Art lovers visiting the Costa del Sol will soon have a new art gallery and museum to visit in the province of Andalucia. The Baroness Thyssen Museum will open to the public on March 24, with works from Pablo Picasso, Joan Mirò and Antoni Tàpies among those on show in the Malaga city centre building. […]
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Oversupply of properties in Spain expected to fall
“A change in the trend” is how José Manuel Galindo, President of the APCE , describes the latest sales figures showing the market grew by 6.8pc last year, and by 5.1pc if you exclude social housing, reports Mark Stucklin of Spanish Property Insight On the back of official figures showing housing sales up last […]
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Peter Andre is coming to the Costas
Heatwave Promotions have pulled off their biggest coupe to date and are delighted to announce two summer dates to see Peter perform live in Spain for the first time ever. Those all important dates for your diary are Wednesday 20th July 2011 when Peter will be appearing at The Bullring in Benidorm and Friday 21st […]
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UK is top touring destination for Taylor Wimpey de España
Taylor Wimpey de España have a busy year ahead of them, not only are they launching new boutique developments across Spain but they are also touring Europe this Spring to showcase their quality developments. With 6 destination events planned including Germany, Holland and Sweden, the UK’s A Place in the Sun Live property show is […]
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Average property prices in Spain now almost 20% below peak but Balearics picking up
Average residential property prices in Spain were 5% lower in January than they were a year ago and are now almost 20% below their peak values of 2007, according to the latest real estate index to be published. The Tinsa index shows that Mediterranean coastal areas where foreigners tend to buy have done significantly worse […]
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Kippenberger meets Picasso
The Picasso Museum in Malaga is devoting this exhibition to the figure of Martin Kippenberger, a member of the generation of German creators who explored the role of the artist in culture. Kippenberger lived in Spain at the end of the 80s and it was in the town of Carmona in Seville where he became […]
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Sales climb points to Spanish property recovery
Spanish real estate has had its first official good news since the collapse of the market, with home sales increasing last year for the first time since 2007. The latest figures from the country’s National Statistics Institute (INE) show property sales in Spain rose 6.8% in 2010, which, whilst still significantly down on boom-time levels, […]
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1914 Málaga recovered as documentary film is restored
A film shot in 1914 by the director José Gaspar, and considered to be the oldest such document on Málaga, ‘Un Día por Málaga’, has been restored. Containing the oldest moving pictures from the city, the film has been rescued by the Andalucía Filmoteca. It shows life in Málaga’s streets as being the protagonist of […]
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Caves of Drach (Cuevas del Drach)
The Caves of Drach are the most famous tourist attraction on the island of Mallorca. There are three chambers inside the caves, Cueva Negra (Black Cave), Cueva Blanca (White Cave) and Cueva Luis Salvator (Luis Salvator Cave). The latter is named after the Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria who invited Édouard-Alfred Martel to explore the […]
