The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden Americans are increasingly looking to Europe for a better life and Spain is often their chosen destination According to Spain’s national statistics agency (INE) in late 2022 there were 41,953 US nationals officially residing in Spain The INE statistics showed that Madrid is home to more Americans than any other region making up more than a quarter of the total overall There were 11,570 Americans who officially live in the region right in the centre of Spain the majority of them in the capital city itself READ ALSO: Where in Spain do all the Americans live in 2023? Many Americans who move to Spain are students or part-time English teachers looking for a taste of 'Europe' and to experience something new older Americans are looking across the Atlantic to Spain as a retirement destination American retirees in Spain have different priorities than their younger compatriots Whereas the youngsters might long for the hustle and bustle of a big city such as Madrid or Barcelona retirees would probably prefer a slower paced life in a smaller town working Americans are more likely to be offered a job in a city whereas retirees don't have to worry about that and are free to choose wherever they want International Living has catered to this audience with a ranking of "five smaller alternatives for a relaxed retirement" in Spain If you're a retiree in Spain (American or otherwise) let us know what you think of their choices in the comments section below and if there's another town in Spain you'd recommend for an enjoyable retirement a coastal town of around 75,000 in Málaga province International Living cited the town's "quiet as well as a whole host of attractions including a butterfly park and one of the largest marinas in Andalusia One of the main draws of Benalmádena is its proximity to nearby Málaga a thriving city with an international airport The provincial capital is only around 20km away and can be reached easily by train or car in around half an hour International Living stated that "the white-washed Andalusian pueblo of Mijas attracts expats from all over the world because it serves as the gateway to Costa del Sol’s “golf valley.” They aren't wrong: twenty-seven golf courses are within a seven-mile radius of Mijas so for retirees who want to spend the rest of their days golfing Mijas has the highest percentage of international residents of all cities on the Costa del Sol at almost 40 percent (36 percent) Still in Andalusia but this time in Granada province Almuñécar was third in the ranking and it's easy to see why: this coastal town of 28,000 boasts 20 beaches and enjoys 340 days of sunshine a year According to Spanish property giants Idealista the quality of life is high given the lower cost of living than in other coastal towns in Spain the high standard of public services including healthcare and transport and the wide range of leisure activities available Sitges is around 20 miles south of Barcelona and known for its pro-LGBT environment and abundance of beaches and Garraf Natural Park For retirees wanting an international feel International Living claims that the town's "permanent population of 26,000 is made up of 35 percent Northern European expats." prices up Catalonia are almost certainly going to be more expensive than the Andalusian towns higher up the list the International Living ranking refers to Sitges as “'Ibiza in miniature' for its wild nightlife and the 'Saint Tropez of Spain' for its pricey real estate." If quiet is what you're after in your retirement a small mountain town of 6,000 that's just 30 miles from Madrid This means you won't to be too far away from the cultural draws of the capital city while enjoying plenty of peace on your day to day READ ALSO: Americans in Spain: Taxes, investing and cutting through the confusion Please log in here to leave a comment Latest UpdatesCountries Why Join?IL MagazineFree Daily E-LetterVideoOur ExpertsTestimonialsFAQsTopics and enjoys sharing her experiences of living in Spain and saying “yes” to life.” Learn more about the lower cost of living in Spain and other countries in our free daily postcard e-letter Simply enter your email address below and we'll also send you a FREE REPORT — Live the Good Life in Sunny Sandwiched between lively Málaga and luxurious Marbella on the Costa del Sol family-friendly beach resort with a population of 67,000 Attractions include Tivoli World amusement park Benalmádena is also home to a Buddhist stupa Hotels of different vintages tower over a rocky shore Stairs lead down steep cliffs to small secluded beaches populated by sunbathers and fishermen Oceanview restaurants like Yuca’s cling to the cliffs and offer alfresco dining with multilevel vistas A convenient suburban train connects it to Málaga’s airport About five miles inland from the Costa del Sol the white-washed Andalusian pueblo of Mijas attracts expats from all over the world because it serves as the gateway to Costa del Sol’s “golf valley.” Twenty-seven golf courses are within a seven-mile