Valencian artist Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923) has returned to the Alhambra this summer with his Gardens of Light, a travelling exhibition that will have three different settings: the Palazzo dei Diamanti, seat of the Gallerie d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Ferrara (Italy), the Palace of Carlos V Museum of Fine Arts, in Granada, and Madrid’s Sorolla […]
Between 11 and 13 October you can enjoy the second Almeria Western Filmfestival in the desert of Tabernas. In the de sixties and the seventies many westerns were produced in the desert of Tabernas in Almeria province. Being one of the most famous, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly with starring Clint Eastwood. The […]
Flamenco Cordoba No other city in the world hosts such an original event as The White Night of Flamenco, which takes place in Cordoba for one whole night in June. It is a night where streets, squares, taverns and street corners ring to the sound of chords, footsteps and voices. Flamenco in its purest […]
Courtyards in Cordoba Due to the hot, dry Cordoban climate, the city’s inhabitants, – first the Romans and later the Muslims – adapted the typical design of the popular house to their needs, making the home centre around an inner courtyard, normally with a fountain in the middle and often a well to collect rainwater. […]
One of the special attractions for kids at the Costa del Sol is Tivoli theme park in Benalmadena, next to Malaga. The park celebrates this year its’ 40th anniversary, but is although getting older it is really fun to go to. It is a huge park with some 40 rides to enjoy. The park is […]
This Carnival is one of the oldest ones in Spain and the biggest one on the mainland. The carnival celebrations in Cadiz date back to the 16th century. It was the only carnival Franco could not ban in his 40 years of dictatorship. The Cadiz carnival of this year lasts from February 16th till February […]
From February 2nd till february 5th the International Show for Flamenco Dresses is held in Seville. In this video you can see the newest trends. More information (in spanish) about the 18th Salon Internacional de la Moda Flamenca which is held in the Congress Center of Seville, you can find on: De Flamenco.
The Patio de los Leones, the Lions patio in the Alhambra Palace in Granada finally got its lions back. After five years of thorough restoration, cleaning and reparation the 12 marble lions, dating from the XIV century will be functioning again as the beautiful fountain it was meant to be. Now the lions are clean […]
A few years ago, the director of the Prado museum, Miguel Zugaza, was visiting the collection of paintings of the Medinaceli family, an old aristocratic spanish family. All of a sudden he discovered this painting, the Wine on Saint Martins’ Day. This painting was located in an obscure gallery, and nobody thought this might be […]
This year a new museum was opened in march in Malaga. It’s the Carmen Thyssen museum located in the Villalón Palace a mid-16th century building with a beautiful collonaded patio in the Malaga’s old city centre. There are more than 200 works on display, all belonging to the Thyssen family, private collectionists. The exhibition starts […]