Features

editorial columns by feature writers

Tropen Slashes Prices

I recently spoke with Marcel at the Tropen Garden Centre, which is very near the Granada junction on the N-340. He told me about some great discounts.

July’s Feature Articles

Readers of both the online and print versions will have seen that we have started putting up the previous month’s feature articles, such as the medical, computer and Nordic ones, for example.

Stockholm Revisited

we made a wonderful trip to our beloved Stockholm at the end of July. This is part of a private Swedish/Finnish cultural exchange programme with a Swedish couple whom we met in Almuñecar more than 12 years ago.

Consumer Rights

The travel industry in Spain is regulated by several laws the most important being the Ley de Defensa de Consumidores y Usuarios (law for consumer protection).

Fortified Wines

Before modern techniques were available most wines were fortified. This involves adding strong alcoholic spirit to stop the wine going off and to give the wine muscle to travel.