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Southern Spain’s most evocative coastline is bright, breezy and brilliant for walking, eating and watersports, writes Jon Clarke
CONTRASTS: From the arches of the Jewish quarter of Vejer to the extraordinary dishes at La Traina and (right) an inlet on the journey between Zahara and Barbate
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HILE it’s blowing a hoolie outside and well over 35 By Jon Clarke grees in the sun, I’m sittingdein deep shade and wondering what amazing culinary creation is going And don’t expect to appear next on my table. silver service and menus in English This is La Traina, in Zahora, one of the ter all, the Costa or German…This is, aftrue dining secrets of Andalucia. de la Luz - the Coast of Light - and a million Tucked away down a scruffy potholed nearby cousin the miles away from its lane somewhere between Costa del Sol. Indeed Vejer de la the costas in general. Frontera and Zahara de are not going to find it by los Atunes you This is a coastline of castles and accident. carpaccios, calas and corvina (one of its
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best local fish)... the perfect blend of nature and its best ingredients. This is a coastline of gems; historic Tarifa, the bridgehead for the Moors in Spain, and a crossing point for centuries and beautiful Vejer, with its cobbled streets and dynamic restaurant scene. This is a coastline of laid
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THE Costa prowess is de la Luz’s celibrated down to the culinary which produce local some of the surroundings, gredients in best quality inThe obvious the world. examples are wonderful beef sherry, from the classic fish and the cows, which brown the hills and you often see wandering ‘retinto’ even on the around in Of course the beaches. amazing ‘almadrab tuna (top), caught nearby (above), a’ bluefin ularly good is spectacand the vegetable also of a high s available quality, particular are Another reason ly from which has seen is the type of tourists Conil. a distinctly who visit rivals on the Costa del Sol.more refined crowd than the coast, pared to spend They demand its nearby quality to get it. and are pre-
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HE grew up diving for balls under the Spanish sun – and now Hannah Hampton has dived her way into English football folklore. T h e
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England goalkeeper, 23, who spent much of her childhood living in Spain, pulled off two massive saves in a heart-stopping penalty shootout victory over Spain on Sunday. It allowed the Lionesses to secure back-to-back European Championship titles and earned revenge after Spain beat us in the World Cup two years ago. And if that wasn’t
enough, the Birmingham-born star stunned reporters by giving her postmatch interviews in fluent Spanish. Her linguistic skills garnered cheers from fans on both sides of the pitch and went viral online. With Spanish fans left speechless and English expats swelling with pride, Hampton is being hailed as the ‘bilingual brick wall’ who shut down Spain’s Euro dreams. The Brummie spent five formative years in Spain, moving there with her teacher parents at age five. Continues on Page 3
ON THE RUN
BRITAIN’S most notorious far-right agitator, Tommy Robinson, is on the run – and likely headed back to Spain, the Olive Press can reveal. The ex-English Defence League (EDL) boss allegedly fled the UK yesterday morning after being filmed (see right) ranting beside an unconscious man OLIVE at London’s St PanPRESS cras station. The man had been knocked out, with shocking footROcK Off age later showing blood on the floor TOMMy and medics trying to resuscitate him. Robinson, real name Stephen GIBRAlTAR
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Yaxley Lennon, was heard saying: “You saw him come at me, bruv,” before fleeing. British Transport Police confirmed the assault and revealed the victim remains in hospital with serious injuries. Now, Olive Press sources say Robinson, 42, boarded a flight just hours later and is ‘likely’ returning to Spain, where he’s been based for months. “Realistically he’s likely to be heading for Alicante where he will start to desperately cobble together his defence,” said the source, who knows him well. “He could be flying via somewhere
else, but he is a creature of habit and he’s got a lot of pals on the Costa Blanca, who protect him.” He continued: “He’s probably dumped his phone to throw the authorities off his trail.” We can reveal Robinson recently stayed in Finestrat, near Benidorm, where he ‘rented’ properties in the Campana Gardens development. The project is mysteriously linked to Russian investors and promoted by fellow far-right UK watch dealer-turned-influencer Paul Thorpe. Robinson also spent time in Tenerife, where he ‘stayed in a €1.5 million villa’ near Adeje and later at the exclusive Quinta do Lago resort in Portugal, where he was last Christmas. In fact, Robinson – despite being
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THE world’s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, passed through the Strait of Gibraltar on Saturday as it headed for a new deployment in the Eastern Mediterranean. The 100,000-ton nuclear-powered behemoth was photographed from Ceuta as it passed the Rock accompanied by a formidable strike group that includes guided missile destroyers and support ships – among them the Spanish Navy’s own ESPS Canarias, an anti-submarine warfare frigate. The Ford’s sighting drew attention on both sides of the Strait, with observers in Gibraltar and Ceuta capturing dramatic images of the warship silhouetted against the Rock. It marks a rare example of a Spanish warship sailing alongside a US carrier strike group, a sign of continued cooperation between the NATO militaries at a time of diplomatic tensions between Spain and the US. Just last month, retired US General Robert Greenway proposed closing American military bases in southern Spain as retaliation for Pedro Sanchez’s refusal to meet US demands that NATO countries spend 5% of GDP on defence. "Time to move the Rota and Morón bases... to Morocco," General Greenway suggested. Naval Station Rota, a stone’s throw from Cadiz, is home to the US Sixth Fleet, while Moron Air Base was used as a refuelling hub for recent strikes on Iran.
British far-right thug vanishes after UK assault – and is ‘likely’ coming to Spain
bankrupt – has used dozens of luxury properties across the Iberian KNOCKOUT: Peninsula as Robinson (in blue) boltholes. tells fellow traveller The serial fugi- ‘He came at me’ tive has repeatedly used Spain and Portugal to escape British legal troubles. As we reported last year he stayed at a luxury villa in Albir, where he filmed a string of podcasts before socialising ion mogul Philip Day – the billionaire with German neo-Nazi Lutz Bach- behind Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Peacocks. mann in Tenerife. In another Olive Press expose, we re- The Olive Press revealed he used the vealed that the stunning €1.5 million property as a studio for far-right podproperty was owned by British fash- casts, including collaborations with American far-right Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes. After knocking on the villa, Robinson threatened Olive Press reporters, saying: “See if you like it when I knock on your mum’s door.” Robinson meanwhile has also lived in Marbella, where he posted from the exclusive Manolo Santana Racquets Club. He also spent time in Gibraltar, where he was considering living for a while. The latest incident – and his rapid disappearance – raises fears among locals and officials of yet another round of drama on Spanish soil. Though the Guardia Civil has not commented, pressure is likely to mount if Robinson attempts to return and use Spain once more as his safe haven. If UK police find sufficient grounds, an Interpol Red Notice could follow. CREDIT: jr_amon_ceta
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