If you live in or near Huelva, in the far western part of Andalucia, or in eastern Portugal, especially the Algarve, you'll be interested to hear about a huge new shopping and leisure complex in the area.
Carrefour Property, the French-owned megalyth billed as "Europe's leading commercial real…
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For the last few days, the English living here in Spain have been in the unusual position of both "our" football teams being on a winning streak. And the next couple of evenings are going to provide some serious…
Summer has officially arrived in Seville, since the season of outdoor concerts in the Alcazar Gardens started this week. They run until 24 August, with nightly shows throughout the entire 11-week period.
Every year, over a good chunk of weeks (usually late June/early July till mid-September, so…
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A few months ago I was kindly invited to attend the 10th anniversary edition of the Niños de Mariposa (Butterfly Children) Gala at Aloha Golf Resort in Marbella as a member of the press. In spite of my limited knowledge of the charity, I accepted.
The event took…
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In these challenging economic times it is difficult to imagine anybody being brave enough to organise a conference on luxury brands, so hats off to Ignacio Perez Diaz.
But then, it did take place in Marbella (1 & 2 June 2012), in the neighbourhood of La…
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Museo Carmen Thyssen is a recently-opened art gallery in Málaga with paintings from Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza´s personal collection, which she and her late husband amassed over the past 30 years. It is situated in the Palacio de Villalon in Málaga, a beautiful…
Restaurant Calima and TapasArte Experience, courtesy of Dani Garcia and other top Andalucian chefs
Guest Post by Rebekah Thompson
Last week I celebrated my birthday – which, apart from anything else, was extra-special because I was in Spain and the sun was shining. This almost never happens on…
While I love modern architecture as much as the next design-obsessed travel journalist (Metropol Parasol here in Seville is a favourite), I also love old buildings, especially ones whose previous life can be clearly seen in their signage and styling which dates them to a specific era, and am a…
Many of us will be heading off to the Algarve for our holidays now that summer is arriving.
The controversial new toll on the A22 motorway, which is the continuation of the A49 Seville-Huelva motorway (it starts the Portuguese side of the bridge at Ayamonte), has put many people off making the…
A few weeks ago I went to an event called a "Jelly". No, it wasn't anything to do with food, or kids, or indeed kids' food - it was a get-together of self-employed people to introduce a new workspace in Seville, and a new form of working.
A couple of Sevillano entrepreneurs got together and…