Spain is famous for it’s siesta culture. Siesta was important in the days before air conditioning, when workers would eat a hearty lunch (La Comida) before retiring to sleep for the hottest hours in the early afternoon, returning to work again early in the cooler evening, before enjoying a late and smaller evening meal (La Cena), once they returned home.
The siesta is gradually dying out, as commutes are getting longer, meaning people can’t return home easily, and businesses are switching to more conventional working hours.
But Sunday lunch remains a great Spanish tradition, and here in Lanzarote you’ll find most local’s restaurants are full of large family tables on a Sunday, with several generations enjoying a long read more »