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Baelo Claudia - Bolonia

On the 14th December the regional minister for culture inaugurated the new Visitor Centre; a building of 2000m2 on two floors. Over the past two years, residents and visitors alike have watched with h [...]

Golf in Cádiz

On the 14th December the regional minister for culture inaugurated the new Visitor Centre; a building of 2000m2 on two floors. Over the past two years, residents and visitors alike have watched with h [...]

Tarifa - Megapuerto

The 13,000-strong population of Tarifa is divided in their opinion of the benefits of a new Megapuerto that the owners (The Algeciras Port Authority) of the current port would like to bestow on this c [...]

Carnival Time Again

Cádiz is world famous for its Carnival, with months of preparation and contests throughout January and early February. Shops are full of costumes for young and old alike and the local Diario de Cádiz [...]

Puerto Sherry - Puerto Santa Maria

This modern sports harbour has had a long chequered history since first being developed by the English company Brent Walker. In and out of the courts for the past 10 years it has finally emerged from [...]

Vejer & Solar farms and more windmills

Although we’re all in favour of going green and saving the planet, the residents of Vejer didn’t really want it all taking place in their backyard. It’s expected that 90 per cent of the electricity co [...]

Communications

Whilst work at Jerez Airport continues with the aim of doubling the capacity of travellers by 2010, airlines that inaugurated new routes direct to Jerez in 2007 are already cancelling them because of [...]

Battle of Trafalgar & continued

Seven years ago the Robinson Club chain of hotels (part of TUI) and Hipotels approached the Town Hall of Barbate to change the use of a large piece of land near the lighthouse. However, the ambitious [...]

Vida at Fitur

For the second year running Vida magazine assisted at Fitur at the kind invitation of the Tarifa and Algeciras municipalities – regular advertisers. Vida’s sales director, Paqui Hidalgo was in attenda [...]

Sanlucar Wine Festival

Sanlucar Wine FestivalFrom 20th – 25th May Sanlucar de la Barrameda celebrates this traditional Andalucian festival where one canpartake of the local wine – Manzanilla. We’re talking about one of the [...]

Los Lances Beach, Tarifa......

How many of you have been to the ‘Parking’ at Las Lances beach recently?The width of the ‘Runway’ has been halved so that just a few dozen cars and motor homes block access to one of the most extensiv [...]

Rubbish on the beach

It’s already the 1st of June and I still haven’t seen any sign of preparations on the beaches of Tarifa for the hordes that descend on us every Summer. I think the first thing should be for all those [...]

Illegal Camping

So why is it that the Local Police/Guardia Civil can’t go around all the favourite illegal camping sites moving on the camper homes? – I can do it in less than 20 mins (Drive around that is – not move [...]

Crossing for Cancer

Thanks to Graham Pagen for sending us these news items: On the 18th of June a team of 5 kite surfers will leave the white sandy beaches of Tarifa in the south of Spain to kite surf across the Straigh [...]

Crossing for Cancer II

Thanks again to Graham Pagden for sending us this news item:  Well only 10 days to go until the crossing 4 cancer event which will be held hopefully on the beach at Arte Vida hotel in Tarifa on the 1 [...]

Crossing for Cancer III - Success !

Thanks again to Graham Pagden for sending us this news item:   Well we made it!!!On Saturday the 12th of July at midday we took of from the beach in Tarifa to sail across the Straights of Gibralter, [...]

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