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Sustainable Spanish retreats

November 18, 2009 | Environment Features Travel

Are you concerned about the environment? Would you rather take the train than travel by aeroplane, or car? As the Copenhagen earth summit looms, Asha Stuttard finds ten eco-friendly options right on your doorstep around Spain

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A need for stamina in town with big heart

November 16, 2009 | Features Travel

A white town with a buzzing social scene, Andrew Pearce gets in shape and explores the vibrant streets of Jimena de la Frontera and neighbouring San Pablo de Buceite

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A bottomcough…or simply a fart!

November 3, 2009 | Features Travel

Michael Raphan gives a hilarious account of his trip to Almeria with his girlfriend and with pungent ramifications. This, and many other stories based upon Spanish living, can be found in the new book ‘Courting the Bull’

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A winter wonderland

November 2, 2009 | Travel

Hostelbookers explains why winter budget travellers head for Marbella and Puerto Banus

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How times change

December 4, 2009

Paul O’Connell re-visits a town of growth and prosperity

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Go Bananas in the Axarquia

September 30, 2009 | Features Top Story Travel

The land of rebellion, resistance and renaissance – where bananas, mangoes and just about anything else grows


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‘Get out of my village!’

July 20, 2009 | Travel

Rough Guide to Andalucia author Geoff Garvey tells of the highs and lows of travelling around the region


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A day out in the nude

July 20, 2009 | Travel

Hot tips for those who don’t mind losing all their clothes


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Mesmerised by the light

July 18, 2009 | Travel

Take a trip round the other side of the Rock of Gibraltar


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Take a ‘tripple’ to Jerez

July 17, 2009 | Travel

Looking for a fabulous family day out? Why not try Jerez?


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Boris gets on his bike

July 11, 2009 | Travel

As London embarks on its first ever bike scheme, the Olive Press looks at the reasons behind the scheme’s success in Sevilla


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We found Eldorado in Coin

July 1, 2009

Best known for the defunct BBC soap the truth is most foreigners who live in Coín have really coined it in, says Jon Clarke

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Between a rock and a hard place

October 28, 2009

Why everyone should take a butchers inside the privileged world of the Bishop’s Avenue of Andalucia, where the average house price is 1.5m euros, writes Jon Clarke

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The Artist’s Way

June 16, 2009

Robberies, heroin overdoses and Spain’s best beer. John Colley has experienced a lot while sketching his way along the little-known branches of the Camino (or Way) de Santiago

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Vejer de las Fashionistas

June 3, 2009

It was only a matter of time before a Cabinet Minister got in on the Costa de la Luz’s best kept secret, all expenses paid of course

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Oh I do like to be beside the lakeside

May 22, 2009

Fancy somewhere different to lay down your towel this weekend? Is the Costa del Sol just too busy and the Costa de la Luz too windy?

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Africa en famille

May 1, 2009

Is it possible to cart your wife and kids across the Straits for a long weekend in Morocco? Luke Stewart gave it a go

The Olive Press is the English language newspaper for Andalucia. Local news from Costa del Sol and inland Andalucia plus national news from around Spain