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REVIEW: Getting Max value – the perfect place to eat on the Costa del Sol

THE sheer amount of restaurants along Mijas Costa makes it appear that hungry diners are spoilt for choice. To a certain extent, this is very true. But when it comes to establishments

9 Mar, 2024 @ 11:25

Food & Drink·For Foodies·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Restaurants·Sponsored

Slide away: Discover the super-luxury hotel at the heart of Granada’s Sierra Nevada ski resort

WE arrive outside El Lodge in just over two hours and before we can blink, the car is ushered away and our bags are in the room. Some five minutes later we’re

8 Mar, 2024 @ 11:46

Food & Drink·For Foodies·Hotel Reviews·Hotels·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Restaurants·Travel Andalucia·Travel: Granada

REVIEW: ‘Sweet and sour masterpiece’…It’s the perfect time to visit the expat-run Malaga restaurant, Blossom

ORGANIC and piecemeal, Blossom only started to flourish three years into its genesis. Starting as a cafe and breakfast joint next to Malaga cathedral, its owner Emiliano Schobert slowly started to serve

28 Jan, 2024 @ 11:45

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Restaurants·Travel Malaga

REVIEW: Leone is definitely roaring in frontline Puerto Banus on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Roaring from the front

30 Jun, 2022 @ 15:00

Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Where to eat

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EXTRACT: A Chancer’s Guide to Rural Spain by Andy Bailey

BRIT Andy Baily, an ex-farm manager, rugby player and inseminator, moves his family from Somerset to a remote mountainous region in Andalucía. In his book, ‘Orgiva: A Chancer’s Guide to Rural Spain’, he

28 Jun, 2022 @ 10:36

Granada·La Cultura·Lead

Spain in review: The biggest and most important stories covered by the Olive Press during 2021

IT has been a year marked yet again by the coronavirus pandemic, with much of our daily coverage focusing on the ever changing rules, updates on infection rates and the progress of

31 Dec, 2021 @ 18:59

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Don’t look back: A year of ‘thank heavens we live in Spain and not the UK’

Jo Chipchase, a Brit living in Spain, looks back on 2021, a year marked by the continued pandemic and the fallout from Brexit.

31 Dec, 2021 @ 10:15

Lead·Must Read·National News·Opinion

REVIEW: Madrid’s born-again Gran Hotel Ingles is the lap of Belle Epoque luxury

Many original features have been saved, from time-faded photos of guests to vintage postcards and an ancient typewriter by the lifts

16 Jun, 2021 @ 10:08

Olive Press Travel·Travel: Madrid·Where to stay

BOOK REVIEW: Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s The Labyrinth of the Spirits

In the second part of our new book review section, Alicia Duggan immerses herself in the long-awaited final instalment of the Zafon quartet that began with The Shadow of the Wind

29 Oct, 2018 @ 11:10

La Cultura·Lead

2014 round up: Oh what a year it was!

With Christmas now a distant memory, the Olive Press takes a trip down memory lane to pick out the top stories of 2014

8 Jan, 2015 @ 15:29

Restaurant review: Peperoncino, Vejer de la Frontera

You will be hard pressed to find a better Italian meal in Andalucia

12 Jul, 2014 @ 18:30

Food & Drink

La Sala by the Sea: A Thai with a twist

Tom Powell reviews the latest offering from La Sala group, a beautiful beach-side Thai restaurant near Puerto Banus

3 Jun, 2014 @ 11:18

Food & Drink·Malaga