El Almendral, an exotic new farmhouse hotel located in the midst of one of the most beautiful rural regions of southeastern Spain, has opened for business.

Eyecatchers as Mikhail Gorbachev and Luis Inacio Lula da Silva are expected to draw millions of visitors to Spain this spring and summer by their 450 performances and lectures Runners, swimmers and jumpers may be flocking to Athens this summer, but Barcelona is hosting a different kind of Olympics - a five-month cultural and intellectual forum [...]