Seville

One of the very best excursions you could try while staying on the Costa del Sol is the day trip to Seville. Sights to see here are the Plaza de Espania, Barrio Santa Cruz which is a maze of narrow cobbled streets, Alcazar, Jardins de Murillo and the Cathedral with its Giralda tower, here you can climb the stairs to the top for spectacular views of the city.

Seville is said to be the place where the Spanish tradition of tapas were invented, this is now a favorite pass time of many locals and visitors to Spain. Every one has their own favourite tapas bar where you can order a drink and get a free tapa, some bars even allow you choose from their selection. There's certainly no need to go hungry in Spain or thirsty for that matter!

Nerja

In complete contrast to the white washed homes of the locals are these very colourful shops and arcades tucked away in the narrow streets. Many of the shops sell exclusive items which you wont find in any other store, such as paintings done by local artists and various local hand made goods, these items always make a nice gift to take back home for friends or relations.

A Taste of Spain.

Spain is to set up promotional campaigns in Britain to try boost tourism for this year. The reason behind this is the 22% drop in bookings from the UK market during the first 3 months of this year
''A Taste of Spain'' promotions are to be held in open air festivals in large cities such as London & Edinburgh. These will include all things which we associate with Spain, such as Flamenco Dancers, Spanish horses will be performing and giant paellas will be on the festival menus!

Estepona - Costa del Sol

One of the quieter resorts on the Costa del Sol is situated 75km down the coast from Malaga airport. Maybe this is the reason it still retains much of its fishing village character, with none of the high rise apartment blocks as seen in other resorts along the coast.
In the older part of town is where you will find the typical white washed homes of the locals, with their flower filled balconies and the decorative wrought iron gateways.

To the west of the seafront is the marina where you can stroll around the magnificent yachts moored here, and also early in the morning see the fishing boats land their catch and see the auction taking place.