THE good news for the tourism industry continues, with Malaga getting 10 per cent more visitors in January than in the same month of 2014, During January, the province received a total of 199,246 tourists, according to the data released by the Socio-economical Observatory of Malaga’s Development and Quality Foundation (Madeca). Spanish residents who visited […]
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Malaga boasts healthy tourism results
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Costa del Sol tourism gears up for another record-breaking year
AFTER a record number of visitors last year, Costa del Sol tourism figures have started 2015 getting better and better. The latest figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE) show the number of hotel visitors in January, with Malaga Province registering a 10 per cent increase compared to the same month in 2014, with a […]
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Malaga: street artists spruce up port
When the Spanish city of Malaga wanted to clean up its sleazy port side district, it called in the painters – big international names in the street art movement. In streets formerly roamed by sex workers and drug dealers, the faded 19th-century buildings now bear weird and wonderful murals by street artists from Britain, the United States […]
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Málaga’s Hotly Anticipated Russian Museum Announces First Shows
Works by Kandinsky, Chagall and Malevich are due to travel from Russia to Spain for the opening of Malaga’s State Russian Museum this March. The first European branch of the St Petersburg institution is due to be housed in a former tobacco factory in the southern Spanish city. The inaugural display, “Russian Art of the […]
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Gap launches in Spain with new store at Costa del Sol airport
MÁLAGA-COSTA del Sol airport is set to house the first-ever Gap store in Spain now that the US-based casual clothing chain has decided to branch out into southern Europe. Due to open in Terminal 3 on Tuesday at 10.30hrs, the Gap shop plans to open more and more branches throughout Spain over the coming year […]
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Norwegian Air launches new Malaga flights
Norwegian Air has announced some brand new routes to Spain with departure services from Edinburgh and Birmingham, set to launch in Spring 2015. From 30th March Norwegian Air will launch a new route between Birmingham and Malaga, departing on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The very next day, 31st March, will see two new services launched. This […]
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Malaga named second best city to visit in 2015
MALAGA has been named the second most exciting destination on the planet to visit in 2015 by one of the world’s top travel guides. The Andalucian city has been praised by Rough Guide for offering far more than just sun, sea and sand, and is one of the guide’s top 10 places to visit next […]
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Malaga, the city of Picasso
A trip to Malaga offers the chance to enjoy two genuine art treasures unavailable anywhere else in the world: the Foundation-Birthplace Museum dedicated to the universal painter Pablo Ruiz Picasso; and the Picasso Museum in Malaga, located in the beautiful Buenavista Palace, with over 150 works which will take you on a journey through the […]
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Foreign buyers bag bargains as Spanish property market offers best value in Europe
A popular winter sun destination, Spain is packed with delights to engage and entertain those looking to while away the days in a warmer clime than the UK affords. The temperate weather has appealed to holidaymakers for decades, with average temperatures remaining firmly above 10C/50F, even in the depths of winter. Even the sea remains […]
