Costa Del Sol 04 Costa De Almería 20 Golf in Andalucía
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COSTA DEL SOL 04 COSTA DE ALMERÍA 20 GOLF IN ANDALUCÍA 32 This advertisement supplement was produced by Nexo Producciones S.L. which is soley responsible for its contents managing director marcelo llaryora writers joanna styles, giles brown photographers michelle chaplow, kevin horn design & layout cheryl gatward production pablo llaryora, victoria rodriguez NEXO PRODUCCIONES Av. Ramón y Cajal, 12, Edificio Marbella Center Fase II, 7o 6, Marbella, Spain tel: +34 952 862 625 fax: +34 952 773 870 [email protected] www.nexoproducciones.com Text Giles Brown Photography Michelle Chaplow & Kevin Horn hink that you know the coasts of from, it’s good enough for the rest of us. Costa del Sol Andalucía? Think again. Believe it or Close to Cádiz is Puerto de Santa María To say that tourism has changed the Costa not, each costa has its own unique famous for its shellfish and Chiclana with its del Sol is like saying that oil changed the Gulf features and fascinating characteristics. long white stretches of sand. States, but instead of hitting oil, the Costa del Continue further and you’ll reach Tarifa, Sol hit tourism. Sleepy fishing villages such as Costa de la Luz whose strong winds make it a haven for Torremolinos and Fuengirola were submerged You start at the Costa de la Luz on the kitesurfers. Sit on the walls of the old castle under a concrete wave of new apartments western part of the Andalucian coast. This is – where Guzman El Bueno famously threw his and hotels from the late 60s on, some for where the Atlantic meets Europe and clear own knife to the Moorish besiegers holding better, some for worse. This is the home of water and white sandy beaches backed by his son captive with the words, “Better honour the all day English breakfast, widescreen sand dunes and pine trees make it one of the without a son, than a son with dishonour” sports bar and Sunday Roast (even when the most beautiful places in Andalucía. Huelva (the son’s reply, unfortunately, was not temperature is 40 degrees or more). and Cádiz are bisected by the Coto Doñana captured for posterity). Marbella established a more jet set national park, home of the Iberian Lynx, and You can look across to the car lights reputation, which in the 70s attracted Sean even the most craven concrete developer twinkling in Africa, just 13 kilometres away. Connery, James Hunt, Grace Kelly and Rod can’t build on the land. Tarifa is famous for its hip, laid back lifestyle Stewart to town, where the beautiful people Cádiz is a direct link back to Spain’s Golden with Trustafarian style boutique hotels, cafés did beautiful things to each other in the Age, and Carnival in Cádiz is a riotous and boho chic shops. Skirt Algeciras – trust playboys’ paradise of Puerto Banús and the celebration. It doubled for Havana in Die me, you’ll be glad that you did – duck past Marbella Club Hotel. Another Day, so if the sea off Cádiz is good the Rock of Gibraltar and you’re on the Costa Recently Marbella has tried to capture a little enough for a bikinied Halle Berry to emerge del Sol. of that retro style with the opening of chic 2 introduction andalucía There’s more to Spain’s southern coasts than just sun and sand. From hidden coves to towering dunes, the strip of land that runs from Huelva in the west to Almería in the east is as varied as Andalucía itself. beach clubs such as Nikki Beach, although more popular neighbour, the Costa del Sol, changes as you get closer to the Cabo de you’re more likely to meet a Premiership the Costa Tropical still retains its Spanish Gata. The park has a long, rugged coastline footballer than a French playboy. character and has some spectacular cliffs. with secluded bays and remote beaches, Málaga is one of Andalucía’s most important Almuñécar has many attractive beaches some linked only by a footpath. Much of cities and it boasts a Moorish heritage and (and a great Jazz Festival) while nearby is the park is comprised of volcanic, rocky fine art galleries. Pablo Picasso was born La Herradura, a popular watersports resort mountains that plunge directly to the shore, here and was Málaga’s most famous son until set in a secluded bay. With Granada and the creating one of Andalucia’s most dramatic Antonio Banderas became Zorro. However, majestic Sierra Nevada mountains only an coastlines. The best known resort on the Málaga is better known as the entry point hour or so’s drive away, the Costa Tropical Costa de Almería is the whitewashed town of for millions of tourists each year who come enables you to enjoy the best of both worlds, Mojácar, which managed to repel the Moorish to enjoy the Sunshine Coast. Few tourists skiing in the