radius of Mijas Pueblo With beautiful weather all year and reasonable greens fees Mijas Pueblo is a seductive destination in itself Narrow cobblestone streets wind like white passageways between hidden plazas and warrens of shops filled with Spanish arts and crafts Bright red geraniums spill from blue flower pots attached to stone walls quaint carts pulled by adorable burros wait to taxi tourists to the many restaurants The permanent population of just over 100,000 people nearly doubles in the summer months Mijas boasts the highest percentage of international expats of any city on the Costa del Sol Almuñécar attracts both expats and tourists with 20 beaches and 340 days of sunshine a year Located on the Mediterranean coast in the province of Granada where the Costa del Sol meets the Costa Tropical this seaside town of 28,000 permanent residents increases to triple that in the summer months It offers a traditional Spanish way of life along with swimming Nearby orchards produce subtropical fruits like avocados and mangos It’s a good fit for those seeking a tranquil coastal lifestyle Sign up for IL's postcards and get the latest research on the best places in the world to retire Including boots-on-the-ground insights on real estate and rental trends Simply enter your email address below and we'll send you a FREE report - The World's Best Places to Buy Real Estate Known as “the Fire Island of Europe,” the Mediterranean resort town of Sitges sits just 22-miles south of Barcelona A popular holiday destination since the 19th century and a hotbed of artistic Its 17 beaches are surrounded by the dramatic Garraf Natural Park Its permanent population of 26,000 is made up of 35% Northern European expats Sitges has also been called “Ibiza in miniature” for its wild nightlife and the “Saint Tropez of Spain” for its pricey real estate Its Carnival celebration in February/March is legendary throughout Europe Its International Fantastic Film Festival in October attracts cinema celebrities and sci-fi/fantasy film fans alike If you’d like to settle in a quiet little mountain town just a stone’s throw from a glittering city medieval village (population 6,000) is nestled between peaks just a little over 30 miles from Madrid Known for its many natural spring-fed fountains it’s the perfect hideaway for those who appreciate cooler summer weather and a dusting of snow in winter Hiking enthusiasts and rock climbers find it to be a perfect fit for their outdoor lifestyle If you need a break from all the tranquility you can jump on a bus and be in metropolitan Madrid in less than an hour El Mar Menor is a saltwater lagoon in the community of Murcia clear water with high salinity makes it ideal for all kinds of water sports At the northern end of the lagoon is a national park where there are salt flats that include an important wetland and bird sanctuary despite 18 years of warnings from environmentalists pollution from the many hotels built on the narrow peninsula caused an ecological collapse of marine life in the lagoon all the beaches lost their Blue Flag designation due to high contamination of the lagoon waters heavy rains caused floods to dump more pollution into the lagoon causing thousands of dead fish to wash up on the beaches Spaniards who bought vacation homes there cannot sell them due to the continuing contamination and don’t buy property in the immediate area Gibraltar is well-known as the British Overseas Territory carved out of Spain at the mouth of the Mediterranean This popular tourist destination and sales-tax-free shopping haven can be delightful to visit the cities on the Spanish side of the frontier have the flavor of border towns everywhere ferries cross the strait to and from Tangiers in Morocco as well as the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in Africa the fact that Africa is just 65 miles from Algeciras encourages traffic in many types of contraband such as drugs and illegal immigration from Sub-Saharan Africa Gibraltar’s commercial focus on online gambling and banking that offers international tax shelters adds to a somewhat unsavory atmosphere you probably would not be involved in anything questionable almost any other destination in Spain would be completely worry-free Where is Spain? 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The Best Places For Every Budget in Spain Company partners with Reforestum for second afforestation project is sponsoring a new afforestation project in Palencia Afforestation is planting new trees and seeds in areas that weren’t previously wooded The data center firm has worked with Reforestum on an afforestation project north of Palencia in the Calahorra de Boedo area and will plant 24 hectares of trees on the site Interxion previously worked with Reforestum for a similar project in Picos de Europa where the company acquired rights to a plantation of approximately 5 hectares The company has also collaborated with International Cooperation and Living Territories in the replanting of native specimens in Miraflores de la Sierra and