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The listed URLs are recommended for English-speaking media people for Andalucia / Spain. I have divided my favourite URLs into following categories:

· GENERAL INFORMATION
· TRAVEL
· COMPANIES
· ORGANISATIONS AND EVENTS
· FILM INDUSTRY
· TELECOMMUNICATION
· ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRESS IN ANDALUCIA

If any of the links fails or you would like to suggest any other sites please e-mail me at: janusz@shootingbox.com. Please also feel free to contact me about any aspect of filming in Spain.

GENERAL INFORMATION


TVSpain ( www.tvspain.tv )
Spain on Video. Properties, Business & Time Out. Video Advertising and Guide on Internet TV.

MADRID STOCK EXCHANGE - in English and Spanish.

MARBELLA LAWYERS - guide to Spanish Law.

TYPICALLYSPANISH.COM - Spain's leading independent directory and search engine.

ANDALUCIA.COM - information about Andalucia, for those interested in this region of Southern Spain. A structured site for locating useful information about Andalucia, and Southern Spain.

MARBELLA.COM - comprehensive guide to Costa Del Soll, Marbella and Spain

ULTRACOSTA.COM - exclusively for English-included sites relevant to the Costa del Sol, Spain and Gibraltar.

TRAVEL

MULTIMAP / SPAIN - a useful site for travelling and location search. Plug in your address and it will show your exact location on a map. Plug in two addresses and it will give you exact directions from one place to the other.

EXPEDIA - for flights, hotel, car hire, etc. One stop travel service. Uses scheduled airlines only.

EASYJET / GO - probably the best European budget airlines flying to Alicante, Bilbao, Barcelona, Ibiza, Madrid and Malaga.

RYAN AIR - new route to Gerona / Barcelona. Really cheap flights.

MONARCH - Gatwick to Alicante and Malaga. Very good rates.

AIR 2000 - charter flights (and all holiday services) to all main resorts in Spain.

AVRO - the UK's largest flight-only company offering a big choice of charter and schedule flights.

BRITTANY FERRIES - Plymouth to Santander twice a week march to November

P&O FERRIES - twice weekly from Portsmouth to Bilbao.

FRENCH MOTORAIL - take your car on a train in France from Calais to Biarritz or Narbonne near Spanish border (linked with EUROTUNNEL www.eurotunnel.com and Ferries – see above).

RAIL EUROPE - rail connection to Spain including ELIPSOS SLEEPER – an overnight connection from Paris to Barcelona and Madrid linked with EUROSTAR from London to Paris.

SPANISH RAILWAYS - for travel by rail in Spain including EuroDomino discount pass.

BUDGET - car rental in Spain at good rates.

HOLIDAY AUTOS - some of the best deals for the car rental in Spain.

HOTEL HUMAINA - near Malaga / Spain is in our opinion one of the best hotels in Andalusia. Fantastic location in Parque Natural Montes de Malaga, beautiful rooms and great restaurant.

LAS NEGRAS - Small fishing village situated in the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park. This is one of the most beautiful and relatively unspoiled areas of the Spanish coastline and has the most famous filming locations in Spain. Contact Natalie at natalie@lasnegras.com for accommodation and all information.

AON - specialist media insurance could cover you for filming in Spain.

COLUMBUS DIRECT - high quality low cost travel insurance for your private and professional trips to Spain.

THE UNIVERSAL CURRENCY CONVERTER™ - the world's most popular currency tool, allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate calculations on the Internet, using live, up-to-the-minute currency rates.

BABELFISH TRANSLATION (ALTAVISTA) - very useful for a quick automatic translation on the Internet: Spanish - English and other major important languages.

CERVANTES - Spanish language classes. The only official Spanish Government language centre. It is the largest worldwide Spanish organization, and it has over 35 branches in 4 continents.

COMPANIES

J. WALTER THOMPSON – the world's leading agency with offices in Madrid and Barcelona.

SAATCHI & SAATCHI - one of the world's leading creative organisations. They employ over 7,000 people in 138 offices in 82 countries including Spain.

LOC MEDIA - directs and produces professional dubbing and location projects, starting from contracting voice actors and ending in delivering the final product.

GLOBO MEDIA - one of the biggest production company in Spain. Really nice and very professional people. Great website.

CAMINO MEDIA - television, video and journalism services.

EFE - Spanish News Agency.

EUROPA PRESS MADRID - news from Spain and Spanish world news.

TELEVISION ESPAÑOLA / TVE - national TV station in Spain covering the world. The London office is simply great – great people and great work.

