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Eurostars Puerta Hotel Malaga (formely Silken Puerta Hotel Malaga)

This hotel has a striking façade, with a swirling celosia (Arabic lattice screen) design. The reception is large with a double-height ceiling, and furnished with modern, woven garden-style furniture. Located Book now!next to the train station (handy for getting to the airport, and to beaches such as Benalmadena, Torremolinos and Fuengirola), it features a sixth-floor spa and fitness suite, with outdoor jacuzzi-with-a-view.

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz was born in Madrid on 28 August 1974 to Eduardo Cruz, a car salesman, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser. While her beginnings were decidedly lower-middle class, this star-to-be decided her destiny at the age of just 15, when she saw Pedro Almodóvar's film Átame (Tie Me up, Tie Me Down) .

Street Markets

Mercadillo de El Ejido: opens the three first Wednesdays of each month, between 9:00 and 14:00 hours. Calle Arquitecto Pérez de Arenaza. Mercadillo de Santa María del Águila: opens the three first Saturdays of each month. Santa María del Águila, El Ejido. Mercadillo de las Norias de Daza: opens the three first Fridays of each month, between 8:00 and 14:00 hours. Las Norias de Daza, El Ejido.

Sierra de Hornachuelos

The Sierra de Hornachuelos extends for 60,032ha and is part of the vast 400,000ha Unesco Biosphere Reserve for the Sierra Morena mountain range, along with the natural parks of the adjacent Sierra Norte and the Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche.

Manilva Beaches

There is a small, 100m-wide cove hidden by cliffs and rocks each side. Thanks to a good chiringuito it's an ideal getaway in the summer. The beach is fairly crowded during the summer and especially at weekends; parking access is especially difficult.

Cultural and Historic routes

Various tourist boards have created a number of themed routes (called “Ruta de“ in Spanish) to help tourists explore the area with respect to a certain to area of cultural or historic interest. Some do make for a interesting and holiday and educational and largely natural drive.

Palacio del Marqués de Contadero

The palace was built in 1788, although it does have features from sixteenth century Renaissance. The grounds house the tourism office of the Regional Government of Andalusia in Úbeda. Located in Calle Baja del Marqués.

Daniel Casares

Daniel Casares is an extremely talented young flamenco guitarist born in Estepona, Málaga, in 1980. He discovered at an early age that he had a natural talent for playing the guitar, and his passion was fuelled by the music that he listened to at home as a child.

Lubrín - History

During the sixteenth century, in the time of Felipe II, there was an morisco uprising of in Granada city and the villages of the Alpujjaras. Following the uprising the inhabitants were exiled resulting Lubrín being left totally uninhabited. The town was later repopulate with 28 families from different parts of Spain, from Lorca to Galicia. The new town was founded in 1528.

Hotels

Almuñecar is one of the most popular destinations on the sublime Costa Tropical and for good reason. You can find many hotels and apartments right on the beach, or alternatively you can venture more inland and enjoy mountainous views to get a feel for rural Andalucia.

Banana Beach

Banana Beach is the common unoficial name for the stretch of beach at the east end of Playa El Cable. This beach is popular with young people and a number of bars play music. It is referenced as being just down from the Marbella arch and there is some parking available.

Hotel Corral del Rey

Right in the historic centre of Seville, yet on a quiet street, this superb, luxurious boutique hotel spread across several traditional Sevillano mansions offers faultless service and sumptuous décor, from monogrammed linens to Lutron lighting, and all-round high-tech wizardry.

Paco de Lucía

Genius, maestro, virtuoso, even God, are all words that have been used to describe one of the most idolised guitarists in the history of flamenco. His real name was Francisco Sánchez Gómez, and as John Lennon would be to classic pop lovers or Pavarotti to classical music fans so was Paco de Lucía to followers of flamenco guitar.

Tourist Office in El Ejido

Tourist Office in El Ejido is located in nearby Almerimar resort. Calle Arquitecto Julián Laguna, 65, Almerimar.

Hotels in Caños de Meca

Hotels in Caños de Meca are in abundance and not hard to find. Luckily, this small, unspoilt part of the Costa de la Luz has managed to avoid high-rise resort buildings and the hotels here are small and very well-kept.

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