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 […]
Looking for a Christmas present? This piece of pianomusic made by composer Lionel Sainsbury (UK 1958) is easy going piano music, with influences of latin and flamenco music. See more about the composer on his own website The studio Navona Records has released this record.
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 […]
Boabdil, the last Moorish sultan was born in the Alhambra palace in 1459, son to his father Muley Hacen and his mother Aixa. As Muley Hacen did prefer a Christian woman over Aixa, she tried to do everything so that her son occupies the throne. This finally occurs in 1482 with the help of the […]
This video about Flamenco is absolutely fantastic. The gala was held to make Flamenco a world heritage asset in 2010. We hope you will enjoy this as much as we did. Where to go and see flamenco? Flamenco in Granada: Le Chien Andalou Jardines de Zoraya Maria la Canastera Cueva los Tarantos Cueva la […]
This stunning path near el Chorro in Malaga province is recently reopened after a thorough renovation project. Before it was a very dangerous and prohibited to ‘walk’ on the caminito, as this photo clearly shows: Caminito del Rey before renovation But now it is safe again, thanks to the alpinist workers who with aid of […]
We like to present to you this tipical carmen of Granada, with excellent views onto the Alhambra. In Granada ‘carmen’ means a house with garden and vegetable garden enclosed by white painted walls, normally located in the Albaicin or Realejo district. The Carmen of of Max Moreau we are presenting to you, also known as […]
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