While many visitors to Spain like to see the sites on their own two feet, moverse on two wheels is becoming ever more popular and tourism grows. From city-wide cycling lanes to innovative and un...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2017/01/25/bike-friendly-cities-spain/
Andalucía in springtime is perhaps the closest I can get to nirvana. Yes, the azahar flowers met an untimely death in April and my allergies are rampant, but even the short bursts of rain seem m...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2016/05/21/andalusian-festivals-may/
If there is one thing that sleepy Júzcar, a small pueblo blanco at the end of a curving mountain highway near Ronda, can claim, it’s that Smurfs live among them. In this teeny village known fo...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2016/03/08/smurf-village-juzcar-malaga-spain/
Eight years ago, I welcomed my parents to Spain for the first time. They arrived to Málaga via bus after several cancelled flights and a mad scramble to get them from Heathrow to Andalucía befo...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2015/11/16/five-things-malaga/
I roused Laura awake. Due to a miscommunication on exactly when her plane touched down in Seville (a day later than I had expected), I was behind in showing her my Spain. I dragged her out of bed...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2015/07/14/photo-post-ronda-malaga/
The wind whipped by me as the park attendant handed me back my camera, dislodging my lens cap. As if in slow motion, I imagined it careening down the gorge and ending up passing through the hydro...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2015/06/02/el-caminito-del-rey-malaga/
Something hard hit my boob. I watched a rock about the size of a plum careen down the grassy knoll before rolling to a stop. I squinted up at the rock face. There was a lot of mountain to go, and...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2014/03/18/climbing-the-via-ferrata-of-archidona/
Not one to make travel goals, I did make one when coming to Spain: travel to all 17 autonomous communities at least once before going home. While Madrid, Barcelona and Seville are the stars of th...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2014/02/28/spotlight-on-spanish-autonomous-regions-andalucia/
Spain is a country that’s easy to get lost in. I don’t mean the culture or the romanticism – I mean, GPS systems are absolute crap, and it’s easier to end up on the wrong road than it is ...
In the winter months, citrus fruits, figs, mushrooms and chestnuts are ripe and ready to be picked. Olive oil harvests begin, and crops like pumpkins, avocados and leeks begin to pop up in superm...
http://www.sunshineandsiestas.com/2013/12/03/picking-winter-fruit-in-southern-spain/