Sotogrande surrounding areas

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Anyone visiting Gibraltar may be surprised to know that the British overseas territory doesn’t produce or serve traditional real ales, such as you would find in any typical English pub. This is because producing this British beverage is almost impossible on the Rock, due to a lack of water and space to grow hops and other ingredients. To be fair, there is a Gibraltar bottled beer, but this is made by the Mount Murray Brewing Company on the Isle of Man, who grow hops in the Botanical Gardens before shipping them over to Gibraltar.

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“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” So said American writer

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Two beautiful spots on Spain’s southern coast, Sotogrande and Marbella both have a long list of things to recommend them,

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Fancy an escape from the sun, sea and sand of Sotogrande? Why not follow in the footsteps of Spanish female

With early summer and the onset of long, bright days, come thoughts of the sea, big blue skies and the

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Water sports enthusiasts will know that there’s something for everyone at Sotogrande Port, with kayaking, canoeing, windsurfing, stand up paddle,

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The little enclave of Gibraltar, right on the tip of Southern Spain where the Mediterranean waters of the Costa del

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Sotogrande is associated with style, elegance, beaches, yachting, golf and the beauty of its surrounding natural areas, but sometimes it

Though it is little more than 15 minutes from Sotogrande, Gibraltar offers a very different and indeed unique ambience that

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San Roque The charming municipal town of San Roque is located only a short drive from Sotogrande and is home

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Picture this – sitting on a beautiful sandy beach overlooking the Atlantic, and a full crowd as you watch horse

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Lying on a luxurious poolside sun bed in Sotogrande or playing its hallowed golf courses you might think that the Andalusian countryside is far removed, but in reality it begins just over the brow of the low ridge of hills that sweep down into the verdant valleys of Sotogrande and the San Roque Club.

Beyond this oasis of privilege and elegance lies the protected nature of the Parque Natural los Alcornocales, a domain covering no less than 1,677 km2 of wooded highland and valleys. It is a region of untouched Andalusian flora and fauna that includes extensive tracts of olive trees, Mediterranean heath and the ‘alcornocales’ cork oak for which the reserve has been named. A paradise for controlled hunting, fishing and the gathering of wild mushrooms and berries, this pristine landscape is also home to storks, vultures, eagles, otters, deer and even small colonies of seldom-seen wolves and lynx.