ANTENA 3 - full-scale national broadcaster of drama, entertainment, news and sports programs. It is the biggest private TV-broadcaster in Spain.

GIBRALTAR BROADCASTING CORPORATION - GBC provide Radio and Television services in Gibraltar.

TV RADIO WORLD - index of all Spanish TV and Radio Stations.

ORGANISATIONS AND EVENTS

ACTV / SPANISH TV CAMERAMEN ASSOCIATION - (Asociación de Camarógrafos de TV y Video) is a non-profit organization whose aim is to raise the profile of the camera related professions and to focus on the exchange of information and the ongoing training.

FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION - Spain (El Círculo de Corresponsales Extranjeros).

FREELANCE SPAIN - the online Spanish resource for editors and journalists.

MEDIA PERSONNEL - online database of freelance journalists, designers, photographers, editors, etc – including Spain.

COSTA PRESS CLUB - international press club for Spanish and foreign journalists. Costa del Sol. Málaga.

JOURNALIST EXPRESS - organised portal for journalists including research, news, education, statistics, jobs, writing resources business and travel sites.

FILM INDUSTRY

The contemporary Spanish film industry is thriving, PEDRO ALMADOVAR , ALEJANDRO AMENÁBAR and FERNANDO TRUEBA are respected directors worldwide, while the names of actors like ANTONIO BANDERAS , PENELOPE CRUZ and JAVIER BARDEM are recognized everywhere. There was a time, though, when the Spanish film industry was less buoyant, but the country itself was much in demand for locations. The golden age of film-set Spain was the sixties and its capital was Almería. The nearby Tabernas desert, the only true desert in Europe, was a magnet to film producers, and a number of the sets that were used at the time can now be visited. Finally the famous Spanish masters: CARLOS SAURA , LUIS BUÑUEL and SALVATOR DALI and the classic masterpiece: 'UN CHIEN ANDALOU' ('AN ADALUSIAN DOG').

MINI HOLLYWOOD - The desert near the village of Tabernas was the scene of many Spaghetti westerns. Some of the movies that were shot here are legendary: SERGIO LEONE'S 'Dollars' trilogy' – ‘A fistful of Dollars’, ‘For a few dollars more’ and The good, the bad and the ugly’ – starring Clint Eastwood as the Man with No Name, 'DJANGO' with FRANCO NERO , the sequels to which never seemed to end. Over a hundred titles were at least partially filmed in these dusty streets.

CABO DE GATA-NIJAR NATURAL PARK - This is one of the most beautiful and relatively unspoiled areas of the Spanish coastline and has the most famous filming locations in Spain featured in many movies including: INDIANA JONES  AND THE LAST CRUSADE , LAWRENCE OF ARABIA , CLEOPATRA, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, PATTON, THE WIND AND THE LION.

JOHN LENNON’S ALMERIA - Almeria is is well known for being the location for films such as "Lawrence of Arabia", "Patton" or Sergio Leone´s dollar trilogy. John Lennon wrote Strawberry Fields Forever in this south-eastern city of Spain. He got inspiration for the song in 1966, during the six weeks he spent filming “How I won the war”. Furthermore, John came back from Almeria with his forever present "granny" glasses. Besides, Ringo and George visited him and Ringo would come back in 1971 to film "Blindman".

TELECOMMUNICATION

PLANET TALK - cheap international calls. UK Rate for Spain: 7p a minute (subject to changes, needs to be checked).

VICOM - contact them if you want to save money on international phone calls from Spain.

TELEFONICA - the major telecommunication company and Internet provider in Spain. If you ring Telefonica free on 1004, you can ask to english-speaking support staff.

WANADOO / SPAIN - Wanadoo is a part of France Telecom and they also own Freeserve in the UK. They have english-speaking support staff in Spain. Wanadoo offers a very good internet service with many options.

UK DIVERT - UK calls diverted to Spain for free! Get a UK telephone number that rings in Spain. No diversion or transfer charges, just £10 per month for a UK telephone number. No hidden charges, UK caller pays normal UK call rates.

YAC.COM - the YAC Number is a FREE service which gives you 'One Number' for all your incoming phone calls, faxes and voicemail. A YAC Number is a way for you to take more control over your daily communications.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRESS IN ANDALUCIA

SUR IN ENGLISH - Spain's largest English-language publication. Published by the Málaga daily newspaper Sur, with community news, Spanish news, columns, and large classified ad section.

THE REPORTER - monthly magazine – “your link to real living in Spain.

 


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