December 2021

THREE quiet destinations located off the beaten path in Malaga, ideal to spend a peaceful Christmas and New Year. Malaga has plenty of hidden gems located in the middle of the mountains, surrounded by natural enclaves that not many tourists or even Malageños know about. Towns with few inhabitants, where you can escape for a […]

EVERYONE in Spain will be watching their backs this December 28 for the annual Dia de Los Santos Inocentes (Day of the Innocent Saints) for this is the Spanish equivalent of April Fools’ Day. For hundreds of years churchgoers have held mass and sung villancicos (traditional carols) in memory of the innocent children of Bethlehem slaughtered

DECEMBER is the time to make dreams come true. After all the frantic gift-buying, wine-quaffing, food-gobbling on Christmas Day, those days between December 25 and New Year’s Day can feel rather flat. And while we’re not denying the obvious pleasure in spending a few days indoors and bingeing festive movies, there is more to life that

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WHEN four friends set up Telemark in 1991 they were only the fourth skiing school in the Sierra Nevada. Some three decades on they count on 21 teachers, five admin staff and well over 100 years of experience of teaching on the slopes. “It’s great to have made it this far,” explains Luis Casanove, one

THE Copa Nadal swimming race takes place on Christmas Day morning in the in the Old Port of Barcelona in what has become the oldest open water competition in Spain. People dressed as Santa Claus attend the 112th Christmas traditional “Copa Nadal”. Photos: Cordon Press Brave swimmers, some dressed in Santa hats and others in

Apartment Altea, Alicante   2 beds   2 baths € 172,000 Apartment in a quiet complex in Sierra de Altea. The apartment is located in a small complex with beautiful gardens and a communal pool, surrounded by quiet green areas. It consists of an entrance hall, a spacious living room, a independent kitchen with a

AS the season of cheer approaches, and the night is filled by the warm glow of a thousand christmas lights, a particular form of merrymaking takes place in Andalucia’s Jerez de la Frontera. Locally known as a Zambomba, this event is a spontaneous union of Jerezanos anywhere and at any time, to celebrate Christmas to

CANARY Island authorities declared that the volcanic eruption of Cumbre Vieja that began on September 19 to be officially over on Christmas Day following 10 days in which no seismic activity was recorded. The volcano on La Palma suddenly went quiet on December 13 but authorities only gave the all-clear on Christmas Day. Volcanologists said

BENIDORM City Council will give provisional approval to the Ensanche Levante Plan, set to transform a central area of the popular resort. Once the Municipal Planning Commission has met (between Christmas weekend and New Year) and the motion has been passed, detailed plans will develop to regenerate an important part of the city. LEVANTE PLANS: