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Casa Lopez, on the opposite side of the street, has been providing good old fashioned home cooking since 1996. It is another of the hidden treasures of Torremolinos, just far enough away from the main drag to be practically ignored by the tourists.

Two looms in perfect working order are housed inside a restored traditional house.

Behind the Plaza de Toros are Ronda's spectacular walkways celebrating two famous visitors, the Paseos de Ernest Hemingway and Orson Welles, both great aficionados of the corrida and just two of the stellar international figures who became associated with Ronda over the years.

This 18-hole course was designed by Luis Recasens and is set among pine groves near the beautiful beaches of the Costa de la Luz in Huelva.

The construction of this hermitage dates back to the beginning of the eighteenth century. It was built on an old lazaretto where the sick from the cholera epidemics that hit Andalusia at the beginning of the century were isolated.

Hotel Ceuta Puerta de Africa is a hotel located right in the city centre, next to the Municipal Palace, 300 metres from the port and the heliport, near the shopping area and close to the beaches. It can accommodate 244 people in its 117 rooms and three suites.

The RENFE train station in Fuengirola is located on Avenida Jesús Santos Rein, just one road away from the bus station. From here you can catch the Fuengirola to Malaga commuter (cercanías) trainline C-1 which takes 48 minutes to get to Malaga City, via Benalmádena, Torremolinos and Malaga Airport.

Jose Amos Garcia Magallanes is one of many Andalucian business people who use Andalucia.com as a platform for doing business, thereby enjoying its many benefits. He owns a car rental business based at Malaga Airport.

Eras are threshing floors that were used until recently to separate grain from cereal and dried legume plants. This process is called 'parva'.

Torremolinos has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the liveliest resort towns on the Costa del Sol.  Torremolinos has always been popular for its glamourous nightlife and bohemian care-free attitude and this reputation was gained during the 1960s and '70s. Torremolinos' interesting history tells of the rich and famous, the beatniks and bohemians, and mass tourism frequenting the town's night clubs.

Here are the main legal aspects to consider if you are going to move to Spain.

Among the most representative buildings is the castle from the Caliphate era. It was the first written reference to Espelúy from the thirteenth century, when the General Chronicle reported that it was one of the Muslim castles attacked and destroyed by Fernando III “el Santo” in 1224.

The Banda Gallega is the name given to Middle Age fortifications in the north of present-day Sierra de Aracena. These were a line of castles along the border with Portugal, in the northwest of the former Kingdom of Seville.

One of Seville’s most amazing attractions can be enjoyed free of charge as you walk the streets: more than 14,000 bitter orange trees that decorate the “calles” and infuse this charming city with the heavenly scent of their blossoms every spring. In fact, these ornamental, bitter orange trees outnumber every other species of tree in the city of Seville.

The list on this pages includes all 16 five-star GL hotels in Andalucia and 42 five-star hotels.

The town has four cannons.

Colmenar is a lovely village nestled in the northern edge of the Málaga mountains (Montes de Málaga) and situated as a northern gateway to Axarquía from the area of Antequera. At 700m above sea level the village has a population of about 3,500.

Construction of this church began under the first Marquis de los Vélez, Don Pedro Fajardo y Chacón, as soon as works on the castle concluded in 1512.

Andalucia´s vibrant cities are the quintessence of its culture; flamenco, amazing tapas and the fascinating blend of Moorish and Hispanic architecture that defines the region, are nowhere more apparent than in any of the provincial capitals. For families wanting a contained vacation with everything at their doorstep, few regions offer better city breaks.

Columbus set forth for his historical voyage from the port of Palos, in the western Andalusian province of Huelva. The navigator took with him his dreams of discovery. His crew, who came from Palos and neighbouring Moguer, took more practical things, such as dried tuna, legumes and, of course, a good supply of Huelva wine.