Mission Statement: to assist the integration of foreign residents living in Spain and this is never more accurate than when you establish yourself as a foreign resident in a new country Being able to quickly familiarise yourself with the culture and customs can help ease the transition during a challenging time This is why Euro Weekly News makes it our mission to provide you with a free news resource in English that covers both regional and national Spanish news – anything that we feel you will benefit from knowing as you integrate into your new community and live your best life in Spain you can forget about translating articles from Spanish into awkward English that probably don’t make much sense Let us be your convenient and essential guide to all things that will likely affect you as a foreign resident living in Spain A town in the province of Huelva remains one of the most popular tourist destinations yet few know the part it played in World War Two With fine white sand beaches, various restaurants along the streets and natural coastal caves, Punta Umbria is a beautiful destination for locals and tourists In April 1943, the body of William Martin, “the man who never existed”, was found in the Punta Umbria The importance of this discovery lies in the secret somewhat surprising plan carried out by the British involved the appearance of a floating corpse that of an entirely made-up major in the British army the corpse was found carrying documents stating the Allies planned to arrive in Greece and Sardinia and operation to disguise the Allied invasion of Sicily The Germans sent troops to Greece and Sardinia in response to the apparent Ally documents neglecting Sicily and leaving it defenceless allowing for a successful invasion of the island in July 1943 by Allied forces Operation Mincemeat marked a key turning point in WWII and solidified Punta Umbria’s part in the successful defeat of the Nazis Punta Umbria still retains an interesting historical legacy from this era loved for its ideal location and idyllic beaches; in history it remains a turning point in the course of the Second World War its beaches have become some of the most visited on the Huelva coast Subscribe to our Euro Weekly News alerts to get the latest stories into your inbox Euro Weekly News is the leading English language newspaper in Spain by delivering news with a social conscience we are proud to be the voice for the expat communities who now call Spain home With around half a million print readers a week and over 1.5 million web views per month EWN has the biggest readership of any English language newspaper in Spain The paper prints over 150 news stories a week with many hundreds more on the web – no one else even comes close Our publication has won numerous awards over the last 25 years including Best Free Newspaper of the Year (Premios AEEPP) Company of the Year (Costa del Sol Business Awards) and Collaboration with Foreigners honours (Mijas Town Hall) All of this comes at ZERO cost to our readers All our print and online content always has been and always will be FREE OF CHARGE Download our media pack in either English or Spanish World Athletics is shocked and deeply saddened to learn that Ugandan distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei died tragically on Thursday (5 September) as a result of an alleged domestic abuse attack the 33-year-old had represented her nation at major championships on the track Her most notable achievement was her victory in the up and downhill race at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in 2022 Cheptegei represented Uganda at the 2010 World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz where she placed 15th individually and earned bronze in the team competition She competed in the senior race at the following year’s edition in Punta Umbria and went on to represent Uganda on the track at the World Military Games later that year She made her third World Cross Country Championships appearance in 2013 and competed at the African Cross Country Championships in 2014 she set a Ugandan record of 2:22:47 in 2022 in what was just her fourth race at the distance That came just six weeks after her victory at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Chiang Mai Last year she finished 14th in the marathon at the World Championships in Budapest She finished just outside of the medals in the half marathon at the African Games earlier this year then went on to make her Olympic debut in Paris “Our sport has lost a talented athlete in the most tragic and unthinkable circumstances,” said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe “Rebecca was an incredibly versatile runner who still had lots left to give on the roads “I have been in touch with our Council Members in Africa to see how we can help not only in our capacity as governing body of the sport Rebecca competed in but to assess how our safeguarding policies might be enhanced to include abuse outside of the sport and bringing together stakeholders from all areas of athletics to combine forces to protect our female athletes to the best of our abilities from abuse of all kinds.” This proposal new Archaeological Center of Punta Umbria, Spain is designed by ETB Architects. It is conceived of as a simple and light architecture in the form of an Arab tent that is open to the surrounding landscape and to all society. The site of the archeological museum is set in an important area of the city, which contains the ancient Roman remains as well as the beautiful landscape of the “Ria.”  