Top 10 green escapes in Spain
To help launch our new site www.greenguidespain.com, President of Greenpeace Spain, Juan Lopez de Uralde tells the Olive Press about his favourite natural escapes
Top price for elegance
Unlike its famous neighbour from Jerez, Montilla’s reputation has not travelled far outside Spain, even Cordoba. That is until now, writes Jon Clarke
The Prehistoric museum of Andalucia
2010 is the 600th anniversary since the Christians conquered Antequera... But that is almost like yesterday in the glorious history of Andalucia’s oldest town, where
Go with the wind…to Tarifa
From Arabic stronghold to Mecca to winsurfers, Tarifa offers a fabulous break all year round
Day Trip from Malaga: Go Bananas in the Axarquia
The land of rebellion, resistance and renaissance - where bananas, mangoes and just about anything else grows
I aim to make the best wine in the World, says Andaluz winemaker
Geoff Garvey visits Cadiz bodega Huerta de Albala
Andalucia hotels with the mostest
The Olive Press asked seasoned travel writer Guy Hunter Watts to pick out his eight favourite hotels in Andalucia.... one for each province
Granada top of the table for wines
Despite the heavy storms in May that battered La Alpujarra, laying waste to hundreds of hectares of vines, two of that region’s signature bodegas had
Deia dreaming in Mallorca
Jason Heppenstall spends an idyllic few days on the island of Mallorca – and comes home without his hubcaps
The Twin Alhamas of Granada and AlmerÃa
The Olive Press gets steamed up over what is on offer in both Alhama de AlmerÃa and Alhama de Granada
A great way tapas the weekend
Granada: home to the Alhambra palace, the AlbaicÃn and thousands of tapas bars. In the name of research, Mark Roulston visits just a few to
Exploring Los Cahorros, Walking
by Judith Cooke {mosimage} TRYING to find somewhere new and excitingto take young children is often a challenge here in AndalucÃa. At Los Cahorros, with
Room with a view – El Torcal
EL Torcal Park Nature Reserve is known as the enchanted mountain range. It is not somewhere for the faint hearted or for those scared of
The Renaissance town of Úbeda
by Mark Roulston ÚBEDA lies 50 kilometres or so to the east of the capital of its province Jaén. Standing on an escarpment, it is