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The most notable leather goods come from Valverde del Camino. Choose botos camperos (cowboy boots) or the longer botos rocieros (Spanish riding boots). Many shops produce these items and other footwear, and a number of craftsmen make custom boots to order, taking three to four days to make a pair.

Figueroa (1650–1730) was a highly accomplished Baroque architect. His commissions in Seville included the Hospital de los Venerables (see Seville), the Palacio de San Telmo and the Museo de Bellas Artes).

Aniseed-based liqueurs come primarily from Montilla in Córdoba Province. Other liqueurs include aguardiente from Huelva Province and cazalla from Sevilla Province.

The English Romantic poet’s fascination with Andalucía is chronicled in his mock-epic poem Don Juan (1819).

This was the Costa’s first course to be designed by Spanish champ Seve Ballesteros. It offers a stiff test even for professionals.

This is the place for CDs of Carnaval music, videos of the zany goings-on, commemorative shirts and posters (see Carnaval).

Despite its popularity with tourists, the atmosphere here is genuine. First-rate flamenco performers.

Views of La Giralda are highlighted here from the rooftop pool. The building is the former archbishop’s palace and the keynote is comfort and fine taste. It’s an especially good choice for archaeological buffs – there are so many Roman and Moorish artifacts decorating the place that it’s like a private museum.

Málaga’s historic sights are on the north side of the Paseo del Parque.

Despite being home to the main airport bringing holiday-makers to the Costa del Sol, this provincial capital has been bypassed by the brunt of the “sun coast” development, and thus also by the swarms of foreign tourists. It has managed to hold onto its Spanish-ness quite admirably – despite recent attempts to bring it up to speed with the buzzing Costa lifestyle. An important trading port since ancient times, it was the favourite city of poet Federico García Lorca, who loved it for its rawness. But its even greater claim to artistic fame is that it was the birthplace of Pablo Picasso, a fact that has now, at long last, been acknowledged by the presence of a Picasso museum, the third largest in the world dedicated to the modern master (see Museo Picasso, Málaga). Málaga’s alcázar, built between the 8th and 11th centuries, includes a Roman amphitheatre.