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Property Investment in … Lanzarote
The small Canary Island of Lanzarote has long been something of a hot spot for both tourists and overseas investors alike. Thanks to a great climate that has created an all year round holiday industry. Enabling overseas owners of property in Lanz...
Spotlight on … Navarra Wines
Navarra was once a proud kingdom that stretched both sides of the Pyrenees. It is now restricted to the south, an administrative region of Spain, sandwiched between the Basque Country and Rioja. Navarra wines are sometimes compared to those of its po...
80’s hotspot … Lanzarote
In the 1980’s when package tourism was first really taking off in Spain, the Costa Teguise was the hottest destination on Lanzarote. It attracted overseas property investors and affluent tourists from across Europe, including the King of Spain,...
Winter spotlight on … Tenerife
Tenerife is warm (and can be hot) all year round - with average temperatures throughout November to February at around 21ºC Tenerife is an ideal winter destination. Statistics show us that Tenerife features the lowest temperature difference between ...
Sheffield United train in … Torrevieja
Torrevieja, on the sunny Costa Blanca, is a popular place for English-speaking people to take a holiday and is a typical Spanish town which not only has some good beaches, but also has an excellent street market every Friday morning and some brillian...
Largest solar power plant in the world … Seville
Spain is well known for having the finest climate in Europe. Many areas enjoy near constant sunshine every day and soon, in January 2009, Seville will be the home of the largest solar power plant in the world. The solar plant is surrounded by over 10...
320 days of sunshine … Seville
Spain is well known for having the finest climate in Europe. Many areas enjoy well over 320 days sunshine every year and soon, in January 2009, Seville will be the home of the largest solar power plant in the world. The solar plant is surrounded by o...
Where in Spain … El Rompido, Huelva
Spain’s tourtist board is currently using the idyllic picture-postcard beach of El Rompido in Huelva in an international print advertising campaign. The role of a national tourist board is quite simply to highlight the country’s finest aspects, p...
Work in UK, live in … Murcia
The attraction of living in a warmer climate doesn’t need to wait until retirement or involve a complete pack up and move approach. This is demonstrated by a police officer has moved to Spain, but is still working as a custody inspector in Camb...
Girls, girls, girls … Marbella
Sarah Harding, one of the singers in pop band Girls Aloud has said that she is fed up with the British weather and wants to buy a property in in Spain. Celebrity magazine “Now” said that Sarah has fallen in love with the up-market resort ...
Best Architecture Spain … Sotogrande
Sotogrande is the largest resort and privately owned residential development in Andalucia. Recently a villa in Sotogrande won the ‘Best Architecture Spain’ accolade in this year’s CNBC-sponsored European Property Awards. The villa w...
Spain’s sparkling best … Barcelona
In many British homes this Christmas, the Spanish sparkling wine cava has usurped its more illustrious and expensive rival champagne as the preferred tipple for a festive occasion. Like champagne, cava is fermented twice, and sometimes contains two o...
Buy one get one free … Malaga
One company on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain is offering two homes for the price of one at a time when an estimated 24,000 new homes stand empty on one stretch of coast. Salsa Inmobiliaria announced that it would include a one-bedroom flat in a...
End of season motorbiking … Valencia
In keeping with our now obvious sport bias, today we’re back in Valencia with the MotoGP - back in Europe for the final round of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship. The traditional final MotoGP race of the year at Valencia in Spain always has a...
Celebrity openings … Costa Calida
With the wealth of new developments on offer in Spain it can be difficult to distinguish yourself from the competition. The opening of a new resort isn’t particlurly newsworthy but with a sporting celebrity in tow it garners a little more at...
Controlling their own destiny … Almunecar
Commonly residents of towns in Spain have little control over the changes put into effect by their local councils, but the residents of the coastal town of Almuñecar (located in Granada on the Costa tropical) will soon be able to vote for or against...
Coastal laws … Tenerife
We recently ran an article about Tenerife, praising it for having “no real drawbacks in buying, the market is buoyant and stable, not succombing to the fluctuations of mainland Spain”. We of course still stand by our opions but we were co...
Award winning … Maspalomas, Gran Canaria
On the recent ‘World Tourism Day’, the award for ‘Excellence in Tourism 2008′ was awarded to Turespaña (Tourism Institute of Spain) for it’s excellent work in promoting Maspalomas in Gran Canaria. On the night, TurespaÃ...
Schools out … in Marbella
We’re always looking for stories related to locations in Spain, recently we’ve been reading about two UK based schools closing for a day to send their teachers to Marbella in Spain for training - and in turn have received some critic...
When money flows … Ibiza!
It’s difficult to escape the current financial troubles taking place throughout the world. We always try to keep any excessive media coverage at arm’s length, it tends to exaggerate the problems. The entire financial markets are founded...
Valencia … sports capital of Spain?
Valencia has been host to a number of world class sporting events of the past few years, the America’s Cup and Formula 1 have proven great successes already and other high profile events are following. Early 2009 will be the World Athletics Cha...
Sierra Nevada … skiing in Granada
With winter fast approaching we thought it timely to mention one of Spain’s most popular attractions, the ski slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. For those looking to visit the area in the 2008 to 2009 season, Go-sierra-nevada.com has a...
Mallorca … confirmed
Following up from our last post, we spotted an article from ‘Spanish property experts’, Spanish Hot Properties who confirm that Mallorca’s property market is as buoyant as ever. While we tend to take Mallorcan real estate agents vie...
Where in Spain … Mallorca
Mallorca has long been a popular destination for travellers to Spain. Once well known for cheap package holidays after the mass of construction targeted on the south west coast created a wealth of holiday apartments fo rthose looking for sun, sand an...
3 bedroom bungalow in Los Cristianos, Tenerife …
We’re running this property due to it’s location. Los Cristianos has quickly become one of the most sought after towns in Tenerife and according to a recent report by Globaledge is currently one of the most popular destinations in the who...
