My Marbella Story Found a Home

My travel-essay, “Everywhere and Nowhere: Following Ibn Battuta Across Marbella”, has been selected as a finalist by Intrepid Times in their “A Book Led Me There” competition. Intrepid Times

In this piece I venture beyond Marbella’s glittering façade of sun-saturated luxury—Ferraris, gold chains, shopping sprees—and into the old town’s labyrinth of alleys where the echoes of medieval wanderers still linger. Inspired by Ibn Battuta’s legendary journeys, this is not just about ticking sightseeing boxes, but about embracing travel as curiosity, subtle discovery, and invitation.

Dive in and explore a side of Marbella you might never have expected—where ancient footsteps meet modern excess, and the journey becomes the destination.

Read it here: Everywhere and Nowhere: Following Ibn Battuta Across Marbella

I hope this story nudges us all to travel less like a spectator, and more like a guest.