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Panto season at Salón Varietés, Fuengirola: Jack & the Beanstalk

Panto season at Salón Varietés, Fuengirola: Jack & the Beanstalk

Watch out for some belly laughs and titters, dazzling costumes, and traditional panto mayhem, as it’s Panto season once more at the Salón Varietés, Fuengirola. This year’s spectacular production, Jack and the Beanstalk, runs from Friday, December 19, until Tuesday 23rd. It then returns on January 2nd to Monday 5th. Jack and the Beanstalk is the spectacular production of this …

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Altea: the Costa Blanca’s white-washed, blue-domed, secret.

Forget Benidorm, discover Altea, the Costa Blanca’s beautiful white-washed and blue-domed secret

Forget what you thought you knew about Costa Blanca. Altea is a charming town that has a romantic, slower pace. It’s nestled between the jagged peaks and turquoise waters of the Sierra de Bernia. If you’re anything like me, you crave authenticity on holiday – and that’s exactly what Altea delivers. It is often described as Spain’s most beautiful village, …

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Orson Welles, the heavyweight bullfighter, swapped Beverly Hills to Ronda’s bullring

Heavyweight fan: How Orson Welles swapped Beverly Hills for Ronda’s bullring

THE story of Ronda’s deep connection to Hollywood begins with a local legend: Cayetano Ordoñez (‘El Niño de la Palma’). Born in poverty, the gypsy grew up to earn his nickname from his cobbler’s father who used a palm leaf (La Palma), as a clever shop sign, for an illiterate audience a century ago. When Cayetano achieved fame, he bought …

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