On the 1st of May, Spain’s first outdoor skydiving simulator opened in the Malaga province, offering kids and adults the chance to safely enjoy the thrill of flying. This is a very special piece of equipment, as it was used by Tom Cruise to prepare for his skydiving stunts on Mission Impossible: Fallout, before being brought […]
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 on the following site: www.tickets.alhambra-patronato.es. The site is in Spanish and English. You can order up to 10 tickets and you print them out beforehand so you […]
Maybe you’ve never heard of it and you’re not familiar with it but Padel in Spain is very popular. At many places you come across small courts, which are placed in a sort of glass cages. Here Padel is practiced. In Spain padel is after the football the most popular sport, even more than tennis […]
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 museum of glass in Malaga is located in a nice old cuarter called San Felipe Neri. The museum is not far from the Plaza de la Merced, opposite the church of San Felipe Neri. The collection is located in a carefully restored 18th century Italian house where we can see the history of humanity […]
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 […]
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 […]
Three monuments can now be visited for free each saturday in Granada. These monuments are: The Bañuelo, Casa del Horno de Oro, and the Palace of Dar al Horra. The Bañuelo (eleventh century). Carrera del Darro 31 An Arab public bath. It is one of the oldest and best preserved in Spain. It was built […]
A replica on small scale of the train known as El Tren del Llano, which connected formerly Malaga with Ventas de Zafarraya is now operating a a tourist train on a scenic track. History In 1905 the ‘Ferrocarriles Suburbanos de Malaga’ train company was established with one main mission – to connect Malaga city to […]