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EU citizens are allowed to use their home country drivers' licenses while on holidays in Spain, residents have two options. Once you become a resident in Spain, you can head to your provincial traffic headquarters and apply for a new Spanish version (at a cost of 26 euros) or you can continue driving with your EU license.

The house is a remarkable building that owes its name to the strong towers of its main façade, a great sample of Plateresque composition from the year 1520. Originally a medieval palace, built by Constable Ruy López Dávalos, it has undergone various changes in its construction over the centuries. /p>

The Centre is dedicated to interpreting troglodyticism, or the practice of living underground. The nitiative began with the Town Hall's restoration of the cave complex.

The town finds its origin in the beginning of the mining operations of the Sierra Almagrera in the early nineteenth century, when there was a significant increase in the population of the area as it gradually became the most important of the Bédar jurisdiction, to which it belonged until August 1924.

Roquetas de Mar is known not only for it's fishing village traditions, but also for its fame as a resort town. Within the municipality of Roquetas el Mar is the famous "Aguadulce" (Fresh Water) resort - one of the first tourist resorts established in Spain in the 1960's and has been classified as a Centre of National Touristic Interest.

Playa Rio Verde is just to the east of Puerto Banus, next to the Rio Verde itself; to access the beach from Puerto Banus you cross over the river on a stylish wooden footbridge where you can watch wader birds in the reeds of the river.

This page provides information about annual festivals taking place in Los Guájares each year.

The tourist office of Fonelas is located in the Town Hall.

Manuel Soto Loreto was born in 1878 in Jerez de la Frontera, in the surroundings of the cattle ranches and vineyards where his parents worked. He would frequent the areas of the Barrio Santiago and San Miguelin Jerez, where he would absorb the flamenco styles of Enrique el Mellizo and other great masters of that era.

Tourist Office in Adra

If there is one thing that Atlanterra does have, it´s hotels. For all inclusive holidays, prestine beaches and lots of sun, Atlanterra is perfect. The vast majority of hotels here are bigger, resort hotels with swimming pools and spas.

After one and a half kilometres west from Casares (MA-528) at the junction on the A-377 Manilva - Gaucin road a small track oposite can be seen. This was once the main route to Jimena de la Frontera and San Martin. Those who have no objection to a bumpy ride can still use it.

Pozo Alcón belonged to the city of Úbeda until 1564, at which time it became part of Quesada, from which it later became independent in 1648 when Felipe IV granted it the title of Villa. One of its most beautiful places is the reservoir, where the locals go to cool off in the hottest months of the summer. It has about 4700 inhabitants.

Weather forecast for the next five days for Nigüelas

Michelle Obama and her daughter Sasha, were on vacation in Andalucia residing at the luxurious five star Hotel Villa Padierna, in the municipality of Benahavís near Estepona and Marbella. (Update: Ritz Carlton stopped managing this hotel shortly after the Michelle Obama visit. Michelle Obama party stayed in Villa 603 of the hotel since named Villa Obama.)

Tarifa is a small farming hamlet in the municipal district of Cúllar in the comarca of Baza. It sits on the Plateau of Chirivel, in the ‘High Plains’ (Altiplano) of Granada. It is located 500m south of the A-92N motorway (junction km 76 from Guadix, or km 372 from Seville). It has a tiny population of about 15. It should not be confused with the busy surfing town of Tarifa in the Cadiz province.

Juan Manuel Moreno, 55, was also fighting his first Andalucia election. Juan Manuel was born in Alhaurin el Grande and emigrated to Cataluña with his family as an infant. He returned to study psychology at Malaga University. He became a PP councilor in Malaga town hall in 1995 and an Andalucia parliamentarian the following year.

Address: Avda. Miguel de Cervantes, 29660 Nueva Andalucía, Marbella Tel: + (34) 952 815 517. Facilities: Synthetic grass football pitch, courts for tennis, paddle tennis, basketball, handball and futsal (indoor football). Swimming pool and changing rooms.

The aqueduct was built by the Romans during their reign over parts of Andalucia. The aqueduct would have served, not only as a valuable supply of fresh water to the town's population, but also would have been vital for the salting industry believed to be practiced in the town.

The Iglesia del Santo, also known as the Ermita de Santo, is a small church in the centre of Torres, built in stone and plastered and painted white in the traditional way, with decorative corners that reveal the stonework.