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Thursday, April 4th, 2013
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Here on the AC blog, and on the website itself, our aim is to keep you, our audience, updated on what's happening here in Andalucia.
We want you to enjoy the latest and best of ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2013
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Monday, February 11th, 2013
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So this Thursday is Valentine's Day, or Dia de los Enamorados (Lovers' Day) in Spain.
Many hotels and restaurants around Andalucia will have special ...
Posted in Almeria, architecture, Beaches, Cadiz, Entertainment, Events, Fiestas, Flamenco, Granada, Music, Nightlife, Pueblos blancos, Restaurants/gastronomy, Sevilla | No Comments »
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
No, this is not a weather forecast...
You may have noticed the growing popularity of flashmobs around Spain lately.
These are groups of people who, either spontaneously, or (more often) having rehearsed, perform a song and/or dance in a public place. Flashmobs can be anything from 20 to 200 people. Last year ...
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Monday, January 14th, 2013
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Next month, the spotlight falls on Cadiz, as the noise, colour and irreverence of the Carnaval embodies the delightful anarchy for which this independent-minded coastal city is so famous.
Like Semana Santa, Feria de Sevilla ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2012
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With so many activities to choose from on La Noche en Blanco here in Sevilla, it was hard to know which to pick. As I was meeting a friend who lives nearby, we decided ...
Posted in Archaeology, Entertainment, Fashion, Food and drink, History, Music, Sevilla | 2 Comments »
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Life in Seville - cultural life, that is - has definite seasons: January and February are both cold and dull, lit up only by Carnaval and the Dia de Andalucia puente (bank holiday). Then comes the holy trinity of Semana Santa, Feria and El Rocio, followed by months of school ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2012
This Friday night, 26 October, Seville is holding a "Noche en Blanco", a night-time cultural festival.
It's a full evening programme of events being held throughout the city, embracing all disciplines: literature, music, art, sculpture, at over 30 locations.
Just to the north of the Setas, otherwise known as Metropol Parasol, is a group ...
Posted in architecture, art, Culture and Customs, Entertainment, Events, Film, Flamenco, Food and drink, Literature, Music, Nightlife, Sevilla | 2 Comments »
Monday, October 8th, 2012
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The season is a-changing here in Andalucia: it's getting dark earlier, and the nights and early mornings are chilly now, though the days - the last few, at least - have been scorchingly hot 35; degrees or so.
In ...
Posted in Culture and Customs, Living in Andalucia, Music, Sevilla | No Comments »
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
Summer has officially arrived in Seville, since the season of outdoor concerts in the Alcazar Gardens started this week. They run until 24 August, with nightly shows throughout the entire 11-week period.
Every year, over a good chunk of weeks (usually late June/early July till mid-September, so earlier this year) is ...
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