FESIVAL COUNTDOWN

We’re a couple of hours away from the Festival inaugural hoo-hah. It would be a waste of time for us to put up today’s programme here when you can check it easily on the Festival Website in English. But we did anyway - click on the picture. A note to our readers: Given that Prospero [...]

FESTIVAL POSTER COLLECTION

Bar-Restaurante La Tasca has, we believe, the only complete collection of framed festival posters, displayed on the dining room wall (click picture to enlarge). It is worth seeing how the festival has developed over the years. And try a tapa of Victoria’s great tortilla de patatas while you’re there…

LA CUADRA

Where eating is a real pleasure (more…)

LA ESTACIÓN

Now, this is it! (more…)

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT…

We caught this photo of the new street at about 1.30am

LAST NIGHT BEFORE THE FESTIVAL

Preparations were well under way: the street by the main square was finished and nice new yellow parking lines were painted; the stages at Llano de la Victoria and Plaza de la Constitución (the main square) were set up ready for the lighting and sound systems today, the volunteers and the municipal band got their [...]

CARNICERÍAS DIEGO PÉREZ

Jimena’s premier butcher (more…)

FIRST FIRE IN THE AREA

Thanks to Capricious for this picture (click to enlarge) of a firefighter helicopter headed towards the hills below Gaucín, where this season’s first fire in the area broke out yesterday afternoon. Let’s hope it’s the last…