These two elements contribute to the design of the building which is that of a light pavilion that is lifted at points to reveal its precious contents.  The tent almost doesn’t touch the ground which allows it to be protective for its contents but inclusive to the public space surrounding it. Courtesy of ETB ArchitectsAuthor: ETB Architects Location: Punta Umbria. Spain Team: Alessandro Tessari (director) German Pro Nicola Di Pietro (project team) Type: International Competition Date: 04.2011 Client: Municipality of Punta Umbria You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email the restaurants along the emblematic Calle Ancha and its natural coastal enclaves have turned Punta Umbría into one of the most popular tourist destinations on Andalucía's Atlantic coast But Punta Umbría also holds an important place in the history not only of Spain but of all of Europe as this was the town where the body of William Martin but masterful plan involved the appearance of a floating corpse that of an invented major in the British army He was carrying documents stating that the Allies were planning on landing in Greece and Sardinia This was nothing more than a deception operation to disguise the Allied invasion of Sicily the Germans sent troops to Greece and Sardinia This allowed for a successful invasion of the island in July 1943 by Allied forces marked a key turning point in the course of the Second World War It is undoubtedly the most notable chapter in Punta Umbría's history But the town has other important historical links with the UK The Brits working for the Rio Tinto Company Limited settled in Punta Umbría in the late 19th century when the town was dedicated to what remains one of its main sources of income the British discovered the quality of the surrounding white sand beaches along which they established holiday homes Some architectural traces of this period remain is a reconstruction of one of these holiday homes Punta Umbría still retains an interesting historical and ethnographic legacy from this era loved for its ideal location and incredible beaches Their vastness and the quality of their sand are good excuses to visit them as soon as the summer season begins you will find some of the city's best-known restaurants and even one of the most famous beach bars in the country which was once recognised as the best in Spain Other beaches along the coastline of Punta de Gracia include Los Enebrales located in a stunning nature reserve of the same name This enclave can be explored by taking scenic rides along the cycle path that runs parallel to it Behind these paths you can enjoy the beach a serene refuge for those wanting to escape the crowded shores where good food is served in a relaxed setting Another of Punta Umbría's selling points is its location next to the Odiel estuary not only does it have an important fishing port but it has also been connected for decades to the city of Huelva by means of the 'canoa' a boat that was once fundamental for communications between the urban areas This has even been declared an Asset of National Tourist Interest in Andalucía Comentar es una ventaja exclusiva para registrados Centro de Interpretacion del Yacimiento Archeologic Site Center Jefe del proyecto Project LeaderAlessandro Tessari Equipo de diseño Design TeamGerman de Pro Lozano there arent any match using your search terms A busy two days of duathlon racing across the weekend saw plenty of British athletes racing in Punta Umbria Spain in the 2020 ETU Duathlon European Championships with the 10km / 40km / 5km Standard Distance taking place on Sunday The Sprint distance event was dominated by Great Britain and Spain both in terms of entrants (233 and 160 respectively with the Brits claiming 35 and the hosts 28 The fastest British athletes in the AG race overall were Henry Hart (Gold in 20-24) who was third fastest overall Natalie Duncombe (Silver in 30-34) and Katie Latham (Silver in 35-39) both recorded the same time Follow the madness of the 'Race that eats its young' on RUN247 In late 2008 the City of Punta Umbria, located on the coast of Huelva, Spain, organized a Competition for a Congress, Exhibition and Fairs building. MRDP Arquitectos sent us the winning entry 1st Prize: FARO; MRDP Arquitectos | María Romero y Daniel Pérez 2nd Prize: CÓNCAVO-CONVEXO; Joaquín Aramburu y Asociados 3rd Prize: BI.VALVO; JOSÉ ÁLVAREZ CHECA We intend to create a building to distinguish the City of Punta Umbria from others of similar size in the environment that contain similar facilities for