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Jaén is a city that every lover of Andalucia should visit, enjoy and - if possible - spend a good deal of time getting to know. Not only does the city have an ancient and fascinating history, but the castle that towers over its winding streets offers some of the most quintessentially Andalusian views there are to be had.
La Soledad hermitage on Calle Jesús de la Pasión was first erected in the early 1500s as a church for the neighbouring Hospital de la Misericordia, which was founded in 1516. From 1854 the hermitage was used as a school and a hospital.
El Torcal Park and the protected El Torcal Natural Area is known for its unusual limestone rock formations. The park and natural area are located about 30 km north of Málaga city, heading towards Antequera near the village of Villanueva de la Concepción. Within El Torcal Park's 17 square km you can see some of the most beautiful and impressive limestone landscapes in Europe. The whole area was under the sea until one hundred million years ago.
The LA Almazara Olive Oil Mill just outside Ronda is designed by Philippe Starck to provide an immersive experience that captures the essence of extra virgin olive oil.
Ronda is a historic town which draws visitors to its stunning gorge, beautiful buildings and famous bullring. Many of its hotels are located on the cliff edge, with spectacular views over the surrounding countryside. Within easy reach of the coast, Ronda is also not far from Seville and Cadiz. Enjoy a stopover in Ronda, or nearby, at one of these characterful hotels.
El Torcal park and the protected EL Torcal Natural Area is known for it's unusual limestone rock formations. Located about 30 km north of Málaga city in the direction of Antequera near the village of Villanueva de la Concepción. Here are a selection of interesting Videos about El Torcal.
See a selection of excellent private party or family excursions from Esteponaa with or affiliate partner Viator, perfect opportunities to see the major attractions in Andalucia without the hassle of having to organise it yourself.
Ara spoke to us at the inauguration of La Almazara Museum, and her enormous mural on the ceiling of the museum and restaurant.
Almenara, which opened in 1998, has three nine-hole loops, each of which is the brainchild of local architect Dave Thomas, and also provides very extensive practice and teaching facilities. A top class hotel, professionals shop and restaurant complete the amenities at one of the Coast's up-and-coming golfing venues.
Julien Guerrier ended his long wait for a maiden DP World Tour title as he beat Jorge Campillo in a record-equalling nine-hole play-off at the 2024 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters.
Real Club de Golf Guadalmina to host the Santander Spanish Professional Championship on the south course of Guadalmina from the 21 to 23 November 2024 (was 4th to the 6th of December)
This modern course meandering through two picturesque valleys was opened in 2004, and since then has become recognised as one of the area's most prestigious golf clubs. It perfectly complements other top clubs in Sotogrande, including Valderrama, and offers golfers magnificent views all the way down to the Mediterranean Sea.
In Andalucia, as in the rest of Spain, there is a bit of a debate regarding how deeply foreign Christmas customs should be allowed to take root.
Christmas brings great cheer across Spain as families prepare to spend the Season together over one elaborate meal after another. Every year Andalucia.com brings you a special look at Christmas and this year it is no different.
The origins of bullfighting are probably in the man v beast contests of the Roman gladiators. Even earlier, Palaeolithic paintings found in Spain depict men fighting bulls and other wild animals. In Greek legend, you have Theseus and the Minotaur, a half-man half-bull, while a Babylonian legend has its hero slaying a bull by thrusting his sword "between nape and horns". But there are also strong links with the popular Moorish pastime of rejoneando, where a rider would confront the bull using a (lance) in an arena (picadores in modern-day Spanish bullfighting). Portugal holds rejoneo bullfights where cavaleiros, who wear 18th-century dress and ride padded horses, are the stars, rather than the matadors, as in Spain. In Portuguese bullfights, the bull is not killed in the ring.
As of July last year, bullfighting in Catalonia is banned, joining the Canary Islands in bidding goodbye to La Fiesta. There are strong anti-bloodsports movements in other parts of Spain - even Andalucia, which is considered its home (see FACT IV) - though it remains to be seen if or when these people will achieve their aim in ensuring that trajes de luces (suits of lights, worn by bullfighters) only appear as museum pieces. An estimated 150,000 people are employed in the sport in Spain, from bull-breeders to suit makers.
It's an irresistible topic for writers - in the early 20th century, those who waxed (lyrical, or not) about La Lidia included Ernest Hemingway and DH Lawrence. For Hemingway, it was about that macho rush of adrenalin, the visceral battle of man against beast, and morbidity. In Death in the Afternoon , he remarks that "people must have an interest in death. and when they can see it being given, avoided, refused and accepted in the afternoon for a nominal price of admission, they pay their money and go to the bullring." In The Plumed Serpent, Lawrence's female protagonist takes a very different view of a corrida in Mexico City: "For the first time, a bull seemed to her a fool. She had always been afraid of bulls, fear tempered with reverence of the great Mithraic beast. And now she saw how stupid he was, in spite of his long horns and his massive maleness. Blindly and stupidly he ran at the rag, each time, and the toreadors skipped like fat-hipped girls showing off."
Do you want to find out some little-known interesting facts about Andalucia’s most famous towns, cities and pastimes? Which films were shot in Seville, why the Mezquita was built with its pillared arches, which Beatle loved Almeria, who brought golf to Andalucia?
An important part of the lead-up to Christmas for Andalucians involves one of their favourite pastimes - shopping. This isn't just about making purchases, whether gifts or food for one of the big family meals; it's about browsing, wandering through stores looking at things, discussing them - at length and in detail - with friends and family (jamon, decorations, belen figures, shoes, kitchen equipment) over coffee.
