Costa del Sol

Fuengirola firefighters honored for heroic Valencia mission Credit: Ayuntamiento de Fuengirola. Fuengirola has been honoured with the Gold Medal for bravery by the Fire Service in recognition of its finest. The mayor of Fuengirola has hailed them as heroes for their selfless actions in the disaster area. Last autumn, the firefighters deployed to the region worked tirelessly to save those …

Fuengirola’s best at work in Valencia Credit: Ayuntamiento de Fuengirola. Fuengirola’s firefighters were awarded the prestigious Gold Medal of Cuerpo de Bomberos at a celebration of their patron saint, San Juan de Dios. The award is given to 13 firefighters who helped in Valencia during the recovery effort after the DANA flooding. Led by Chief José Julián Bueno, the team, …

Soroptimists International celebrates International Women’s Day in Las Lagunas de Mijas at the Gala de la Mujer. The day reminds many women of how far women have come and how much more they still need to do. Soroptimist International Costa del Sol members took the opportunity of the storms to celebrate differently. They attended the event instead of marching and …

Verses of the Sea Credit: ENW: Teresa Heffernan The literary community in Garrucha continues to grow with the launch of the Micro-Poetry Literary Contest on 12The th March 2025 This year’s theme, ‘You sail a fishing boat through the history of Garrucha and dedicate a poem to the sea and its fishermen’—invites participants to explore the town’s deep connection with …

Grease your chains, cyclists! The inaugural Marbella Cycling Weekend is on from March 14 to 16, hosted at the Luis Ángel Maté Cycling Campus in Elviria.  The Marbella City council and local cycling club organise this three-day festival, which offers a mixture of guided rides, expert training, and social activities, all aimed at getting local residents to pedal away. Friday …

San Diego Comic-Con will be making its first-ever international stop in Malaga. The Palacio de Ferias y Congresos will host the festival that is known around the world, which includes pop culture, comics and entertainment. Rare plastic figurines of movie character characters are also included. At a star-studded event at the Gran Hotel Miramar, the Málaga Comic-Con was announced  It …

Restaurante Everest Fusion is located at No.2 Diana Park Commercial Estepona, situated between San Pedro and Estepona. The restaurant is located in Diana Park Commercial Estepona No.2, between San Pedro del Mar and Estepona. It was created by Gobinda, who hails from Nepal.  Gobinda has trained with 3* Michelin chefs throughout Europe including Sweden and the UK before opening his …

Birgitte Mellentin in her Alhaurín studio. Hailing from Denmark, although most of her family is Norwegian, retired theatre and movie set designer Birgitte Mellentin from just outside Copenhagen has continued her artistic drive with her paintings, setting up a studio in the heart of the Guardalhorce Valley in Alhaurín el Grande. Birgitte: ‘I always paint even if it‘S not a …

Congratulations to Alan and Jenny Boardman, tireless Costa del Sol fundraisers for those in need on raising more than twice as much as they had set out to collect on their ‘Waterdrop’ campaign for children in a school in rural Uganda. Many of our readership will remember how successful the couple was with their Eyedrop initiative. They rallied the Costa …

Benalmadena’s public services are given a new look. Credit: Shutterstock Sheeyla Benalmadena’s ‘Civil Protection’ facilities (Resilience Forum) are finally getting the facelift they desperately need after allegedly being left in a sorry state for over 15 years. The town council has taken action to resolve long-standing issues. It is now undertaking a major refurbishment. These long-overdue repairs and upgrades are …