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Duquesa is on the Estepona to La Linea (for Gibraltar) bus route. Consult bus timetables on our La Linea and Estepona bus station pages. Estepona to La Linea takes one and a half hours. Duquesa is 20mins from Estepona and one hour from La Linea.
The Dúrcal baths have been renowned for their beneficial properties since ancient times. This group of springs comprises two very different sources: the large Vacamía bath and the small Urquizar bath. According to legend, when the Moors who inhabited these lands found themselves besieged by Christian troops in one of their ongoing struggles, they decided to hide their treasures, including a life-size gold cow with diamond-set eyes and ivory horns.
If you are considering visiting Nerja you may find our maps a useful tool, we provide three maps, one of the region of Andalucia with Nerja highlighted. The second handcrafted map gives the location of Nerja with the corresponding local road network. In order to help our readers we have also embedded a Google map which is centered on Nerja.
Whether you are visiting or living in Andalucia, the Andalucia Directory should make life a little easier to find the information and services you may need.
An old deserted mining hamlet in the Sierra Alhamilla, where Exodus: Gods and Kings was filmed. For Game of Thrones, a new set was built representing Vaes Dothrak, the only city in the Dothraki Sea. Sir Jorah Mormont and Daarid Naharis rescue Daenerys Targaryen here in Episode 4.
This ezine is dedicated to southern Spain, where visitors and locals enjoy lots of sunshine each year, life is lived outdoors, and fiestas are celebrated merrily with local food and wine, all the year round, in every village, town and city, to celebrate everything from food harvests to religious pilgrimages.
If you have been saving your receipts in order to recover money you paid for IVA (VAT) taxes while in Spain, you’ll find the tax office in Terminal 3, departures, near the security check station. Have all your receipts ready and arrive early to be sure you have time to process your request as you could have to wait in a queue depending on the time of day.
Torremolinos boasts the only magic-show cabaret bar in the area and this is one of the most popular choices for tourists in search of a good night's entertainment. The Chamber of Secrets is an established cabaret show-bar ran by some of Europe's top performers and the 33 euro entrance fee includes all-inclusive lager, sangria and soft drinks. Children under 14 pay 18 euros.
The church dates from the sixteenth century, has a rectangular nave with some side chapels and a main chapel differentiated by a triumphal arch.
Opened in 2014 the Miguel Angel Jimenez golf academy has a Par 3 course. There are also several golf clubs within close vicinity of Torremolinos, including the first golf courses to be built on the Costa del Sol - Parador del Golf.
To register a complaint against a bank or other financial entity in Spain, the process is as follows. The first thing you must do is to register a written complaint with the customer service department (servicio al cliente) of the institution in question. Be sure that you leave one copy with the company and have another stamped with the date received. In the case that your complaint is not resolved to your satisfaction, you will need this documentation later.
Also known as “Ayuntamiento Viejo”, this building has been completely renovated. Of its original construction, only a seventeenth-century portal, narrow and divided into three sections, remains.
Freaks is a mural by artista Rebelzer in Calle Barcelona 16. Rebelzer is from Hamburg was born in 1977 and became an artist in 1995. Rebelezer states that to be an artist signifies the pleasure to draw my own things, such as my monsters. This mural was included in the in the 'Inaugural International Mural Competition of Estepona - 2017'.
Take me back to the Estepona Murals home page.
Andalucian cuisine is generally simple and tasty. In this section you'll find recipes that bring the flavours of this region to your kitchen no matter where you are in the world.
Alevante won its second Michelin star in 2024, seven years after the first in 2017, when Gastronomic Director Angel Leon achieved his third star for Aponiente in El Puerto de Santa Maria. The menu at Alevante is based on the most successful dishes from Aponiente, with two tasting menus of 12 and 15 dishes.
Weather forecast in Cádiar
by Chris Dove
What's the significance of a place name, and how does a name reflect its surroundings?
While the very name 'Marbella' resonates around the world - many will recognise the Hollywood-style road signs dotted around Marbella and neighbouring towns like Estepona and Mijas.
These really are signs of the times. Familiar features on the Costa landscape, international status symbols, a single name summing up an entire district.
In Lopera we find one of the best examples of thirteenth-century castles built by the Military Order of Calatrava in the province of Jaén. Thanks to restoration work, the Castle of Lopera has recovered its original appearance, and the deterioration caused by time has been avoided in a fortress.
By Sam Pulman-Slater
Andalucia is not just a hotspot for family beach holidays. Its rich culture and history offer opportunities for couples to find a perfect hideaway spot from which to explore and enjoy some of the more grown-up things the region has to offer.
This white gazpacho, typical of Málaga, is usually made with ground almonds, preferably "green" or freshly harvested ones. This would traditionally be made by crushing the almonds to a paste in a brass mortar.
