Would be emigrants looking to head to sunnier climes of Spain should head the Costa del Sol if they are golf enthusiasts after two of the region’s courses were voted the best in the country. The Golfers’ Choice list of the Iberian country’s top 50 courses ranked Sotogrande’s Real Club Valderrama in first place and […]
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Costa del Sol golf courses top in Spain
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Visits and spending on the up on Costa del Sol
ANDALUCIA in general, and the Costa del Sol in particular, have had their best January to April tourism-wise for the last seven years. “We hadn’t seen figures this good since 2008,” said Elias Bendodo, president of Costa del Sol Tourism board, as figures for the first quarter of 2015 were announced. Hotel occupancy, airport passengers […]
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Norwegian celebrates inaugural flights from Birmingham Airport
Norwegian celebrated its inaugural flight from Birmingham Airport to Madrid; the first of three new Spanish destinations set to launch this summer from the airport. “Today is a double celebration – we’re celebrating the launch of direct flights to Madrid and welcoming Norwegian to Birmingham Airport,” said David Winstanley, Chief Operating Officer at Birmingham Airport. […]
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Málaga, Spain’s Self-Appointed New Arts Hub
For the past 15 years, Málaga, the birthplace of Pablo Picasso, has pushed to promote its connection to the great painter, as part of its efforts to turn itself into an arts center. Now, the cultural ambitions of this southern Spanish city are taking on a new dimension, spearheaded by its longstanding mayor, who persuaded […]
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Red carpet launch for Malaga’s Pompidou Centre
SPANISH Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will be opening Malaga City’s new Centro Pompidou museum on March 28. The world famous gallery Centre Pompidou is coming to Malaga. Without doubt the Pompidou art center in Paris is one of the greatest homes of twentieth century art. In line with the arresting appearance of the Pompidou in Paris […]
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Malaga boasts healthy tourism results
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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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 […]
