The Juzcar Feria is coming. Dates this year are 18 – 22 August. There are many ferias or fiestas that are held during the month of August. The first weekend in August is the fiesta de Benaldalid in the lower Genal Valley. Igualeja, Cartajima, Farajan and Alpandeire all have fiestas coming up in the next [...]
Art, wine, walks and Cordon Bleu
"The food, my God...the best!!!"
Malaga is more than a beach!
Nestled in the rolling hills of Andalucia, Hotel Bandolero offers the pefect Spanish getaway.
Far from the maddening crowds, the cooking, art gallery and stunning views will take your breath away.
Chef Ivan is Cordon Bleu trained and his menu offers the very best of Spanish cuisine.
Romantic weekends, fantastic walks, art courses, wine tours, wild mushrooms and photography courses are all available.
"I'm not sure what I will remember best... Thank you for the spectacular food and fabulous accommodation."
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Juzcar Feria 2010 and others
Summer Offer – 2010
July – August Offer Hey! It’s hot already. And to help you cool off, El Bandolero is offering rooms at 55€ per night, any room, with a minimum stay of two (2) nights, now until 06 August 2010.
Spain Won!!
Spain won the S. Africa World Cup on 18 July 2010. Here we have our blue cat saying Congratulations to the World Champions!!
Digital photography class
Do you own a digital camera? Are you unhappy with the quality of your photos? Then sign up for a digital photography class with Len Bage here at Hotel Bandolero. Learn the ins and outs of aperture, F-stops, how to compose a photograph and the basic workings of Photoshop. Check out “Digital Photography” under our [...]
Painting in Andalucia
Hotel Bandolero is now offering a painting seminar; learn to paint in the Genal Valley. Working with an art instructor based ion Ronda, the course offered will allow participants to go home with two new paintings. Check out this offer under our “Packages” link.
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Soap making class now available
Learn to make soap with natural olive oil as the prime ingredient.
Rappelling in Ronda
Ivan and I spent Wednesday afternoon passing through the river of Ronda and then rappelling down a couple of very high cascades. The first had a height of 30 meters and the second a height of 24 meters. We walked through Ronda’s famous Tajo Gorge looking up and seeing the tourists looking down, a funny [...]
New Web Pages
I have today not only launched the newly revised Hotel Bandolero website, I have also added a couple of new pages. Please see the new Walking page under Activities and another artist from the US, Alan Flattmann, has joined our visiting group of painters offering a new painting program for May 2011, this in addition [...]
El Bandolero by Iván
This is Ivan’s latest painting of the Hotel Bandolero, in pastel.
A Painting
This is Iván’s latest painting, a copy of the van Gogh Sunflowers, really quite pretty! This will be hung in the Yellow Room along with something I am creating… to be announced!!