Tag: Andalucia
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…
TASTE EXPLOSION
New restaurant discovery in Torre del Mar
Walking in the door of Las Perlas you would never suspect the gourmet delights that await you. Unless you had read the breathless reviews on Tripadvisor that is. That’s how we came to be there. We decided to try out somewhere new for dinner as a Father’s Day treat for Ivan, had a peek on…
FIESTA EN FOTOS
La Feria de la Mula, Arenas
Every year on the 12th of October, the village of Arenas holds the Feria de la Mula to honour and protect this hard-working animal that for centuries has been a vital part of rural life here in the Axarquia. The mula (mule) is still used to carry grapes, olives and other produce up the steep…
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…