Costa del Sol

From October 18 to Nov. 29, the Las Lagunas Tapas Route, in Mijas has begun its seventh year.  It’s delicious event features nine local establishments offering a tapa and drink (beer, house wine, soda, or water) for just €3.50 and seeks out who makes the best tapa in town. This year’s route is open daily at lunch and dinner for …

As the world prepares to mark the 106th anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War I, the Royal British Legion (RBL) branch in Coín invites the community to join in a poignant Remembrance Service honouring veterans and those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country. The service will take place on Monday, November 11, at 11.30am, …

The Miramar Shopping Centre, in Fuengirola, is planning to transform its family-friendly Rusty’s Circus event from October 24 until November 1 into a spooky wonderland.  The spine-tingling, new Family Zone in the Terrace area of the centre, offers a thrilling, fun experience to visitors of all ages. Rusty’s Circus is a haunted circus that appears mysteriously each Halloween. It invites …

The local police of Alhaurin el Grande has embraced the future with the introduction a state of the art drone designed to improve emergency response, traffic control and surveillance.  The official launch of the new drone unit, staffed by three certified professional pilots, was made with a live demonstration at Cruz de la Misión, in which the drone’s advanced capabilities …

One of Malaga’s last remaining horses, a carriage horse, was saved from certain death by a brave animal rights activist. Anne Blitz, from France, said she is ‘very excited’ but admitted that it was a ‘hard decision’ to spend a large sum of money in order to save the animal. Her Association Burrito y Caballo LibreTwo of the carriage horses …

Marblanc Solar, the highly rated solar installation company in Marbella, is offering a chance to win a solar installation worth €20,000, which will provide free electricity for 25 years. The giveaway, which is valued at up to a total of €100,000 in savings, covers equipment, labour, permits, legalisation, and post-installation support. Entering the competition is as simple as registering to …

A DRUGS ring has been smashed in the eastern Costa del Sol after police discovered they were paying wildly inflated rents to conceal sprawling cannabis farms hidden deep in the Axarquía countryside. The gang, described by investigators as ‘highly organised and security conscious’, had turned a string of isolated rural fincas into secret plantations where they grew industrial quantities of …

The Rob Sas band will be bringing a blazing evening of classic rock to O’Callaghan’s in Sabinillas, on Saturday 25th October at 9pm.  Free-entry gigs will feature high-octane renditions of timeless classics from Led Zeppelin to Deep Purple and AC/DC. This event will solidify the Costa del Sol as a mecca for music lovers. The band was formed in 2012 …

Benalmadena beach season concluded on a high, with the mayor celebrating “excellent reports” at a ceremony held on Malapesquera Beach. The news was broadcast against a background of sun-kissed waves and azure seas. It highlighted an important success: 165 marine rescues with, astonishingly, zero deaths. The news is a stark contrast to Spain’s grim coast toll. The Royal Spanish Lifesaving …

Malaga town hall & Space X rocket. Credit: Ayuntamiento Malaga & Space X. Malaga Council installed five Starlink terminals to provide a technological lifeline for emergency communication.  The deployment, which was announced on October 15, marks a new era for connectivity reliability. This is in response to both the devastating DANA floods that will occur in 2024 and April’s nationwide …