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Malaga´s Botanical Gardens - La Concepción

Málaga´s Botanical Gardens in La Concepción are located 8km north of Málaga city. As you start climbing away from the coast heading towards Córdoba/Granada it´s possible to see a green and white-tiled dome roof of La Concepcion´s famous mirador glinting under the Mediterranean sunshine. Pond in Malaga´s Botanical Gardens The gardens and house were built in 1855 when two wealthy, local families united through the marriage of Amalia de Heredia Livermore and Jorge Enrique Loring Oyarzabal which meant the joining of several small estates into one larger estate. They created wonderful gardens around their house, buying and ordering plants and trees from around the world. Their love of plants was, unbeknownst to them, the beginning of Malaga´s Botanical Gardens as we know it today, It has become a gorgeous oasis of nature over the 23hectares that is now the visitable Botanical Gardens site. House in Malaga´s Botanical Gardens   Another wealthy family took over the gardens in 1911 and enl...

Monday Morning Photo - Via Verde de Aceite Bridge

Monday morning photo - Bridge on the Via Verde de Aceite at Estacion de Luque, just over the border from Jaén into Cordoba province. The Via Verdes are the old steam train routes, now for walkers and cyclists. A network of routes can be found across Spain.


Bridge on the Via Verde de Aceite, Jaen to Puente Genil
Bridge on the Via Verde de Aceite, Jaen to Puente Genil



Where to stay to walk on the Via Verde? Hacienda Hotel Minerva, which has a live Flamenco guitarist most Friday evenings is right on the Via Verde. (This is a Booking.com link, which may earn me a bit of commission to keep on exloring.)

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