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Piers Berrington, UK professional and frequent Costa del Sol golfer has won the first of three 'swings' of the Winter Tour - Marbella Golf Series 2023-2024
In this wildlife park near Antequera, you can see four different species of wolves, including the native Iberian wolf, in a semi-natural habitat. You're taken on a guided walk through the beautiful landscape, while the guide explains these majestic wild beasts. The walk includes stops at observation platforms, where you can come into close contact with the wolves. Feeding time is fascinating, as always with animals; there are also night tours ("Howl Nights"), where you can hear the wolf packs howling along with their keeper.
Probably the town's most famous sons are the pop band, Danza Invisible. The band, which was formed in Torremolinos in 1981, has kept close links with the town, even though they are now based in Madrid. The band were pioneers of the La Movida Madrileña, a countercultural movement that emerged during the early years of the transition from the Franco era.
Almuñecar is situated between Nerja and Motril in Granada province. It’s Granada’s most popular coastal destination on the Costa Tropical. In approximately 800BC the Phoenicians were the first settlers in the area and there are artefacts from this period in the town’s museum in the Castle of San Miguel.
If it’s after-dark ambience you’re after, this one’s ideally located for you – you can’t get closer to the action than on the Alameda de Hercules itself. Once notorious for its louche inhabitants, the Alameda is the heart of bohemian Seville. This broad, tree-lined avenue, with its year-round buzzing outdoor scene, is lined with innovative restaurants and bars.
The seasonal saltwater Laguna del Gosque provides an important back-up for birds in the nearby Laguna de Fuente de la Piedra Natural Reserve. Thousands of flamingos breed in the Fuente de Piedra, so they are also a common sight at this reserve.
Lupión occupies a plateau surrounded by olive groves. The resultant olive oil industry and cotton cultivation in the Guadalquivir Valley form the town’s two main sources of income. The great archaeological wealth of the town demonstrates its rich and varied history. It has about 830 inhabitants.
The tourist office of Torres is located in the Town Hall at Plaza de España, 1
Ecotourism is an important movement in Andalucia with both companies and non-governmental organisations working to promote the concept both within this region and abroad. ANDECO, the International Network Organisation for Ecotourism Promoters in Andalucia, has been in operation since 1999.
Most of the cheaper, more frequent and direct flights from Northern Europe to Andalucia fly directly into Malaga Airport. Some of the cheapest car hire deals in Europe can also be found at Malaga airport. This could be your initial base to explore the Golden Triangle of Andalucia.
Holy Week, Semana Santa, in Andalucia is an event that literally transforms towns and cities across this region. Processions of elaborately decorated floats with Jesus and Mary statues, groups of pointy-hood wearing Nazarenos (penitents), and shrill brass bands, walk slowly through the streets, from their parish church to the cathedral and back.
Seville is great for going out due to the huge variety of venues in a small area. You can easily visit four or five completely different bars without walking more than ten minutes between any of them.
This 210ha reserve has two lakes, the Laguna de Las Canteras and the Laguna El Tejón, both of which are prone to drying up in summer. Take the A381 from Jerez de la Frontera. The reserve is situated some 18km from Jerez on the right-hand side of this road.
The second edition of the Sotogrande Music Festival took place in the grounds of the Puerto Maria Polo Club, Los Pinos fields from 1 July until 15 September, a musical extravaganza that will present artistes of diverse styles, ranging from more traditional music such as copla, or Spanish song, to energetic genres such as urban pop, rock and rap.
If you are considering visiting this town you will be interested to check the latest weather forecast for the next few days from the table below.
The AVE route runs on the Barcelona to Madrid section opened in February 2008, the Madrid to Córdoba section opened in April 1992, and the Córdoba to Málaga section opened on 24 December 2007. The older section has a maximum speed of 270 km/h and the newer sections 300 km/h.
Festivals in Fuente Tójar: Cabalgata de Reyes Magos, Carnaval, Día de San José, Semana Santa, Feria Real San Isidro Labrador, Semana Cultural, Fiesta de la Cruz de la Cubertilla, Semana Joven, Fiesta de La Alcaparra and Día de la Virgen del Rosario.
With a total surface area of 209,920ha and covering almost a fifth of Jaen province, this is Spain's largest protected area and one its most extensive forested zones. Located in eastern Jaen province, it connects the Sierra Morena and the Subbética mountain ranges. The highest peak in this immense park is Pico Empanada at 2,107m and the entire park is higher than 600m.
Like most festivities in Spain, Carnaval has religious origins, in terms of its timing and character at least. Celebrated in the week before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, it was an opportunity to indulge all urges before the abstinence of the Cuaresma (40-day period) started.
