Some beach days linger in the memory. Looking back now on the summer just gone it’s a blur of suncream and sand, hastily packed picnics and hot, dusty walks from car parks, but one particular afternoon stands out. Monsul beach. Pristine, tranquil, remote. A broad swathe of fine, white sand sheltered by wind-swept dunes and…
Category: Trips
GREAT VALUE FAMILY PASS
at the Bioparc in Fuengirola
I was recently moaning about the crazy, unbelievable, I-don’t-know-how-families-can-afford-it entrance prices for theme parks (Aquavelis, Tivoliworld, Selwo etc) here in Malaga but I’d completely forgotten about the bioparc in Fuengirola and their yearly pass which is actually fantastic value if you intend going more than once. The Pase Berde If you’re on holidays for a…
LAZY DAYS BY THE LAKE
at Bermejales in Granada province
My last post was about hidden gems in Andalucia and since we have discovered another one! Credit goes to our friend Charlotte who found this place last summer and has been begging us to go ever since. We have waited until now to see if she was exaggerating and it turns out she wasn’t one…
THE SECRET’S OUT
Andalucia in Lonely Planet’s Top 50 list!
Lonely Planet has just published an ebook called Secret Europe letting us in on their top 50 personal favourite travel locations from the Norwegian Sea to the Med. They asked their staff of writers to choose their own top undiscovered or “off the beaten path” spots. The resulting list features some real gems – none…
TARIFA’S OLD RELIABLES
Restaurants we keep going back to
When we first moved to Andalucia we lived in Tarifa, a small fishing town located right at the southernmost tip of Spain where the mellow Med meets the roaring Atlantic and Europe literally comes nose to nose with Africa across the Straits of Gibraltar. It was the affection we had for this town itself which…
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
Day trip through the Zafarraya gap
Living where we do just outside the village of Sedella in the Axarquia region of Andalucia, this mountain is what we’re looking up at every day. I know! Believe me not a day goes by when I don’t thank my lucky stars that I live in such a beautiful part of the world. It’s called…