Continuing in our series of extracts from Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools, Victoria Twead grabs her Great Aunt Elsa and prepares for an earthquake… PROVISIONS arrived daily in small white vans which wended their way down to our village. They announced their arrival to the villagers by hooting furiously during their entire descent into [...]
By Chris Stewart I WAS just 21 when I first arrived in Spain, hitchhiking over the Pyrenees into this strange, seemingly African land. In the company of a washing-machine repairman, I took my first tentative steps in the language, as his little van bucketed down the narrow road to Lérida. I had come to Spain [...]
THE lure of year-round sunshine remains strong for visitors to Spain after it was revealed as the world’s second most popular holiday destination. Tourism revenue for 2011 was up 8.6 per cent on the previous year, raking in a record 43 billion euros, according to the World Tourism Organisation (WTO). The figures are a welcome [...]
AT the south end of Avenida Asuncion in the Los Remedios neighbourhood of Sevilla, a plot of dusty land lies empty. A few pedestrians stroll around aimlessly. A car sounds its horn urging an errant dog to move aside. Yet a fortnight ago this area was a hive of bustling activity. The Feria de Abril [...]
Rough Guide author Geoff Garvey on the dangers of ignoring signs when hiking, and shares his pick of the Andalucian parks ONE of my first experiences of hiking in Andalucia was an encounter with a full-size 600-kilos toro bravo or fighting bull. My partner and I had lost the route and, endeavouring to find it [...]
In 2004 British expat Victoria Twead convinced her ‘long-suffering husband’, Joe to relocate from England to a tiny mountain village in Almeria. She then went on to write Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools, the first in a trilogy of books based on her experience which has now spent four months on the UK Amazon [...]
WANDERING the narrow streets of Estepona’s old town during siesta time provides the greatest clue to its enduring Spanishness. While many other towns along the Costa del Sol have adopted northern European working hours in a bid to satisfy the hoards of tourists, it is still largely adhered to in Estepona. The only signs of [...]
There are no cinemas, beaches and Chinese takeaways, but it’s ham heaven in the rolling mountain region of Aracena that few have heard of and even less visit, discovers Jon Clarke FROM my perch high above Almonaster la Real, I sit contemplating the spectacular vista from what must once have been the Moors’ most scenic [...]
