Glamping on wheels: a roadtrip with ‘Pepa’ the campervan
I kicked off my summer with a few days ‘Glamping on wheels’ enjoying the freedom of the open road in …
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Almeria’s Western Film Festival 2013
Today is the penultimate day of Almeria’s Western Film Festival, the only European festival dedicated wholly to the western genre. …
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Walking on the Wild Side – a journey through Sierra Nevada and Cabo de Gata
Here is the article that relates to my recent trip to Sierra Nevada and Cabo de Gata – notes from …
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Sitting on a gold mine – Almeria’s geological heritage
The volcanic landscape of Almeria is surely what geologists must dream about in their sleep! Huge fragments of rock, known …
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Listen to the silence – rural accommodation in Cabo de Gata
I’ve written before about the interesting accommodation on offer in Almeria; it’s pretty much unlike anything else on offer in …
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Leaving the mountain rivers for the desert – Almeria
Before we leave the lush landscape of the Sierra Nevada natural park, we visited a small organic winery, Cortijo el …
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Five of my favourite hotels in Southern Spain – #luxurytravelpursuits review
After almost a decade my love affair with Andalucía is still in that blissful honeymoon stage; I’m still discovering things …
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Cortijo de los Frailes, Almeria
A simmering feud between two families in 1930s Andalucía was the inspiration for Federico Garcia Lorca‘s classic play, the ‘Blood …
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Tranquility in hidden Europe – ‘La Almenda y El Gitano’, near Agua Amargas, Almeria, Andalucia
The dry heat is glorious; we’re in Almeria, the eastern province of Andalucía. It’s not well known, and most know …
Read MoreAlmeria Province – Introductory travel notes by Andrew Forbes
As Andalucía’s most eastern province, Almería was a frontier land, heavily fortified over the centuries with watchtowers looking out to …
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