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Benalmadena´s PUERTO MARINA, soon to be the largest in Andalucia.

Benalmadena´s Puerto Marina, soon to be the largest in Andalucia and one of the largest in Spain. Benalmadena mayor, Javier Carnero met up with the Councillor for Public Works and Housing, Josefina Cruz, met with the local mayor, Javier Carnero, to confirm the go-ahead for the project. The town is expecting to see the number [ Read + ]

Port Al-Thani will be finished in 2015

The Nasir Bin Abdullah & Sons Consortium has won the tender to transform Marbella’s fishing port into an ambitious marina, breathing new life into the existing fishing port, see the stunning promotional video here. Marbella announced that the Qatari Sheik, owner of Málaga Football Club, Abdullah Ben Nasser Al-Thani, tender to redevelop and extend the [ Read + ]

The right time to buy!

MARBELLA COSTA DEL SOL PROPERTIES ARE NOW   BARGAINS IN THE SUN NOW IS DEFINATELY THE TIME TO BUY The collapse of the Spanish housing market has created a golden opportunity to pick up a Marbella Costa Del Sol Property Bargain.  Marbella has gone through the traumas and tribulations of a World recession, but has now [ Read + ]

Malaga airport has got a new name

From Aeropuerto de Malaga to Aeropuerto de Malaga-Costa del Sol. It seems pretty natural for Costa del Sol to have been added to the name. Malaga city Council requested the name change taking into account the interest of the tourism sectors and with the strategic objective of promoting the brand awareness Malaga-Costa del Sol in [ Read + ]

Malaga airport – a future transcontinental hub?

The opening of the Asian market and the possibility of becoming a transcontinental hub is a very attractive opportunity for any major airport; it now appears that the possibilities that Malaga airport becomes the third major European link among Asia and America takes shape and appears as a feasible reality. Malaga Tourist Board begins to [ Read + ]

Pilots complain of laser lights at Málaga airport

Rural discotheques are sending lights into the sky and upsetting the pilots The Spanish Air Safety Agency has called on the local authorities in Alhaurín de la Torre, Málaga to control the lights coming from discotheques on the Costa del Sol. The high powered spotlights and laser lights fired up into the sky to draw [ Read + ]

Spanish Government reduces tax on new properties to 4%

The Spanish Government’s Development Minister, José Blanco has reduced the tax (IVA) on all new properties from 8% to 4% effective immediately. This temporary reduction will run until the end of 2011 and will stimulate sales on new property and boost the Spanish economy. With the ongoing financial crisis hitting Spain hard, the Government has [ Read + ]

Ten percent tourism growth expected on Costa del Sol in 2011

Costa del Sol begins at the cliffs at Maro in the East and runs to Punto Chullera in the west. It includes cities and towns like Torremolinos, Fuengirola, Mijas, Nerja, Estepona, Marbella and the capital city, Málaga Good news for the Costa del Sol. In a press conference in July, Elías Bendodo, President of the [ Read + ]

NEW PORT in Marbella!!!

When Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani invested into Málaga Football Club, there were very few who had heard of the Qatari. In the relegation zone at the time, Málaga F.C. was expected to face the drop at the end of season. Sheikh Abdullah Al-Thani relaxing in Marbella However, through significant investment and the arrival of new players, [ Read + ]