Costa del Sol

Delicious Indian Food. Credit: Shutterstock: Anna Pustynnikova The friendly staff at Taj has always welcomed us and showed us to our table. The interior of the restaurant is designed to reflect Indian traditional aesthetics. The chairs and tables are very comfortable. This adds to the overall experience. Taj’s menu offers a variety of dishes to suit all tastes, whether you …

Smooth sounds in Estepona – Bossa Nova Trio live! Credit: Bossa Nova Trio – Hubert Art and Food on Facebook On February 21, enjoy a night filled with chilled vibes, smooth rhythms and live Bossa Nova. Eneko Albardi, Jorge Urbano and Jose Antonio Serrano perform Bossa Nova at Galeria Huber. Event details Date: Friday, 21st of February Time: 7.30 P.M. …

Valerie Williams, a cornerstone of the Costa del Sol, celebrates her birthday with friends on Friday, February 21, because friendship is what Val stands for. Val, originally from Bryn-Crug in Gwynedd in Wales, has lived in Costa del Sol ever since 1985, when she retired from her hotel and restaurant career. She learned early that hard work, determination and perseverance …

Casa de Cultura Benalmadena hosts The Blue Horses, a jazz ensemble that is innovative, as part the International Jazz Seminar in Malaga, Fuengirola & Benalmadena on Friday 21st of February. The Blue Horses are Milton Rodríguez on guitar, Inoidel González on tenor sax and flute, Markus Schneider on the double bass, Adrián Jiménez on drums, and Pablo García on the …

A SO-CALLED ‘narcolancha’ has been intercepted while transporting 200 cans of fuel along the Guadalquivir River. After being tracked secretly by the Guardia Civil, a semi-rigid vessel, commonly used by drug traffickers was stopped at Lebrija in Sevilla. The vessel had first been spotted in the sea off Chipiona in Cadiz, where it entered the mouth of the Guadalquivir River …

Tourist delegation from the US at Puente Romano Marbella Credit: Turismo Costa del Sol Expect a lot more of our American cousins coming to the Costa del Sol this summer as ‘New Miami’, as the coast has been dubbed, braces for a new wave of luxury tourism. The organisation ‘Turismo Costa del Sol’ (basically, the tourist board) is entertaining a …

THOUSANDS will be expected to descend on the streets of Malaga in what could turn out to be the biggest protest against housing the city has yet seen. Pressure group Malaga Para Vivir (Malaga For Living) has announced its third major demonstration for April 5, joining simultaneous protests planned across several Spanish cities under the banner ‘Let’s end the housing …

AN EARTHQUAKE expert says Monday’s tremor in Portugal which was felt in large parts of southern Spain was the ‘most significant incident’ of its kind so far this year. National Geographic Institute (IGN) classified the quake initially as a magnitude of 5.0 on the Richter Scale, but downgraded it later to 4.4. It meant the tremor was on the border …

A THIRTY-YEAR OLD boy drowned on Tuesday in a pool at a Marbella home. At 3.40pm emergency services were notified that a child unconscious had been removed from the pool. The property was located at Calle Eagle, in the Santa Glora Golf area. READ MORE The youngster’s nationality was not disclosed. Paramedics were called to the scene and unsuccessfully tried …

SPAIN’s Andalucia could introduce tough new laws and fines of up €600,000 on tourism. A new Sustainable Tourism Law set to come into force in Andalucia could see illegal tourist flats slapped with fines of up to €600,000.  The regulation received preliminary approval this Tuesday and increases fines for ‘unregulated tourist activity’ in all categories.  Since Covid-19, the anti-tourism sentiment …