in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Colada del Arroyo) in Madrid It has also previously said it was supporting a reforestation program called Reforest’Action to support two reforestation sites in France Other data center operators suporting reforestation or afforestation include QTS which is working with American Forest on reforestation projects in the US saying it will plant one tree per month for every 100 kilowatt (kW) customer agreement Converge ICT Solutions recently signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Aeta community here to adopt a two-hectare land for reforestation near Angeles City Interxion is currently developing MAD4, its fourth data center in Madrid. Construction work on the project, which the company said will be the largest data center in Spain, began over the summer The company acquired a 3.6-acre land parcel last year It said at the time the 14,550-square meter plot – less than one kilometer from Interxion’s existing Madrid campus – can support up to 34MW of critical IT capacity across more than 35,000 square meters (380,000 sq ft) The company said the facility will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy A version of this story appeared on our Spanish edition Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia (ANS – Miraflores de la Sierra) – “I can and doing good to others.” These are the words of one of the Salesians involved that summarised in a single sentence the meaning of the formative experience that both the Salesian Provinces of Spain – St James the Greater (SSM) based in Seville – have just begun and which is called: “Ongoing Formation for Middle Age” 22 Salesians from both Provinces participated in a formation course personally invited for this purpose by their Provincials What motivated and characterised their participation in this experience was their shared age between 45 and 55 years (with some “beyond the range” promoted and organised jointly by SSM and SMX develops throughout an entire year and is divided into three significant stages the first of which was the one carried out in the first days of July in the small but welcoming residence of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ The animators of the experience were three members of the Confederation of Religious of Spain (CONFER) psychological team who led the sessions and shared time with all the participants The course content consisted of a personal and group experience of knowing and reviewing oneself and one's life at this specific stage of one's journey from a human and personal growth perspective during the Eucharist led by the two Salesian Provincials Fr Fernando García (SSM) and Fr Fernando Miranda (SMX) some of the participants showed what these days of deep personal and group work have meant for them: “Thank you for the opportunity to listen to me and for me to listen to you to know me and for me to know you....”; “It was a gift to live these days and to be able to share so many personal moments finding similar resonances in others”; “I had the opportunity to discover my wounds and my fragility and to understand that through them I can and must continue to grow and do good to others.” Participants in this experience are now called to carry out the second part of the project practising the "Spiritual Exercises in daily life" individually and day by day during this year; and they will all meet together in a year's time to complete the journey in the renewal of the personal encounter with Jesus in the places where He Himself lived and worked ANS - “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana” is a on-line almost daily publication the communication agency of the Salesian Congregation enrolled in the Press Register of the Tibunal of Rome as n 153/2007 This site also uses third-party cookies to improve user experience and for statistical purposes By scrolling through this page or by clicking on any of its elements Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Forever linked to his inseparable partner Ramón Vázquez Molezún a historical figure of Spanish architecture Friend and collaborator of Alejandro de la Sota – with whom he designed the Miraflores de la Sierra building in 1957 – and many times laureate since he graduated in 1948 the Madrid architect still works with the same dedication and in the same semi-basement in which he has spent most of his life the Spanish pavilion for the 1958 Brussels World Fair opened the door to modernity in public buildings casting aside the granitic and pretentious style of the postwar years The Huarte house (1966) and the Bankunión building in Paseo de la Castellana (1970-1977) are two good examples of the natural evolution of the first rationalism after the agitated sixties decade The jury proposed by the Fundación Antonio Camuñas formed by professors of the Madrid School of Architecture his perseverant defense of the values of architecture there arent any match using your search terms He was born in Rascafría in 1500 into a family of stonemasons and architects: his father Juan would be in charge of training