Moving To Andalusia

If you’re looking for a place to put you’re feet up and be given a warm welcome, you might want to stay at Las Acacias. It’s near the beach in Malaga’s Pedergalejo area and it’s quite cheap. 59 euros buys you a double, 90 even gets you a suite! Las Acacias is run by a [...]

January 17th, 2009 | Category: On the road, Places to stay, Where to eat | Comments (1)

When in Granada, eat Moorish! So after a long day of sight seeing we ended up at Sultan in calle Elvira. It looks a bit run down, and in this off, off season there weren’t very many people there, but the welcome was hearty. The tables look like they’re intended for Snowwhite’s dwarves, and I [...]

January 8th, 2009 | Category: Where to eat | Comments (1)

In the middle of Orgiva is a garden filled with orange trees. When the weather’s fine you can sit under a tree and enjoy a beer (beerfans: they serve Erdinger Weissbier!) and some of the finest pizza in La Alpujarra. Of late, the weather gods have not been kind to me in La Alpujarra: today [...]

January 2nd, 2009 | Tags: La Almazara, La Alpujarra, Orgíva, Orgiva La Almazara, pizzeria, restaurants in La Alpujarra | Category: Where to eat | Comments (1)

Trevelez is renowned for at least two things: it’s the highest village in Spain and it has ham. Tons and tons of ham. When you walk into Meson Joaquín the ham-aspect is obvious: the place is packed, wall to wall, with cured hams. And from the outside you can see there’s at least another floor [...]

December 24th, 2008 | Tags: jamon, La Alpujarra, Meson Joaquín, restaurants, Trevelez | Category: Where to eat | Comments (2)