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The British engineers and miners who worked in the 19th and 20th centuries wanted to make themselves a home-from-home. So they built English-style houses complete with front gardens, right in the middle of Huelva. The Victorian Barrio Obrero, also known as the Barrio Reina Victoria, which dates from 1916, is a microcosm of suburban England in Andalucia. Based on the concept of a garden city, it has avenues of mock-Tudor semis, with lawns, hedges and rose gardens.
The Castillo Santa Catalina, one of Spain´s most magnificently-located paradors, is located on a spectacular site dating from the 10th century. The strategically crucial Moorish fortress was built by Ibn Al-Ahmar (Ibn Nasr, founder of the Nasrids of Granada).
An increasingly popular option for tourists visiting the Sierra Nevada national park is to rent out a cottage, apartment or villa in one of the surrounding towns or villages.
As the name suggests, the Estepona Golf district is a residential area of Estepona located around the Estepona Golf Club.
Estepona's newest golf course was opened in 2019. It has proved popular due to the spectacular views over the Mediterraean and well priced rounds and services.
Despite being fairly small in size, Puerto Banus is a haven for shop-a-holics. With everything from one of the biggest Corte Inglés department stores in Spain and plenty of highstreet names, to top-end designer luxury brand boutiques, Puerto Banus is it all.
A selection of hotels and accommodation which offer horse-riding services. Thanks to Andalucía’s extensive and rich natural landscape, many professional horse-riders have set up places for tourists to stay and enjoy guided tours of the region on horseback.
Out at the far end of the Costa del Sol and sandwiched between Marbella and Puerto Banús to the east and Manilva and Sotogrande to the west, Estepona is undoubtedly one of the most attractive of the towns west of Málaga. Its beaches, paticularly La Rada and Playa el Cristo, are highly rated on the Costa del Sol, and make estepona a popular family tourist destination.
Although its history dates back centuries, since the 1950s Malaga has been best-known as the gateway to the Costa de Sol. Many of the 16 million holidaymakers who arrive at the airport annually head straight for the beaches - all the better for those who come to enjoy this atmospheric city.
The 89ha shallow, seasonal Laguna del Conde is part of a group of lakes and wetlands dotted around southern Cordoba province called the Lagunas or Zonas Húmedas del Sur. These lakes are the principal breeding site of the white-headed duck and are rich in birdlife, especially during winter and migration periods.
Outside Nueva Castella village and on the edge of the La almoraima estate is the Hotel Casa Convento La Almoraima. The woods that lead up the the historic hotel are open to the public and a car park is provided to explore the woods on a couple of marked forest paths. The hotel which was a convent is constructed around a centra courtyard. ther eis a bar and a restaurant open to the public.
The tourist office of Chilluévar is located in the Town Hall in Avenida de Andalucía in Chilluévar. Opening Times are Monday to Friday 09.00 to 14.00 hrs.
Selwo Marina offers a new concept in family entertainment, bringing together sea life and the Amazon in an unusual but happy combination. The Marina is a complement to Selwo Adventure wildlife park in Estepona.
This building in Jimena de la Frontera is part archive, part library and part museum used for researching, sharing and debating of information and matters on the Civil War in Spain, with a focus on what occurred in Andalusia, particularly in the Campo de Gibraltar. It is located on Calle Sevilla 5, just before the town hall. The building is identifiable by the flag of the Second Spanish Republic flying outside.
The largest conference centre (or congress hall) in Andalucia is located in Sevilla Este, to the east of the main city, near the airport. It features an auditorium that seats over 3,000 people, and it also has numerous other meeting rooms, restaurants and bars. There are three exhibition halls of 7,200m2 each and an outside area of 65,000m2.
Taxis are white, with a yellow stripe; look for the green light on the roof to indicate it's free. Extra charges for luggage, weekends, holidays and night time - see below for details. A taxi from the airport will cost around 20 euros.
In the foothills of the Sierra Almijara on Granada's Costa Tropical is the seaside resort of Almuñécar, with a dramatic coastline of plunging cliff faces, secluded coves with beaches tucked away between steep cliffs and a smattering of jagged Peñónes (rocky outcrops) just off Almuñécar beach.
Located in the luxurious Barceló La Bobadilla resort in the Sierra de Loja, on the border between Granada and Malaga provinces, this restaurant has country farmhouse-style decor, with terracotta floors and wood-beamed ceilings.
There is a bus services from Granada to Trevelez several times a day by the ALSA bus company calling at Orgiva. journey time to Granada is 1 hr 15 mins and journey tme to Trevelez is 1 hr and 20 mins .
Today many four and five-star hotels in Andalucia, especially on the coast, have spas for guests to use, offering hydrotherapy circuit and beauty treatments and therapies for ultimate pampering and relaxation, as well as treating muscular ailments and offering help with stress, digestive problems and weight loss. You will feel the effects immediately, your energy levels restored, your body and mind relaxed and revitalised, ready to face the world.
