Destinations

Cadiz at Carnival | Christopher Somerville | Spain, Andalucia (Cadiz), Cádiz

I have often heard of the noisy late winter frolics here, of the riotously costumed groups of murgas or singers who tour the narrow streets packed onto floats, dealing out insults, sarcasm and innuendo in multi-part harmony.

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The Pilgrimage of El Rocio | Martin O'Brien | Spain, Andalucia, El Rocio

This is not just a religious festival: the Rocieros also come here to party. Dressed in traditional costume, this is an opportunity to show off their horses and horsemanship, to call on friends, to dance flamenco

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Hi-Tech Old-town | Mark Eveleigh | Spain, Andalucia (Cordoba), Cordoba

It is strange that this most traditional of historical cities should be spearheading a move in the most high–tech city tours

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The Donkey's Advocate | Mark Eveleigh | Spain, Andalucia, Rute

“This is the Mercedes of the ass world,” says Pascual as we stare at what is by far the biggest donkey I have ever seen

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Walking in Andalusia | Philip Marsden | Spain, Andalucia (White Villages), Ronda

To the south-west of the town of Ronda are a number of flat-bottomed valleys which run unseen between pale limestone ridges. Few people live in these high valleys

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Blood and Sand | Kamin Mohammadi | Spain, Andalucia (White Villages), Ronda

After the slump in popularity witnessed in the 1980s, bullfights are on the rise. The reasons are legion. The young people of Spain are becoming impressed with bullfighting again

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Ronda | Tim Elliott | Spain, Andalucia (White Villages), Ronda

Andalusia is loaded with ancient white villages clinging like cloud puffs to slender mountain ridges. What distinguishes Ronda is that the ridge to which it clings is split down the middle

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Restaurants in Granada | David Clement Davies | Spain, Andalucia (Granada), Granada

If you stagger past the cathedral, down by the stalls into the touristy Plaza Bib-Ramblas, then take a right corner into the little square, you will find 'Cunini' and the finest antidote to gripes

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Peaches in the Alhambra: Letter from Andalucia | David Clement Davies | Spain, Andalucia (Granada), Granada

In Seville and Cordoba, and any number of town squares across Southern Spain, autumn’s gifts of oranges and limes are swelling the trees. It’s perfect that in the Alhambra it should be peaches

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Granada - a luxury weekend | James Henderson | Spain, Andalucia (Granada), Granada

It is easy to see why the Moor sighed as he was forced to leave Granada. It is a city of magnificent views. In the startling southern Spanish light, the towers of the Alhambra shimmer

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