The BBC has focused this week on how a Beatles classic has ended up inspiring a new air connection between Liverpool and Spain. Strawberry Fields Forever, one of the band’s most emblematic songssymbolically unites John Lennon’s hometown with Almería, where the musician wrote the first version of the psychedelic anthem in 1966.
Lennon spent several weeks staying at the Casa de Santa Isabel, a 19th century mansion on the Almeria coast while filming the movie How I Won the War. The neglected garden and the ornate doors of the building – now converted into a museum – awakened in him memories of his childhood at the Strawberry Field orphanage in Liverpool, which would end up shaping the lyrics of the song.
That chapter, little known even among many fans, has been given new life with the launch of a direct EasyJet flight between Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Almería, operating every Tuesday and Sunday. The route aims to take advantage of this unexpected cultural link between both destinations.
From the tourist attraction Strawberry Field, sDirector Michelle Lovegrove-Huggins celebrates how flying can cheer up British Beatlemaniacs and Spaniards to follow in Lennon’s footsteps. He assures that the musician found there “an inspiring sanctuary” during his childhood in Woolton, a story that today is part of the tour offered by the center.
“This route is not just a trip: it is a cultural bridge,” says Lovegrove-Huggins, convinced that it will allow us to rediscover the Beatle’s Almeria episode. Liverpool airport admits that it was completely unaware of the connection until he Strawberry Field’s own team informed him after the new flights were announced.
The airport spokesperson, Robin Tudor, also emphasizes that Almería thus becomes an unprecedented destination for the British city, opening direct access to a part of southern Spain so far not connected. An added attraction for both tourists and fans of the band.
The legacy of Strawberry Fields Forever transcended far beyond its origin. Lennon considered it his most successful work and, after his murder in New York, an area of Central Park It was baptized with the name of the song, consolidating it as one of the most enduring symbols of the Beatles.
