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So you have to go and pick up friends or loved ones at an airport in Spain, but you want to make a day of it. Stop off for lunch perhaps. Or see one of those tourist attractions you have always meant to visit, but never got around to seeing. Where to go en route to and from the airport?

Read the entire post » The airport run – Part 1. Malaga-Granada

The country of Spain varies so greatly. Not just with the landscape, or via the accent with which people speak. But also when it comes to the food on offer in the country. If variety is truly the spice of life, then the vast range of food on offer in Spain – including the spices used in cooking – provides anyone touring this great country with a veritable culinary overload. I think touring Spain while tasting the food on offer is a great way of sampling the very best Spain has to offer the holidaymaker. But it wasn’t always that way.

Read the entire post » A foodie in Spain

Granada province is getting ready for a royal visit. Prince Charles and Camilla are coming to the town of Íllora on Wednesday March 30th. I don’t expect to see them in the bars I have visited there. I somehow doubt they will be at the local market. They are in Spain for some serious business meetings, visiting Seville, among other cities. They will then spend the following weekend relaxing on the splendid Duke of Wellington’s estate located in very private grounds outside of Íllora. 

Read the entire post » Royal welcome in Illora

There is a point on the A92 motorway, where the provinces of Granada and Malaga meet, at which those who are scared of heights look elsewhere. They avert their eyesight from the marvellous view of the city of Loja that lays beneath them. Way beneath them. Loja, and neighbouring Riofrio, are locations overlooked by too many people. Loja is the city of water. Riofrio the hamlet of the trout. Each are worth visiting.

Read the entire post » Loja & Riofrio – the highs and lows