La Vida Alcalaína

An account of daily life past and present in Alcalá de Los Gazules, a small town
in the Province of Cádiz in the bottom left-hand corner of Spain.

17 December 2019

Zambomba in Bar Cristobal (now el Piojo) around 2006-2007















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  • Cadiz, Puerto Real, San Fernando, Chiclana, Medina, Paterna, Benalup
  • Sevilla, Jerez, Los Barrios, Algeciras

Accommodation

  • Casita Alcornocales
  • Spazio Amalia
  • Casa el Lario
  • Hotel la Palmosa
  • Hotel San Jorge
  • Camping los Gazules
  • Property in Alcalá (English-speaking estate agent)

Links to other sites

  • Ayuntamiento (town hall) official site
  • Cosas de Comé - gastronomic guide to Cádiz province
  • Flowers of Andalucia
  • Historia de Alcalá de los Gazules
  • Photos of Alcalá - contemporary
  • Photos of Alcalá - historic
  • Visitor centre/Botanical gardens

Recommended reading

Winds of Change: History of Alcalá de los Gazules in the 20th Century

Dan Hancox: The Village Against the World

Gabriel Jackson: The Spanish Republic and the Civil War, 1931-39

Giles Tremlett: Ghosts of Spain - Travels Through a Country's Hidden Past

Janet Mandel: My Kitchen in Spain

Jerome Mintz: The Anarchists of Casas Viejas

John Hooper: The New Spaniards

Laurie Lee: As I Walked Out one Midsummer Morning

Jason Webster: Duende - A Journey in Search of Flamenco

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