Casares goes back in time this weekend

CASARES The hillside white village turns back to the Middle Ages this weekend. The sixth edition of its Medieval Market, a pioneer on the Costa, gets under way on Friday. Aside from the marketplace that takes over the town's old quarter and is always interesting, there are all kinds of things to see and to take part in: from jugglers and musicians to craft workshops and storytelling, from people on stilts to fire eaters, street theatre, archery, swordfighting and lots more. It all begins on Friday 8th at 8pm with a street parade (for which an information and scheduling workshop has been scheduled for noon that day but is not for the general public). See the full programme below.>>>

Two divorces, one marriage?

JIMENA/CASARES (Agencies) Secadero, at one end of the straight stretch over the bridge, belongs to the municipalitry of Casares,  province of Málaga. At the other end of the bridge road is San Martín del Tesorillo, which belongs to Jimena de la Frontera, province of Cádiz. Both of these villages, however, are in a more or less advanced stage of separation from their mother municipalities. This happens through an ELA (Entidad Local Autónoma, or Local Autonomous Entity), a sort of quasi-independent Council, often of a different political colour to its mother. Such, at any rate, is the case with Tesorillo (as it is known to its friends - others call it San Martin). Given their proximity, there is always the possibility of intimacy despite the river that separates them. Lovers will always find a way. If and when they both obtain their divorces, it is not impossible to imagine that they will marry each other to form their own municipality, or join another one such as rich San Roque. Just a thought probably ahead of its time...

A reader asks: "Any buses when the train stops?"

(E-mail) "Hello, sorry to trouble you but I have just happened upon your online magazine. My husband and I are coming to Andalucia in November and had planned on taking the train from Colmenar to Algeciras. Do you know if the train has ceased operating? We were going to come up to the area from Estepona by bus to Caceres, somehow travel from Caceres to Gaucin, walk from Gaucin to Colmenar and take the train to Algeciras. Do you know of any buses between Caceres and Gaucin and from Gaucin to Algeciras or Tarifa? Their websites and/or phone numbers would be of great assistance. Thank you." Our answer:>