Tourist Information For Your Holiday

The official website of The Andalucian Tourist Board:
http://www.andalucia.org/

Marbella:

Marbella is the home of the rich and beautiful, the choice of the glitterati. The town is chic and modern and boasts more than 28 kilometres of beach. In the exclusive harbour of Puerto Banus, you will find yourself rubbing shoulders with the rich and with the stars of show biz. Everywhere you look there are designer boutiques and high-class restaurants and some of the most expensive yachts in the world are moored up in the marina. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia holds parties here as does Sean Connery, who incidentally spends most of the year in the town. And it goes without saying that Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas (who comes from Malaga) have a villa here. Even the Mayor, who has been involved in one scandal after the next and who has had charges of fraud and embezzlement brought against him - there are also court proceedings relating to other crimes, too - even he is part of the daily life and character of Marbella. This town offers first-class service in every field and is imbued with a cosmopolitan flair like no other place along the coast.

The Old Town of Marbella is made up of small, winding streets and passageways and, when strolling along the Plaza de los Naranjos, it is very easy to quickly forget the hustle and bustle of the main quarter of Marbella with its busy hotels, lively marinas and congested streets.

Alhambra:

If you wish to visit the Alhambra Palace in Granada, we recommend that you book via a travel agency or that you make an advance reservation with "Bono turistico Granada": Click here.
Depending on the time of year, it could be impossible to get tickets on the spot because of their restricted allocation or there could be long queues that would lead to hours of waiting.

Morocco (Ceuta, Tetouan, Tangier):

It is also advisable to use a travel agency if you wish to plan a day-trip to Morocco. In this way, crossing the border, travelling to the port of departure in an air-conditioned bus and the ferry crossing itself will all become considerably more straightforward.

Important Festivals:

The annual climax of all Spanish festivities is without a doubt the "Semana Santa." This begins the week before Easter and continues right through the entire Easter period. Even in the smallest of towns, processions take place every day to celebrate this festival. The most impressive throughout the whole of Spain, however, are the Easter processions held in Seville and Malaga.

Summertime in Andalucia sees the celebrating of the Feria - a kind of travelling fair that only begins as night falls (around 9 pm at the earliest). It entails much more though than the usual fairground hurly-burly. Explosive flamenco performances and extravagant firework displays turn a visit to the Feria celebrations into an unforgettable experience.

New Year's Eve is also celebrated in a big way in Andalucia. In the town centre of Marbella, as in the town centres of every other town and city, throngs of people congregate at midnight to herald in the New Year together.