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ronda : andalucia : 2024

ronda : andalucia : 2024

It's over ten years since we lasted visited Ronda, and that was a flying visit, as we were en route to Seville for Semana Santa. But it imprinted such a memory that we always said we'd return for a longer visit, and in August we did just that. The summer of 2024 has...

ático 73, victoria : medina sidonia : andalucia

ático 73, victoria : medina sidonia : andalucia

Situated in the southern Andalucian town of Medina Sidonia, Ático 73, Victoria, is advertised as an adults-only hotel. Although we're not averse to staying in places which are child friendly, it's nice sometimes to know that peace and quiet are probably most...

la guardia apartments : tarifa : andalucia

la guardia apartments : tarifa : andalucia

When we booked a four night stay recently in Tarifa, La Guardia apartments seemed a pretty perfect choice. Self-catering, right in the centre of the old town, in the middle of all of the action, contemporary and stylish judging by the photographs, and although not the...

tarifa : andalucia : spain : 2024

tarifa : andalucia : spain : 2024

The last time we visited Tarifa, was back in 2014 and it was a flying visit. We were travelling back from Seville to Nerja and stopped off for an afternoon, vowing to return, because we loved the tiny amount of the town and the beach, that we saw. Fast forward to...

archidona : malaga province : andalucia

archidona : malaga province : andalucia

Archidona first came onto our radars when we caught an episode of "A Place In The Sun" and this was the location. Not many places on this TV programme immediately appeal to us, as many are in tourist hot-spots, but Archidona, with its cobbled streets and white washed...

genoa : liguria : italy

genoa : liguria : italy

Our trip from Istria, all the way down to Andalucia, has been an absolute adventure, revisiting places we've not been to in a long while, and taking in new places we wouldn't necessarily see. Even though we were driving, we decided to cut out the route along the south...

los caracoles : frigiliana : andalucia : spain

los caracoles : frigiliana : andalucia : spain

On a drive, high up in the Andalucian hills, above the white washed town of Frigiliana and the coastal town of Torox, we spotted some very unusual shapes ahead of us. White domes, almost hobbit-like, overlooking the sea. From the roadside, they looked a bit forlorn,...

nerja : andalucia : spain

nerja : andalucia : spain

We've not visited Nerja for a while, but when we still lived in Didsbury, we did visit often. We were very lucky that we had a friend with a family apartment there, and so if there was availability, we could make a booking and do a quick getaway from Manchester. We...

frigiliana : pueblo blanco : andalucia

frigiliana : pueblo blanco : andalucia

The small white village of Frigiliana - one of the famous pueblo blancos - is in the Axarquia region of the Costa del Sol, and regularly features in lists of Spain’s most beautiful villages. This pueblo blanco is distinctively Moorish in appearance, with the old...