A retrospective by Alberto Giacometti at the Picasso Museum in Malaga

AurigaCrown Car Hire offers their clients ideas on different events and places to visit during their stay in Spain. Providing options for visits that are within easy reach with a rental car, nice routes, places to visit and from where to start. In this article some cultural tips when visiting Malaga and its surroundings.

The Picasso Museum presents Alberto Giacometti (Alberto y Annette Giacometti Foundation, Paris). ¨A Retrospective¨, an exhibition that shows the different stages of the artistic career of one of the most prominent artists of the past century. His work is key to understanding the development of avant-garde and the subsequent evolution of contemporary art, nevertheless, he is an unclassifiable author. This project challenges the reductionist view that has often been considered the work of this creator. The exhibition is available from October 27th until February 5th 2012 at the Picasso Museum in Malaga.

The Picasso museum in Malaga, the birthplace of the artist, was funded by the Junta de Andalusia with the support of Picasso´s heirs, and is the fulfilment of a lifelong dream of the artist. One of the world's many Picasso museums, it opened in 2003 in the Buenavista Palace, and has 155 works donated by members of Picasso's family, pieces that cover "all the creative periods of the artist's work", and include creations from his youth to those which he signed at the end of his life.

Picasso Museum902 44 33 77
Palacio de Buenavista San Agustín, 8
Malaga

Admission Fee: Collection 6.00 €
Exhibition 4.50 €
Combined entrance 8.00 €

Advance purchase of tickets by phone: 902 36 02 95.

Opening hours:

Tuesdays -Thursdays, from 10:00 to 20:00.
Fridays - Saturdays, from 10:00 to 21:00.
Sundays and Holidays 10:00 - 20:00.
Alberto Giacometti exhibition: 27.10.-05.02.

Apart from this great exhibition there is of course much more to see and to do in and around Malaga. Cultural visits in Malaga, Marbella, Granada, Seville, or some days of relax on the beach, hikes in nature, all within easy reach with your rental car.

You can conveniently rent your car directly upon arrival at Malaga airport or next to Malaga trains station. For more information on our fleet, offices and/or prices, please visit AurigaCrown´s website.

Great Night of Blues - Tribute to Route 66 in Malaga

AurigaCrown Car Hire offers their clients ideas on different events and places to visit during their stay in Spain. Providing options for visits that are within easy reach with a rental car, nice routes, places to visit and from where to start. In this article some insights into the Great Night of Blues concert in Malaga and about the city and its surroundings.

Some of the most prominent bands of Malaga get together to perform a deserved tribute to Route 66, the jazz and blues club in Fuengirola which remained in frenetic activity between 1995 and 2002, and to Steve Themonk, the director and responsible for the success and popularity of the place which he ran brilliantly.

Route 66 was much more than just a club with live concerts. In those years, it was the shelter and promoter of genres hitherto neglected or avoided and consequently became a space for the consolidation of soloists and combos that went beyond the local scope. Route 66 made room for veterans like Richard Ray Farrell or the Lito Blues Band and to novices at that time as El trio del Saco and Mama Kin. All these and many more will meet for a memorable evening, a can't-miss for blues fans.

Tribute to Route 66: Lito Fernández, Richard Ray Farrel, Mama Kin, El Trío del Saco...When: Jueves 29 de diciembre
Time: 21:00

Where: Teatro Echegaray
Address: c/ Echegaray, 6 Malaga

Tel.: 952 22 41 00

Apart from the Great Night of Blues there is of course much more to enjoy in Malaga and surroundings. You can rent your car at AurigaCrown´s offices in Malaga next to the bus/train station or at the airport, and this way all nice places that surround Malaga are within easy reach. You can of course think of the beaches, the Jardines de la Concepción Gardens just outside Malaga, El Chorro and Sierra de las Nieves natural parks for beautiful hikes and other nice beach towns like Fuengirola and Marbella. Of course Malaga itself has a great cultural offer, museums (among other the Picasso Museum and birth house) and monuments.

For more information on car rentals, fleet, offices and/or prices, please visit AurigaCrown´s website.

Playing Golf in Andalusia

If your passion is golf, Andalusia Spain is the best region for this sport. The excellent climate allows you to play golf during the whole year. The courses are located in privileged areas, with beautiful landscapes and/or close to beaches.

In Andalusia the golf courses scattered around the provinces, offering various itineraries , where you can enjoy equally whether you're a beginner, amateur or professional.

Many luxury hotels that offer some excellent facilities are located in the neighbourhood of the courses. They offer numerous services as training areas, equipment hire, teachers, children's playing areas, restaurants, swimming pools, lounge, changing rooms etc ... and so complete the offer of the golf clubs.

