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Hotel Accommodation in Andalusia


Spanish Holiday Hotels, Villas & Apartments in Andalucia
including Seville, Malaga, Marbella, Torremolinos, Cadiz, Granada, Fuengirola, Estepona and the Spanish Costas of Andalusia

A popular holiday destination for UK tourists with abundant hotels and holiday accommodation, Andalusia (in Spanish "Andalucia") is an autonomous community of Spain and famed for its Moorish architecture and culture. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Kingdom of Spain. Its capital and largest city is Seville. The region is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cadiz, Cordoba, Malaga, Jaen, Granada and Almeria. A very popular holiday destination with many apartments and hotels for holidaymakers. Source: Wikipedia

Map of Andalucia region of Spain Copyright © John Moss 2009
Map of Andalucia Copyright © John Moss 2009


Seville

Seville (Sevilla) is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville and situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir. The population of the city was 704,198 in 2010, making it the fourth largest city in Spain. The Moorish aesthetic and urban influences are very evident in this beautiful city and are a source of tourism to the region. The Cathedral, Alcazar and Archivo de Indias are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Origin of the famous Seville oranges whose trees line many of its streets and squares around this historic city.

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Cadiz

Cádiz is a city and port in south-western Spain, the capital of one of eight provinces which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia. Cadiz is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the Iberian Peninsula and possibly all south-western Europe, and has been a principal home of the Spanish Navy since the 18th century. Cadiz is a typically Andalusian city with a wealth of attractive vistas and well-preserved historical landmarks. The old city of Cadiz (the so-called 'Casco Antiguo'), within the remnants of the city walls is characterised by the old barrios (quarters), among them El Populo, La Viña, and Santa Maria, which present a marked contrast to the newer areas of town. There are numerous parks where exotic plants flourish, including giant trees supposedly brought to Spain by Columbus from the New World. The old town is characterised by narrow streets connecting squares (plazas), bordered by the sea and by the city walls. Most of the landmark buildings are situated in these plazas.

Malaga

Málaga is a city in Andalusia, whose population in 2009 was counted to be 568,305. It is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain, as well as being the southernmost large city in Europe. It lies on the Costa del Sol (Coast of the Sun) on the Mediterranean coast, just over 62 miles east of Gibraltar and about 81 miles from Africa. Malaga enjoys a subtropical climate offering some of the warmest winters in Europe.

Marbella

Marbella is located by the Mediterranean Sea, in the province of Malaga and with nearby Puerto Banús, are important tourist resorts on the Costa del Sol. Marbella is especially popular with tourists from Northern Europe (including the the British) and is a major destination for luxury cruise ships and ocean going yachts which are also often docked in its harbour. The area is also particularly popular on account of its numerous nearby golf courses. The area is served by the A7 autovia, and the closest airport is at Málaga. Among its many sights worth seeing are the Arabian wall, the Bonsai museum, the old city centre the Playa de la Bajadilla and the Playa de Fontanilla beaches, the Puerto Banús marina, the so-called 'Golden Mile' featuring the Marbella Club Hotel and its beach club, as well as the late King Fahad's palace. Finally, worth a look is Encarnation's Church (Iglesia de la Encarnación), the oldest church in the city.

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Torremolinos

Torremolinos is a Mediterranean municipality on the Costa del Sol, immediately to the west of Malaga, in the autonomous region of Andalusia. Once little more than a poor fishing village its growth in tourism stems from the beginning in the late 1950s, largely due to the influx of British tourists, Torremolinos was the first of the Costa del Sol resorts to develop. Stillvery popular with British tourists the town has a large British expatriate population. In the past the influx of younger British tourists has caused controversy, as did the opening of Spain's first gay bar, which was quickly shut down by the then somewhat repressive Franco regime. Areas of the town are dominated by high-rise development.


Fuengirola

Fuengirola is a large town and municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Malaga and is a major tourist resort, with more than 5 miles of beaches, and home to a medieval Moorish fortress. In common with much of this coast, it has been the subject of considerable urban development. The area enjoys a subtropical Mediterranean climate, with annual average temperatures of 18°C and average summer temperatures of over 30°C. Fuengirola now offers all the facilities to be expected of a major tourist centre: hotels, restaurants, bars, clubs, discos, sports clubs, a yacht harbour and broad beaches along a promenade extending east and west from the town, that includes smaller adjacent villages.

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Estepona

The Municipality of Estepona on the Costa del Sol is located in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. Estepona is renowned for its beaches, which stretch along some 16 miles of coastline. It is a popular resort and holiday destination for British tourists. The official population is around 60,000, although this fluctuates with the arrival of tourists and non-registered foreigners. Thanks to its geographical position Estepona has a micro climate with over 325 days of sunshine per year which makes it a popular all year round holiday destination including two EC Blue Flag beaches, a modern sports marina with many tapas bars and restaurants as well as a white-walled town offering shopping and picturesque squares.

Cordoba

Córdoba (sometimes also 'Cordova') is the capital of the province of Córdoba. An Iberian and Roman city in ancient times. Also in the Middle Ages it was capital of an Islamic caliphate. Its old town contains many impressive architectural reminders of when Corduba, the capital of Hispania Ulterior during the Roman Republic and capital of Hispania Baetica during the Roman Empire governed almost all of the Iberian peninsula. It has been estimated that in the 10th - 11th centuries Cordoba was the most populous city in the world, and arguably the intellectual centre of Europe.Today it is a moderately-sized modern city with a population of about 325,453. It is said to have the highest maximum temperatures in Europe, exceeding 40 °C occasionally. Local minimum summer temperature is 27 °C, the highest in Spain and Europe. It is also the second largest old town in Europe, the largest urban area in the world, and was named a World Heritage by UNESCO. Its most important building and symbol of the city is the Great Mosque of Córdoba and current cathedral.

Granada

The city of Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, Beiro, Darro and Genil, yet only one hour from the Mediterranean, the Costa Tropical. The Alhambra, a Moorish citadel and palace, is in Granada. It is one of the most famous items of the Islamic historical legacy that makes Granada a hot spot among cultural and tourist cities in Spain. The most artistic wealth of Granada is the Spanish-Muslim art, in particular, the palace city of the Alhambra and the Generalife, the latter a pleasure palace with a romantic garden, remarkable both for its location and arrangement as for the diversity flowers, plants and fountains. The Alhambra is the culmination of the Nasrid art, work that was done in the 13th and 14th centuries.

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