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A massive plan on improving tourism infrastructure was developed in Granada. The city authorities in the person of the mayor of Granada José Torres Hurtado offered an unusual project, which should facilitate the tourists to travel easily to the main attractions.

On October 12, 2011 near the coast of the Spanish city of Almeria located in the south-east of the country will start the 8th stage of the Extreme Sailing regatta series. Extreme Sailing Series is a unique project, where the best professional sailing teams compete with each other on similar sailing catamarans Extreme 40, which can reach the speed 70 km/h (maximum for sailing ships).

Unique Spanish climatic conditions allow growing the widest range of table olives that have no analogues in the world. The best-known varieties of the Spanish table olives are caserena, manzanilla, gordales and hojiblanca

The congress will be held at the convent of Santa Clara in Seville. The program of the Congress includes three specialized seminars, industry meetings and round tables.

On September 25, 2011 the last Catalonian bullfight will be held in Barcelona. From January 1, 2012 in this region of Spain comes into force the official ban on bullfighting.

The cave in Torremolinos - one of the most famous resorts on the Costa del Sol - presented Spanish archaeologists a surprising discovery. Here was found the Neanderthal site, which age is more than 150 000 years.

In the Jaen province in Andalusia tourists spend more money than in any other province of this Spanish region. The average amount of daily expenditures per tourist in Jaen last summer season was 94 Euros. At the same time, the average daily expenditures in whole Andalusia are about 65 Euros per tourist.

Even at the end of the 2011 summer season Malaga in Spain continues to demonstrate enviable "form". It is about the hotels of the Andalusia province, which despite the information about the crisis in the Spanish tourism industry continue to be erected on the Costa del Sol - the main holiday region of Malaga.

Top hotels in Seville - there are hundreds of ratings with this name. And everyone wants to be the most objective and honest. The Spanish company Iberalta, which specializes in travel consulting, succeeded in determining the best hotels in Seville a little further than others. All ingenious is simple - Iberalta identified the very best hotels in Seville by 24 000 reviews on three popular portals - booking.com, tripadvisors.com and trivago.com.

Spain might never see opening of the first 7-star hotel in the country. Bahía Fenicia Hotel is a luxury hotel, which should be built at Almuñécar resort, between Costa del Sol and Costa Tropical, is in the center of scandal

La Patum de Berga is a unique grand celebration, which takes place in the Catalan city of Berga from Thursday to Sunday during the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ (in 2011 it falls on June 23). Its roots lie in the distant past, when during the holiday in the city marched a procession of priests, who were reading the Holy Scriptures.

Granada in June is one of the loudest and richest in events cities of Andalusia and Spain. In early summer in Granada are held already three holidays, which made the city and the province popular outside Spain. Holiday in Granada in June is a kind of extravaganza, where are intertwined religion and creativity. And, of course, renting of apartments in Granada in June is honorable for any tourist.

Resorts of Costa del Sol, the main resort coast of Andalusia, are seeking new ways to attract tourists to its beaches. Among the latest innovations that will soon be available at such resorts as Torremolinos, Benalmadena and Fuengirola are "childfree" hotels or "hotels without children."

One of the best areas for investment at all times has been investing money in real estate. And most preferable objects for such investments are resort property. Because of the global financial crisis activity in this business area was reduced substantially, but at present the situation in most European countries has changed significantly.

This season tourism in Spain due to instability in North Africa can significantly improve its performance compared with last year. Many tourists prefer resorts in Spain to Egypt or Tunisia.

Despite the rainy weather, resort hotels on Costa del Sol demonstrated quite successful figures. Semana Santa or the Holy Week is the Easter eve in Spain, which is also the first marker of the state of the tourism industry before the summer season.

The Fifth International Film Festival of independent cinema (Ibiza International Film Festival) will take place on Ibiza from 4 to 8 of May.

Those, who plan to stay in Seville in May should remember about the largest street fair in La Feria de Abril on May 3.

Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka won the WTA Marbella tournament, which was held at the Spanish resort from 4 to 11 April 2011.

Beaches of the Fuengirola resort, one of the most popular places of summer holidays in Spain in Costa Del Sol, will be reconstructed to meet universal norms. The city administration of Fuengirola has decided to reconstruct all beaches of the resort accord

Holidays in Andalusia will be presented at special seminars in Kuwait, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Doha. Tourist Department of Andalusia plans to offer its products to 200 tour operators and travel agencies of the Middle East states.

In Malaga in few days will be held a solemn presentation of the Carmen Thyssen museum, which even before the opening is called one of the most interesting and vibrant exhibitions of painting in Andalusia.

Malaga, one of the largest tourist centers of Spain, intends to attract tourist attention not only with its airport and opportunities for recreation. "Gateway to the Costa del Sol", Malaga wishes to offer its candidacy to host the Oscar ceremony.

Hilton Hotel Corporation announced its intention to open the first luxury Waldorf Astoria hotel in Spain. Hacienda La Boticaria hotel near Seville expects rebranding, after which it will open its doors under the updated name - Waldorf Astoria Sevilla at L

Spain is struggling with the consequences of riots in Libya, which resulted in sharply increased prices for oil and stopping of the Libyan oil flow to Europe. In order to reduce gasoline consumption Spanish authorities from March 2011 introduced new speed

Beaches in Marbella were named the best in Spain. Survey of the resort regions of the country with the best reputation was carried out by Oak Power Communication company, which examined the views about beach holidays in Spain among 600 journalists around

Tourism in Spain can benefit from unrest in Arab countries. According to the AFP news agency the flow of tourists heading for holidays to Spain, can markedly increase in the near future.

Yesterday morning, on February 6, 2011, in Andalusia on the coast of the Costa del Sol at the age of 58 years passed away the legendary Irish singer and rock guitarist, blues-rock star Gary Moore. The musician was found dead in the room of the luxury hote

The government of Andalusia intends to be one of the first in Spain to impose sanctions against institutions that violate came in January 2011 law banning smoking in public places.

On February 15, 2011 in the capital of Tenerife (the largest island of the Canary archipelago) - Santa Cruz de Tenerife, will be started a grand cultural event - Canary Islands Carnival. To date, the Carnival is the biggest and brightest carnival in Europ