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I was in the great city of Granada the other night – possibly the last truly hot night of the year. The temperature was twenty seven celsius at 9pm. But it was something that I have taken for granted that made me get all hot under the collar. That was how wonderful the bridges over the rivers are went lit up at night. So often i walk or drive across the bridges of Spain without fully appreciating their appearance. Here are just a few I have crossed that have grabbed my attention.

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This attractive, yet somewhat, forgotten town stands at the eastern edge of the Parque Natural de los Alcornocales. When driving to Jimena de la Frontera you pass through some of Spain’s most spectacular countryside, passing through forests of cork, holm and gall oak that only starts to change as you approach Jimena, giving way to pasture land set aside for the breeding of fighting bulls. Situated in the Province of Cadiz and only 35kms inland from the exclusive resort of San Roque, it is an increasingly popular place for foreigners to live. Indeed the local population censuses (around 10,000 inhabitants, 2007)  puts expat numbers at 10% of the local population – many of them British.

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