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While all the fuss in Spain on Sunday evening centred around the battle for the La Liga football crown (would Real Madrid manage to pip Barcelona to the championship on the final day?), there were far more important matters to contend with at the La Rosaleda stadium in Malaga. Continue reading »



King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia officially opened the new Terminal 3 at Malaga Airport on Monday 15th March.

The new terminal doubles the capacity of the airport from being able to handle 4,500 passengers to 9,000 passengers per hour. The new terminal has 180 check-in desks, 48 boarding gates, 11,000 m2 of shops, 3,700 parking spaces, and is capable of handling 14,000 suitcases per hour. Continue reading »



Not only are we to shortly have the opening of the new Marks and Spencer store in the La Canada Shopping Centre in Marbella (and believe me, there are thousands of Brits on the Costa del Sol that can´t wait for that!) but we are also soon to welcome another global household name to the area.

Hard Rock Café is to shortly open a new restaurant in the heart of Puerto Banus, on the corner of Plaza Antonio Banderas, opposite the El Corte Ingles department store, and adjacent to the Marina Banus shopping centre.

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On Friday at 4.30pm I was in my car outsider my villa in Marbella – the temperature gauge read 30 degrees – a typical scenario for a warm July afternoon.

I drove 16 kilometres east to Fuengirola, a journey taking just short of 30 minutes. On arrival, the gauge read 42 degrees.

Sue enough, I stepped out of the car, and the heat was searingly uncomfortable, reminiscent of some of the unpleasant weather I had previously experienced in Florida and the Far East. It felt as though the sun was literally ´baking´ everything – it was the hottest I had experienced since owning property on the Costa del Sol for the last 8 years. Continue reading »