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Golf Macroproject Passed On Costa de la Luz

Golf Macroproject Passed On Costa de la Luz

AN ambitious plan to build an 18-hole golf course, two four-star hotels, 450 homes, 956 apartments and a commercial centre in Barbate has been given the green light. The development, adjacent to the La Breña natural park, has been approved by the Junta after being delayed for several years. The Següesal Golf Resort, which will [...]

August 12th, 2011 | Posted in News | Read More »

Costa de la Luz Mayors Strike A Blow For Offshore Wind Farm Projects

Costa de la Luz Mayors Strike A Blow For Offshore Wind Farm Projects

THREE Costa de la Luz mayors have united to oppose a wind farm scheme a few kilometres offshore. The trio from Conil, Barbate and Vejer insist that the scheme – which would create hundreds of jobs – would ruin the coastline. They claim that the 1,000 megawatt project would also endanger their fishing stocks, if [...]

August 12th, 2011 | Posted in Environment, News | Read More »

Riding The Wind On The Costa de la Luz

Riding The Wind On The Costa de la Luz

JON CLARKE takes a trip along the Costa de la Luz, Andalucia’s most unspoilt, if sometimes rather breezy, coastline. OVERLOOKING rows of vines and a sea of undulating umbrella pines the restaurant high up in the hills above Tarifa is extremely hard to beat. With no signs, apart from a warning that you are entering a [...]

June 25th, 2011 | Posted in Travel | Read More »

Green Victory For Spain

Green Victory For Spain

By Jon Clarke and Wendy Williams ONE of Spain’s last unspoilt stetches of coastline has been saved from two huge megaprojects. Environmentalists on the Costa de la Luz are overjoyed that both schemes – a 200m euro port expansion for Tarifa and a golf development in Vejer – have been turned down by the Junta. [...]

April 27th, 2011 | Posted in Environment, News | Read More »

El Palmar Hotel Complex Battle Reaches High Court

El Palmar Hotel Complex Battle Reaches High Court

A DESPERATE battle is being waged in the high court to stop a developer from building a macroproject next to the Trafalgar lighthouse. Environmentalists insist that the plans to build the huge hotel complex next to one of Spain’s last virgin beaches on the Costa de la Luz have been passed illegally. They claim that [...]

March 12th, 2011 | Posted in Environment, News | Read More »

Andalucia’s Most Up-To-Date Travel Guides For Southern Spain

Andalucia’s Most Up-To-Date Travel Guides For Southern Spain

LOOKING for somewhere to explore this weekend? There is nothing better than having all the latest insider knowledge to pinpoint the hottest new restaurant, or most charming local hotel. Written exclusively by our team of local journalists and writers – including celebrities such as Driving Over Lemons author Chris Stewart (‘All about the Alpujarras’) or [...]

February 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Travel | Read More »

Virgin Beach Gets ‘Urbanised’

Virgin Beach Gets ‘Urbanised’

PLANS to develop the stretch of virgin coastline around El Palmar have come a step closer after it was announced that the area will become officially ‘urbanised’ this month. Vejer town hall has approved the installation of basic infrastructure and services for the small, low-rise hamlet on the Costa de la Luz. It lays the [...]

November 7th, 2010 | Posted in News | Read More »

Seeing the Light

Seeing the Light

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.

June 8th, 2010 | Posted in Travel | Read More »