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Festivals in La Cala de Mijas include the Three Kings procession, the Carnival, La Sardina, San Juan, Virgen del Carmen, Summer Fair and the Santa Teresa Pilgrimage.
This fort is a feature of La Cala de Mijas. Its name is Torre Vieja de la Cala de Moral which is the old nane of this cove. It is located in centre of landscaped and pedestrianized with pavement cafés nearby.
See a selection of private excursions from Costa del Sol with Viator, perfect opportunities to see the major attractions in Andalucia without the hassle of having to organise it yourself.
After two high profile editions the Cala Mijas festival promoters, Last Tour announced the cancellation of the Cala Mijas Festival 2024 on the 26th April 2024. The dates for 2024, published immediately after the 2023 festival were 28th to 30th August 2024. No artists had been announced and ticket sales had not commenced.
Sevilla Fútbol Club was started first out of the city's two football clubs - officially in 1905, but the earliest football match took place in the city earlier, in 1890, against the newly-founded Huelva Club Deportivo. This club was started by British Rio Tinto mineworkers who brought the game to Spain, along with British sailors and Spanish students returning from Britain, where the first clubs had been established in the 1850s.
Almeria province has many natural parks such as Cabo de Gata-Níjar, Sierra María-Los Vélez, Desierto de Tabernas, and more.
If the Virgen del Carmen is safe anywhere on the Costa del Sol it would have to be Marbella. There the image of the Virgin is kept 12 metres underground in a vault. Thankfully, she sees the light of day every July 16 on her own very special day, one that is celebrated up and down the Coasts of Andalucia.
An inside guide to society and culture in Andalucia - music, food, traditions, music bands, festivals, flamenco, gastronomy, botellón, lost friends and much more - Society & Culture by Andalucia.com
The village of Torreguadiaro is one of the districts of San Roque and located on the coast just to the east of the popular resort of Sotogrande. It was formed by the construction of some houses near the defensive towers around 1900. It has benefeted from the construction of the A-7 by-pass as the main street is now relatively quiet of traffic.
The two main traditional festivals of Tarifa are the Summer Feria and the Romeria de la virgin de la Sanctuario de la Luz, Cabalgata Reyes Magos, (Three Kings) procession is celebrated on the evening of 5 January.
Algeciras, the lively port town still makes time for the traditional festivals and fairs that take place each year. Here is a look at Algeciras' main traditional festivals such as Cabalgata Reyes Magos, Carnival, San Juan, Virgen del Carmen, Summer Feria and Virgen de la Palma.
Just west of Tarifa is this magnificent 3km-long beach, the Playa de los Lances, 226ha of which is protected. The fine white sands are backed by a low ridge of dunes and the marshlands of the Jara and Vega rivers. These rivers run parallel to the beach and have created two lagoons, the Jeli and Montellano.
Campo de Gibraltar is the name given to the area in the south east of Cadiz province that straddles the transition of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean sea. It is also the inland and mainly rural area that surrounds the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar.
This commercial zone is located just off the A-7 motorway, just outside Sotogrande Costa. It comprises five main buildings on the service road next to the A-7 towards Marbella. It is located on the Sotogrande Costa side of Pueblo Nuevo village. It is close to Avenida de Paniagua and provides easy access to essential services, boutique shops, and professional businesses.
This vast park covers 167,767ha from Tarifa in the south to the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park in the north. It is named after its handsome and beautifully kept cork tree grove, the largest in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the most important ones in the world.
The two towers that give the village of Torreguadiaro its name are the two medieval watchtowers located to the west of the present village. They are not to be confused with the 1970s twin 23-storey apartment blocks that have become a landmark for sailors.
Aldeire is situated on the northern edge of the Sierra Nevada National Park, Aldeire is a favourite ideal destination for nature and outdoor sports lovers, particularly those who enjoy hiking. It has a population of around 800.
Looming over the village of La Calahorra and the plateau of the Marquesado in the northern foothills of the Sierra Nevada is one of Andalucia's most emblematic and unusual fortresses, the haunting Castillo de La Calahorra. One of the first Italian Renaissance castles outside Italy and the first in Andalucia displaying these architectural features.
Lanteira is a village in Granada province most famous for its representations of The Passion of the Christ every Easter Sunday which attract numerous tourists.
There is evidence that human settlements existed in La Calahorra and the Marquesado region during the Neolithic period. Bronze Age sites belonging to the El Argar culture have also been documented in the Marquesado del Zenete area, most notably at El Zabelí in Esfiliana