fairs, exhibits, congress and shows. The project is organized around two main ideas: Moreover, from a formal point of view we generate a unlimited flexible topography, where any changes did not compromise the character of the proposal. A building that moves away from conventional forms of fairs and exhibitions containers, flexible with itself and the area to be implanted, confused at times with it. The new topography will contain the required activities under a green roof. The excess cost of such roof will be offset by savings in the acclimation of these large-scale spaces with an enormous thermal inertia. The green roof will be covered by native hydrophilic species, resistant to weather and with poor maintenance. Part of the roof will be occupied by pedestrian paths connecting archaeological items that are expected to be found at the site. We provide the building with a whimsical and unique 17m tower as a lighthouse that will allow a visual connection to the river and its surroundings next to the building This tower will contain small conferences and V.I.P rooms so you can see the project on Google Earth donwload KMZ Kenya had an historically successful IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz becoming the first country ever to take all eight titles (four team and four individual) and results from the recent IAAF / SINOPEC World Half Marathon Championships would seem to augur well for a repeat performance in Punta Umbria 2011 Bydgoszcz will long live in the annals of long distance running as one of the most dominant performances ever by any one nation at global level Kenya’s road racers took up the mantle of success on 16 October sweeping their way to all four World titles at Half Marathon so long the only opponents to trouble Kenya across the country and on the roads were very much squeezed off the podium in 2010 Kenya swept the individual medals in both junior races and took a one-two in the senior women’s race at the 2010 World Cross Their principal rivals took just one individual medal each in Bydgoszcz with Ethiopia additionally taking 3 teams silvers and one bronze and Eritrea one team silver Uganda was the next best with three bronze medals (two team and the USA impressively captured the one remaining team bronze in Poland Seven months later and the results on the roads of Nanning again emphatically demonstrated Kenya’s distance running strength with the individual gold and bronze in both races - only the fourth time that one nation’s runners had run to both titles since the inception of these championships in 1992 - sandwiching in silver’s for Eritrea (Zersenay Tadese) and Ethiopia (Dire Tune) and listening to the Kenyan race winners Wilson Kiprop and Florence Kiplagat it is very much a matter of ‘Next Stop Spain’ the Kenyan victors had already turned their ambitions to the 39th edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships which will be held in Punta Umbria whose year has also included the national and African 10,000m titles on home turf in the high altitude of Nairobi finishing fifth in 2:09:09 in Prague in May but he’s not yet ready to turn his full attentions to the longer distance “I’m not ready for another marathon this year But I am looking to run well and at the World Cross Country Championships,” said Kiprop in Nanning It would comes as no real surprise if his female counterpart Florence Kiplagat possessed similar World Cross Country ambitions as she has already captured and individual title World Cross Country the national track record holder for 10,000m (30:11.59 from 2009) still has plenty to achieve across the country and on the track before looking to a marathon There will be many in Ethiopia and Eritrea hoping that the large prize purses of a major city race might still divert Kiprop and Kiplagat to the roads before Punta Umbria dawns Sign in/UpRegister nowWhy RegisterWORLD ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPSPUNTA UMBRÍA Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor of Kenya on his way to winning the men junior's race in Punta Umbria (© Getty Images) Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor was nobody’s favourite to win the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Junior race after finishing fourth at his own national trials last month but the 18-year-old Kenyan showed what a difference a month of dedicated preparation can make with a stunning display of gun-to-tape front running Kipsang crossed the line after 8km of hard running in 22.21 Course variations have to be taken into account but cross country aficionados in the Spanish resort town were soon talking about it being the most impressive victory by a junior man since Kenenisa Bekele won a decade ago in 2001 He sped away from the gun with his arms pumping like a 400m runner and went through the first 2km at the head of a 14-man group in a swift 5:22 The prevailing thought was that he was making the pace for some of the men behind him notably his team-mate Isiah Kiplangat Koech who had run World junior indoor bests over 3000m and 