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We are committed to updating our pages as regularly as possible, allocating over half of our editorial resources to this essential task, to ensure that you can always find the latest, most reliable information on popular topics and places.

Here is a list with the latest pages that have been updated or created. Most recent are at the top of the list.

Láchar

Láchar is a village in Granada province and is an ideal destination for rural tourism due to its natural environment and location, situated between forests and fertile fields.

Novels set in Andalucia

Blood Wedding, Hand of Fatima, The Chosen Man, The Silent and the Damned, Costa del Sol, The Return, Don Quixote de la Mancha, Loosely Translated, The house of Bernarda Alba and other plays, Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca.

Weather in Alora

Weather forcast for the next five days for Alora. Weather in Alora - 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. This weather forecast provided by AEMET (Spanish State Meteorological Agency).

Wedding planners

If you want a really stress-free run-up to your wedding, and you don’t mind paying to offload the nitty-gritty of the organisation onto someone who is based here in Andalucia, and speaks the language, then why not consider hiring a wedding planner to make all on-the-ground preparations for your big day?

Villanueva de Cordoba

Villanueva de Córdoba, like many of the small towns in this area, has a long history. It has around 8700 inhabitants.

Laroya

Laroya is filled with beautiful, traditional architecture that has remained unaffected by modern construction over the years. It has around 170 inhabitants. It is thought that the name of Laroya comes from an Arabic term meaning “casserole” or “pot”, due to the town’s situation nestled between mountains. Its history dates back to the Al-Andalus period.

Priego de Cordoba

Priego de Córdoba is a prosperous olive-farming town standing on a plateau, overlooking the rolling hills of the Sierras Subbéticas Natural Park, and is famous for its Baroque churches, in which convoluted patterns are elegantly incised into the stone façades. It has around 22, 500 inhabitants.

Baviera Golf

This course is situated in the foothills of the Sierra de la Almijara and has lovely views of the surrounding mountains. The first nine holes are mainly flat with large bermuda fairways and large sloping and curved greens. Lakes affect a large part of the course.

Festivals in Rágol

Festivals in Rágol are Cabalgata de Reyes Magos, Día de Andalucía, Semana Santa and Fiestas en Honor al Patron San Aguapito.

Malaga City - Fascinating Fact 3

In the 19th century, Malaga was popular with well-to-do Brits recovering from illness. Its mild climate made it ideal for those with a weak constitution, but many succumbed while living here. At first, infidels (non-Catholics) were buried upright in the sand at night, so their bodies would often reappear on the beach. Then in 1830 the British consul finally obtained a plot of land for an English cemetery, outside the city walls. Its more illustrious inhabitants include the writer Gerald Brenan and his wife, poet and novelist, Gamel Woolsey.

Berja

Once famous for its lead mines, Berja now offers visitors an abundance of historic and artistic heritage, and is an ideal destination for hiking enthusiasts and those seeking sun and beaches. It has about 12,400 inhabitants. Berja is thought to be of Iberian origin. Its Roman heritage is more assured, having been the Vergis of Roman Betica.

Dog Days in Andalucia by Jackie Todd

Millions of people dream of turning their summer holiday into permanent reality. "Dog Days in Andalucia" is the heart-warming and inspirational story of an ordinary British couple. Jackie Todd and her husband Stephen, who emigrated in 1997 to Frigiliana, a picturesque Spanish village in Andalusia, making a mighty impression on the village, its people and its surrounding animal population along the way.

Torreón de Sierra Elvira

The remains of a 13th-century Nasrid watchtower, known as ‘El Torreón’, located northwest of Albolote.

La Rabída

Seven kilometres south of Huelva city where the Tinto and Odiel rivers meet is an area known as La Rabida in which is located the 15th-century Franciscan Monasterio de Santa María de la Rábida. If you're interested in Christopher Columbus, this is one of three places to visit around Huelva. The other two are the nearby town of Palos de la Frontera.

Theatres

Andalucia has a long and proud legacy of live theatre. Many towns and cities have amateur groups that perform at special times of year like Semana Santa or during the Carnival celebrations in Cadiz. Other theatres function year-round, holding plays and musical events.