The Alcazar as seen in Game of Thrones - the palace of Prince Doran, ruler of the Kingdom of Dorne. (Photo: HBO)
For the third season running, HBO's globally successful, multi-award-winning fantasy drama series Game of Thrones will be filmed in Andalucia. Season seven will be shot in various…
Map of Dolmens de Antequera, shown as small red dots (C)Instituto de Estadistica y Cartografia de Andalucia
As expected, Andalucia's latest UNESCO World Heritage site was confirmed recently: the Dolmens of Antequera were inscribed on the list earlier this month at the committee meeting in Istanbul…
The night concerts in the Alcazar start on on 14 July.
As the mercury soars into the low 40s (low 100 F), nightlife and cultural activities move outside and upwards - onto terraces, often on rooftops, to catch any possible slight evening breeze; and into gardens, to be near shady green plants…
Me Vuelves Lorca 2016
A couple of years ago on this blog, I interviewed a dynamic and enterprising Brit called Anna Kemp, who was organising a project to build a mountainside open-air theatre in the tiny Alpjuarras village of Laroles (population: 600).
The aim was to bring visitors to a…
Yesterday, 23 June 2016, British people voted to leave the European Union. The final share of the Brexit Referendum was Leave 51.9% (17.4 million votes) and Remain 48.1% (16.1 million votes). This morning, acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy made this statement (this is an edited version; you can…
Solar Impulse 2 is a solar-powered electric plane currently crossing the Atlantic.
In a few hours, at around 5am tomorrow, Thursday 23 June, a historic event will take place at Seville's San Pablo airport.
The first ever flight in a solar-powered electric plane across the Atlantic, with no…
For a number of years - over a decade - the Islamic community has been trying to build a mosque in Seville.
As anyone who has ever visited the city will be aware, during the 500-year period when the Seville was an Islamic city, it had a number of mosques, including the Grand Mosque built by the…
The interior of the Mezquita of Cordoba, Europe's fourth-top attraction, according to Trip Advisor users.
Trip Advisor has just released its top ten landmarks in Europe, as voted by users of the frighteningly influential reviewing website. Two of these, both in the top five of the list, are in…
Amphorae insitu containing the Roman Coins found in Tomares Photo: Ayuntamiento de Tomares
Huge excitement here in Seville recently, when an extraordinary hoard of Roman coins was discovered in a park near the city.
Workmen were digging a trench to lay pipes using a digger vehicle in the…
Treasure hunt between Estepona and Casares
Back in 1996, in the early days of the internet - when WIFI, twitter and touch-screen smart phones were but a far-off futuristic dream - a tech-savvy young British engineer living in southern Spain had an idea: to register the domain andalucia.com. Chris…
