Spain’s sun-drenched Costal del Sol remains the ultimate golfing hotspot and great golfing escape, the place and destination to go to when the weather turns particularly nasty in the UK. The Costa del Sol in Andalucia encapsulates everything that has made Spain the firm favourite for the travelling golfer for many years; welcoming hosts, a […]
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Sunny Spain: the Great Escape
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All aboard! World’s largest cruise liner set to visit Malaga amid soaring Andalucía tourist figures
The gateway to Spain’s Costa del Sol, the municipality of Malaga is steeped in culture and history, from its contemporary art centre to its two Moorish castles and museum dedicated to the city’s most famous son – Pablo Picasso. It is also home to some of Spain’s finest beaches, with wide expanses of sand at […]
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Malaga art boom draws ‘pop-up Pompidou’
The southern Spanish city of Malaga is set to be the home of the first ever Pompidou museum outside of France, a further boost to the city’s growing reputation as a hub for the arts. The custom ‘Cube’ construction, designed as the first-ever satellite museum of Paris’s famous Pompidou Centre, will open in March 2015. […]
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Keeping Malaga’s beaches clean.
A CAMPAIGN to keep Malaga’s beaches clean launched by the city council early in June has been gathering momentum. Entitled ‘Málaga, ¡cómo te quiero!'(Malaga, oh how I love you!), the movement has already reached more than 18,000 people with its message to keep Malaga’s beaches clean and free from litter. In particular, the council is […]
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Schools out – for summer !
More than two million British holidaymakers are expected to head overseas on summer holidays this weekend as the majority of schools break up for summer. Nearly half a million (450,000) will fly out of Heathrow while 295,000 are set to go from Gatwick; 140,000 from Stansted and 79,000 from Luton. That’s in addition to 162,000 […]
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Spain gets ready for Fiesta Season !
August is almost upon us and anyone planning to visit Spain next month may find themselves immersed in some of the most fun and wacky fiestas on earth. Most towns hold their own fiestas, and cities like Madrid have different neighbourhood fiestas each week, so there is always something exciting going on. Here’s a selection […]
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Tourism on the rise in Malaga province
INTERNATIONAL tourism is on the rise in Malaga with an 8 per cent rise in the number of Europeans choosing the Costa del Sol as their favourite summer destination. So far this year 2.3 million Europeans have passed through the arrival gates of Malaga airport. There has been an even bigger increase in the number […]
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First evidence that golden visa is attracting non EU buyers to Spain
US, Chinese and Russian buyers were among the most active foreign buyers in Spain in the first quarter of 2014, according to new data from the General Council of Notaries in Spain. The number of Spanish properties bought by these nationalities increased by 88.9%, 83.1% and 62.6% respectively in the first quarter compared to the […]
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Sunday opening for Marbella
Marbella has been added to the list of cities in Spain that can open businesses on Sunday and certain public holidays. The current law restricts businesses across Spain from opening their doors during these national days of rest. However, there are exceptions for certain cities and Marbella has been added to this list due to […]