Further, throughout the year the clubs organize diverse and important championships, some at European level, so if you like this sport, but have not started practicing it, you can enjoy as well as a spectator.

Among the wide offer you will find a course that fits your desires for sure.

Where to practice it?
In Andalusia you will find courses all over the province. The Costa del Sol in Andalusia is also known as the Costa del Golf for its numerous golf possibilities. No matter what level, you will not have a shortage on courses for practicing, pitch and putt, 9 and 18 holes courses, and a variety of surfaces adapted to the diverse geographical settings. Most courses are situated in the villages near the sea and offer other leisure alternatives as well. Still, the inland courses enjoy the surroundings of beautiful landscapes, and offer all necessary services, facilities, advice and other leisure options as well for when we take a break from golfing.

Precautions
Is is essential that you value your level of fitness. Depending on whether you are a beginner or if you have one or another handicap, we recommend you to choose the field that best suits your category as a golfer. It should be needless to remind you that the courses have federal rules that prevent you to play if you do not justify your level. So do not forget your documentation!
If you've decided to get started in this sport, consult the golf course you have chosen, the availability of training areas, rental of equipment and instructors for classes. 

Necessary Equipment If you have your own equipment, you can of course bring that along, if you don´t want to carry that with you on your trip or do not have it, at all courses there are possibilities to rent the equipment. If you decide to do a renovation you can also purchase the material you need: clubs, balls, tees, bags, clothing and footwear. 

How to get thereThere are various airports in Andalusia that you can choose to fly on. AurigaCrown has various offices in the main cities and airports, like Malaga and Seville, from where you can get a rental car, and get to all golf courses easily. For more information on car rentals, prices, fleet and conditions, please visit AurigaCrown ´s website.

Malaga hosts the exhibition The modern tradition of the Carmen Thyssen collection. Monet, Picasso, Matisse, Miró. From June 14 to October 16, 2011.

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The first temporary exhibition has arrived, "The Modern Tradition," with nineteenth-century Spanish art represented by works brought from the Thyssen museum in Madrid and the National Museum of Catalonia. In addition there is a new part composed of paintings from the private collection of Baroness Carmen Thyssen, which will be exhibited for the first time. Further, international artists such as Matisse, Braque and Monet are present to show the influence of these artists on Spanish art.

The main purpose of the exhibition is to tell the story of the different trends of the twentieth century and their influence on Spanish art.  This is done by the exhibition of works from Picasso, Gris, Miró and Tàpies and works from the private collection of Carmen Thyssen. More than a third of the sixty pieces that are part of this fantastic exhibition were brought from the Thyssen Museum in Madrid, including dazzling works like "The House among the Roses" by Monet. To the delight of Malaga and its visitors, these works will be at the Thyssen Museum in Malaga until October 16th.
 
The works that form the exhibition represent each stage of modernism from the more naturalistic and realistic works of Casas and Rusiñol, followed by the tragic and social dimension of Nonell, the decorative and 'art nouveau' of Anglada, the tragic and decorative of Mir and the noucentisme of Suñer. The third part of the exhibition comprises the "secret part" of the collection of Carmen Thyssen. With this exhibition the Baroness has shown that she possesses paintings that nobody could have imagined that they would be part of her collection, furthermore the Baroness closely followed the placement of all painting.

It is important to emphasize that the exhibition features paintings of great value, defined by the exhibition curator, Guillermo Solana, like mentioning "the stars of the show". As for example ¨The House among the Roses¨ (Monet, 1925), which is displayed next to ¨The Courtyard of the Sorolla House¨ (Sorolla, 1917), ¨Portuguese¨ (Delaunay, 1916) and ¨Sitting Woman¨(Gris, 1917). Besides those ¨The Harvesters¨ from Picasso, which does not belong to Cubism, but to Fauvism, and will certainly surprise visitors with its pure colours. The same goes for ¨Marina L'Estaque¨ (Braque, 1906) and the ¨Portuguese¨ by Delaunay.

The modern tradition is characterized as the best exposition Malaga and entire Andalusia ever had. A unique exhibition with works from the Thyssen Museum and the National Museum of Catalonia that will be open to the public until October 16th. With, what´s more, a third of the exhibition coming from the private collection of Carmen Thyssen that has never been shown before. Be sure to visit "The modern tradition" in the Carmen Thyssen Museum in Malaga, a rewarding experience for you and your family.

Apart from this great exhibitions there is of course much more to see and to do in and around Malaga. Cultural visits in Malaga, Marbella, Granada, Seville, or some days of relax on the beach, hikes in nature, all within easy reach with your rental car.

You can conveniently rent your car directly upon arrival at Malaga airport or next to Malaga train station. For more information on our fleet, offices and/or prices, please visit AurigaCrown´s website.