and we hope to do great things in 2023.”

Meanwhile, there is a more meaty and fish-lad en one called ‘ Sazon ’, as well as a normal A la carte, restaurant PR Roberta Panelli, explained.

The linguist from Turin, who moved over two years ago to take over the reins from her mother, said: “We all work together and I’m learning so much every day. This is my family now.” www.restauranteellago.com

As well as a superb, detailed wine list that counts well over 100 listings from around Andalucia (35 from Ronda alone), there are plenty of fascinating rarities. My top tip is the remarkable Ximenez-Spinola PX, from Sanlucar, near Jerez, a nutty, sweet, but remarkable light in strength (12.5%) chestnut.

El Lago is based on Greenlife Golf Course, in El viria, near Marbella. It is open from midday.

ONE of the things that makes people fall in love with Spain is the food. The Mediterranean diet, rich in fish and seafood, nuts and fruit, is famously good for the heart.

And not only the heart: the diet is full of ingredients known for their aphrodisiac properties.

With a very important date coming up (February 14, in case you forget), a dinner date should prove a win-win situation. These foods provide both psychological and physical stimulation because they trigger an increase in the release of serotonin, the socalled happiness hormone. The practice of using food to increase sexual desire dates back to the 4th century BC and takes its name from the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

Aphrodisiac foods aren’t always as exotic as ginseng. You might already consume them on a daily basis and not even realise.