Costa del Sol Spain

Monday, 24 November 2025, 15:06 | Updated 15:19h. Andalucía is the fourth-placed region in Spain where the average gross monthly salary has risen the most over the last decade. Back in 2014, the gross monthly average stood at 1,645.50 euros and, ten years later, it is 30.5% higher, at 2,146.50 euros. This increase is only greater in the Balearic Islands …

Casino Marbella is now hosting a long-awaited exhibition by Dutch painter Jacob van Doorn. A large crowd of international art collectors, cultural figures and media gathered for the inauguration. The artist described it as the start of a new, deeply personal chapter in his life. Jacob van Doorn’s graphic design background & pop art future Jacob van Doorn was born …

Costa del Sol charities are asking locals to make Christmas extra special for those children who might otherwise be without. Hadas Caradas – the group that organizes the Costa Christmas Collections – has launched an appeal for 2025, asking locals to make a donation before Sunday December 7th. Children’s Christmas Help The charity helps children who live in safe houses …

Monday, 24th November 2025 at 10:08 The weather will change for the first week of December in the southern part of Spain. The passage of a front between Monday and Tuesday will leave, according to the state meteorological agency (Aemet), “some rainfall across large areas of Andalucía”. Aemet has also activated yellow alerts for the two days in the region, …

The sultry strains of contemporary jazz will echo through the hidden corridors of Fuengirola’s Speakeasy Jazz Club when The Blue Horses, the rising stars of Andalucia’s jazz scene, are due to deliver a performance that fuses timeless standards with bold, multicultural improvisation – a sonic cocktail that’s as refreshing as the venue’s Prohibition-era drinks. The Blue Horses, formed between Malaga …

Alice Christmas at Malaga’s botanical gardens Credit. Diputación de Malaga. This Christmas season, Malaga’s historic La Concepción Botanical Garden will become a dazzling dreamscape as it launches “Alice Christmas. La Navidad en el Jardín de las Maravillas”, an immersive light and sound spectacle inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. From November 28 through January 6, this nightly event (open …

From November 28-30, the much-loved International Christmas Festival returns Arroyo de la Miel at Plaza de la Mezquita. The Costa del Sol’s most multicultural celebration of Christmas returns on the last weekend in November. The 16th Festival Internacional de la Navidad opens the festive season, and transforms Plaza de la Mezquita at Arroyo de la Miel in a global village …

One lucky ticket buyer in Estepona has won a ONCE “Sueldazo” worth €2,000 per month for the next 10 years, or a total of €240,000, in the Weekend Draw held on 22 November. The prize was sold by Francisco Jiménez, an ONCE street vendor since 2000. Jiménez, originally from Caceres and a resident of Estepona for just the last two …

On November 30, after a year in which the long-awaited Low Emission Zone of Malaga (LEZ) operated solely as an educational tool, it will be switched to a “sanctioned” mode. Vehicles that do not meet the environmental standards required will be fined. Malaga Council acknowledged with resignation that, “the educational approach in the last year achieved very little” to change …

A Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737 MAX 8 with over 180 passengers had to abort their landing in the last moment at Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport after spotting a smaller private jet still descending on the same runway. VIDEO BELOW. It happened on Saturday, November 22, as Flight DY1800, en route from Oslo’s Gardermoen Airport (OSL)Descended towards Runway 12. Airbus …