Rodrigo and his brother who would become a senior teacher of works After a period of learning in the works in which his father worked (Seville Rodrigo will participate in many of the most representative religious and civil projects of the time: the Guzmanes Palace and the Astorga Cathedral in Leon; the cathedral and the Palacio de la Salina in Salamanca; the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela where he builds the façade of the Treasury in which the main chapel and one of the heads are attributed to him Hontañón dies to the 77 years in the city where he performs his last great work The allegories refer to knowledge through Philosophy and the Bible: practical wisdom is represented by Saint Ambrose Halberdiers and Atlanteans defend the core of knowledge: the library on the 2nd floor The façade is dominated by the coat of arms of Charles V and its dynastic symbols: the Fleece the columns of Hercules and the double-headed eagle The whole is crowned by a pediment: inside a young couple and an elderly couple allude to the passage of time he built the tower of the Magisterial Cathedral of Santos Justo y Pastor breaking with it the exterior austerity of a temple built by order of Cisneros on the remains of other medieval basilicas It is a key construction in a city of relevance as evidenced by the fact that it was one of the only two cathedrals in the world with the title of Magistral in which all the canons had to be doctors of Theology it is worth noting in the work of Hontañón in Madrid his possible intervention in the tower of the basilica of the Assumption whose works are taken over by Juan Guas and Hannequín de Bruxelles A church built under the auspices of the Mendoza family in which its tower stands out again surrounded by a balustrade and topped with a spire He also intervenes on the floor and roofs of the funeral chapel of the inquisitor Gregorio Vélez in the church of Torrelaguna in the chapel of Alfonso Palacios in Colmenar Viejo and in the parish of Miraflores de la Sierra as well as on the facade of the University in the Torre de la Magistral both in Alcalá de Henares although they were built by other stonemasons the traces of the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Meco and San Pedro Mártir de Fuente del Saz are his “If your father had been named another way – Jan Pandovsky for example – or if he had been a foreigner it’s no use.” With these words the historian Juan Pando Despierto was dismissed when he went to the bank to propose its hosting an exhibition of some of his photographs Indeed the surname Pando lacked the glamour of those of his colleagues with foreign origins the pseudonym invented – precisely for business purposes – by his fellow-Madrileño Joaquín del Palacio told by Andrés Trapiello some years ago in the newspaper La Vanguardia (2 February 2001) in the context of the ‘discovery’ of Pando’s photos of the Spanish Civil War introduces us to the bad luck of the personality and draws attention to the urgent need to rescue the figure of Juan Miguel Pando Barrero whose birth centenary we celebrate this year and give him the spot he deserves on the map of 20th-century Spanish photography In fact the exhibition ‘Photography: Light and Life,’ held in 1968 at headquarters of the afternoon newspaper Pueblo de Madrid – an extraordinary and subsequently ill-fated project of Rafael Aburto – has been the only attempt to give a life devoted to photography a presence in the fact that in the book Arquitectura Española Contemporánea a basic historiography of our architectural modernity eighty photographs and sixteen projects are his As many as thirteen images of his shoot of Molezun & Corrales’ famous Residencia in Miraflores de la Sierra appear high in the list of photographs of the Caño Roto development of Vázquez de Castro and Íñiguez de Onzoño and eight by Català-Roca of the Coderch y Valls house in Camprodón It would be childish to try to rank the photographers who portrayed the corpus of Spanish architectural modernity but in both quantitative and qualitative terms The close to 140,000 negatives included in the archives bequeathed to Spain’s Institute of Cultural Heritage speak of the sheer magnitude of a career that is only now beginning to be documented and examined to the research project ‘Photography and Modern Architecture in Spain Juan Pando was personally introduced to architectural photography through the commissions given him his main client throughout his professional career by the General Directorate of Devastated Regions Pando had seen firsthand and portrayed not only the architectural devastation but especially the intensity of the human drama experienced in his native Madrid during the war at barely sixteen years of age he began to learn the photographic craft developing prints of monumental heritage in Mariano Moreno’s well-known art reproductions shop A friend of the pictorialist José Ortiz-Echagüe Pando immediately launched a personal practice that was close to the documenting of customs and manners So it was that after five years of field