We reached Jerez de la Frontera, parked next to a Carrefour, where we did some shopping and then walked into the centre from there. At the main square, the friendly lady at the tourist office handed us a map and all the opening times. She couldn’t sell us tickets for the riding school but recommended …
Through little villages with very narrow and curvy streets we drove to Setenil. When we got there, we couldn’t find a parking. It was Sunday and many people came to visit this village. We followed a sign to a covered parking leading us around town and back from the other side. As we were sure, …
We attended a Flamenco show in Ronda, performed by “RAÍCES”, a local group showing traditional Ronda-style flamenco. Flamenco music has it’s origins in ancient Andalucian history, possibly well before the Moorish settlements, and is believed by most experts to be a complex amalgam of Iberian, Arabic, Shepherdic, and Gitano musical styles that really matured after …
After returning from Austria, we were happy to be “at home” again. While we were gone, our cochecito was parked in a warehouse close to the airport. the new bridge of Ronda After leaving Malaga, we first drove to an organic shop and then to Lidl to stock up completely. Next task was to empty …
Just outside of Antequera are 2 places we went to visit: the Dolmens from 3800 BC, which impressed us with their size and the Lagunas de Fuente de Piedra, a salt water lake which is inhabited by many birds, especially one of the largest Flamingo colonies in Europe. We spent the night at a parking …
Driving down from the Sierra de Torcal, we had a great view over Antequera. A big castle is surrounded by a town of white houses with many church towers peaking out. Antequera The romans gave this town the name Antikaria (old town) because of the Dolmens (large stone monoliths) left behind by previous settlements. View …
In the mountains between Málaga and Antequera nature has formed one of the most impressive karst landscapes in Europa, the Sierra de Torcal. The Jurassic age limestone is about 150 million years old. The former seabeds were uplifted to an elevation of over 1300 meters during the Tertiary era, resulting in a modest mountain range …
Driving south along the Mediterranean coast we stopped first at Salobreña. way to the castle of Salobreña The town of white washed houses lies on a steep hill with a moorish castle from the 10th century on top. While wandering the small streets we had many nice views. In Solabreña we also used the self service …
Close to Almeria we visited the “Texas Hollywood” Theme Park near Tabernas. In the 1960s, the landscapes of the desert of Tabernas developed into an exclusive movie location, well known productions such as Sergio Leone’s Westerns, starring Clint Eastwood like “For a Few Dollars More (1965)”, “The Good The Bad and The Ugly (1966)”, and …
Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata – Nijar – a National Park at the coast of Almería, founded in 1987, saved this beautiful coastline from destruction through speculative tourism development. The coast of about 30 km is a wild and isolated landscape with some of Europe’s oldest geological features. The mountain range is characterised by …
