We are committed to updating our pages as regularly as possible, allocating over half of our editorial resources to this essential task, to ensure that you can always find the latest, most reliable information on popular topics and places.
Here is a list with the latest pages that have been updated or created. Most recent are at the top of the list.
The most popular and well developed tourist resort. An international package holiday destination. Lacks nothing in facilities. If you walk westwards along the beach (take water) within half an hour of leaving the resort you will probably not be able to see another human being.
Marbella has numerous cultural and social events going in addition to important festivals and fairs that take place around the same time each year. Here is a look at Marbella's main contemporary festivals.
A wide range of hotels to choose from in the Serrania de Ronda. The Serranía de Ronda is the mountainous area that surrounds the town of Ronda. It is studded with charming pueblos blancos (white villages) that can be visited by car in a number of delightful day trips. The dramatically positioned town of Ronda, on the Tajo gorge, has become one of the most popular destinations in Andalucia. It enjoys magnificent views over the mountains of the Serranía de Ronda and the Sierra de las Nieves Natural Park.
When you take your mobile to another country, this usually means that you no longer have coverage from your service provider even though this is about to change under new EU rules. If you have a UK mobile that you need to use in Spain, you should contact your service provider at home at least a week before you leave.
Below are a selection of hotels with a one-star rating according to the official star rating, these offer simple facilities to meet all of the basic requirements for a pleasant stay. Their main benefits usually lie in their low price and convenient location. Even one star hotels must conform to all general ‘hotel’ requirements and have a minimum bedroom size of 12m2. The reception must be attended until 8pm.
The Sacromonte is famous for the gypsy caves, but the gypsies were neither the first nor the last people to live in them. Long before the Oriental nomads arrived in Spain, the Arabs had discovered that the soft stone of the hill was ideal for carving out underground homes, and gypsies simply moved into them after the conquest.
Most of the main high street names- Zara, Pull and Bear, H&M- can be found on Calle Reyes Católicos, which is perpendicular with Gran Vía de Colón. There are also several stores on the adjoining Calle Recogidas. If you are looking for more unique pieces then don't miss the individual boutiques in the the quaint old streets of the city's historic quarter, particularly the Alcaiceria or Great Bazaar.
An overview of the Spanish Mobile Telephone Operators. Movistar the state incumbant, Vodafone, Orange and Mas Mobile have extensive mobil networks. Jazztel and many others offer their service by reselling operators networks.
Soto Golf is a gated community constructed in 2003 of 68 semi detached three storey properties.
Driving through Andalucìa, in particular, Jaèn one sees tidy line after line of olive groves which stretch for as far as the eye can see. In Jaèn more than 4.500 square kilometres is devoted to olive groves containing around 40 million olive trees.
Castle hotels are old castles which have been reconstructed and converted into hotels. Clearly, the impressive and well-preserved architecture of the castles, and their rich history, make these hotels unusual and special places to stay.
The Nerja Caves were formed five million years ago. This 4km-long cave system was once inhabited - skeletons, pottery, ornaments and implements of stone, flint, copper and bronze dating from Neolithic times were found when the caves were discovered in 1959, as well as animal paintings (not viewable, unfortunately).
Situated on the edge of the city, with its vineyards stretching for miles behind the bodega, this company was founded by William Garvey. An Irish aristocratic farmer from County Waterford, legend has it that he came to Cadiz in search of sheep, but ended up shipping wine back to the UK.
In La Sierra de las Nieves the there are some beautiful rivers such as Rio Verde, Rio Guadalevín, Rio Turón and Rio Grande.
By Sinéad Mangan-Mc Hale
Those who wish to enjoy the snow, but who do not want to partake in any type of skiing, or snowboarding, have plenty of options. Families will especially enjoy the snow activities on offer.
Aqua Tropic water park is a good size water park with plenty of shady areas for parents to keep watch. This is the only saltwater water park in Spain, which means fewer chemicals. This park isn't short of activities with a Wavepool, Kamikaze and Black Hole rides as well as a children's pool. Regarding on land activities.
Although some hotels and resorts by their nature require many resources to operate, this selection of eco hotels means that these hotels acknowledge the strain they place on the environment and as a result actively try to minimise their waste and also water and energy consumption. Some of the larger hotels are even audited and accredited by independent environmental organisations to assure guests of their commitment to mitigating environmental damage.
Granada city is full of sights to see; famous for its vast array of cultural monuments, it is a very popular holiday destination. As with any city there are scores of hotels to choose from in Granada. Whether you are here for a short city break or a summer holiday Granada has a hotel for you, with a wide variety of prices, styles and features.
Just outside of Punta Umbría is an area covering 162 hectares of protected beach, sand dunes and woods, including a juniper grove, one of the few examples of this type in Andalucía. The 50-m wide beach, with fine, golden sand, stretches for 2.3km.
