“So just how should a jobbing environmental journalist and an environmental consultant travel from southwest France to southern Spain for an eight-day holiday, a couple of months before a massive global meeting in Copenhagen intended to try to cut global carbon dioxide emissions?…” Read on to find out just how Patrick Chalmers and Natacha Yellachic [...]
Posts Tagged ‘andalucia’
From Montbrun, France to Vejer by train
Posted in 2009 Summer & Autumn, tagged andalucia, Hotel La Casa del Califa, train, travel on November 1, 2009 |
Arte Naif en Los Balcones, Vejer de la Frontera
Posted in 2009 Summer & Autumn, tagged andalucia, Art, Art at Los Balcones, Arte Naif, El Jardin del Califa, Vejer de la Frontera on August 24, 2009 |
This week a new exhibition opens at our rooftop gallery in Vejer. There is no better place to relax with a cool drink overlooking the town and rolling hills as the sun sets. Art on the outside and art on the inside… Artisits at the exhibiton include: Tessa Domene Morris, Menchu García Rendeles, Manuel Gómez Arce, [...]
Vejer.com 2009
Posted in 2009 Summer & Autumn, tagged alojamiento, andalucia, El Palmar de Vejer, holiday fun, Kitesurf, Los Caños de Meca, Vejer, Vejer de la Frontera, Vejer.com on August 6, 2009 |
We first launched Vejer.com in 1999 and it has long been the online reference point for our wonderful town. A decade later we have completely rebuilt the site with a whole host of useful features. Other than all the great information perhaps the most useful is our Events calendar… Have a look around the site… And [...]
Dentro del Aljibe…
Posted in 2009 Summer & Autumn, tagged Algibe, andalucia, Art, Califa, El Jardin del Califa, Hotel La Casa del Califa on July 22, 2009 |
The Casa del Califa has 6 traditional cisterns (algibes) of which two are now in use for storing water. The largest cistern has been relined and restored last week. Below are the definitions for the word in english (origins are greek) and for the spanish (origins are arab). This cistern is at least 600 years [...]
KPWT World Championships in Tarifa
Posted in 2009 Summer & Autumn, tagged andalucia, Discover Andalucia, El Palmar, holiday fun, holidays, Hotel La Casa del Califa, Kitesurf, Los Caños de Meca, riding on July 6, 2009 |
A few pics from this weekends kitesurfing world championships in Tarifa. Tarifa is just a short drive from Vejer and a great day out – surfing or not! Unas cuantas fotos del campeonato del mundo que celebraron este fin de semana en Tarifa. Las plyas de Tarifa estan cerca de Vejer. Perfectas para pasar el [...]
On the beach – Zahara de los Atunes
Posted in 2009 Summer & Autumn, Uncategorized, tagged andalucia, Hotel La Casa del Califa, Hotel Vejer, playa, Vejer, Vejer de la Frontera, Zahara de los Atunes on June 23, 2009 |
Yesterday at Chiringuito Los Sueños at the Atlanterra end of Zahara beach. Great food, good music and a fabulous beach! Ayer en el chiringuito Los Sueños. Para llegar hay que ir hacía Atlanterra y el chiringuito esta señalizado cuando ya estas en el termino municipal de Tarifa. Comida muy buena, música ‘chill’ y una playa [...]
Vejer de la fashionistas
Posted in 2009 Summer & Autumn, Uncategorized, tagged andalucia, El Jardin del Califa, Media, Press, Vejer, Vejer de la Frontera on June 4, 2009 |
Andalucias’s premier english language paper features this week a 12-page special pull out. Interviewing Jon Clarke the editor for this blog Jon told me “we were going to do a 5 page special but Vejer is so special we extended it to 12 pages”… Click the link to see the full article and an interview [...]
Hotels with the Mostest…
Posted in 2009 Winter & Spring, Uncategorized, tagged andalucia, Cafe Central, Califa, holidays, Hotel La Casa del Califa, Hotel Vejer, Vejer, Vejer de la Frontera on May 28, 2009 |
To launch his new hotel book Small Hotels and Inns of Andalusia, the Olive Press asked seasoned travel writer Guy Hunter Watts to pick out his eight favourite hotels in Andalucia…. one for each province. Says Guy “Choosing a favourite hotel in each of Andalucia’s eight provinces is a difficult call. I like to think [...]
Playa de El Palmar, Vejer
Posted in 2009 Winter & Spring, Uncategorized, tagged andalucia, El Palmar, El Palmar de Vejer, Hotel Vejer, Vejer de la Frontera on May 12, 2009 |
A few snaps from Vejer’s local beach this weekend. Riding on the sand, kids playing in the dunes, enough of a breeze for me to kitesurf… perfect! Unas cuantas fotos de la playa de Vejer este fin de semana. Montando a caballo en la arena, niños jugando en las dunas, una brisa ligera para hacer [...]
Feria de Vejer 2009
Posted in 2009 Winter & Spring, Ferias & fiestas, Uncategorized, tagged andalucia, Art, Fiestas, La Casa del Califa, Vejer, Vejer de la Frontera on April 26, 2009 |
Lunch on the beach
Posted in 2009 Winter & Spring, Uncategorized, tagged andalucia, Art, Califa, El Palmar, Hotel Vejer, La Casa del Califa, Vejer, Vejer de la Frontera on April 26, 2009 |
It’s traditional for local businesses to organise a lunch for staff at the Feria but as it was a truly great beach day (25ºc., just a few ripples on the sea, the beach flags gently waving in the breeze…) we headed to the coast. I took the head managers to Casa Francisco in El Palmar, [...]
Apertura Feria de Vejer
Posted in 2009 Winter & Spring, Ferias & fiestas, Uncategorized, tagged andalucia, Art, Califa, El Palmar, Hotel Vejer, La Casa del Califa, Vejer, Vejer de la Frontera on April 18, 2009 |
Opening times Vejer feria week. Vejer’s feria starts on the evening of Wednesday 22nd. and closes on Sunday the 26th. The Jardin del Califa restaurant will be open every day for both lunch and dinner including next weekend. Book ahead as we’ll be busy! La feria de Vejer comienza el miércoles 22 abril y cierra [...]
Record Semana Santa!
Posted in 2009 Winter & Spring, Uncategorized, tagged andalucia, Art, Califa, El Palmar, Hotel Vejer, La Casa del Califa, Vejer, Vejer de la Frontera on April 15, 2009 |
Easter week saw the Califa once again breaking all past records despite the current econimic climate. On Thursday we broke our previous highest numbers for the Jardín del Califa and the hotel and then again on Friday we surpassed them again. Los Balcones (our rooftop teteria) also broke it’s records. Tendencies? Fewer UK clients, more [...]
Voted top hotel…
Posted in 2007 Summer & Autumn, Horarios / Opening times / Precios, Uncategorized, tagged andalucia, Art at Los Balcones, Califa, condé nast, El Jardin del Califa, hotel, Hotel La Casa del Califa, top 10, Uncategorized, voted on October 14, 2007 |
Condé Nast Traveller writer John Gill has voted La Casa del Califa as one of his top ten Andalucían hotels. “…lovely Vejer de la Frontera’s loveliest hotel remains the coolest place to stay along the southerly Costa de la Luz. Rooms vary from small to roomily large suites many with peaceful views décor taking it’s cue from [...]
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