Rupert Parker goes to Spain for a weeklong stretch of Pilates and Nordic Walking

Symbolised in gifts, ornaments, T-shirts, sculptures, artworks and street paintings, they dominate restaurant menus and the town is even named after them. Zahara de los Atunes is all about tuna.

Rupert Parker discovers Ibérica ham and sherry in Andalucia while hiking around Picos de Aroche Natural Park.

Potato salad  – a Spanish regional speciality?  Really?
Ask anyone to rattle off a few Spanish delicacies and the results will be fairly predictable – gazpacho, patatas bravas, tortilla, paella, boquerones and a preponderance of bull’s bits will all rate a mention.