work and dark rooms the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War found him in the capital already ‘trained’ and capable and beautifully unbiased view of human relations taking place amongst debris and barricades in a besieged city and in trenches on the battlefronts his surname could not compete in terms of critical acclaim with those of his contemporaries at home or abroad but his snapshots – taken with a bulky second-hand Speek Graflex – soon began to appear in the newspapers ABC and drew the attention of the agency Associated Press which hired him for the four years that the war lasted his personal experience made it hard for him to abstract himself from the drama (his brother Luis fell and disappeared in the Segovia front) and the photographer gave up journalism altogether internally and externally silencing and obscuring all that he had experienced and photographed during those years He founded the Foto-Pando Graphic Information Agency (1940-46) and distributed shoots of World War II with the collaboration of his only son during the final decade he devoted himself to industrial and advertising photography as well as to photographing architecture and public works for the purpose traveling extensively through the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco Madrid’s General Office for Urban Planning Pando became an ‘ex officio’ photographer in the very best sense neither necessarily nor exclusively in architecture He was a rigorous professional in possession of excellent technical resources for Spain of that time – for these jobs he worked with large machines like the Graflex Speed Graphic or the Linhof Technika which allowed optical correction of perspectives – and capable of meeting the expectations of clients with respect and pulchritude The mentioned friendship with Carlos Flores earned him the trust of architects who soon saw their works published in the leading magazines of the period and Juan Daniel Fullaondo relied on his services making him the Madrid version of Català-Roca the photographer who with Maspons/Ubiña documented most of the work of Catalan architects those who repeatedly – if not exclusively – hired Pando to document their architectural works were Rafael de la Joya and Manuel Barbero besides compatibility of personaliy between Pando and the different architects clearly explains the mutual faith and trust “Without underrating what we call ‘artistic’ photography I am convinced that there is only one kind of architectural photography that which conveys the architect’s idea.” These statements of Ezra Stoller point to a simple synthesis of critical categorization Kindel rode through the purified abstract aesthetic of his images Català-Roca intoned an extreme compositional and Paco Gómez perfected the poetic lyricism of the visual narrative Contrary to these plausible practices and accents of his more illustrious colleagues in the trade and clear gaze”: photographer of snapshots he took sequential photos that presented architecture with a natural realism – with the nakedness condensed by his negatives – that the amplifier hardly masked His photographs of architecture combine documental aseptic description – reinforced by an extraordinary mastery of the technique – with the life-giving non-dramatized presence of the user of architectural and urban space Juan Pando’s art consists in making what is difficult look easy: condensing in images the small and great battles that gave rise Notices are posted by 10 am Monday through Saturday Adjust Text Size: A+ A- 2017 It is with great sadness to say Julia Lucia Fulford has passed away in Winnipeg Manitoba at Riverview Health Centre at the age of 75 years Julia was born to Miguel Arribas and Regina Frutos She lived in a beautiful small town called Miraflores De La Sierra in the northern mountains of Spain Julia leaves behind three beautiful daughters Her first daughter Gemma Lucia Goymer (James Goymer) and their two sons Her second daughter Julia Diana Cereceda (Glenn Kerr) Her youngest Daughter Cristina I C Bell (Paul Perzel) and her daughter Samantha Jade Cereceda and Julia's two great-granddaughters Jade Isabel and Brooklyn Octavia always had a passion for gardening and quilting and she was an amazing cook She had the biggest heart and was always giving Special thanks to the nursing staff at Riverview Health Centre for their care The Celebration of her wonderful life will be held April 21 at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Winnipeg Julia would have wanted everyone to plant flowers in her name to help save the bees and help with the environment As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Apr 20 Share your memories and/or express your condolences below Unfortunately with the need to moderate tributes for inappropriate content your comments may take up to 48 hours to appear but I have the feeling that you could do a great job dressing the characters in this story,” he told her What followed on the set of "},"children":[]},{"name":"italic","children":[{"name":"text","attributes":{"value":"Nicholas