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This page provides information about annual festivals taking place in Molvízar each year.

Popular festivals in La Calahorra are Fiestas de San Antón, Fiestas de San José, San Marcos, Fiesta de San Gregorio Nacianceno and Día de la Raza.

Silverio Franconetti Aguila was born in Seville in 1831, but grew up in the place where his mother was born, Moron de la Frontera, a small town in the province of Seville. He was a legendary singer who was honored as being the first non-gypsy cantaor to receive any serious attention on the flamenco scene.

Archaeological remains found in Arboleas suggest population settlements dating back to the Neololithic and Bronze ages. Beyond this, Argaric, Phoenician, Carthaginian and Roman remains have also been unearthed. However, it was the Muslim era that left the most permanent mark on the community, surviving today in the form of popular architecture, gastronomy, habits and customs.

Group Coach Excursions from Costa del Sol.

Don Carlos Tennis and Sports Club is a family orientated club with great facilities. It has seven clay tennis courts, two rebound ace courts, a fitness centre and an open air multi-sport game court. The club offers adult tennis classes as well as tennis schools and classes for children and adolescents.

We spoke to chef and restaurateur Andoni Luis Aduriz, of Mugaritz near San Sebastian, which has two Michelin stars and has been voted fourth-best restaurant in the world. Andoni is now Gastronomic Adviser at the luxury healthcare hotel Healthouse Las Dunas in Estepona.

The Almería Flamenco and Dance Festival, is always one of the city’s most anticipated cultural events, take place each year in different locations at the end of June and beginning of July.  This popular festival presents an extensive programme, with a total fifteen dance shows and flamenco recitals, along with workshops and courses.

The tourist office of Capileira is located in the Guadalinfo Office.

There are more gyms and fitness centres in Andalucía than ever before. Whereas in the early 1980s you’d have been pushed to find the odd male-dominated weights room, there are now many centres.

Cabalgata Reyes Magos
The Three Kings procession is celebrated on the evening of 5th January.

San Antón
San Antón is traditionally celebrated on the 17th January with a bonfire.

Semana Santa
Holy Week processions, dates can vary.

Being surrounded by stunning countryside and located next to the Los Alcornocales Natural Park, as well as being a place of great historic and cultural significance, it is no surprise that Jimena de la Frontera welcomes many tourists all year round. A popular destination for expats too, there are various accommodation options available.

Jun is located at the edge of the Sierra de Huétor natural park, in the centre of the Granada lowland. The village offers a great combination of natural landscapes and a wealth of heritage and tradition. Jun has origins dating back to Roman times; remains of gravestones have been found with mention of the village. The Roman population was followed by Visigoth and Muslim settlers.

Bougainvilleas are passion. Passionately colourful, passionately vibrant, passionately floriferous - reflecting life in Spain. They remind me of flouncy flamenco dresses, frilled and ruffled, gorgeously swirling over walls and pergolas.

When is the next total solar eclipse in Andalucia? 2nd August 2027

La ruta del Califato

I am the proud holder of a Spanish driver’s license. You cannot imagine how proud. I can't tell how much it cost me – I went into denial once I hit four figures (in pounds). Learning to drive is a wallet-wincing business anywhere, but in Spain even for souls less automobilistically-challenged than myself, it costs a veritable ojo de la cara (lit. an eye off your face). To add humiliation to insolvency, once you have jumped through all hoops, practical, theoretical and bureaucratic, you must announce your first year as a driver with a green L-plate stuck in your rear window. Still, that's all water under the bridge now. The beep-at-me-I'm-an-idiot-sign's in the bin and I can afford to put petrol in the car.

The first archaeological evidence of Écija allows us to assume the original settlement of Astigi was in the present Cerro de San Gil or Alcazar, during the Tartessic era.

Villas for sale in and around Puerto de la Duquesa, one of the Costa del Sol's marinas that is enjoyed by sailors and tourists alike. Located one hour's drive from the airport of Malaga and 45 minutes form Gibraltar airport. La Duquesa seems like a thousand miles away from the throng of the holiday resorts. It is relatively quiet during most of the year. The restaurants come alive in July and August.

Los Guájares is comprised of three small villages: Guájar Faragüit, Guájar Fondón and Guájar Alto. The area is located in a small, beautiful subtropical valley, formed by the River Loba. Its name comes from the Arabic word for abrupt, steep and difficult to access, describing the mountain below where the villages are situated.