Tag: polo
Spain’s Sotogrande is centre of the polo world this summer
Thousands (55,000 people) will descend on Sotogrande for one of the biggest events of the World Polo Tour circuit.
The tournament started on July 25...
Police seize bumbags, football shirts and Calvin Klein underpants in huge fake clothes bust in Spain’s Andalucia
“When summer arrives sales without licenses increase and that is when we are more attentive because of the fraud that can occur”
Horsing around: At Sotogrande’s polo club
Panama hat? Check. Gladiator sandals? Check. Iona Napier is chukka-ed in at the deep end at Sotogrande’s world famous polo club
Inside the secret world of Sotogrande
Shhh and say it in sotto voce...Iona Napier demystifies the enigma of the discreet enclave, where royals rub shoulders with, well, decent down-to-earth folk
Suspected German paedophile murdered in Sotogrande ‘acted as a personal assistant’ to model Katie Price
Sandro Rottman joined Katie Price when she launched her Polo clothing range in Sotogrande
Cooler than the mint with the hole!
That’s polo at Sotogrande, writes Belinda Beckett, aka Mistress of Sizzle
Outrage over ‘safari’ plan to turn one of Spain’s most valuable protected estates into millionaire’s polo and shooting playground
Critics slam government plan to convert valuable hunting estate - one of Spain's largest - inside the Alcornocales Natural Park, near Cadiz
The Sotogrande season
It’s two parts old money to one part nouveau riche with a dash of blue blood, shaken and stirred by the gladiatorial sport of polo. That’s Sotogrande in August, when the A-List’s in town and ready to party, writes Belinda Beckett.
Gwyneth Paltrow is a no-show at Spanish charity polo match
The American movie star stood up the event, after she said she'd be appearing
How to spend your money wisely in Sotogrande
Elizabeth Gould explores the hidden charms of Sotogrande’s shops
A fun-filled getaway in Sotogrande
Jon Clarke discovers that Sotogrande is more about activities and sports than hobnobbing with the upper classes
Have a stomping good time in Sotogrande
Polo tournaments attract plenty of well-healed, colourful characters, particularly at the Gold Cup at Santa Maria club in August
A pucker escape to Sotogrande
Jon Clarke takes a look around southern Spain’s most exclusive resort, where the likes of the Cartier family and Prince Charles play polo and sail their yachts
It’s grand in Sotogrande
It’s where the British royals take their hols and Eddie Jordan, Glenn Hoddle and Genesis’s Mike Rutherford have homes. Is it any wonder that the millionaires’ enclave of Sotogrande is weathering the recession well. Jon Clarke discovers why...
Between a rock and a hard place
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