5000m last month before going on to win the Kenya trials race in Nairobi it was soon clear that Kipsang had other ideas “I knew I was in great shape at the training camp and I was just feeling very confident I decided to just run as hard as I could from the front I knew there was a danger I might run out of energy but I felt I had a good chance of the gold medal,” said the 18-year-old from the tiny Chepkorio village He later revealed that unlike at many previous Championships there had been no team tactics issued by the Kenyan team coaches the pace eased slightly on the second of four laps but it was enough to run the legs off some of the men chasing him and the pack - containing four Kenyans four Ethiopians and the lone Ugandan Thomas Ayeko - was reduced to nine men at the halfway point Kipsang then put in a noticeable burst of acceleration in the early stages of the third lap which spread out his rivals Ethiopia’s Bonsa Dida tried to hang to stay on Kipsang’s shoulder but later paid for his efforts while Ayeko slipped back a couple of paces and was running comfortably in third place while Patrick Mutunga and Koech were in fourth and fifth respectively Kipsang found another gear about a kilometre from home to shake off his challengers and he continued to wind up the pace as the line approached to make sure there were no surprises in the finishing straight “I finished fourth in the Kenyan trials but I was taking that race carefully as I knew that this was the important race The Kenyan trials are hard but I wanted to conserve some energy and so I ran just to make the team,” added Kipsang reflecting on the fact that he had arrived in Spain a little below the radar both Ayeko and Mutunga went past the flagging Dida in the final kilometre to take the silver and bronze medals respectively the latter only on the Kenyan team as an after-thought by the selectors after finishing sixth in the Kenyan trials Kenya filled the first four places in the junior men’s race in Bydgoszcz 12 months ago but this time around they couldn’t quite manage perfect score and had to settle for getting their scoring quartet in the top 10 to take their 13th successive title in the category with 20 points getting their four men in the top eight but again had to settle for the silver medal like they had done in 11 of the 12 previous years with 24 points Perhaps the gold was lost due to Tesfaye Cheru’s relatively poor run the winner of the junior men’s race at the Ethiopian trials failing to stay with the leaders after the first lap and eventually finishing 11th Ayeko’s second place helped Uganda to the team bronze medals for the second successive year with 50 points Sign in/UpRegister nowWhy RegisterWORLD ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPSPUNTA UMBRÍA Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon of Kenya in action in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships women junior's race (© Getty Images) it was a battle between two World champions for a World Championship neither had won at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria Vivian Cheruiyot is reigning World champion at 5000 metres She won the World Junior Cross Country title in 2000 but had not placed higher than eighth in a World Cross Country Championships Linet Masai is reigning World champion at 10,000 metres She won the World Junior Cross Country in Mombasa in 2007 but she had been upset by team-mates in the final sprint at each of the past two senior World Cross Country Championships only one of these two champion Kenyans could leave Punta Umbria a Senior World Cross Country gold medallist breaking away from Masai mid-way through the final lap after her team-mate had split the field up on the penultimate circuit So Masai was second for the third year in a row and will have to wait another two years for her next possible chance of being champion With due respect to Florence Kiplagat (winner in Amman 2009) and last year’s champion there are two consoling elements to this third consecutive silver this time Masai was beaten by another World champion One of the women dropped when first Masai and then Cheruiyot broke up the leading pack was Shalane Flanagan moving past Meselech Melkamu of Ethiopia into third in the last kilometre and taking some ground out of Masai Flanagan led her team to the bronze medal as well It was the second successive bronze for the Americans but Flanagan’s numbers were even more impressive the 29-year-old Beijing Olympic 10,000m bronze medallist is the first non-African born medallist since Benita Willis won the long race in 2004 and the first American medallist since Deena Drossin took the second of her two successive silver medals in 2003 Flanagan credited her marathon training for her improvement from 12th place to a bronze medal (she made her marathon debut in New York last year) Flanagan commented: “I was just so happy to be in the spot I was in I didn’t realise how close I could be (to second).” Masai and Cheruiyot have battled back and forth all this year but Cheruiyot took the win that mattered most.  