Spain will welcome back foreign holidaymakers in July, says PM Pedro Sánchez at a press briefing on Saturday. “Start planning your holidays in Spain”, Pedro Sánchez told foreign tourists adding that the industry would resume “with full health guarantees” Tourists will be able to come to Spain again from July “in conditions of safety”, prime […]
New reservation system From May 1st a new reservation and ticket service to the Alhambra is launched. From now on, it will be easier to buy a private ticket to visit the Monumental Complex. You will have the possibility to purchase your tickets online (tickets.alhambra-patronato.es) between three months and up to two hours before of […]
The book Iberian Adventures was published in English in May 2017. If you love Spain and want to know more about this fascinating country I can recommend you to read this book, written by an Irishman who fell in love with Spain in the 50ties and has lived in Spain since 1978. I specially enjoyed […]
From May 2020 another ticket system has been introduced to the Alhambra monument: Please visit our article: 1 May 2020 New system entrance tickets to the Alhambra Last weekend the Patronato del Alhambra, the directing board of the Alhambra has presented a new reservation system of the entrance tickets. Now you can order your tickets […]
Yesterday, 12 december 2016 was the long expected opening of the Museum of Malaga in the ancient Palace of Customs. After nearly 20 years waiting finally the exquisite collection of fine arts and archeology of Malaga is on exhibition again for the public. The palace contains over 17.000 pieces of which about 2.700 will be […]
The Caminito del Rey or Kings Path was closed in March due to bureaucratic difficulties but will reopen again on the 22nd April 2016. Tickets will be sold online on the official website from the 18th April. The ticket price will be 10€. Only 10% or about 110 tickets a day will be available for […]
The dramatic karst scenery of El Torcal national park in Andalucia has been chosen as a key filming location for the new NBC fantasy drama series,Emerald City, to be based on L. Frank Baum´s classic novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The locations selected are El Torcal province Malaga, Cabo de Gata National Park near Almeria; the Castillo de […]
Are you interested to learn more about the famous golden liquid of Spain called sherry? Antonio Saura, the son of famous filmmaker Carlos Saura, made this new documentary about the sherry Palo Cortado in 2015. Palo Cortado is a rare type of sherry, chich used to be considered unsuitable for commercial use. It was rediscovered […]
This year the Vuelta de España, the famous Tour of Spain 21 days biking event ended one day in Capileira. Froome and company ascended quickly the last part of the 181km from Jaen to Capileira, whereas we mortal people suffer going up all the way from Orgiva at some 450m elevation to Capileira at some […]
We hereby inform you that some of our houses have reduced prices for bookings in May and June. In the Mountains of Sierra Nevada: Casa Launa in Granada Province, Alpujarras 330 € week all-in, 4 people Casa de la Luz, Bubión, Granada Province, Alpujarras 350€ week all in, 4 people Still available in July are: […]