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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.
It is believed that the castle was built by a Moorish king on the site of an ancient fortification, which may have been erected during the Visigothic period and renovated during the Muslim occupation.
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.
For some people, the best way to enjoy the unspoilt beaches of Los Caños de Meca is to rent an apartment or villa in the local area and venture out from there. Self-catering accommodation here can provide you with ultimate exclusivity, away from the busy and packed hotels and resorts.
Michelle Obama chose this hotel to stay in during her visit to Marbella in 2010. A grand Italianate palace decorated in classical style, with an elegant and exclusive air which attracts many other celebrities, it hosts the annual Starlite Gala charity event.
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.
The church was built on the site of an old rábida, a military and/or religious fortress built by Muslims in Al-Andalus to protect their borders from Christian invaders.
Juan Valera was born on October 18th, 1824 in Cabra, Córdoba to an aristocratic family. However, his father was persecuted and jailed in the days of Fernando VII due to his liberal ideals. Valera attended university in both Granada and Madrid.
Festivals in Bayarque: Cabalgata de Reyes Magos, Día de San Blas, Día de San Marcos, Semana Santa, Corpus Christi, Cruces de Mayo, Fiesta de San Antón de Pádua, Fiestas de Verano and Fiestas de Nuestra Señora del Rosario.
Benalmadena is a coastal resort on the popular Costa del Sol with great accessibility from Malaga Airport (19km) and a short drive from popular destinations like Marbella, Torremolinos and Fuengirola. The town is made up of two main parts, the busier Benalmadena on the coast and the more authentic Benalmadena pueblo or old town as it is also known.
Calicasas is also known as La Campana Granadina (Bell of Granada) because the bells ringing in the Alhambra Palace in Granada could also be heard in Calicasas. The village has narrow streets, and the Arroyo Bermejo (Bermejo River) runs through it.
Enjoy some of Andalucia's most spectacular scenery close-up on the newly reopened Caminito del Rey, the King's Little Path, in Malaga province. High up above El Chorro gorge, the Camino is not a difficult walk, but not it's for the faint-hearted or those with vertigo - as you can see from these photographs.
The tourist office of Busquístar is located in the Town Hall.
Looking at the webcam can be very useful for planning a Sierra Nevada stay, or for a day excursion to Sierra Nevada. You can check the weather conditions, the state of the ski slopes, in terms of snow cover, and see how crowded they are.
Chalcolithic (early Copper Age) This is the period with the earliest phase of metallurgy. Copper, silver and gold started to be worked. It is also a period of increased social complexity, rise of the first civilizations and of exchange networks that would reach to the Baltic for amber and North Africa for ivory and ostrich-egg products.
Vista Real Apartments in Alcaidesa resort are in a quiet location, 10 minutes' walk from the beach and Alcaidesa Golf Course. Offering views of the Carbonera Mountains, the apartments are surrounded by gardens filled with olive, almond and orange trees.
The village of Dúrcal is situated in the valley of the Dúrcal River, on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada, in the fertile Lecrín Valley. Throughout the Moorish period, the land in and around Dúrcal was used for growing sugar, as well as oranges and lemons, and these orchards still remain to this day. The largest cable car railway in Europe was once located here, but it was dismantled at the end of the 1950s. The Puente de Lata iron bridge remains. It was built by a disciple of Gustave Eiffel. The town has a population of around 7,000.
