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Welcome to the Andalucia.com blog. In this section we feature newsy and quirky stories that we hope you will find of interest. They are written by our Editor Fiona Watson-Flores.
Cultural and spectacular Christmas 2015 in Seville The Christmas season is always a good time to be in Andalucia, and especially Seville, with over 200 streets lit up merrily by colourful lights, Christmas trees in various designs bedecking  city centre, belenes (nativity scenes) in every…
Help Syrian refugees at a fun day in Seville this Saturday As Christmas draws closer, weekends are full of fun festive attractions like medieval markets and belenes vivientes (live nativity scenes). This Saturday, 12 December,  in Seville you can go to an entirely different event, but one…
The latest edition of the gourmet bible, Michelin Guide to Spain and Portugal 2016, was published on 25 November. Huelva gets its first Michelin Star! The new Michelin guide for Spain and Portugal, 2016 edition, has been published, with four new stars for Andalucia: three in Malaga province,…
  Emerald City, the new NBC fantasy drama series, will be filmed in various location around Andalucia.   The series is based around The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum.   Seville's Alcazar will be one of the filming locations. The Alcazar goes to…
Seville International Film Festival     The Lobster is a truly international film, with Greek director and writers, and Irish, English, French and American actors.   Seville International Film Festival: 6-14 November This year's XIIth Seville…
  In total 20 galleries from around Andalucia and beyond showed their works at Artsevilla. 1st International Contemporary Art Fair in Seville A week ago Seville held its first-ever contemporary art fair, Artsevilla, on 15-18 October. Previously, three BIACS festivals (Bienale…
  Order a dish, and help fight hunger.   Three great reasons to eat tapas in Seville this autumn   Seville is always a great city to go out and eat - this is where the tapa was invented, after all - and this autumn, a number of events and festivals are offering even more…
Lost in Translation As English speakers, I often feel we have an unfair advantage over our hispanophone friends and neighbours here in Spain. They speak the language of their birth, which does them well at home, and all over Central and South America. But for us, our idiom is the one most widely…
Alcazaba de Almeria After the excitement…
Is the future of bullfighting, and other taurine events, in doubt? If you've been following the Spanish news over the summer - wherever you may have spent the last couple of months - or indeed if you've been reading the international press, you may have noticed a glut of stories on injuries and…

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