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Historical Sites

Torre Nueva Watchtower - Mijas Costa

Torre Nueva de la Cala del Moral, also called Torre de Pentapeseta,  Torre Pesetas, Torre Vigía de Torrenueva,  Torre Penta Pesetos and Torre de la Peseta. It is located in an elevated point not far from the beach in the grounds of an housing estate on the headland west of La Cala de Mijas.

Torre de Calahonda Watchtower of Mijas Costa

Torre de Calahonda is has also been referred to as Cala Honda, Calaona, Calaonda, Calahorra and Lancón. The tower and was completed in 1575 with a budget of 560 ducados as part of the King Filipe II watchtower construction programme. It is located on a promontory in the western reaches of Mijas Costa; Calahonda not far from boundary with Marbella and Cabopino Marina.

Mijas Costa - Watchtowers

There are about 100 different watchtowers (Torre Vigia or Torre Atalaya or Torre Almenara) along the coast of Southern Spain. Some are of Moorish origins others from date from the later Christian re-conquest period.

The Macarena Walls in Seville

These walls date from 1135, the time of the Almoravides, and were strengthened by the Almohades in the 12th and 13th centuries.

Muelle de Tharsis

Muelle de Tharsis is a dock showing a good example of the design and technology of the nineteenth century European avant-garde in terms of civil engineering and constituting a specialized and unique element within the port.

Tickets for Alhambra, Generalife & Alcazaba: Skip The Line

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Feast your eyes on the Alcazaba, Generalife, Bath of the Mosque, and the Gardens. This ticket is for all parts of the Alhambra EXCEPT the Nasrid palaces. Stand in awe of the architecture of the Generalife, and visit the Alhambra Museum, which will teach you all about the former home of Granada's kings Get the camera out for hidden pathways, gorgeous flora and fauna in the gardens, and fortified sand-colored turrets against the (hopefully) blue sky!

Seville City - Expo 29

Seville held two Exposiciones Universales (known as Expos for short) in the 20th century: one in 1929 - Expo 29; and one in 1992, the same year as the Barcelona Olympics - Expo 92 (note the numerical inversion).

Seville City - The Hospital de La Caridad

The Hospital de la Santa Caridad (Holy Charity Hospital)  is a 15th century baroque charity hospital, home to the Hermandad de la Santa Caridad (Brotherhood of Holy Charity). Located at the southern end of the Atarazanas (Royal Shipyards) in the Arenal neighbourhood, it has some superb artworks by Golden Age painters such as Murillo, Zurbaran and Valdes Leal.

Notable burials at English Cemetery Malaga

Notable burials in the English Cemetery of Malaga include Gerald Brenan, Gamel Woolsley, Sir George Langworthy, Marjorie Grice-Hutchinson, Jorge Guillé, four members of the Royal Air Force, 62 officers and crew of the Gneisenau.