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Andalusia or Andalucía?

The autonomous region of Andalusia (Andalucía in Spanish) is in the southern part of Spain. It spans from Atlantic coast in the west to the sheltered coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the east and from Málaga's Costa del Sol to the borders of Castilla – La Mancha the famous flat lands and Don Quixote windmill country.  With an average of 300 plus days of sunshine a year the coastal area is an all year round destination. Not so in the inland provinces of Cordoba, Jaen and Sevilla which ha ve baking hot summers that can reach +40c and cold winters which can be 0c or less overnight. The Mezquita, Córdoba Andalusia is divided into eight provinces, each with a provincial city of the same name. Some of them are far more famous than others: Almería , Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla. The three land-locked provinces are Córdoba, Jaé n and Sevilla, the rest are coastal. Each province and city is full of culture, history, traditions, fabulous monuments and cre...

Cherry Festival in Castillo de Locubin

It´s hard not to notice, whichever direction you approach Castillo de Locubin, that olive trees have been overtaken by cherry trees all around you. Locals come from far and wide to buy cherries here and cherries are also taken from door to door to be sold.

I have cherries in the fruit bowl and bags of them in the fridge and I dídn´t buy any, delighted neighbours hand them out and I smile (gratefully) hoping the kids aren´t fed up of them yet. When a car tooted outside my house and a Spanish guy wanted to sell me two box fulls out of his laden boot, I laughed and aplogised. There are only so many cherries one can eat!

Every year The Cherry Fiesta marks the local harvest with competitions, recipes, liquros and tastings all revolving around cherries.



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