I hope to defend my title in the next championship “I’m very happy about Masai because we are friends outside the competitions and we also train together.” because I came here very strong,” she said “But finally I have been second once again.” Again she made the race; again she did not win it Magdalena Lewy-Boulet and Blake Russell packed well into 17th 18th and 19th places to ensure the bronze medal comfortably from Bahrain and Great Britain Charlotte Purdue was Britain’s leading finisher in 14th place matching her finish in the junior race in Amman two years ago Shitaye Eshete led Bahrain home in 12th place Fionnuala Britton of Ireland ran a fine race finished eighth with the 2010 European women’s champion at 1500 metres Nuria Fernandez first finisher in 24th place Sign in/UpRegister nowWhy RegisterWORLD ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPSBYDGOSZCZ (MYSLECINEK PARK) Hiwot Ayalew of Ethiopia in action at the 2011 World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria (© Getty Images) Ethiopian athletics is full of successful siblings with the likes of the Bekeles (Kenenisa and Tariku) and the Dibabas (Tirunesh Genzebe and Ejegayehu) all winning global medals on both the track and cross-country Now the Ayalew family looks to be the next in line lines up for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz later this week she will hope to do better than her older sister Wude in winning the family’s first individual World cross-country medal Despite her four appearances at the World Cross has two fifth-place finishes (in Fukuoka 2006 and 2009 Amman) to her credit “She [Wude] was my inspiration to take up athletics seriously,” says Ayalew of her sister she had already started representing her country There are several reasons why the Ethiopian athletics community is bullish about Ayalew’s chances in the Polish city Since finishing 11th two years ago in Punta Umbria the 20-year-old has made a startling improvement over the cross country and her preferred track event “An athlete will not remain in the same position,” she says “But when I compare my performance with the one two years ago Ayalew certainly broke ranks last year when she made it on to the Ethiopian women’s 3000m steeplechase Olympic team in London and finished fifth as compatriot Sofia Assefa won bronze at the event “I would have done better if I had more experience and a stronger finish,” she says She has continued where she left off from last season winning the Cross Internacional de Atapuerca in Spain in November 2012 and then comfortably winning the battle for Bydgoszcz places at the Jan Meda race course in Addis Ababa competing against the likes of three-time World cross-country bronze medallist Meselech Melkamu and Olympic 10,000m finalist Belaynesh Oljira I had prepared well but I didn’t expect the big result as there were some strong senior athletes,” she says there are seven athletes in our [women’s senior] team I am ready to do my best individually and as a team too.” Ethiopia’s chances in Bydgoszcz have been dealt a blow by the withdrawal of three-time champion Tirunesh Dibaba a wild card selection by the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) While Ayalew believes that this is a setback she is confident of her own chances in Poland “It is a big advantage to have Tirunesh in our team,” says Ayalew “She is a great athlete; you can imagine what a morale-boost her presence is to all of us so the rest of us have to bring the results for our country I think I am in a good shape so I hope to get a big result.” the jury is out on whether the young runner can turn into a world-beating athlete like her compatriots Meseret Defar and Dibaba Ayalew’s affection lies in the 3000m Steeplechase an event in which she had to overcome personal fear before mastering “I used to be frightened just watching others compete in the steeplechase let alone running it myself,” she recalls of her early track days where she aspired to emulate Defar and Dibaba in the 5000m “I run well in the 5000m and wanted to represent my country at that event.” clocking 14:49.36 at the Oslo Diamond League in 2011 It was a time that could get her into the World Championships team of many countries but there was no place for her in Ethiopia’s team for Daegu Reality started sinking in that her dreams may not be coming true until her agent Hussein Makke came into the picture “He asked me to change my event and I refused to accept his advice because I thought he was asking me to shift to the Marathon,” recalls Ayalew “He said ‘I am not saying that [switch to Marathon] Why don’t you try it [the 3000m Steeplechase]?’ Then I said ‘I am not capable of doing it’ He insisted that I try and abandon it if it does not work out So he prepared a private coach who could help me train for the Steeplechase he saw my progress and told me that I was doing fine This gave me moral support and I started liking it I became convinced that it was the right way to go for me.” clocking 9:23.88 at the 2011 London Diamond League Ayalew has big ambitions for the World Championships in Moscow later this year but concedes that qualifying for the Ethiopian team remains her big priority post-Bydgoszcz I first want to qualify for Moscow,” she says “This year it will be difficult because there are many challengers So I have to train hard to qualify for Moscow.” Despite her second-place ranking on Ethiopia’s all-time lists behind Assefa (9:09.00) Ayalew has been touted by her coaches as someone who could make a serious challenge for the World Steeplechase record currently held by Gulnara Galkina-Samitova of Russia from the 2008 Olympic Games (8:58.81) Ayalew believes in a step-by-step approach to improvement “I want to go under 9:05 this year and be a medallist in Moscow.” she has some family business to take care of this weekend in Bydgoszcz Elshadai Negash (with the assistance of Bizuayehu Wagaw) for the IAAF Merga and Ayalew score Ethiopian double in At.. Lilesa and Ayalew capture impressive wins at .. Ayalew and Muriuki head open senior battle – .. 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To address comments or complaints, please Contact us Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox By submitting above, you agree to our privacy policy please follow the instructions in the email we just sent you There was a problem processing your submission With just one month to go before the European Duathlon Championship Punta Umbria 2020 (WEBSITE) – which will be held from the 6th to the 8th of March – the French Triathlon Federation has confirmed the participation of its two current ITU World Champions French duathletes will be the main rivals in one of the highest-level European Championships in the history of duathlon the “DuArmada” (Spain) will be led by Emilio Martin (racing at home) There will be another top contenders such as the Belgian Vandecasteele (bronze medal at Pontevedra World Championship behind Martin) and the others members of the French team: Le Berre Benjamin Choquert has recently performed well at the Valencia Marathon where he has also achieved the minimum standard for the Olympic Games for this distance The province of Huelva will stage the start of the European duathlon and triathlon season from 6th to 8th March with the European Duathlon Championship in Punta Umbria with the ETU Triathlon European Cup in Huelva These two international events will place Huelva and Punta Umbria at the centre of triathlon and duathlon at a continental level in 2020 from the 2017 World Cup (which also connected Punta Umbria and Huelva) plus the European Cup and the Iberoamerican Championship last March as well as the Spanish Duathlon Championship by Clubs and Mixed Relays in 2019 The AG Sprint Distance European Championship will take place on Saturday U23 and Elite competitions will also take place on the same day The European Standard Distance Championship will take place on Sunday the 8th over distances of 10km  / 40km cycle / 5km run (non-drafting) The official European Duathlon Championship Punta Umbria 2020 will start with the collection of the welcome package and Technical Briefings The opening ceremony will also take place on that same day with the Parade of Nations and the protocol act The Hotel Barceló Punta Umbria will host the closing party on Sunday and it will also be one of the main competition centres next to the Finish Area in Avenida de Andalucia This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page virgin and that sun that tastes like pure summer Andalusia reserves some of the best beaches of the Peninsula, paradises that we discover at the dawn of the summer season It belongs to the natural park of the Strait and the municipality of Tarifa where the friendly cows stroll at will between the landscape of pine forests and the infinity of this sandy beach Africa is glimpsed on the horizon and the ruins of the Roman city of Baelo Claudia give a good account of the passage of time in this paradise of crystal clear waters The Campillo del Genovés Valley hosts this beach surrounded by a pure and sensational landscape A cinematic bay sprinkled with prickly pears and native pitas that can be accessed on foot from the town of San José (Níjar) it is a fundamental stop in the Natural Park Cabo de Gata and one of the best beaches in Spain turquoise waters and a very fine golden sand make up the framework of the beach of Los Muertos Free of overcrowding (among other reasons because of its difficult access) it is an ideal destination for admirers of naturism This haven of peace in Almeria is located near Carboneras and its name is due to the fact that corpses victims of shipwrecks due to the sea currents Getting to this corner of Nerja is simply a wonder you can do it by kayak and enjoy a doubly enriching experience rocks and passages will lead you to the impressive Maro’s big waterfall This 15-meter waterfall emanates from the popular Nerja Caves its waters are ideal for both water sports Once there you have a wide range of courses and activities The beach of Mónsul