This recipe ‘Poor man’s potatoes’ is great in winter and specially popular in Granada province: Ingredients: olive oil onion potatoes green and or red pepper garlic salt How to prepare: Peel the potatoes and cut them in slices, The onions you can cut in ring slices and the peppers in long strips. You can add […]
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 […]
Short introduction to the history of Granada Granada began life as an Iberian settlement in the Albayzín district. Muslim forces took over from the Visigoths in 711 and around the foot of the Alhambra hill in what was called Garnata al Jahud, the jewish quarter. The name of Granada comes from this districts. Granada also […]
The Alpujarras is a beautiful mountainous region in the south of Spain. South of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the provinces of Granada and Almería. We invite you to visit this beautiful region watching this video, we produced specially for you. Here you’ll find flowering trees, donkeys, herds of sheep and other elements of […]
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 […]
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 we received this nice comment of a Dutch client that we love sharing with you: Last winter we wanted to spend for the first time in Spain. Because we had quite specific requirements for our stay, I sought advice from someone who knew about it. Via overwinteren.nl I found Janny, who immediately gave us […]
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 […]