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An archive round up of news items of interest to visitors and residents of Sotogrande from 2021.
Costumes at the Cadiz Carnaval are about more than doing clever things with face paint and papier mache; they are social levellers. Going back centuries, disfraces were essential in breaking down social barriers, helping classes to come together, providing freedom from repression. People could let loose, follow their instincts, dress up as duchesses or peasants, or fantastical creatures.
Villafranca de Córdoba has an unusual festival called the Gran Huevada, celebrated on the 14 May, during which thousands of eggs are fried and shared among the community. The town has around 4800 inhabitants.
Andalucia is justifiably famous for its excellent gastronomic scene. Using first-class ingredients grown throughout the region and caught along its extensive coastline, such as jamon iberico, tomatoes and prawns, cutting-edge dishes are prepared and presented with typically Spanish flair and innovation, although the simple produce - cheese, olives, almonds - are delicious enough to provide superb simple snacks too.
An eighteenth-century building that was once the Marquisate’s ancestral home. The facade features a semicircular arched doorway and the artistic railings that enclose and protect its balconies and windows are the focal point of this building’s decoration. Located on Calle Real.
Tangiers can be reached by ferry from Tarifa in just 35 minutes. The Moroccan port has a fascinating history: after years under joint French and Spanish control, it was designated an "international zone" in the 1920s and remained so until independence in the 1950s, becoming a haven for Europeans in search of an alternative lifestyle, spies and eccentric millionaires; writers attracted by its liberal multiculturalism and vibrant, exotic atmosphere, include Tennessee Williams; William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg; and Paul Bowles (who died here). Matisse also painted in the city.
Anti-cellulite massage is usually on offer from the small Spanish beauty salon to the most luxurious health clinics and 5 star hotel spa areas in and around major towns and cities of Andalucia. If you are in and around the Costa del Sol area, you should have no problem finding and English-speaking beautician who can offer this massage.
An archive round up of news items of interest to visitors and residents of Sotogrande from 2024.
Charco Azul is a natural pool and waterfall in the Arroyo del Quejigo which is one of the small stream tributaries to the Rio Genal. It is an isolated location and on most visits you will be alone you enjoy a swim (with or without swimming costume) in the crystal clear pool. There are two small (three metre) waterfalls cascading down eather side of a rock butress.
The Santander Spanish Women's Professional Championship will see the best players from across the country compete in the season's grand finale from 19th to 21st November 2025 at La Hacienda Links Golf Resort. A total of 33 players, including six from Andalusia and eight amateurs, will compete for the final title of the year.
El Viso del Alcor plays host to annual national art events and competitions, such as the Juan Roldan National Painting Contest. It has about 17, 100 inhabitants.
Hummingbird Therapy is a spiritual science that offers processes to awaken intuitive awareness as a spiritual path, learn the stages of higher knowledge and develop clairvoyance with hands-on individual healing and personal guidance.
Festivals in Pechina: Cabalgata Reyes Magos, Carnaval, Día de Andalucía, Semana Santa, Fiestas de San Marcos, Fiestas Patronales de San Indalecio, Fiestas de San Luis Gonzaga and Fiestas de San Claudio.
This beautifully striking little orchid, will generally be found growing to around 10-20cm tall, occasionally taller. The main leaves are oblong and form a basal rosette of up to six leaves (often browning by flowering time), with other leaves alternately sheathing the flowering stem. These are narrower and more pointed then the basal leaves.
Museo Alborania (Maritime Museum) or Aula del Mar (Classroom of the sea) is a museum and research centre aimed at educating visitors about ecotourism using touch screens, marine artefacts and real-life marine species.
Walter Starkie appears to be a man from another age, the age of the wandering scholar, the age when a sound knowledge of languages, music and literature could take you down the roads of a semi-mystical Europe in search of patronage, further knowledge and adventure.
After the Cájar City Council acquired the Cueva de las Setas, it was restored as part of the Programme for the Promotion of Agricultural Employment with the participation of the State, the Junta de Andalucía, the Provincial Council and the City Council itself.
Villaverde del Río sits to the right of the River Guadalquivir and also has the Siete Arroyos River on its eastern side. An ideal location for tranquillity with nature. It has about 7700 inhabitants.
At the beginning of 2007 the Andalucian Regional Health services began to offer a special interpreter service via mobile telephone. The service works by providing administrative staff and doctors with mobile telephones that connect them with a call centre staffed by interpreters.
