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Once very private but now open to visitors, The Golf Club Marbella is a difficult but enjoyable challenge. Designed by Robert Trent Jones it is a long golf course with opening holes crossed by ravines and gulleys which require accurate and brave tee shots. The 4th hole, a par-3, is just tee and green, while everything in between is bandit country.
There are eight provinces in Andalucia: (from east to west) Huelva, Sevilla, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Málaga, Jaén, and Almería. Each province has a capital city of the same name. Five provinces – Huelva, Cádiz, Granada, Málaga, and Almería - have a coastline.
This hospital is a gothic building, founded by the Catholic Monarchs- Isabella and Fernando- it has a Renaissance façade with Plateresque decoration and a Baroque portico as well as beautiful courtyards and coffered ceilings.
Urrácal still preserves much of the typical character of the old Arab settlements, particularly in its steep, narrow streets. It is found to the south of the Sierra de las Estancias, half-hidden by a ravine, so provides ideal surroundings for lovers of rural tourism. It has around 350 inhabitants.
Andalucia is justifiably famous for its excellent gastronomic scene. Using first-class ingredients grown throughout the region and caught along its extensive coastline, such as jamon iberico, tomatoes and prawns, cutting-edge dishes are prepared and presented with typically Spanish flair and innovation, although the simple produce - cheese, olives, almonds - are delicious enough to provide superb simple snacks too. The best thing about Granada, is that whenever you order a drink, such as a glass of wine or beer, you get a free tapa!
King's Bastion Leisure Centre contains a two screen cinema, an arcade, a six lane bowling alley, rock boulder park, fitness gym, the cannonball store for collectable toys & gifts, a kids soft play area and a large events arena.
Alcalá la Real is a delightful little town with an impressive fortress, once a strategic stronghold during medieval times and subsequently occupied by the Moors in 713. It has about 21,700 inhabitants.
Part of the rugged Sierra Morena mountain range, the Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche is a protected natural park of extensive woodland dotted with small whitewashed villages. The rolling hills have a network of footpaths, which make it excellent walking and horseriding country. In the spring, the area is awash with wildflowers.
The Tourist Office is located in the Town Hall of Íllar, opening from Monday to Friday.
Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche airport is the major gateway for visitors to the Costa Blanca. It is also convenient for those travelling to north-east Andalucia - Almeria and Jaen provinces. The fifth-busiest airport in Spain, it handles over twenty million passengers every year. Over three-quarters of flights are international.
Alcudia de Monteagud offers a postcard view over its whitewashed houses and the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario. The remains of buildings like the Torre de los Casares and La Torrecilla, located in the outskirts of the village centre, are a reminder of the village’s Arab past. It has about 150 inhabitants.
Los Boliches is the seafront area to the eastern side of Fuengirola centre. It is accessible from the A-7 (old N-340) highway or by bus or train.
The tourist office of Albuñán is located in the Town Hall.
Fuenteheridos is a pretty village just off the main N-433. A tiny village of some 700 people, Fuenteheridos can get overrun with visitors, mainly from Seville, at weekends and holidays. With about six bars around the paseo, there's a great choice of places to stop and sample some of the Sierra's setas (wild mushrooms) in autumn.
Metal crafts, and especially iron forging and copper and brass work have given Andalucia a special identity. Lucena, in the province of Cordoba, is Spain's centre for metal workers, and Seville is also highly regarded for its creative ironwork.
Festivals in Serrato are Cabalgata de Reyes Magos, La Candelaria, Día de Andalucía, Día de Andalucía, Día de la Vieja, Semana Santa, Feria de Octubre and Los Tostones.
Although the breed is commonly referred to as "Andalusian", this is not the correct name but rather a term greatly used internationally by non-natives. It is slightly misguiding to use this term as many imagine the breed is specifically from the region of Andalusia, when in fact it is nationwide.
Abla offers its visitors interesting tours around the town and the chance to purchase some traditional crafts, such as rugs and esparto grass products. It has about 1,250 inhabitants. The town’s name is thought to come from Abula, dating to the Roman times. Madoz called it a white town because of Alba’s metathesis and Ptolemy cites it as an important Bastetani nucleus.
The square - or rather a traffic roundabout - at the start of the Golden Mile was named after one of Marbella's founders, local priest Monseñor Rodrigo Bocanegra (1908-1972).
The Ermita de la Virgen del Carmen in Dólar is a modern chapel inaugurated in 2016. It adds to the town’s religious architecture and devotion to the Virgen del Carmen.
