Category Archives: Local Interest

Almazara restaurant at Cortijo Grande

We had a very nice lunch here. The restaurant is the club house for the golf course and is in a setting that is hard to beat. The owners were extremely friendly and the home cooked food very good. Well … Continue reading

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We’ve lived here for 9 years and still love it.

Tomorrow we have lived at Finca Arboleda for 9 years. I was lazing by the pool, it’s 24º, eating a freshly picked mandarin and thinking it doesn’t get much better than this. But the only problem is this is our … Continue reading

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Starlings

Around Olive picking time we get large flocks of hungry Starlings which are amazing to watch. These pictures were on Tom’s folder where I took the Olive pictures from so I thought I’d share them. Thanks Tom!

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Olive picking 2012

Well we did pick the Olives in November, not a great yield this year 16.6% due to the heavy rain at the end of September which the olives absorbed. As you can see from the pictures the weather wasn’t great … Continue reading

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2013 already!

A happy new year to all guests past and future. 2012 started with a very dry winter/spring which continued into the hottest, driest summer for 40 years. As the rest of the world seems to be experiencing freak weather, here … Continue reading

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Doctor Who has landed

Doctor Who is currently being filmed down the road in Tabernas, scene of the old Spaghetti westerns and many more, link. Matt Smith is Doctor Who, what happened to Tom Baker?

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Olive Oil 2011 now ready.

Well after much fighting with and learning how to make labels we now have our 2011 range ready. More text and pictures are here.  

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Perfect for Golf

We have 5 golf courses within easy reach of Finca Arboleda and with the weather still in the mid 20’s it’s a perfect time to make use of them. A guest of ours, John Dempster,  won the mid week competition … Continue reading

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Medieval market in Vera

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Asprodalba facelift

Asprodalba are one of our neighbours, it was the first centre for adults with learning difficulties in Andalucia. They do great work there, in fact, our tiled logo of the Orange trees was made there. Well they’ve given themselves a … Continue reading

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