Category: News

  • New sports and leisure facility for Estepona

    The City Council of Estepona, Malaga, will create a new sports and leisure area in the eastern part of the city. This new facility will be located on Calle Lima, close to La Resina Golf, and will have a sports complex with 15 paddle tennis courts, a green area and a leisure park. The project

  • More than 1.8 million flight seats are available to the Costa del Sol from across Europe during the first quarter of 2022

    Ryanair leads the pack with 614,322 seats on offer, 33 per cent of the share, followed by Vueling and easyJet. Flights to Malaga airport planned for the first quarter of 2022 will have 454 per cent more seats compared to last year, according to Costa del Sol Tourism Big Data. By the end of March,

  • Vista Lago Is The Best Development In Spain!

    Vista Lago wins two awards in this year’s International Property Awards: Best Development and Best Architecture in Spain. It’s good to be recognised. It’s good that we, and our clients, can recognise the best when we see it, but it’s even better when others, taking a critical and independent look at what we’ve done, can

  • Sierra Nevada ski resort in Granada received almost 55,000 visitors this weekend

    The Sierra Nevada ski resort in Granada had a great long weekend in terms of visitor numbers, with levels of skiers reminiscent of pre-pandemic times. Just over 37,000 skiers went to the Sierra this weekend, an average of 7,400 skiers per day. There were also more than 11,000 visitors who didn’t ski and almost 6,500

  • Tax reduction on buying property in Andalusia extended indefinitely!

    The Andalusian Government has confirmed permanent tax reduction on the purchase of homes in Andalusia. The Junta de Andalucia has passed its new Law 5/2021 of 20th October that will reduce the ITP Transfer Tax in Andalusia to 7%, permanently! The Junta de Andalucia had already reduced the Transfer Tax (ITP) from 8% to a

  • Property prices in Spain rise by 1.2 per cent in November

    The Mediterranean coast of Spain and large cities have experienced the biggest price hike. As Spain’s economy continues to recover and the rate of inflation breaks all historical records, house prices have followed suit, with the average value of new and resale properties increasing by 1.2% in November, and 9.5% year-on-year, according to the figures

  • Housing prices could be on the rise in Spain

    With the cost of labour and construction materials on the rise due to a global supply shortage, the Bank of Spain has warned that house prices are on the increase and that the trend is likely to continue into next year. The experts have confirmed that while the situation in Spain is a little more

  • Council approves plan for area for future Fours Seasons hotel

    The 650-million-euro project for land east of the town centre by the A-7 will also see new public facilities and homes. Councillors in Marbella have given the green light to the initial, local development plan that paves the way for the construction of a Four Seasons hotel resort and other facilities. The site for the

  • The world’s best cheese comes from Andalucía’s Jaén province

    Cheese factory Quesos y Besos won the 33rd World Cheese Awards with Olavidia, a product made with goat’s milk from its own livestock. After eight intense hours of tasting and deliberation at the 33rd Asturias Paraíso Natural International Cheese Festival, it was confirmed that the best cheese in the world is Olavidia, from the Jaén

  • The historic Byblos hotel in Mijas will reopen its doors in June 2022 as La Zambra

    The late Princess of Wales, Julio Iglesias, the British band Rolling Stones, Antonio Banderas, the Saudi royal family, government heads and ministers have all passed through the luxury establishment’s doors. After being closed for several years the iconic Hotel Byblos de Mijas will reopen its doors in June 2022, coinciding with the start of the