THE Health Ministry has been forced into an embarrassing U-turn after ordering the closure of two of Andalucia’s best beaches in the heart of summer. The volte-face comes just days after the ministry ordered that El Carmen, in Barbate, and Los Castillejos, in Canos de Meca, shut after finding traces of sewage in the water. [...]

HE’S travelled all over the world championing the best ingredients and producers, but now English celebrity chef Rick Stein has turned his attention to Spain. The restauranteur has just launched a new book Rick Stein’s Spain, along with accompanying television series, highlighting some of the best authentic food and places to eat. The culinary guide [...]

SPAIN and Morocco have signed an unprecedented cross-border agreement protecting a biosphere reserve. The agreement has been formed in a bid to encourage sustainable development in the Mediterranean Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve established by UNESCO in 2006. The 907,185 hectare area which stretches into the Malaga and Cadiz provinces incorporates the natural parks of the Sierra [...]

As the British media follow up our story on the plans to ‘develop’ virgin El Palmar beach on the Costa de Luz, Harriet Alexander takes a look at the storm that’s brewing on the coast…

THE EU has stepped in to investigate a controversial plan that would see one of Andalucía’s last virgin beaches destroyed by urban speculation. By Wendy Williams The European Commission is investigating whether to oppose the scheme to build a twin hotel complex at El Palmar, near Vejer de la Frontera. Over 50,000 signatures have so [...]

  The luxury product, also known as ‘pearls of Aphrodite’ due to its circular shape and pearly colour, comes from the eggs of a type of snail, native to Latin America IT is the latest hot ingredient being used in haute cuisine. By Wendy Williams And now a Cadiz-based company is the first in Spain [...]

A GROUP of conservationists – joined by Environmental Minister Jose Juan Trillo (far left) – gazed on as six rare Hermit ibises were released in Cadiz.

PRESIDENT of Greenpeace Spain, Juan Lopez de Uralde tells Green Guide publisher Jon Clarke about his favourite natural escapes in Spain.

JON Clarke takes a ride down Andalucia’s most alluring, unspoilt coastline the Costa de la Luz – or the ‘The Coast of Light’ of Cadiz.

RECLINE among the broom and mimosa in your Mexican hammock on one of the last wild coastlines of Andalucia. Casas Karen is one of the most laid back and relaxing places to
stay in southern Spain.

Despite kestrel population figures plummeting in recent years, pigeon numbers have been flying up across Andalucia. And now the Junta has unveiled a strategy which is set to readdress the bird balance.