This October, Western movie fans will be excited to hear that Almeria is hosting Europe's only film festival dedicated to the genre.
The lunar landscapes of Tabernas desert, with its dramatic, barren slopes and rocky outcrops which so resemble the North American Wild West, were the location for…
A (freebie) Spanish newspaper website started a "ranking" of Andalucia's beaches a few weeks ago.
The ranking works on a points system - you score each beach (or whichever ones you want to) out of a possible maximum of five points. There are 30 "nominated" beaches on the list.
It was interesting…
With the London Olympics just a week away - the Opening Ceremony is next Friday - this post is going to move out of its usual geographical territory, from southern Spain (and nationwide anti-austerity demonstrations, following the naked firefighters) to east London, home of the Olympic Park. As…
I was astonished to read recently that the Spanish government is going to oblige shops in some cities to stay open for longer hours, and double the number of Sundays and public holidays - including Malaga, Cordoba, Granada and Sevilla.
When I first arrived here in Spain almost nine years ago, I…
While Ferran Adria is the undisputed king of Spanish gastronomy, noone would disagree that the crown of Andalucian kitchen creativity belongs to Dani Garcia.
The Marbellan chef has two Michelin stars for his restaurant Calima in Marbella, and used to run a chain of tapas bars called Lamoraga. He…
Romantics among you will be interested to hear about night-time visits to the Roman city of Italica, just outside Seville, which take place on weekends throughout the summer. The theme: Latin love poetry.
Italica is one of Andalucia's most important archaeological sites, with its magnificent…
The Torre Pelli, and Seville's resulting endangered UNESCO World Heritage Status, is a topic I've written about often on this blog.
The highly controversial 178-metre tower, designed by Argentinian architect Cesar Pelli, is considered by some a marvel of cutting-edge design, and by others a…
JOINT BLOG POST: REBEKAH THOMPSON AND FIONA FLORES WATSON
Rebekah's view
It´s never been done before, and in spite of all the criticism and the early doubts, Spain has become the first team EVER to win three major competitions in a row (The Euro Cup in 2008 and 2012, and the World Cup in 2010),…
GUEST POST BY REBEKAH THOMPSON
As most of you will already be aware, last Saturday was Noche de San Juan, a 400-year-old tradition involving beach bonfires, fireworks, casual nudity and all-night partying. The ritual sees beach-goers burning their wishes for the next year, jumping over bonfires…
Earlier this month, I saw a letter to The Daily Telegraph, the UK's favourite Tory broadsheet rag, reprinted in my favourite news magazine The Week in their "Pick of the week's correspondence". Since it was in praise of Malaga, one of Andalucia's most important cities, I thought it would be highly…