morning, then spending the hordes but finally fell under the determined will take in the culture that Málaga has to afternoon on the beach. It’s a hard life. assault of both foreign residents and the offer, instead, charging like lemmings to the bucket and spade brigade. beaches of Torremolinos, Fuengirola and Costa de Almería To the east, the area of Puerto Vera and its Marbella. If green plastic is your thing, then you’ll nudist beaches is now seeing an upsurge in love the stretch of shore between Granada interest from developers and investors who Costa Tropical province and Almería, home to intensive have learnt the lessons of the Costa del Sol. Head east out of Málaga and as you drive agriculture, typified by row upon row of Projects tend to be both high quality and along the Costa Tropical you’ll find yourself greenhouses growing fruit, vegetables and environmentally friendly and this area marks looking down on a variety of small bays and flowers. the furthest limits of the Andalucian coast’s coves. Although less well known than its East of Almería, however, the scenery eastern borders. SPAIN ANDALUCÍA Costa de Costa de Almería la Luz Costa Tropical Costa del Sol 3 of the Costas The millions of tourists who visit the Costa del Sol and thousands of property owners can’t be wrong Text Joanna Styles Photography Michelle Chaplow & Kevin Horn lose on its heels might Sotogrande to Nerja is built-up to the attractions of other parts of Museum, providing between them be the Costa Blanca with and some resorts now spill into the coast. But no longer. The city, numerous examples of Andalucian a slightly warmer winter each other. But the long sandy Spain’s sixth largest, boasts a newly and Spanish art, are set to open and cheaper property or the beaches in the west and the restored old quarter based around before 2010. Canaries with year-round sunshine, pebbled coves in the east are still the Picasso Museum – here the Theatre goers can enjoy plays, but when it comes to lifestyle there. The stunning mountain visitor can admire a showcase recitals, concerts – Málaga – leisure options, amenities, ranges continue to provide the selection of the city’s most famous has a philharmonic orchestra services and scenery – the Costa backdrop for the entire coast son’s work – and the Alcazaba – and opera at the Cervantes del Sol is in a league of its own. from start to finish and beautiful Fortress, once home to the al- Theatre and shortly at the future Recent development has brought countryside still awaits the visitor Andalus rulers. A stroll around the auditorium. The annual cinema striking changes, but somehow just a short drive away inland. Back old quarter reveals endless small festival is a must for film buffs the Costa del Sol manages to on the coast, life beats in time treasure-trove shops and plenty of – expect to bump into Antonio retain its unique identity. This is with progress – not for nothing bars and restaurants. Start with a Banderas – and the jazz festival in a destination that’s reassuringly is the Costa del Sol known as the copita of local sweet Málaga wine November is one of the oldest in familiar but refreshingly different. California of Europe – but behind and olives in a traditional bodega Spain. The avant-garde Congress the mountains are small white where oak barrels line the walls, Palace with its undulating Two constants villages where tradition still keeps and follow it with the very latest in aluminium and titanium façade Some things never change, of the 21st century firmly at bay. gourmet fusion in one of the many offers the best in exhibitions and course, and two of the Costa del modern restaurants. conferences, including the annual Sol’s main attractions – weather A fresh look ‘Fair of the Villages of Málaga’ and landscape – still live up to Most resorts have undergone Culture Capital where, in the huge contemporary expectations. The sun shines a welcome facelift over the last Málaga is a firm candidate for exhibition halls, you can discover for more than 325 days a year few years – town centres are European Capital of Culture in the traditional ways of life that still and T-shirts are worn even in pedestrian-friendly, trees and 2016, but you don’t have to wait thrive just a few miles inland. December and January. It does palms line their streets, car parking that long: the city already offers pour occasionally, but never for is plentiful and façades boast an impressive cultural calendar. Moving with the times long, and there’s even sometimes new paint. Almost everywhere For art enthusiasts, as well as the It’s hard to believe that not so a sprinkling of snow on the breathes a fresh new look, but the Picasso Museum, Málaga offers long ago, donkeys were the main surrounding peaks.