Andalucía
Eight hundred miles of white villages, three cities that would each carry a country on their own, and a coastline that goes from sublime to unspeakable in about forty minutes of driving. Knowing which is which is the whole game.
Hotels reviewed here
Hotel Tarifa Lances: the pool, the strait, and the best dusk in Cadiz province
A hundred and five rooms on Los Lances beach, newly under the Radisson Individuals badge, with a terrace that looks across to Morocco and a rate that still belongs to the old Tarifa.
Read first
Seville or Granada: which one, if you only have time for one
The most common question about a first trip to Andalucia, and the answer is not the one people expect. Weather, eating, hills and what each city is actually for.
The best beaches in Cadiz, and which one is worth the drive
Two hundred kilometres of Atlantic that the package holiday never reached, because of the wind. Six beaches on the Costa de la Luz, and what each one is actually for.
Costa de la Luz or Costa del Sol: which coast is yours
Ninety minutes apart and not the same holiday at all. One is the most developed coast in Spain, the other is protected dune and pine, and the difference is a wind that blows for four days at a time.
Where to stay in Seville, by the street you want to wake up on
Santa Cruz is beautiful and full. Alameda is where people actually eat. Triana is ten minutes further and a third cheaper. Five districts, and what each one costs you.
Five things to see in Málaga, and the order to see them in
Most people pass through Málaga on the way to somewhere worse. The city has quietly become the most interesting stop on this coast, and two days is enough to prove it.
The Alhambra deserves the fuss, and the booking system deserves the complaints
The most visited monument in Spain is also the one most people get wrong. What it actually is, why it survived, and the one mistake that ruins the day.