Category: Costa del Sol

  • Costa del Sol is reconnected to Bahrain and Abu Dhabi for summer

    Costa del Sol is reconnected to Bahrain and Abu Dhabi for summer

    Malaga Airport continues to add attractive destinations for tourism on the Costa del Sol and for locals who want to visit cities further afield. From mid June, direct flights to Bahrain and Abu Dhabi will be available. The connection from Malaga to the first of these destinations will begin on Saturday 17 June, with the

  • Cepsa To Invest €1 Billion To Build Europe’s Largest Green Ammonia Plant In San Roque

    Cepsa To Invest €1 Billion To Build Europe’s Largest Green Ammonia Plant In San Roque

    Cepsa will build the largest green ammonia plant in Europe at its San Roque Energy Park (Cadiz), thus accelerating its commitment to green hydrogen with an investment of €1 billion. With an annual production capacity of up to 750,000 tonnes, which could avoid the emission of three million tonnes of CO2, the facility is expected

  • Bank Of Spain Upgrades GDP Growth Forecast To 2.3%

    Bank Of Spain Upgrades GDP Growth Forecast To 2.3%

    The Bank of Spain raises its GDP growth forecast to 2.3%. This was stated by the agency in its recent publication of macro projections, in which its GDP forecast for Spain for the current year rises from 1.6% to 2.3%. It also expects inflation to fall faster than expected this year, to close at 3.2%

  • Foreign demand hits record first-quarter high, but growth slows down

    Foreign demand hits record first-quarter high, but growth slows down

    22,381 of the Spanish properties sold in Q1 of this year had a foreign buyer, up 8% on the same time last year, according to data from the Spanish land registrars’ association. Foreign demand for property in Spain boomed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but growth began cooling down in the second half

  • The Kempinski hotel in Marbella goes on sale for 60 million euros

    The Kempinski hotel in Marbella goes on sale for 60 million euros

    The Kempinski Hotel in Marbella, owned by a Swiss family, is on the market for a minimum of 60 million euros. Property features include a golf course and an inland boardwalk. Azora, the investment group of Fernando Gumuzio and Concha Osácar, was already interested in the past and would have submitted an offer for the hotel. So

  • US reservations to Andalusian destinations soar by 52.5% this summer

    US reservations to Andalusian destinations soar by 52.5% this summer

    The new United Airlines direct flight linking New York and Malaga is the main driver bringing a lot more tourists from the United States to the region this peak holiday season. Malaga and New York will be linked by a direct flight at the end of this month, joining the two destinations with just a

  • Housing prices in Spain rise by 2.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2023

    Housing prices in Spain rise by 2.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2023

    It appears that soaring mortgage interest rates have done little to dampen the demand for property in Spain, and the price of previously owned homes has already increased by a considerable 2.9% in the first quarter of the year, according to the latest data. The figure is even more impressive when the annual variation is

  • Plaza Mayor extension – the largest luxury brand outlet in Spain

    Plaza Mayor extension – the largest luxury brand outlet in Spain

    Once Malaga’s city masterplan (PGOU) is approved, expansion of the Plaza Mayor shopping and leisure centre in Malaga can begin in 2024, allowing the second phase of the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet to be undertaken. Plaza Mayor will become Spain’s largest centre for luxury brands (currently 100 stores, expanding to 175) with improved access. In exchange

  • Sierra Nevada ski resort closes winter season with more than 1 million visitors

    Sierra Nevada ski resort closes winter season with more than 1 million visitors

    Despite difficult weather conditions this year, those responsible for the ski resort in Andalucía’s Granada province were happy with the numbers. The Sierra Nevada ski and mountain resort in Andalucía’s Granada province has closed its winter season with more than one million visitors. The 2022-23 season saw some 1,061,676 people visit the snowy slopes, of

  • Malaga feasts on Spanish film

    Malaga feasts on Spanish film

    The Malaga festival is all about Spanish and Latin American film with around 200 screenings throughout this week. There has been a buzz in the air in Malaga this week after the city’s annual film festival opened last weekend. The warm, sunny weather has added the perfect backdrop to the style and glamour provided by