Old Town Harbour, Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote Photographer: Gerard McLoughlin
The harbour in Puerto Del Carmen's old town is renowned for its character and scenic charm.
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Saturday 19 July 2008
Wednesday 16 July 2008
Images of Spain - Beach Restaurant, Marbella
Beach Restaurant, Marbella Photographer : Gerard McLoughlin
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Images of Spain - Moochers Jazz Cafe, Fuengirola
Moochers Jazz Cafe, Fuengirola Photographer : Gerard McLoughlin
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Saturday 12 July 2008
Mijas Pueblo - Costa del Sol
Mijas Pueblo on the Costa del SolPhotographer : Gerard McLoughlin
Mijas is a typically Andalusian white-washed village.
"An incandescent afternoon in Mijas.
Shadowy doors, sleeping windows,
And narrow, meandering, white-hot streets.
A chirruping canary,
A mewing marmalade cat,
And a yawning yellow dog
Too sun-dazed to bark."
'Spanish Reverie'
"A dog so lazy that he rested his head against the wall to bark ..."
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Friday 11 July 2008
Malaga Busker
A Busker in Malaga Photographer : Gerard McLoughlin
Afternoon in Malaga. Drowsed with the fumes of Tempranillo and the warmth of the sun, the listener is spirited away by the mesmeric melodies of Andalusia.
"MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk,
Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains
One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk."
'Ode to a Nightingale' - John Keats
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Wednesday 9 July 2008
La Cala de Mijas - Costa del Sol
Images of Spain
La Cala de MijasPhotographer : Gerard McLoughlin
La Cala de Mijas, a delightful old fishing pueblo with golden sandy beaches, is located on the road between Marbella and Fuengirola.
La Cala de Mijas is the ideal choice for a quiet, laid-back holiday in the Spanish sun .
Tuesday 8 July 2008
Marbella Street Map
Street Map of Marbella Photographer : Gerard McLoughlin
Prominently displayed in a central location in the city, this graphic street map of Marbella is of great assistance to tourists.
Friday 4 July 2008
Torremolinos Beach
Beach in Torremolinos
Photographer : Gerard McLoughlinThis Torremolinos beach is on the new promenade, just 300 m from the Puerto Marina. The city centre of Torremolinos is 2.5 km away, the golf course 4 km, the airport 8 km, Málaga 15 km and Marbella 35 km.
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Wednesday 2 July 2008
Zeus and Europa, Torremolinos
The statue of Zeus and Europa in Torremolinos Photographer : Gerard McLoughlin
Zeus and Europa in Greek Mythology
Zeus, the ruler of the Olympian gods, was so taken with the beauty of Europa, a mortal woman, that he assumed the form of a magnificent white bull and swam ashore to where she and her female companions were playing. Lowing melodiously, he moved towards them and lay submissively at Europa's feet. When she climbed upon his back, he rushed to the sea and swam to the island of Crete where he cast off his disguise and revealed his true identity. Europa bore Zeus three sons: Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon. The white bull was transformed into the constellation Taurus.
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Monday 30 June 2008
Benalmadena marina
Benalmadena Marina Photographer : Gerard McLoughlin
The Benalmadena marina, Costa del Sol, can accommodate more than 1,000 boats and yachts.
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Friday 27 June 2008
Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail
Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail in MarbellaPhotographer : Gerard McLoughlin
A Harley-Davidson Heritage Softail, the Marbella midday sun, and the shimmering highway to Puerto Banus beckoning.
Restaurant in Fuengirola
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Restaurant in 'Fish alley', Fuengirola
Photographer : Gerard McLoughlin
It's late afternoon and the tables are set at La Casa Rustica , an attractive little restaurant in Fuengirola's renowned 'Fish Alley' (Calle Moncayo).
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Calle San Miguel - Torremolinos
Calle San Miguel - Torremolinos Photographer : Gerard McLoughlin
Calle San Miguel (the street of San Miguel), descending circuitously from the centre of the town to the seafront, encapsulates the age-old traditions and modern cosmopolitan character of Torremolinos.
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Gran Bucanero - Spanish Galleon
Gran Bucanero - Spanish Galleon Photographer: Gerard McLoughlin
The Gran Bucanero is an authentic replica of an eighteenth century Spanish galleon. Built in Spain in 1985, it was used in the recreation of the landing of Christopher Columbus in San Salvador. This photograph was taken in Benalmadena.
"Stately Spanish galleon coming from the Isthmus,
Dipping through the Tropics by the palm-green shores,
With a cargo of diamonds,
Emeralds, amethysts,
Topazes, and cinnamon, and gold moidores."
'Cargoes' - John Masefield
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Wednesday 25 June 2008
Mijas Street
Mijas StreetPhotographer : Gerard McLoughlin
A typical street (calle) in Mijas. Spotless and luminously white. Silent in the blazing afternoon sun save for the constant chirruping of an unseen canary.
