El Paraiso Estepona

... only seven suites, Hotel Claude is a stylish little sanctuary in the bustling historic center of Marbella!
This is the place you want to go when you are looking for a quiet and romantic break in an authentic Spanish village, but also perfect for any relaxing long stays if you wish to feel at "home"!! Not a place for those "Nikkie Beach" and "Puro Beach" party animals!!!!

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We decided today we would stay in the area and just go driving. We wanted to check out some wineries and take a cave tour. But we didn't get a chance to do either one. The cave tours were 5 hours long. The caves are amazing but not sure Shae would be able to hang that long. my guess is not. And we drove and drove and didn't find one winery. I think we got close one time. But anyway the ride was beautiful and there was a great restaurant in a white village ...

... 1:30pm. (We're definitely getting use to late lunches and late dinners). The restaurant was awesome! Mike enjoyed a leg of lamb which was by far his best meal yet. After lunch, Shae did one more jump and then we toured around the town. It has views from all sides. We headed out and drove to the lake which was also an amazing drive. On the way we found hiking trails so Mike decided it was a perfect place to go for a ...

... that there would not be many places open and (as well as wanting to make a little progress from Malaga) we decided to stop as soon as possible. We found a hotel (the 'Paloma Piedra' or Stone Dove) at the side of the A7 in 'Estepona' and stopped. A little old lady was surprised to see us and we booked in, being the only ones in the ...

... mower, giving him the nickname Victor John Deere. Laughed very ******* that one for quite a long time. Pete - I think our time with the Sutho's brought plenty of laughs - especially our Segway experience....Daves Victor moment and Shaz's Segway dance. Scariest Thing Harri - Tom's face Tom - Nothing I'm not scared of anything..."I'm like Batman. Shaz - Watching the Sutherlands want to die on the sail from Rome to Olbia and wondering if well ever be ...

... one girly scream later with a monkey on my back swatting at my face i threw my muffin as far as i could and the monkey ate it and gave me the dirtiest look. ****in monkeys. ohwell, i wasnt hungry anyways.,... yes i was.. the first stop down was st micheals caves, they are famous caves in the mountain not created by ppl for tyhe war but created by thousands of years of rain dripping in and slowly dissoving the rock with its acidity. there HUGE. and then man made a theater ...

... to reinforce the community within the ancient walls of the old town, which is hard not to admire. We spent a little time in Tarifa but there was also other exotic locations very close by as well. One of these is Gibraltar - a name synonymous with both British colonialism (captured in 1704 and held ever since) and ...

... Spanish word to unsuspecting waiters before sitting back with immense pride at their petty achievement. Sorry, I digress. But it sickens me deeply. Tomorrow sees the arrival of BMI 'Flight 1031', which should be carefully delivering my oldest chum - young 'Skipper Hodges' - safely to Malaga airport. Four nights and five days. Over two years of catch up. The party's on.. Tapas count:- 35

... me a lot of Wee Britain...just really British, only surrounded by things that are decidedly NOT British. Mostly British people, food, signage, and the like. Bobbies walking around (though not many of them). Construction of high rise apartments everywhere. And there were none of the famous Gibraltar monkeys, as they hung out higher up on the rock, which looks like a piece of cake that has been turned on its side. I only saw one monkey, but he wasn't ...

... the apes remain. There have been talks about returning the land to Spain but the residents don't want to go. So now the apes are protected and fed by park employees. We were walking up the road and then suddenly they were there. They mostly keep to themselves, and ignore you until you get too close and then move away. A lot of their time is spent pensively staring out over the town and to Africa. We spent a lot of time hanging out with ...