and Alexandra "},"children":[]}]},{"name":"text","attributes":{"value":"(1971) was a nightmare for Blake She had to take charge of several departments and there were two tailors who hated each other “It was a year of preparation and another year of filming The TimesYvonne Blake at the 1972 Academy awards ceremony with her Oscar which was presented to her by Cybill Shepherd and Joe NamathFriday November 02 2018 The TimesWhen the film producer Sam Spiegel called Yvonne Blake up to discuss his new project about the lives of the last tsars of Russia he was already convinced that no one would be better to source and stitch a sumptuous array of Russian chinchilla-trimmed coats and grand military uniforms What followed on the set of Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) was a nightmare for Blake RASCAFR�A.- Bajo la cumbre nevada del Pe�alara y delante de los bosques de Rascafr�a ha presentado la propuesta del futuro Parque Nacional de Guadarrama Un total de 75.500 hect�reas de la regi�n que quedar�n protegidas El Plan de Ordenaci�n de los Recursos Naturales (PORN) de la Comunidad de Madrid establece 75.500 hect�reas de m�xima protecci�n de las que 34.500 ser�n de Parque Nacional y otras 41.000 de Parque Regional y zona de preparque A eso hay que sumar otras 25.000 hect�reas de zona de transici�n un "cintur�n de protecci�n del Parque en el que regir�n los criterios del buen gobierno urban�stico" 37 municipios quedar�n dentro de la zona protegida que abarca un 10% del territorio de la Comunidad el proyecto trata de proteger los 11 ecosistemas diferentes presentes en la Sierra de Guadarrama algunos de ellos de alta monta�a mediter�nea �nicos en la Pen�nsula en la zona que ser� declarada Parque Nacional hay m�s de 1.280 especies diferentes de las que 13 est�n en peligro de extinci�n m�s de 1.500 plantas aut�ctonas y 30 tipos de vegetaci�n distintos A ello hay que sumar los ecosistemas acu�ticos as� como los humedales del macizo de Pe�alara Pero tanto Zab�a como la presidenta de la Comunidad quisieron remarcar el patrimonio cultural y paisaj�stico caracter�sticos de esta sierra Un paisaje "modelado por el hombre y que debe ser ordenado para permitir que la sierra sea un lugar para disfrutar" Seg�n el Plan de Ordenaci�n propuesto por Aguirre los municipios de la zona tendr�n "muy limitado su crecimiento urban�stico" pero a cambio "tendr�n la garant�a econ�mica para que sea compatible la vida en estos pueblos con el Parque Nacional" que afecta a municipios como Manzanares el Real habr� fuertes limitaciones a la construcci�n Los terrenos ser�n declarados no urbanizables y se establecer�n criterios urban�sticos como la limitaci�n de construcci�n a dos alturas o que se respete la arquitectura t�pica de la zona El PORN tambi�n establece una nueva figura que incluye el Monte de Abantos y las zonas m�s cercanas a El Escorial en las que tambi�n habr� restricciones a la urbanizaci�n y se respetar� el ecosistema Aguirre eligi� para presentar el plan el monumento al Guarda Forestal Durante el acto estuvo acompa�ada por el ge�grafo y coordinador del Plan de Ordenaci�n quen se�al� que con la propuesta madrile�a se acaba "con el falso concepto de parque perdido" Zab�as destac� que el futuro Parque Nacional tendr� un uso no s�lo de conservaci�n sino tambi�n "para disfrute de los madrile�os monta�ismo y educaci�n ambiental en la zona" Tras el periodo de informaci�n p�blica y la finalizaci�n del PORN de la vertiente castellano leonesa corresponder� a las Cortes Generales la decisi�n de otorgar esta protecci�n a la Sierra de Guadarrama © Mundinteractivos, S.A. / Aviso legal / Política de privacidad Dirección original de este artículo: https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/02/08/ciencia/1139410924.html LlamarContactarCompartir anuncioDescartar anuncio¿Cuánto vale tu casa?Descubre su precio en menos de dos minutos. ¡Totalmente gratis! Motor News » Motor News » Tests and Reports Alfa Romeo presented the Giulia in 2016 making him the great standard bearer of the brand During this time he has made us fall in love with his design and also with his driving A genuinely Italian style with equal parts elegance sportiness and passion that remains very timeless seven years have passed and the Alfa Giulia continues to command attention in its wake the traditional saloons They have lost the interest of most of the European public and only about 200 units were sold throughout 2022 in Spain the Italian firm has presented us with a Update Model Year 2023 can provide a slight commercial boost to the model We have tested it in the Madrid mountains and below we will tell you all the news which is arriving at Spanish dealerships these days brings a more modern touch to the exterior but just enough for us to appreciate differences with respect to the predecessor variant At the front it maintains the mythical “Trilobo”, with the Scudetto in a central position. The main novelty is the styling of the headlights, which are now adaptive Matrix LEDs. It will not only stand out for its better lighting, but also