Tag Archives: Andalucia
Last day in Nerja – riding above Frigiliana
The second day of independent student projects once again saw staff serving as taxi drivers. However, it did also provide a brief moment for a participatory experience of local tourist provision as two of us explored Frigiliana on horseback. Much, … Continue reading
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Andalucia Day 4 – tourism and argiculture in Frigiliana and Maro
The fourth day of our undergraduate field course based around Nerja saw us exploring the tensions between agriculture and tourist expansion in the villages of Maro and Frigiliana. It was interesting to see how much change has taken place over … Continue reading
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Andalucia Field Course Day 3 – Valle Tropical
The third day of our undergraduate field course in Andalucia took us to the villages of Otivar and Jete in the Valle Tropical to the north of Almunécar. It provided a vivid reminder that geography is about all of the … Continue reading
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Day 2 Nerja
The second day of our urban exploration of Nerja led by Alasdair Pinkerton and Sara Fregonese – traditional architectures, urban origins, and cultural understandings of place…
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Experiencing Nerja – Day 1
The Geography Department at Royal Holloway, University of London, has been taking first year students to the Andalucian town of Nerja and its surroundings since the late 1990s. Below are just a few photos from the first day exemplifying that … Continue reading
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