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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...

IV Tapas Competition in Priego de Cordoba

Priego de Cordoba in the Sierra Subettica Natural Park has medieval and Muslim influences and is also known as the cradle of Spain´s baroque architecture with several fine churches and the fabulous Fuente del Rey or King´s Fountain with tiered pools and hundreds of spouts surrounding King Neptune.

King´s Fountain, Priego de Cordoba

Priego´s IV Tapas Gastronomic Competition begins on the 1st March and runs for three consecutive weekends 1-3, 8-10 and 15-17 March. Each participating bar or restaurant will present one tapa, the same for each of the nine days of the competition at lunchtime and in the eveing at the price of 1.5 Euros.


Will you be there? I sure hope to be.


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