for its 3+3-style lighting line, as in the SZ Zagato, which have also been reinterpreted in the Tonal incorporating in turn the dynamic turn signals La rear area It doesn't change much either we have to look at the pilot lights to differentiate it from the previous ones The LED rear projectors They maintain the external shape but modify the interior and the casing the main change in this restyling is the introduction of the new digital instrument cluster but once again Alfa Romeo has wanted to keep one of its iconic details and it is neither more nor less than the classic style with outer mask of spheres it is customizable with three different display themes and also changes slightly with the driving mode A post shared by Actualidad Motor (@actualidadmotor) Nor is it one of the most practical cars if we look for space in the rear seats having given priority to sportiness and beauty in the exterior design harming the comfort of access and space in the second row where two tall adults will not travel too comfortably but in these three-volume sedans what penalizes is the loading mouth and the height of the compartment it is something common in this type of bodywork As far as qualities are concerned, from my point of view it is above any general brand, but it still does not reach the level of BMW, for example, which is one of the references in this regard. However, Yes, it is up to other brands considered premium, such as Mercedes The mechanical range of the Alfa Romeo Giulia consists of two diesel and one gasoline all of them with 8-speed ZF automatic transmission A pity that these engines do not have a minimum electrical support to benefit from the DGT Eco label we have a block 2.2 liter available with 160 hp and rear drive as well as with 210 hp and four-wheel drive through the Q4 system from Alpha the only member is the Turbo 2.0 four-cylinder which is always linked to the system Q4 all-wheel drive This is the option that we have tested in this presentation of the Model Year 2023 being able to reach a maximum speed of 240 km/h and being able to do 0 to 100 in 5,4 seconds according to his technical sheet The combined consumption approved is 8 l/100 km The organization of this event prepared us a fantastic route through the mountains of Madrid We left the town of Navacerrada in the direction of Miraflores de la Sierra on the road from Manzanares to Real From Miraflores the fun begins going up through the port of La Morcuera to Rascafría to then go through the Puerto de Cotos and descend to the starting point through the Puerto de Navacerrada The Alfa Romeo Giulia is one of those cars that immediately generate Too much fun much more refined than the diesel in terms of noise and with the thrust of its 280 CV spread over all four wheels It had been a while since I had been on the Giulia because that Such direct and precise steering such a sporty driving position and those huge metal paddles with a sensational feel are never forgotten. Nor the poise that it transmits and how well it turns even in the most twisty curves The asphalt -and the environment- was cold The limit of adhesion is not as high in these conditions as with summer sports tires at high temperatures but the behavior of the car remains impeccable in terms of precision and fun behind the wheel I still think it is the most exciting sedan to drive the one that transmits the most and the most accurate Everything seems to be designed to make us smile and in the case of putting the sport mode with the DNA selector itches us to increase the rhythm a little more If you add to that some metallic cams as God intended to manage a sequential gearbox that gives that cool little jerk when going up to the next gear… I am not able to resist the 280 hp engine is sweet and willful at the same time so it is pleasant both for daily journeys at a gentle pace It is curious that the red zone of the tachometer reaches 5.500 rpm Although this is something personal and you may not agree the Alfa Romeo Giulia is the most beautiful sedan on the market this can be done at the cost of penalizing habitability and ease of access something that must also be taken into account It is a pity that sedans are in the doldrums in the current market, but at the same time it is a pleasure that Alfa continues to bet on this car. It won't be the best seller and it won't have the reputation of a BMW, a Audi or a Mercedes but the personality and elegance that it transmits are not achieved by any of its rivals If we talk about Prices, the most accessible version is the 2.2 hp 160 diesel engine and the Super finish, starting from 46.100 euros. In this same finish we can also choose the tested engine, the 2.0 turbo gasoline 280 hp, although it rises to 56.100. In our case, we drove the Veloce finish (red unit) which with this engine costs 63.600 euros. All of them are official prices of Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Giulia Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id" "aee6304c67761a29fbfc7a5b4aba39c1" );document.getElementById("g3666f9531").setAttribute( "id"