CulturalMalaga | May 13, 2009
The Fair of Marbella is an annual popular holiday. Its celebration os dedicated to the patron of Marbella, named Saint Bernabe.
This year the Fair of Marbella is celebrated from the 8th to 14th of June.
CulturalMalaga | February 13, 2009
El Cortijo Jurado (The Cursed Farm) is situated in a few kilometers from Málaga. This is an immense territory, full of legends and mysteries with no explication found till nowadays.
For many years they tell stories about crimes, committed by the people from the high society of the XIXth century, about the landlords who bribed and were bribed in order to avoid justice. They tell about strange disappearances of young girls, about they unwilling participation in tantrum rituals and satanic orgies, about their deep burials on the territory of the Cursed Farm.
It´s possible that beacuse of all these horrific stories sometimes strange things happen on the farm. The neighbours of the farm often see lights of superhuman origin, hear noises and supernatural sounds.
Five young men entered the farm. They did not even know what made them enter. Maybe curiosity, or the bravery of youth, or maybe they wanted to prove themselves that they were strong anough to live through this unusual experience on the farm with so many black legends told about.
They found a convenient room, spread a blanket on the floor, lit candles, took out a table and called for a spirit.
At first they did not feel any superhuman presence but little by little the guide started experiencing a weird tension and began to point to the letters on the table forming words and answering the questions his friends asked.
- Who are you?
The guide slowly, letter by letter, made a word. “E-L-E-N-A”. His friends looked at him frightened but decided to continue the talk with the spirit, so that they could find out the answers to all the questions about the Cursed farm.
- How old are you?
- “12”
- Why are you dead?
- “THEY KILLED ME”
- Were you one of the innocent victims of the lords of the farm?
- “ABDUCTION”
Strange noises in the next room distracted them. They felt cold coming from that room but decided not to stop. Nobody wanted to seem scared.
- Did they make you participate in a ritual?
- “MUCH PAIN”
- Were there others with you?
- “GIRLS”
- When did it happen?
- “I DON’T KNOW”
- Where did they bury you?
- “IN THE BACKYARD”
- How deep?
- “4”
- Meters?
- “YES”
- Are you alone?
- “NO”
- Are the other girls with you?
- “YES”
- Tell us where you are exactly and we will find you.
- “SIGN”
Suddenly, the guide stood still and in spite of all the efforts of the friends kept immobile for a while. Then he little by little recovered himself and it was decided to interrupt the experiment and to leave the room. They began to descend the stairs when one of them shouted constrained and the others felt panic. Through the window they saw a corner of the backyard lit with white light, as if this light was indicating a particular place of the farm. They ran away in fear and never came back.
Translated from Revista Mas Alla y www.limitesdelarealidad.com
The Cirsed Farm is located on the Autovía del Guadalhorce, between the University and the cementery of Málaga.
CulturalMalaga | February 1, 2009
On this picture you can see what the Larios street is like. No matter if you have already seen it during the day, don’t doubt to see its night transformation. In winter, during the week it is full of people till midnight, but on weekends, it wakes up only after 9 pm when the people leave their houses to start a tapas pilgrimage. At this very hour all the restaurants open the doors and begin to serve supper. At the end of this street there is the central square, Plaza de la Constitución, where the Town hall, the city Prison and the Jesuits college were located until 1896.
CulturalMalaga | February 1, 2009
The Larios street is the most central pedestrian street of the city, and it is there where bars and coffeehouses, banks,clothes and shoes boutiques are located. This street is visited daily by more people than any other street of the capital. Both to the left and to the right you can see shops and restaurants.
In Summer, when the heat reigns in the city and all the shops are closed for the siesta, you can stop at one of the oldest ice-cream parlor, for example, at Casa Mira, and taste the traditional toffee ice-cream there. And not far from this place there is the Lepanto, another traditional coffeehouse with a cute terrace right on the Larios street, where they serve the best raspberry cakes of Málaga.
CulturalMalaga | January 25, 2009
The name Hammam comes from a Jewish word that means “heat”, but the temperature inside is not that high, only about 40 degrees, that allows a visitor to stay inside for hours, without feeling any discomfort or fatigue. The hammam is not just a bath, it´s more like a ritual. It is warm, humid, shadowed and is accompanied by relaxing music. The best is to take a washglove and a piece of soap and massage your body all the time you are inside, then from time to time take a shower and go up to the room of relaxation to have a tea or a coffee.
The price of a visit is 20 Euro per person (no time limits, tea, coffee, a pareo, a towel and slippers included).
Salt and oil body scrub: 15 Euro per 15 minutes.
Address: calle Tomás de Cózar, 13, El Hammam, opening hours – from 10:30 AM till 10 PM.
