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Weather in Carratraca - if you are considering visiting this town you will be interested to check the latest weather forecast for the next few days from the table below.

Designer, TV presenter and Andalucian icon Vicky Martin Berrocal, whose dresses have adorned Harrods' windows, talks exclusively to andalucia.com about her passion for fashion, flamenco and foreign travel. I am meeting Vicky Martin Berrocal in her exclusive spa-club in the El Porvenir area Seville. The interview with the Sevillana darling, star of the small screen and queen of the catwalk.

These hotels are suitably placed for guests to explore the local terrain, finding their own paths using maps, and hiking by themselves. Generally, this accommodation will consist of small, family-owned hotels or inns with a typical Andalusian feel, so you can learn more about the architecture, culture, history and gastronomy of the area where you are staying; which will often be mountainous, with spectacular views.

Salobreña, place to stay if you are looking for a weekend break or a longer trip away. There is a range of Hostels available. Most of the hostals and hostels are located in the old town.

East of Sabinillas village is the natural continuation of Playa Sabinillas. The Rio Manilva is the municipal boundary of the inland white village of Casares. The village only has a few km of Mediterranean boundary and beach.

The story has it that when Julius Caesar visited the area surrounding this small town, he ordered the construction of the village due to the curative properties of the sulphurous and alkaline waters on a skin infection which had plagued him since childhood.

Hinojares is the smallest town in the Jaén province, acquiring its name during Muslim rule, due to the abundance of fennel (hinojo) growing in its municipal district. Part of its charm lies in it being within the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park.

List of Festivals

Singer Diana Navarro from Málaga already has a title for her new autumn CD: “The Green Path”. This is meant to pay homage to her most admired flamenco singers. However, not all of them fit, which is why her intuition tells her this is one project that will have a part two.

Montilla dates back to Roman times suggesting there was a Hispano-Roman nucleus here. From the Muslim era comes the name of Montiya, the area was known as, Mondelia and was sparsely populated at this time, it was bordered by the Coras of Cabra and Córdoba.

Novo Sancti Petri is packed with accommodation opportunities. As well as hotels, it is also home to many villas and holiday homes providing quality self-catering opportunities for the thousands of tourists that descend upon the resort in the summer season. Villas can give you ultimate exclusivity and privacy and can be great value for money, especially for families or large groups of people.

Funny Beach is so called because it hosted a karting track of that name on the land just behind the beach. The official name for this beach is the west end of Playa el Pinillo. Funny Beach is just east of Banana Beach, and lies just outside of Marbella town central area.

This is the long straight and wide beach backed by a seafront promenade, cycle path and a quiet urban access road. This beach is never crouded due to its size. The beach offers full services including a Red Cross first aid post.

There is a bus service from Lentegí to Granada and Nerja using the bus company, ALSA.

Popular festivals in Jérez del Marquesado are Fiestas de San Antón, Candelaria, San Marcos, San Juan and Fiestas de la Virgen de la Tizná.

Pedro Bacán (Pedro Peña Peña) was born in Lebrija, Seville, in 1951, and like most gypsies from this part of Andalucía, flamenco was a natural ingredient in the process of growing up. He was born into one of the most illustrious flamenco clans of the last two centuries. He is the great grandson of the legendary singer El Pinini, son of cantaor, Bastian Bacán, and nephew of La Perrata.

Festivals in Retamar: Cabalgata Reyes Magos, Romería a Torregarcía, Fiesta de San José, Semana Santa, Virgen del Carmen and San Juan.

Acueducto del Águila (Eagle Aqueduct), also known as Puente del Águila (Eagle Bridge), is regarded across the region as "an historic jewel of Spanish architecture". The Balcón de Europa is a large round balcony on a cliff in the seaside town of Nerja, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.

The old centre of this tiny, ancient hilltop village, stunningly located within the Parque Natural Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche, has been declared of Cultural interest. Cortelazor itself was founded in the mid-13th century, and these days its economy is based on livestock.

This page provides information about the Santo Tomé Tourist Office.