Marbella will be buzzing with actors, directors, producers and other movers and shakers from the movie world as the Marbella International Film Festival get underway today. Now in its 17th year, the Festival, which runs from October 5-9 will showcase more than 30 films, some of them world premieres, at
Marbella’s unrivalled property boom shows no sign of slowing down. That is the conclusion of Christopher Clover, Managing Director and owner of Panorama Properties, in this year’s Marbella Property Market Report, widely regarded as the definitive document of trends and developments in the industry. “It is clear that Marbella has
Andalusia announces ending of wealth tax, making the region attractive to high earners In a surprise but welcome move, the Andalusian Regional Government announced that as from Wednesday September 21, wealthy residents and non-residents (second home-owners in the region) will no longer pay wealth tax (el impuesto de patrimonio). Andalusian
Throughout the summer, keen photographers from the Costa Blanca, Costa del Sol and Mallorca were capturing moments, memories and landscapes and submitting them to Specsavers Ópticas for their summer photography competition. Nearly 100 high quality entries were received, showing what a beautiful country Spain really is. The winner was Patricia
If your Spaniel is a Soul Boy, your Beagle a Bee Gees fan or your Dachshund has a thing for Donna Summer , don’t miss this year’s Doggie Disco! Back for a second year after the huge success of the first edition, the event raises both money and awareness of
The recent passing of HM Queen Elizabeth has been marked by an outpouring of dignified respect from around the World. In Spain, HM King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visited the British Embassy in Madrid to sign the Book of Condolence. Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez also paid his respects. The
More than 300 guests from around the world gathered at last night’s inauguration of Club Med Magna Marbella. The two days event was attended by Henri Giscard d’Estaing, President of Club Med, Marbella mayor, Ángeles Muñoz, as well as the French Ambassador to Spain, Jean Michel Casa, and other local
“Brand Marbella” will be hitting the road this autumn as the city embarks on a promotion drive Marbella will be present at important events such as the French tourism fair IFTM Top Resa, the IGTM golf event in Rome, and the influential WTM (World Travel Market) in London. Marbella tourism
“If you build it, they will come” And come they did with a total of 107,000 people across the three days, making the first International Cala Mijas Festival an unqualified success. The combination of high-quality music, the sun, and the beach resulted in a fantastic atmosphere over the three days.
Starlite Catalana Occidente festival brought the curtain down on its summer season yesterday as Marbella mayor, Ángeles Muñoz, praised the positive impact that the music festival has had on Marbella Consulting firm PwC reported that this year’s festival was attended by more than 360,000 people, generated €315 million and created
The Arctic Monkeys delivered a barnstorming set last night at a packed Cala Mijas Festival One festivalgoer decribed it as “loud, live and late!!” Highlights of today include Chemical Brothers, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kraftwerk, If this first edition is anything to go by, this festival is
Brit indie music legends Arctic Monkeys are amongst the acts appearing tonight as the first Cala Mijas Festival opens today The band, whose hits include “”I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor“, “”Do I Wanna Know?” and “Arabella”, are due on stage after 10pm and are one of the
Summer 2022 will be remembered as the holiday season when driving rules went out of the (tinted) window Marbella motorists were treated to binkini clad bimbos on car roofs Brainless in Banus!, Uber drivers on the pedestrianised paseo Utter Uber madness! and an all round disregard for the rules of