Representing a year-on-year increase of 1.2% for the first quarter 2014, Andalucía’s Institute of Statistics & Cartography recorded 3,874,628 tourists to the region, with this summer expected to continue the upward trajectory set by the third quarter 2013 peak of 8,415,000 visitors, up 5.3% on the same period 2012. Typically, holidays account for 88.8% of […]
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On the grounds that ‘ignorance of the law is no excuse’, all drivers in Spain are advised immediately to familiarise themselves with the detail of the new traffic laws which are coming into effect on 9 May 2014 (Ley 6/2014 modificando la Ley sobre Tráfico, Circulación de Vehículos a Motor y Seguridad Vial 339/1990); a
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Hello, Costa Women. I have some very exciting news – I’m going to be on ‘The One Show’ on Monday 5 May, 8.00pm Spanish time. It’s all because of this blog post: http://j.mp/SguTB9 It was picked up by a BBC researcher who was bringing a camera crew to Spain, and I was asked to appear
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One of the advantages of writing books about Spain is that you have a great excuse to trot about the countryside investigating things. During the research for my novel THE SHINING CITY we visited Córdoba numerous times – not an arduous task and only two hours drive from Málaga. We made three trips to Madinat al-Zahra (my
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European%20Green%20Party%20in%20Fuengirola%2C%2024Apr2014.JPG Invited by Costa Press Club member Pia Bruun to discuss ‘What is the Green vision for the future of Europe?’ in Fuengirola’s Tetería La Rosa de los Vientos, former Irish Minister for Environment John Gormley and Fuengirola Green Party member Victor Blasco Iturralde gave a bilingual presentation acknowledging the many reasons behind citizens’ disenchantment
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I have been making samples of the new yarns which I have recently received from the Uk and am really excited at how they are knitting up. Some are really like dolly mixtures with loads of different colours of varying shades which are really super to knit. I have DK and 4ply which I have
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Ask a random group of people how they’d each spend a €1,000 windfall and nine out of ten will reply, “On a holiday!” With record hordes of happy holidaymakers hotfooting to the Costa del Sol, the European Commission’s new European Tourism Quality Principles aim to ensure value for money for visitors to Member States and
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As a keen knitter and being on the larger side it is with great pleasure to have found such a lovely pattern for me to wear especially during the cold winter days here is Spain – (not that they are really cold) however we do feel it after out summers here. I am
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Just published THE SHINING CITY on kindle This is the story of a city, a city that is now in ruins: Madinat al Zahra. The year is 947 AD, a time when southern Spain is under the rule of the Moors. The ruler, Caliph al Rahman III is rich, powerful and cultured. His lands are,
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It happens to all of us. We have been hibernating during the Winter, and all of the sudden Spring is upon us, at which point we find out, we are simply “out of shape” not to mention hungry, thirsty and in need of much-wanted nourishment. And it is not just about the body, but the
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