SEXY BEDS – SLEEPING IN BUENOS AIRES

Title: Je t´aime…moi non plus
Artist/Group: JANE BIRKIN
We arrived at 10 p.m. to our hotel, which turned out to be very nice but rooms were very small and quite uncomfortable for a one week stay.  We spent the first night at the hotel, but the choice was clear, we were leaving the morning after to another [...]

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DO’S AND DON’TS FOR MARBELLA

 
 

Next day we had a little talk during breakfast and decided to stay in Marbella for one more day only and then pack and leave. Besides going to the beach and walking around Puerto Banus and the Old Town, there is very little to do in Marbella unless your aim is just beach and food. [...]

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OUR FIRST DAY IN MARBELLA

 
Title: Si tu no estas aqui
Artist/Group: Rossana

Our first day was all about discovery. First thing was the beach, a five minute walk from our hotel.  At noon and after a full morning of lazing on the beach we  set off in our beach wraps for a walk along the “Paseo Marítimo” to have lunch at [...]

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SLEEPING IN MARBELLA

 
 
Title: 19 dias y 500 noches
Artist/Group: joaquin sabina
A good option is to book a hotel near Puerto Banus, is a nice open area though you will need a car.  From there you may visit the Marbella Town and the Old Quarter, just a few minutes away.  Our hotel was the NH Alanda, situated in [...]

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TEN WAYS TO LOVE ANDALUCIA

 
 
 
 
Smell it.  As soon as you enter the Province of Jaen, you will notice there is something in the air.  Passion, pleasant warmth, the strong scent of olives, the clear blue skies and the soft Mediterranean breeze will now be your travel partners.  
 
Taste it.   The refinement of Arab gastronomy and its influence in exotic [...]

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MAGIC BAEZA

Title: Y sin embargo, te quiero
Artist/Group: Joaquin Sabina
Baeza is one of the most beautiful towns of Andalucia.  http://www.baeza.es/baeza/ May be because of its natural surroundings, may be the scent of olives in the countryside, may be its quiet beauty, may be its Roman, then Moorish past back to 9th Century or its Renaissance buildings from [...]

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SPAIN – DRIVING TO ANDALUCIA

Title: Entre dos aguas
Artist/Group: Paco de Lucia
From Madrid we went down to the south, our destination was Marbella and from there we would explore Andalucía.  Though we could have chosen to go by train, the AVE is now connecting Madrid with Malaga and Sevilla, we agreed that driving would be a good option.  We left [...]

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PEDRAZA – A THOUSAND CANDLES

 
The Candel Concerts (Noche de las Velas)  is a sublime experience that cannot be missed if you happen to be in Madrid on July.  On the first two Saturdays of July no electric lights are allowed and more than 35.000 candles illuminate the town.  Evening classical-music concerts take place in privileged settings as the castle [...]

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MADRID – DAY TRIPS

 
Title: Slowly
Artist/Group: Luis Eduardo Aute 
ESCAPE TO PATONES DE ARRIBA
A short break on the weekends is the perfect choice to discover great routes and small towns not far from Madrid and enjoy peaceful places and great food.  60km away from Madrid, hidden in the Sierra Norte there is a town of legend that once had its [...]

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MADRID – Summer Nights

Title: Derroche
Artist/Group: Ana Belen & Juan Luis Guerra + 440

 
THE TOUCH – SUMMER NIGHTS AT THE THYSSEN
One of the rewards of being in Madrid in summer is to enjoy the Summer Nights Season at the Thyssen Museum. http://www.museothyssen.org/thyssen_ing/home.html  Every night from July 1 to the end of August, the Museum holds temporary exhibits.  [...]

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