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Looking to get away from it all on the Costa del Sol – try the village of Casares, just 14 kilometres from madness of the coast but a refreshingly authentic mountain village that has avoided the development that has blighted much of the Costa. This locality has preserved in its urban quarter an ambience of [...]
The town of Erincon de Victoria in Málaga honours the Candelaria Virgin on 2 February with some of the most colourful celebrations continuing until the end of the week. After the reveille is sounded, a mass is held at noon before the the fair is officially inaugurated followed by the Candelaria Virgin and St. Joseph [...]
As the winter chill sets in across much of Spain, many dream of Andalucia and there’s nowhere that typifies the region more than Alozaina in the Guadalhorce Valley. Protected from cold winds by the sierras of Tolox and Prieta, it was known as “Alhosaina” – small fort or good and healthy place – in reference [...]
The Focus Abengoa Foundation, in conjunction with the Bilbao Museum of Fine Art, is currently showing an exhibition on painting in Seville, 1590-1630, at the Foundation’s Seville centre. The exhibition contains around 60 works, some of which are being exhibited in Spain for the first time and examine the contribution of 17th century painting in [...]
It might not often be associated with mountain ranges but the AlcaparaÃn mountain range is one of Malaga’s most rewarding attractions. The Grajo peak, sometimes known as Pico Valdivia, rises to almost 1,300 m in height, and crowns a range spanning from the Ardales to the Carratraca districts. A seven kilometre walk from the peak [...]
Sometimes called the “Sun and Wine” route, The AnxarquÃa is one of the most pictoresque journeys in the Costa Del Sol, passing through the villages of Torrox, Algarrobo, Sayalonga, Cómpeta, Canillas de Albaida, Nerja and Frigiliana. This route passes close to the Province of Granada taking in a beautiful stretch of coastline with cliffs and [...]
Selwo Nature Adventure Park, one of the Costa Del Sol’s most popular children’s attractions, has announced that it will open its gates again on the 10th February after a series of rennovations and improvements. The park in Estepona will feature a new section for nocturnal animals and species, a new birds of prey area and [...]
Although the Sierra Nevada is where most people head inland in Andalucia, in the northeast of Granada near Almeria is the 50,000 hectare Sierra de Baza Natural Park. The park is characterised by some very steep climbs and more barren ground above 2,000 metres. The central area features some stunning, snowcapped jagged peaks home to [...]
El Paraiso Golf Club in Estepona, Málaga was designed by Gary Player and Kirby and is considered one of the most spectacular in the region. Situated 14 Km from Marbella in a valley surrounded by hills with magnificent views of the coast, the designers laid out the course to take advantage of the sloping hill [...]
Located near to Huelva in Andalucia, Doñana National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site and protects a number of endangered species, including the Mediterranean lynx and the Spanish imperial eagle. Red and fallow deer are the most common species however followed by copious squacco herons, flamingoes, sand grouse and pratincoles. There are no organised [...]