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Tuesday 24 June 2008
Welsummer Cockerel
Welsummer Cockerel Photographer : Gerard McLoughlin
This colourful breed of cockerel was the model for the Kellogg's Cornflakes rooster. Strutting in the Andalucian sunshine, it is every inch the classic Barnyard King.
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Monday 23 June 2008
Mijas - Donkeys
Mijas Donkey TaxisPhotographer : Gerard McLoughlin
"A middle-aged tourist stood cheek by jowl with a braying ass and mimed a surrealistic duet while his giggling partner dutifully videoed the performance for shameless posterity. The animal's impassive owner looked on with the resigned air of a man who had seen it a thousand times before. Mijas makes people behave in strange ways." 'Spanish Reverie'
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Saturday 21 June 2008
Bullfight Poster
Bullfight in BenalmadenaPhotographer : Gerard McLoughlin
Another searingly hot afternoon in Mijas. This colourful poster
appears to be trying to edge farther into the shade.
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Wednesday 18 June 2008
The Church of the Rosary, Fuenguirola
The Church of the Rosary, FuengirolaLa Iglesia del Rosario, Plaza de la Constitucion, Fuengirola
Photographer : Gerard McLoughlin
This church is popular with Fuengirola's many tourists. Inside there is the following message:
"You are in a holy place. God is here. His eucharistic presence is the finest treasure we can offer you. Come in then, properly dressed. Honour him greatly. Bend your knees before him and pray with humility. Afterwards admire silently the art with which Christian people have wished to recognise his presence. When leaving, acknowledge this again."
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Tuesday 17 June 2008
Crowing Cock
Crowing Cock - MijasCock-a-doodle-doo!
Photographer : Gerard McLoughlin
"Rising to the occasion,
The cock's shrill clarion
Shatters the gauzy stillness
Of a sundazed Spanish afternoon."
'Spanish Reverie'
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Monday 16 June 2008
Street Musicians, Spain
Street Musicians, SpainPhotographer : Gerard McLoughlin
It's afternoon in Spain. A deceptively serious-looking musical trio entertain passers-by with a jaunty version of Tom Jones's 'Delilah'.
"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter." John Keats ('Ode on a Grecian Urn')
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Sunday 15 June 2008
Marbella Art
Marbella - WatercolourPhotographer : Gerard McLoughlin
Through the alchemy of sunlight, a canvas comes to life on a street in Marbella.
"O I have dreamed long sun-filled afternoons
Of scented blossoms and wine-languorous bliss."
'Spanish Reverie'
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Saturday 14 June 2008
Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación
Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación - MarbellaPhotographer : Gerard McLoughlin
From the shimmering stillness of a Spanish sky, the bells of the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación call the faithful to prayer.
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Friday 13 June 2008
Marbella - Image
Marbella - BougainvilleaPhotographer : Gerard McLoughlin
"Marbella in the mid-day sun,
With scarlet blooms basking
On dazzling white walls."
'Spanish Reverie'
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Marbella - Flowers
Marbella - BougainvilleaPhotographer : Gerard McLoughlin
"The magenta bougainvillea clambers and tumbles profusely around the balconies of Marbella's little streets. One can but wonder what secret delights lie within." 'Spanish Reverie'
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Marbella Beach
Marbella Beach, SpainPhotographer : Gerard McLoughlin
Marbella beach barbecue. Blazing sun, sparkling sea, and the mouth-watering fragrance of charcoal-grilled sardines.
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Wednesday 11 June 2008
Mijas Bullring, Spain
Mijas Bullring, SpainPlaza De Toros De Mijas was built in 1900.
Photographer : Gerard McLoughlin
"It is Saturday, the day before the bullfight. We pass through a side door and emerge blinking in the sunbaked ring. The bulls, the matadors and the animated spectators are missing; but, momentarily blinded by the glaring sand and dazzling white and blood-red walls, it is hard not to hear the snorts, the cheers and the loud 'Ole's'." 'Spanish Reverie'
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Mijas - Donkey Taxis
Donkey Taxis in Mijas, Costa del SolPhotographer : Gerard McLoughlin
"Tasselled donkeys stand at the ready, braying convulsively to the amusement of passers-by and posing for endless photos under the proprietorial gaze of their nonchalant owners." 'Spanish Reverie'
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Images of Spain - Mijas
Mijas, Costa del Sol, SpainPhotographer : Gerard McLoughlin
"Mijas is magical. This picturesque traditional Spanish white village on the Costa del Sol is a revelation. As the bus from Fuengirola wends its way up the narrow labyrinthine hill, we marvel at the flower-bedecked sugar cube villas set in the precipitous mountain slopes. Bemused tourists, cameras at the ready, wheel through 360 degrees, trying to take it all in. What to photograph first? So much to capture, so much to record. Vibrant images to illumine winter days." 'Spanish Reverie'
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