Creamfields Music Festival in Andaulcia 2011

Creamfields Andalucía returns in 2011 with an almighty line up and an extra day.

Creamfields is a dance music DJ festival which takes place all over the world and is organised by Cream club in Liverpool and this is the second year running for Creamfields Andalucia.

The festival, which takes place on Saturday 13 August & Sunday 14 August 2011 will see acts including The Prodigy, Armin Van Buuren, Paul Van Dyk, Richie Hawtin, 2 Many DJs live, Paul Kalkbrenner live, Laurent Garnier and the Bloody Beetroots perform at the festivals brand new site Circuit of Jerez in Cádiz.

Along with the addition of an extra day and a new site, the festival now offers camping facilities adjacent to the festival.

 

Saturday 15th August 2011

THE PRODIGY (only date in Spain) + PAUL VAN DYK + 2MANYDJS live! + PAUL KALKBRENNER live! + ERIC PRYDZ +FELIX DA HOUSECAT + TIGA + SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO dj set + AZARI & III + MARKUS SCHULZ + ALEX UNDER + MARC MARZENIT live! + UNDO + BRIAN CROSS + GONÇALO + LOLLYPOP + MR. CHAGAR + HORACIO CRUZ + JUANMI LINARES.

Sunday 14th August 2011

ARMIN VAN BUUREN + RICHIE HAWTIN + LAURENT GARNIER presents LBS + BLOODY BEETROOTS DEATH CREW 77 + UMEK + GARETH EMERY + HYBRID SOUNDSYSTEM + JAMES HOLDEN + FEED ME + GAISER live! + AGORIA + DELOREAN + HENRY SAIZ live! + PAUL RITCH live! + BLAKE JARRELL + JOHN TALABOT + MIGUEL ARRIETA live! + JAVY UNION . 

For tickets and more information go to their website (in Spanish)

Andalucian village is painted blue for new Smurf film

Malaga is famous for its “pueblo blancos”, the little white villages dotted across Andalucia’s mountains. But now Sony Studios have painted Júzcar, near Ronda in Málaga, bright blue, to celebrate the upcoming release of the new Smurf movie.

Juzcar is the world’s first Smurf Village and was chosen by Sony as the location for the film’s premiere. It took a dozen painters and over 4,000 ligres of bright blue paint to paint over the village’s traditional white houses and turn them into blue Smurf homes.

“The Smurfs 3D” is released next month, and it’s a comedy hybrid of live action and animation, where the little blue creatures mingle with real life actors. It’s release date in the UK is on 29th July.

Th Smurf Village which is 113 kilometres from Malaga, will stays blue until September. After that, Sony will repaint the whole village white again.

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The Resident June 2011

The Resident is a bilingual newspaper for Estepona, Casares, Manilva and San Roque on Spain's western Costa del Sol. With news, sport, information, property, entertainment and much more. Out every month.

The Resident June 2011

Doñana National Park in Andalucia: gateway to nature

A clip of the Doñana National Park with nearly 3,000km of pine groves, unspoilt beaches and marshes.

Doñana National Park is located in Andalusia, in the provinces of Huelva, and covers 543 km² (337.41 mi²), of which 135 km² (83.89 mi²) are a protected area. The park is an area of marsh, shallow streams, and sand dunes in Las Marismas, the Guadalquivir River Delta region where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The original area was established in 1963 when the World Wildlife Fund joined with the Spanish government and purchased a section of marshes to protect it. There has been a constant threat to the eco-system, that of drainage of the marshes, the use of river water to boost agricultural production by irrigating land along the coast, and the expansion of tourist facilities. In 2011, an archaeological team proposed that the lost city of Atlantis was once located in what are now the swamps of the Doñana National Park having been destroyed by a tsunami.

Tivoli World Amusement Park in Benalmádena

    

The biggest theme park on the Costa del So and really good fun for everyone, there are currently 27 rides including merry-go-rounds, drop tower, giant ferris wheel, go-karts, mini train, water slides, mystery ship, pony express. 
You can purchase a special pass (SuperTivolino) that allows unlimited use of the attractions included in its offer. There are children's shows, flamenco shows, restaurants, shops and gardens and the park is open until 2:00 am in the summer.   Link to Tivoli site 

Malaga Airport to change it's name to Malaga Airport Costa del Sol

The Official State Bulletin (BOE) which was published yesterday, gave information on the change of the official name ‘Malaga Airport’ to ‘Malaga Airport Costa del Sol‘ from now on.

The idea started over a year ago with the Association of Hoteliers in the Costa del Sol (Aehcos), who viewed the change of name as being a great enhancement in the promotion of this area to tourists. The new name links the Costa del Sol, which is internationally recognized, with the first class infrastructure of Malaga airport, which is also highly appreciated.

The airport will also change the AGP code (as the airport is known) into SOL (SUN). In this regard, the airport codes are decided by the international organization for air transport - International Air Transport Association (IATA). This is a three letter code designating each airport in the world. In the case of SOL the proposal is feasible as it is not being registered for any other terminal.

Malaga is a very modern airport; in fact, last year opened the T3, which was a vast improvement on the quality of facilities available to travellers.

Malaga Airport to change it's name to Malaga Airport Costa del Sol

Malaga, with 27 blue flags, the most recognized province in Andalucia

The Blue Flag is an international distinctive that rewards compliance with established standards such as accessibility, water quality and environmental information for users or respect for the established law.

Andaluciain 2011 has won 81 Blue Flags, according to the Association of Environmental and Consumer Education responsible for the distinctions.

        

By provinces, Malaga is the one with more flags, exactly 27 (22 beaches and 5 ports), followed by Cadiz, with 23. Andalusia, on the other hand, is the region with more miles of blue flag beaches, with a total 112.2 kilometres. Note that the average length of the beaches on the Andalusian coast is three times the national average with about 1,800 square meters.

Fuengirola has three beaches awarded with the Blue Flag: Las Gaviotas-Los Boliches, San Francisco and Santa Amalia. Marbella has four Blue Flag beaches: Rio Verde, Cabo Pino, Casablanca and San Pedro.

The town of  Estepona has two blue flags on the shores of La Rada and El Padron. Benalmádena has four beaches listed in the list of Blue Flags 2011:

Carvajal, Fuente de la Salud, Torrevigia and Santa Ana.

So does Nerja on the eastern Costa del Sol, which keeps among the selected beaches La Torrecilla, Burriana, Maro and El Playazo. Velez Málaga also keeps the blue flag beach in Benajarafe beach and Torrox won two blue flags for the beaches of Ferrara and El Morch.

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