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OFFICIALLY MAGICAL: Granada’s towns rated by national schemes

WHILE driving through rural Granada, you’ll see placards on some municipal boundaries saying ‘Magicos de Espana’ or ‘Bonitas de Espana’. It’s obvious what ‘bonita’ (beautiful) means – but what makes a town

16 Jul, 2023 @ 16:00

Day Trips·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Travel: Granada

Hotel Nueva Alcazaba de Busquistar – affordable 4-star luxury near the Alpujarra’s highest village of Trevelez

THE Nueva Alcazaba is a stunning hotel complex set in the heart of the Alpujarra Alta, just 4km from the area’s highest village of Trevelez, which is located at 1,476m. With this

16 Jul, 2023 @ 13:39

Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel: Granada

PARTY TIME: Summer in Spain’s Granada is known for its colourful ‘fiestas’, ‘ferias’ and ‘romerias’ – some have an unusual twist

FIESTA SEASON is upon us – for many people, it’s the annual highlight of life in rural Spain. In early June, it kicked off in style with Corpus Christi in Granada. At

2 Jul, 2023 @ 09:45

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel: Granada

RAINY MAY: The Sierra Nevada and Alpujarra of Spain’s Granada receive more snowfall than in winter

THE current ‘rainy season’ in Spain is causing floods in parts of Málaga while Vera, a town in Almeria, needed to activate its municipal emergency plan. However, the precipitation is delighting residents

24 May, 2023 @ 10:54

Andalucia·Granada

CHILLING OUT: Living on the snowline in Spain’s Granada region

DESPITE the start of 2023 being unseasonably warm, the mercury plummeted in mid-January and early February, with constant minimum temperature warnings from Spain’s meteorological agency, AEMET. Since then, most of us have

4 Feb, 2023 @ 12:19

Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Travel Andalucia·Travel: Granada

A Christmas tale of La Alpujarra in Spain’s Andalucia

IF you fantasise about picture-perfect Christmas card scenes, with snow-laded pine trees, mountain vistas, and real wood-burning chimneys, the Alpujarra fits the bill. With the Sierra Nevada peaks glistening with snow, forests

17 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

Andalucia·Granada·Lead·Other News·Travel Andalucia

CARVING a name for itself – how Trevelez, one of Spain’s highest villages, has built a tourist trade around its famous cured ham

THE perfect destination for meat eaters, hikers, and day trippers alike, Trevélez is a high point of La Alpujarra and one of Spain’s highest villages at 1,476 metres (behind Valdelinares, Teurel, at

3 Dec, 2022 @ 11:00

Granada·Lead·Travel Andalucia

Walking the road to El Valero: home of expat author Chris Stewart

Most expats are familiar with Chris Stewart’s idyllic adventures, published in four best-selling books. So when he invited The Olive Press to his stunning farm El Valero as part of a new

30 Oct, 2014 @ 10:30

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