Archive for the ‘Food and drink’ Category
Monday, May 13th, 2013
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In case you hadn't already guessed, April and May in Andalucia are all about ferias. And one of the essential ingredients of any feria - even more so if you're ...
Posted in Cadiz, Food and drink, Sevilla | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Almeria, Archaeology, architecture, art, Beaches, Cadiz, Cordoba, Costa de la Luz, Costa del Sol, Culture and Customs, Entertainment, Events, family, Food and drink, Gardens and parks, gastronomy, Granada, History, Holidays, Huelva, Jaen, Malaga, Museums, Music, Nature, Nightlife, Restaurants/gastronomy, Sevilla, Travel Andalucia | No Comments »
Monday, March 18th, 2013
The port of Malaga is one of the top 50 most-visited cruise ports in the world, according to new figures.
Malaga comes in at number 44 in the list of the ports which receive the largest number of visiting cruise ship passengers. This is especially good news with the recent opening ...
Posted in Food and drink, Malaga, Museums | No Comments »
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
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If you are a regular visitor to the Costa del Sol, here's a question for you: have you ever visited the interior of Malaga province? This region is the smallest province in Andalucia, but ...
Posted in Beaches, Costa del Sol, Food, Food and drink, Gardens and parks, gastronomy, History, Malaga, Nature, Outdoor activities, Pueblos blancos, Tourism, Travel Andalucia | No Comments »
Monday, December 31st, 2012
We're back from our Christmas week blogging break - I hope you didn't miss us too much! I trust you've all had (been having - it's not over yet!) a wonderful Christmas, whether you're in Andalucia, elsewhere in sunny Spain, or back in the old country with friends and family.
Tomorrow ...
Posted in family, Fiestas, Food and drink, Traditions | No Comments »
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 »
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 »
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
It's unlikely to have escaped your notice that Spain hasn't been getting the most positive coverage in the international press recently.
Many newspapers and other media outlets in the UK, the USA and elsewhere have been focussing, understandably, on the economic challenges faced by President Rajoy's government, and the effects of ...
Posted in Culture and Customs, Economy, family, Food and drink, gastronomy, Living in Andalucia | 6 Comments »
Monday, September 24th, 2012
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This weekend it was announced in Seville that go-ahead has finally been given for ...
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
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GUEST POST: CHRIS CHAPLOW
Recently I was having tapas in a bar called ‘El Tipico Andaluz’, enjoying jamon y queso and aceite de oliva. Picking up the bottle of mineral water, I noticed it was ...
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