• Cartajima advantages

    I recently returned from a short trip to my native land to visit my Elderly Aunt, who lives in Stratford upon Avon. Exciting as it is to travel even to familiar places and marvellous as it was listening to my…

  • Cartajima comes first

    Love ‘em or hate ‘em, IKEA has done a Good Thing! To celebrate their Malaga store’s five year anniversary, IKEA promised 25,000 euros to the village that received the most votes. We won!! The 25,000 euros has to be spent…

  • Festivals of Food and Wine in the Alto Genal

    The Alto Genal is the place to be in November! Four of the seven small villages scattered around the Alto Genal valley have a special festival celebrating an important aspect of local produce. But this is Andalucia so there is…

  • Christmas Package Break 2012 Andalucia Spain

    Join us for a relaxing Christmas Package Break – a Christmas House Party – escape the commercial demands of Christmas this year and join us at Los Castaños in traditional Andalucia for a relaxed family Christmas. Forget the pressures and…

  • Road to Juzcar

    Every year on Easter Sunday, the Cartajima villagers are eager to see who will be the subject of the Judas doll. The Judas doll is just one part of the complex Easter tradition but perhaps the most explosive as those…

  • Geocaching in the Alto Genal

    Despite living in a peaceful bubble far from the maddening multitude, we make an effort to keep up with world events as well as what’s hip n’ doody in the real world outside Cartajima. I was therefore taken by surprise…

  • All about almonds

    This blogpost will be of interest to lovers of: almonds, food anthropology, and etymology. The almonds are just out in the Alto Genal valley, their gentle white and pink flowers contrasting sharply with the wiry bare branches of the figtrees….

  • (English) Ideas for Autumn Winter Escapes

    Should you be contemplating an Autumn escape, here are a couple of great ideas for breaks here in the undiscovered Serrania de Ronda. The annual Mosto Festival in Cartajima. Whilst the wine is not so great, the party is! And…

  • Sightseeing Shopping Cartajima

    With a population of just over a hundred, Cartajima is a fraction of the town it was a hundred years ago when there were about 1000 residents. Young people leave now for lucrative jobs in tourism or construction on the…

  • Easter in Cartajima

    ll is peaceful on Good Friday. Quiet and normal. But by midnight, Catholicism takes a back seat while Paganism takes over. Easter Saturday. There is a seemingly endless supply of dynamite that the men send scudding down the streets and…