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Article: COSTA DEL SOL; 6 THINGS YOU MUST DO IN...(Features)
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 5, 2009
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Byline: GARETH HUW DAVIES
THE Costa del Sol is where the Spanish beach holiday and mass tourism were born. So it does get busy. But original Spain is never far from the main resorts. GARETH HUW DAVIES explored white villages, one of Europe's top scenic train rides, spectacular mountain nature havens - and some really useful trees.
1...WHITE WONDER
THE Costa del Sol building boom spoiled many coastal towns and villages but left the inland white villages (Pueblos Blancos) largely intact. Squat, old homes piled up like giant sugar cubes sparkle on steep hillsides, the village names as taut and stylish as a designer item - Monda, Gaucin, Istan, ...