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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.

Pedro Peña Fernández

Pedro Peña is one of today's most respected flamenco guitarists, and with his background and schooling there is no wonder he is also one of the most sought after guitarists, especially with the gypsies singers of Jerez and Lebrija.

Festivals in Retamar

Festivals in Retamar: Cabalgata Reyes Magos, Romería a Torregarcía, Fiesta de San José, Semana Santa, Virgen del Carmen and San Juan.

Hotels in San Fernando

San Fernando is a very popular destination for those who want to enjoy a hot, beach holiday as well as those who are interested in seeing the cultural heritage of nearby Cádiz city. Boasting over 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, it is no surprise that San Fernando has many hotels to accommodate the waves of tourists that come to visit.

Cortelazor

The old centre of this tiny, ancient hilltop village, stunningly located within the Parque Natural Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche, has been declared of Cultural interest. Cortelazor itself was founded in the mid-13th century, and these days its economy is based on livestock.

Festivals in Capileira

Popular festivals in Capileira are Chisco de San Antón, Mauraca, Semana Cultural and Fiestas de la Virgen de la Cabeza and Fiestas de la Virgen de las Nieves.

Laurie Lee

Laurie Lee was a poet and novelist, best-known for his autobiographical trilogy Cider with Rosie (1959), As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969), and A Moment of War (1991). The trilogy depicts Lee's boyhood in the country, his journey to London to seek his fortune, and his experiences in the Spanish Civil War.

Festivals in Bayarque

Festivals in Bayarque: Cabalgata de Reyes Magos, Día de San Blas, Día de San Marcos, Semana Santa, Corpus Christi, Cruces de Mayo, Fiesta de San Antón de Pádua, Fiestas de Verano and Fiestas de Nuestra Señora del Rosario.

Hotels in Jimena de la Frontera

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. There are plenty of hotels and self-catering rental accommodation in Jimena to choose from.

Cogollos de la Vega

Cogollos de la Vega forms part of la Ruta del Califato and has the perfect combination of natural beauty - the Sierra de Huétor - and culture, in the form of important prehistoric sites. Archaeological remains from the Palaeolithic era offer some of the most impressive attractions in Cogollos de la Vega. There are also traces of Neolithic, Roman, Visigothic and Arab culture in the village.

History - Copper, Bronze and Iron ages

Chalcolithic (early Copper Age) This is the period with the earliest phase of metallurgy. Copper, silver and gold started to be worked. It is also a period of increased social complexity, rise of the first civilizations and of exchange networks that would reach to the Baltic for amber and North Africa for ivory and ostrich-egg products.

Marbella - Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP)

'Stand up Paddleboarding' or SUP for short or Surf de remo in Spanish. This sport is usually performed in the calm sea or a lake as larger waves or strong winds make it challenging. It was practiced in Tarifa in 2011 and became popular in other parts of Andalucía by 2015.

The origins of the sport are in Africa where it was common to stand on a kayak for better visibility when fishing. Lifeguards in Israel, Australia and California have practiced the same to watch over the swimmers. 

El Pinar

As well as a rich historical and artistic heritage, resplendent in various religious buildings, El Pinar offers one of the most spectacular landscapes in the Alpujarra: the steep, narrow Tablate ravine, with its ancient bridge dating from the 15th century which serves as the main gateway to the Alpujarras

Hotels

As one of the first towns you come to in the western Alpujarras region in Granada Province, Lanjaron is a small but popular destination for visitors. Popular for good reason too. Set among the beautiful rolling mountains of the spectacular Sierrra Nevada region and home to a natural source of fresh mineral water, now widely sold, the modest village of Lanjarón is a must visit for anyone in the region.

Sorihuela de Guadalimar

Sorihuela de Guadalimar is part of the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas Natural Park. Its landscape is dominated by olive groves, cereal fields, and orchards. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Alcalá de los Gazules

Alcalá de los Gazules is a spectacularly located historic hilltop pueblo blanco (white town) with stunning architecture. The town is situated in the middle of Cadiz province on the A-381 road from Los Barrios to Jerez. This road is often called "La Ruta del Toro" (Route of the Bull) for the bull-breeding ranches in the vicinity. With a population of about 6,000, Alcala is worth the short detour for a visit.

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