Teaching kids to ski: It’s snow joke!
Jon Clarke on the terrors of trying to teach your own children how to ski in Sierra Nevada
If you are fat, don’t fly Ryanair
Not one to miss out on a big opportunity, Ryanair is thinking of charging obese passengers more to use their flights
A cook’s tour of Ronda
Over the last few years Ronda has become increasingly popular for lovers of good food
New runway for Malaga airport tipped to create a tourism take-off
The new runway will double the capacity of the airport and accomodate state-of-the-art airplanes
Uncovering the hidden gems of Chiclana de la Frontera
Wendy Andersen on the hidden delights of her home town of Chiclana
Sun, snow and spray
The Olive Press sent reporter Annabel Grossman to try out one of the most bizarre (and hardy) day out Andalucia can offer... bikini skiing in the morning and a Puerto Banus champagne party in the afternoon
The Mijas miniatures museum that’s no small feat
Professor Max's Wagon of Miniatures is one of the world’s best small museums, writes Imogen Calderwood
Valley of calm at La Cala Resort
Olive Press editor Jon Clarke spends a weekend at Spain’s leading golf hotel
Tolkien-shire: The best of the Axarquia
Wild soaring mountains, crystal brooks and elegant white-washed villages. Tom Powell is blown away by the stunning, varied Axarquia region en route to its ‘crown’ of Comares
Castle-hopping in the Serrania de Ronda
Jacqueline Fanchini takes a road trip around the castle towns of the Western edge of the Serrania de Ronda
Brits on the pistes
British ski teachers Giles Birch and Jonathan Buzzard still love the Sierra Nevada two decades on
Not so Lanzagrotty
On a recent trip to the most northern of the Canary Islands, Lanzarote, I was amazed at the breathtaking landscape and sheer diversity of food.
From Andalucía to the Antarctic
Expat Tiki Kyte joins a BBC crew retracing the steps of explorer Frank Wild who a century ago conquered the Frozen Planet
Mojacar the mystic mount
Lenox Napier offers a history of Mojacar and how the town got its name
Riding the wind: Kite-surfing on the Costa del Sol
The Costa de la Luz is one of Spain’s top spots for kitesurfing – and good for diving too
TripAdvisor on trial: An Olive Press investigation
EXCLUSIVE: The Olive Press takes an objective look at the phenomenal success of TripAdvisor...with some surprising results
Lost in the Axarquia
Eloise Horsfield describes how she ended up on a ‘village hop’ tour of the Axarquia after getting lost
Is this the way to Alhaurin?
The UK's Joanna Eden finds inspiration in the Guadalhorce Valley
You can’t go wrong with Skisol
A family-run business that has been providing rental equipment to skiers for 35 years shows no sign of dwindling
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...
Oh I do like to be beside the lakeside
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?
The Artist’s Way
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
On the gecko trail
Jon Clarke takes a stroll around Andalucia’s most artistic, creative town
Gibraltar airport in limbo
Local Spanish mayor is refusing to sell land for the new cross-border airport
The satnav rebels
Up to 83 per cent of men – and 74 per cent of women – often disregard their car’s GPS directions
Axarquia: A land of rebellion and renaissance
Why I fell in love with the confusing ham-shaped wedge of rutted hills and dry river valleys known as the Axarquia