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Cala Mijas Festival 2024 is cancelled

After two high profile editions the Cala Mijas festival promoters, Last Tour announced the cancellation of the Cala Mijas Festival 2024 on the 26th April 2024. The dates for 2024, published immediately after the 2023 festival were 28th to 30th August 2024. No artists had been announced and ticket sales had not commenced.

Rock Art

68 separate cave paintings in Velez-Blanco and Maria, Almeria; Almaciles and Huescar, Granada; Quesada, Pontones, Santiago de la Espada, Segura de la Sierra, Santisteban del Puerto and Aldeaquemada, Jaen

Festivals in Palenciana

Festivals in Palenciana: Cabalgata Reyes Magos, Carnaval, Semana Santa, Día de San Marcos, Romería de San Isidro and Feria del Carmen.

Chris Chaplow - Managing Director

Chris Chaplow was awarded an honours degree in Civil Engineering at King's College, London and worked in management on a number of major construction projects before moving to Spain in 1991. An early internet adopter in 1993, launching Spain's first online image bank leading to founding Andalucia,com in 1996

Hotel Salles Malaga Centro

This seven-storey hotel offers two styles of rooms, to cater for all tastes: traditional, which have warm colours – oranges and purples, and pine furniture; and modern, which are bold monochrome, with strong, graphic print fabrics, and furniture in either black or white, accented by splashes of red. Some of the 147 rooms have balconies, and some have views towards the mountains inland from the city.

Monumento a la Fe Descubridora

This massive statue, located at Punta Sebo where the rivers Odiel and Tinto meet, is often mistaken for the figure of Columbus. The statue actually represents a Franciscan friar of Monasterio La Rábida, who took Christopher Columbus in while he was planning his first voyage and waiting for confirmation of funding from the Spanish monarchs.

History of Chilluévar

The oldest testimonies found in the area of Chilluévar date back to the time of the Iberians, in the village of Las Almansas, and to Roman times, when it was densely occupied with rustic villas. A set of funerary inscriptions are preserved in the Provincial Museum from this time.

Sotogrande Centro Empresarial

This commercial zone is located just off the A-7 motorway, just outside Sotogrande Costa. It comprises five main buildings on the service road next to the A-7 towards Marbella. It is located on the Sotogrande Costa side of Pueblo Nuevo village. It is close to Avenida de Paniagua and provides easy access to essential services, boutique shops, and professional businesses.

Francisco de Zurbarán

Francisco de Zurbarán was born in Extremadura but settled in Seville in 1629 where he had a very successful career accepting large commissions for the wealthy religious order. He was in Madrid from 1634 - 6 in the service of King Philip IV and on his return to Seville he began painting commissions for Spanish American clients.

Almeria Train Station

Note: Due to the construction of the High Speed Train line from Murcia into Almeria the Estación Intermodal station was closed on the 5th March 2024 and trains will stop at Huercal-Viator station and a bus service will be provided to complete the journey. The works are expected to be completed in 2026.

Hotels in Zahara de los Atunes

In Zahara de los Atunes, there is an abundance of accommodation options, ranging from self-catering villas and apartments to hotels and hostels. The vast majority of hotels in Zahara have direct access to the beach and views to the sea. There is everything from budget hostels to big, resort style hotels and smaller, boutique hotels, suiting everyone´s needs.

Hotel NH Ciudad de Almeria

Modern brick-and-glass building opposite train and bus stations, 10 minutes’ walk from historic centre and beaches. Contemporary furnishings and colourful rugs in lobby, and 138 bright, spacious rooms decorated in soft colours. Bar and Mediterranean restaurant, fax and photocopying facilities.

Playa Victoria Hotel

This four-star hotel, with smoked glass façade, looks over the long sandy beach, and is located about 30 minutes’ walk from the old town. Each of the spacious rooms – there are 188 – has a 1960s-style pod-like curved white balcony, with décor in muted, neutral tones; 32-inch TVs offer multimedia applications. Suites have their own private terraces. WIFI is free.

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación

The church lacks a tower and has a basilica structure with a single nave and a Mudejar roof. There is no evidence of the age of the church in this municipality, nor any significant data.

El Carrete

José Losada Sanchez (or El Carrete as he is artistically known) is one of Málaga's most flamboyant flamenco artists. He has toured Europe with some of flamenco's most outstanding dancers including Antonio Gades and La Chunga and today he rubs shoulders with some of the most illustrious flamenco artists of these times.

Montemayor - History

The origins of Montemayor date back to 2,000 years BC, according to the remains of bell-shaped pottery and Iberian sculptures.

Cave Houses in Guadix

Many of the inhabitants of Guadix live underground, in cave houses. In the winter they are covered with snow and keep their warmth, providing delightful places to stay, often with their own fireplaces inside. In the summer, they keep cool and can provide great relief from the sun. Some even have private swimming pools.

Playa Artola

Playa Artola is the beach situated to the west of Cabopino Marina. This is on a promenant part of the coast called Punta Ladrones. One assumes ladrones (robbers) prefered to come ashore on promentaries rather than inlets. A very early partly restored square plan watch tower bears testiment to this and is also called Torre Ladrones watch tower.

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