Tag: review
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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.
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
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
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
Restaurant review: Peperoncino, Vejer de la Frontera
You will be hard pressed to find a better Italian meal in Andalucia
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