is that of Indiana Jones or Lawrence of Arabia a natural movie set fractioned by “la peineta” It is one of the best beaches in Andalusia and its exhubertante seabed make it a perfect place for snorkeling although this beach with crystal clear water deserves a stop along the way Located in the heart of the Doñana National Park this is one of the most peaceful beaches on the coast of Huelva bushes and pines for more than a kilometer a magical enclave between Matalascañas and Mazagón We do not know if it is the best beach in Andalusia but it is certainly one of the most popular options for the summer Here you can breathe a wild and uncrowded air Another of its virtues are the fantastic views offered by the Acantilado del Aperillo a system of fossil dunes considered the most unique ecological and geological coastal formation of the Peninsula The Maro-Cerro Gordo Natural Park is home to this picturesque beach fine and coarse sand and a multitude of services designed for visitors belongs to the Natural Park of the Marismas del Río Piedras and Flechas del Rompido (also Flecha de Nueva Umbría or Cartaya and Punta Umbria and next to the mouth of the Piedras River takes place this visual idyll It is 12 kilometers long and 150 meters wide and can only be accessed by ferries departing from El Rompido 8 kilometers of crystal clear waters stretch from Barbate to Cabo de Plata and along them are jewels such as Playa de los Alemanes or Cala de Arroyo Cañuelo Its extension and fine sand lend themselves to stroll for hours until sunset Another of the great benefits of this Cadiz town is its extensive gastronomic offer, distributed in a large number of restaurants The Costa Tropical of Granada reserves a good handful of dream destinations and this is one of them This isolated cove of small dimensions is accessed through a narrow tunnel and is composed of about 250 meters of dark sand Possibly this small cove is inserted as one of the best beaches of Andalusia The sea appears crystalline and deep blue and the environment is completed by large rocks and the ruins of an ancient tower that guarded the incursions of the Barbary pirates one of the most interesting beaches in Andalusia: Cabopino A summer landscape dotted by the sand dunes of Artola declared a Natural Monument by the Junta de Andalucía in 2001 The picturesque Torre Ladrones presides over this living space of gray sand that enjoys a relaxed and familiar atmosphere The province of Cadiz gathers some of the best beaches in Andalusia and La Barrosa beach is an extensive coastal paradise 8 kilometers in length make up this golden sandy beach bathed by crystal clear waters It is an ideal enclave for those in search of impossible sunsets water sports and the last of the beach elements: beach bars and restaurants that are pure sea one of the best and most emblematic beach bars in Spain Home   Sport   Article Ann Cook produced an excellent performance to take gold in the female 60-64 sprint race at the European Duathlon Championships having only recently ended a two-decade break from competitive action who was a member of Bishop's Stortford Running Club for 15 years and holds a host of senior and veteran club records Her splits of 20min 12sec for the opening 4.8km run 37.31 for the 20.4km bike and 12.44 for the final 2.8km charge on foot gave her an overall time of 1hr 12min 31sec as she added to a bronze medal won at last year's world championships in Spain in the 55-59 category who works at Middleton School in Ware and was previously a PE teacher in Harlow for 35 years took part in the championships alongside husband Mike They have six children and nine grandchildren between them and Cook decided to take up triathlon and duathlon a couple of years ago as a way of getting back into sport and enjoying some "me time" "We're both just really pleased to be fit again and the competition is just a bonus," said Cook who trains with Be Endurance's Dermott Hayes and is a member of Hoddesdon Tri Club "I still would have got third in the age group below Cook is now preparing for a standard triathlon at the European championships in Estonia in July as well as gearing up for the duathlon world championships in Holland later this year Also in the race was Bishop's Stortford's Karen Cole 38.55 and 13.24 for a 1:16.14 total and fourth place Cole claimed a silver medal in the corresponding race last year in Romania but she was more than happy with her display aware of the capabilities of my age group," said 63-year-old Cole "We went through the high street of Punta Umbria where the support was incredible "I was very happy to get out onto the bike course That meant you could draft off anyone apart from the opposite sex For half the course I worked with another athlete but didn't manage to draft the whole way out onto the final run where you just go as hard as you can and hang on for dear life "Although I would love to have retained my silver medal from last year I gave my all and was truly happy with fourth place The podium positions were taken by some amazing athletes