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Popular festivals in Cástaras are Fiestas en Honor a San Blas, Fietsas de la Virgen de Fátima and Chiscos de San Antón.
This mountainous town on the road between Ronda and Coín is dominated by the limestone outcrops of the surrounding mountains of the Serrania de Ronda. The bizarre rock formations of El Torrecilla (1900m) and its surrounding parque natural overlook the town and provide the source for the Río Turón that runs through it.
There are many opportunities to participate in adult education programmes in Andalucía. To a certain extent your options will depend on your language skills.
This small chapel was built at the end of the 1950s and measures about 3x8m, with Neo-Gothic reminiscences, false vaults, two pointed windows in the front and a curious shell-shaped roof over the altar. It is located inside a simple house-convent.
Listed below are a selection of restaurants which can be found in Torreguadiaro Torreguadiaro which has become a gastro destination, and there are lots of wonderful places to eat there.
InBoca Gastrobar
Stylish gastro-tapas bar. Reasonable prices, superb food, good atmosphere.
Puro Tapas
Stylish tapas bar with innovative tapas and contemporary decor. Quick service with friendly young staff; English and French spoken. Outside seating is available.
SotoMaki Sushi Express
New small café for sushi lovers. Take-away and delivery service as well.
Olive oil is one of the main products of Andalucia and is a staple ingredient of many Spanish recipes. Here are some of the recipes from the gastronomy section that you can try out using the famous Andalucian olive oil.
More visitors rent cars in Spain than any other European country. Car rental in Spain is the least expensive in Europe due to the strong competition and on the Costa del Sol car rental is no exception where it is relatively easy to hire a car.
Built in the nineteenth century, the chapel marks the entrance to the town centre.
The Guardia Civil wear green uniforms and are less reactionary today than they were during Franco's control. They are responsible for national security, customs and for crowd control at large events. Their traffic department patrol the main highways with cars and motorbikes and organise radar speeding checks.
There are certain confusions whether this castle was linked to Vélez Blanco or Rubio, since the Arab authors cite only, Vélez. In the tenth century it was certainly inhabited and there are descriptions of it the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Much-loved stars of the nuevo flamenco underground, formed in the mid-1970s in Málaga when bands like this had to go underground, Tabletom might best be described as Spain’s answer to Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Mixing flamenco with jazz, blues and rock, with a philosophy borrowed from anarchism and the left, they are stalwarts of the Andaluz alternative scene. By their own admission, influences can vary from Miles Davis to English progressive rock bands such as Van der Graaf Generator.
The municipality of Lepe boasts over 20km of sandy beaches stretching from the newer resort of La Islantilla to La Antilla, Nueva Umbría and the marshes of Rio Piedras. The beaches get very busy during the summer season.
by Max Phythian and Maria Acacia López Bachiller
The Andalucia Valderrama Masters-Sergio García Foundation, is supported in its forthcoming fourth edition with new sponsors, greater institutional support and improvements to the course itself. The competition is one of Spain's most important golfing dates. From the 18th to the 21st of October, Valderrama Golf Club will once again be in the spotlight of the golf world and will showcase the Valderrama course in fantastic condition after having completed its ambitious improvement plan.
The town of El Borge is situated at the foot of the Cerro de Cutar mountain, on the border of the Axarquia and Montes de Malaga comarcas, and is known as the "raisin capital" because the town is one of the largest producers of Muscatel raisins.
One of the most appealing things about the Andalucian lifestyle is the amount of time you spend outdoors, including the space around your own home. Longer, lighter days throughout the year and balmy summer nights when jackets and sweaters are unnecessary accessories are just some of the joys of living in this privileged part of the world.
The date of the Chapel is unknown, however, it appears in Gérgal’s plan in Pascual Madoz’s “Geographical-Statistical-Historical Dictionary” made between 1845-1850. On its main facade reads the inscription: “Ermita San Sebastián (1734)”.
Lying close to the Cabo de Gata nature reserve, this championship course designed by Ramón Espinosa is within easy reach of the city of Almería. There is a good balance of varying length and direction in the holes and the technique for each needs some considered advance strategy. More than 60 well positioned bunkers come into play throughout the course and it has a lake to the right of the 5th hole which runs for almost all its length – when doubling back for the 6th it is there again on the right.
Most Spanish tourist offices abroad, including that in London, carry information sheets, which while pretty basic, include some useful addresses for disabled travellers, together with details of accessible accommodation throughout the country.
Restaurant Bagá in Jaén is one of the smallest Michelin star restaurants in Europe, Bagá has a simple interior with wooden tables and chairs, and a colourful ceiling. There are three tables, and four places at the bar.
The walls which used to mark the boundaries of the Jewish quarter extended virtually to the Arab walls. The latter enclose the Alcazar gardens and continue along the river bank. These stretches of wall are among the better conserved in the city's fortified enclosure, although they are from a later period.
