MALAGA-Costa del Sol airport has registered its best month of August ever with more than 1.7 million passengers registered, AENA airport authority has announced. The airport was particularly popular with passengers from the UK (593,093) followed by Germany (147,922) and France (126,532), and of the total, 1,486,691 people flew to or from a city abroad […]
-
Malaga airport has registered its best August ever
-
Marbella, ‘The’ place to live and own property
SPAIN has done an excellent job in turning the economy around creating a safe environment for property ownership, especially in Marbella. According to the Spanish National Statistics Institute, Marbella is leading the rest of Spain’s property market, with property sales now reaching 12 per cent more than the peak sales of 2007. This year also […]
-
Spain’s tourism hits new record: 38 million in 7 months
Authorities say Spain has seen a record 38 million tourists in the first seven months of the year as a weak euro and security issues in other beach resort nations like Tunisia make it a more attractive destination. The state tourism office said Friday the January-through-July figure was 4.7 percent up on the record set […]
-
Costa del Sol saddles up to host first stages of La Vuelta
The Costa del Sol is set to go bonkers for bicycles at the weekend, as the first stage of La Vuelta, Spain’s biggest cycling race, gets under way on Saturday (August 22). The first stage, the short but technical 7.4-kilometre team time trial, is hosted by Puerto Banus and Marbella, running right along the coast, […]
-
Foreign buyers boosting Spanish property market, especially on Costa del Sol
An increased number of foreign buyers is set to boost the residential property market in the Costa del Sol in Spain, one of the country’s most popular areas with overseas purchasers. A new market forecast report from Instituto de Practica Empresarial (IPE) business school, in collaboration with property company Mar Real Estate, suggests the market […]
-
Visitors arrive in force in Malaga
AUGUST kicked off to a busy start for Malaga-Costa del Sol airport, where activity has been frenetic over the last week. As predicted, the first weekend of the month registered large amounts of travellers with 316,000 passengers passing through the airport in just five days. The busiest day was Saturday (August 1) with 412 flights, […]
-
Monarch Airlines to launch new route to Malaga from Leeds Bradford
Monarch has added an additional 7 weekly flight frequencies to its summer 2016 schedule from Leeds-Bradford Airport including a new route from Leeds-Bradford Airport to Malaga on the Costa del Sol. Additional Leeds Bradford routes and frequencies now on sale for summer 2016 include: Leeds Bradford to Malaga- new route – 3 x weekly flights Leeds Bradford to Naples- 2 x weekly flights The new summer 2016 schedule from Leeds Bradford also includes increased frequencies to […]
-
Taylor Wimpey España and La Cala Resort join forces to create the Costa del Sol’s ultimate residential golf complex
Taylor Wimpey España, a subsidiary of property developer Taylor Wimpey PLC (a listed company in the UK FTSE 100) and La Cala Resort, the company behind the prestigious complex of three golf courses and hotels in Mijas owned by FBD (the publicly traded Irish insurance company), have signed a long-term partnership that will allow them […]
-
Property sales in Spain reach three year high
Residential property sales in Spain increased in May to their highest level for three years, according to the latest official figures. But there is an ongoing collapse in new home sales, the data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) shows. Overall there were 26,455 homes sale in May, up 5% on last year and […]
