7 days in Spain (Region of Andalusia)

This post is a round up post from our latest travels to Andalusia, region in Spain in June 2016. 

It also has been our second visit to Spain, at the end of 2014 we explored another region here - Catalonia, see My Spain + Andorra Travel Guide

Spain definitely is a country worth to visit and explore slowly (region after region). Now, looking back on our travels across Andalusia - amazing.

In short in 7 days we visited 5 countries (Latvia, Germany, Spain, Gibraltar and Norway). With most of the time spent in Spain. Our Spain part trip started and ended at Malaga. We rented a nice car there and headed through the beaches of Costa del Sol towards city of Cadiz, enjoyed finest Iberian steak at Jerez. Visited small town fairs. Wandered around city of Seville and last but not least discovered beauty of amazing rock formations at El Torcal.

There are two things I will remember the most - That fine Iberian steak mix at Meson del Asador Restaurant in Jerez de la Frontera and our search for El Torcal

​Not to speak more, here are 46 places from our trip

Map & Itineary

Hotel Parasol Garden Review in Torremolinos, Spain

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Playamar beach in Torremolinos

Playamar beach was located close to our hotel (Parasol Garden) in Torremolinos. I had a chance to vist this beach (thus no swimming or sunbathing) during a week long travels in Spain. This beach...

Marbella (Playa de la Fontanilla)

Marbella is one of the most important tourist cities of the Costa del Sol (Spain) and throughout most of the year is an international tourist attraction, due mainly to its climate and tourist inf...

Estepona - Flower City in Costa del Sol (Spain)

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Postcards from Spain

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Siempre Igual Tapas Bar in Ronda

We visited Ronda, town in Spain' with one particular goal - to visit and photograph the bridge of Ronda. It was very hot day at start of June. We parked our car in a good distance from our destin...

Puente Nuevo (Ronda Bridge)

The Puente Nuevo (New Bridge) or as we called it - Ronda Bridge is the newest and largest of three bridges that span the 120-metre (390 ft)-deep chasm that carries the Gu...

Cafe-Bar El Hacho, Gaucin

Cafe-Bar El Hacho in Gaucin proudly bears hundredth cafe name featured on blog. See all the rest 100 restaurant reviews. We made a quick stop here, just shortly we left Ronda (Ronda Bridge) and...

Gibraltar

I have never been to the United Kingdom, today, thus, I had a chance to step a foot on British Overseas territory - Gibraltar. Nope, they are driving the same as in the rest of Europe (left side wheel...

Spooky Images from Tarifa, Spain

We were heading from Gibraltar towards Tarifa, still searching for accommodation for tonight when we were surprised by a natural phenomenon - the mist. Mist rolling over highway Mist rollin...

La Codorniz Hotel Review in Tarifa

We were driving around area of Tarifa, it was getting already dark, we hadn't yet booked any hotel. Our hope was that we will easily book some hotel on site. In fact we made a stop at some 3 roadside...

Bolonia Beach near Tarifa

Bolonia beach or Playa Bolonia is located on the shores of Atlantic Ocean some 20 km west of Tarifa. We got here at the start of June, 2016 early in the morning, just after checked out from La Codorni...

Duna de Bolonia

Duna de Bolonia is located in the Bolonia beach, some 20km west of Tarifa. This dune is over 30 metres high and 200 metres wide, and stands out within the huge system of dunes to which it belongs. Lo...

Sunflower fields in Andalusia, Spain

In today's Piece of Liefe series - Sunflower fields in Spain. We continued our route toward Jerez de la Frontera, when suddenly sunflower fields popped out - we had no choice left, if was time to...

Zahara de los Atunes beach, Spain

This year our trip in Spain took us to many beaches, and so in today's article, meet another excellent beach - Zahara de los Atunes beach near Barbate.  Our today's root...

Ebb in Spain

For the first time in my lifetime I has to chance to see an ebb, or more precisely - the result of an ebb - an empty space in te place where a sea should be. That happened at the start of June, somewh...

Venta El Loro

Venta El Loro is a small tavern located next to the Barbate - Vejer highway, we got here randomly, just passing by. Turned out to be a nice, little tavern, where with the help of sign language (N...

Hotel Exe Guadalete in Jerez de la Frontera Review

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Meson del Asador Restaurant review in Jerez de la Frontera

I now have a new personal favorite restaurant (with the other one been located in Izmir, Turkey - I will cover it in future, when will plan a trip to Turkey) - Meson del Asador in Jerez de la Frontera...

Fair in El Puerto de Santa Maria

Right, its time to continue our latest adventures from our latest Spain trip (visiting region of Andalusia). In today's Piece of Life series a trade fair in small town of El Puerto de Santa Maria. We...

Ferry from El Puerto de Santa Maria to Cadiz

The other day we arrived to El Puerto de Santa Maria just for one reason, we had red in some travel guide, that if approaching from Jerez to Cadiz, a nice option to have is to take a ferry leaving El...

Castle of San Marcos (El Puerto de Santa María)

While waiting for our ferry departing for Cadiz, we had a chance to visit a local fair in El Puerto de Santa Maria). I made some interesting photography here. One of the first tourism objects I notice...

Port of Cadiz Bay

We used Port of Cadiz Bay (Puerto de Cadiz) twice - first for entering from El Puerto de Santa Maria, second for leaving back to, yes you re right, back to the El Puerto Santa Maria again. At Reina V...

Postcards from Cadiz

My latest trip to Spain took us to the sunny and astonishing city of Cadiz. In today's Piece of Life series - a fraction, os simply Postcards from Cadiz. Square in Cadiz Cádiz is a city and p...

The Bell Tower of Cadiz Cathedral

I don't know how many popular tourism objects in Spain's Cadiz there are, but the Cathedral of Cadiz and it's bell tower should be among them for sure. We visited Cadiz for couple of hours in June 20...

Cathedral of Cadiz

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Hotel Review - Leflet Valme in Dos Hermanas, Spain

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Plaza de España in Seville

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Postcards from Seville, Spain

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Restaurant El Arador, Estepa, Spain

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Flamingo Lagoon near Fuente de Piedra in Spain

I'm not into bird photography at all, but idea visiting one of the Worlds largest Flamingo lagoons today sounded great. We were on our 4th or 5th day traveling around region of Andalusia in Spain. So...

In The Searches For El Torcal - Wilderness in Spain

In the searches for el Torcal is a story worth to mention and complement with amazing (IMHO) travel photography - say - Wilderness of Spain Earlier today I practiced for the first time as a...

El Torcal de Antequera

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Hotel Los Dolmenes in Antequera, Spain

Hotel Los Dolmenes in Antequera is among my favorite hotels I have stayed so far.  We booked this hotel during our latest trip in Spain (a week in Andalusia) in June 2016. Set in the olive...

Lazy Day in Beach (Torremolinos, Spain)

It was on our last day from trip to Spain (region of Andalusia). Our trip ended at the same point where it started at Malaga, or more precisely at Torremolinos. We checked in at hotel, left our belong...

Hotel Zen Airport Torremolinos, Spain

Hotel Zen is a 3-star hotel located in Torremolinos, Spain - a good location, pretty close to the Malaga airport. We booked Hotel Zen as our last hotel during our week long travels in Spain...

Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport

Málaga Airport, officially Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport is the fourth busiest airport in Spain after Madrid–Barajas, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca. It is an i...