Costa del Sol

Miramar shopping centre, Fuengirola. The Miramar shopping center in Fuengirola has been evacuated after a fire broke out.  Smoke is coming out of the roof, suggesting that the fire might have started at the food court. In this season, only Miramar restaurants are open on Sundays. There are fire crews on the scene but no one has been injured yet. …

Artist Jorge Pinto is exhibiting at the Artsenal Inoxis in Alhaurín el Grande as part of the steam-punkish arts centre’s newly inaugurated Spring exhibition. Jorge, a Puerto Rican, spent most of his life in Sevilla and has lived and worked in Marbella for the past few years. His oils on canvases are infused with the Costa del Sol light, which …

The House of Pontius Pilate is one of Sevilla’s finest monuments. It’s a place full of elegance and grace. A small garden, beautiful bougainvilleas cascading down walls and columns of grace, all create an atmosphere to stimulate the mind and delight the senses. We are approaching Easter and some of us remember Bible stories that we heard in school. One …

Alhaurín de la Torre is giving away a large plot of land for absolutely free for a developer to build subsidised homes. The council has not been able to shift the 2,109.83-square-metre plot for some time and is lacking affordable, price-controlled housing for its citizens. They have just relaunched a tender for the land in Torrealquería, valued at €600,000, after …

Tickets are on sale for the Salón Varietés Theatre production of the smash-hit musical Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat playing until on Sunday, March 30. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a high-spirited musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice that retells the biblical Joseph story from the Book of Genesis. Joseph is given a multi-coloured coat …

Marbella council has renewed its partnership with the DYA Association to sustain the Food Security Program, setting aside €180,000 this year.  Since its inception, the Food Security Program has helped over 400 families in Marbella, offering a helping hand through ‘wallet cards’ valued between €100 and €150, depending on each household size. The cards contain cash that can be used at …

Costa del Sol diners are attracted to Fuengirola’s Sollo Restaurant, which combines culinary excellence with innovative eco-friendly practices. Sollo, a Mediterranean restaurant that has already been awarded a Michelin Star and two Repsol Suns for sustainability as well as the Michelin Green Star, has found its niche. Diego Gallegos is a Brazilian chef who has adopted Malaga as his home. …

Benalmadena approved an ambitious project that will install an 8.5-kilometre pipe along the coast strip to transport reclaimed sewage water to irrigate more palm trees. The plan involves digging up all the coastal edge to lay the basis for a water-treatment plant that will be linked to green spaces. This is to avoid using precious drinking water to do non-consumption …

On Friday, March 21st, local artist D. Darko surprised residents and tourists in Mijas Pueblo with his latest work. A local police car totally covered in police tape with the printed words ‘Poesia Local’ instead of ‘Policía Local’. The cordoned-off, or rather, ‘cordoned in’ vehicle raised more than a few eyebrows with curious onlookers wondering what was going on, capturing …

Recently, have you been stopped by the police in Mijas? Recently, local police demonstrated that having more officers on duty, who are visible to everyone, is a good way to prevent delinquency and discourage those doing no good. The council demonstrated, on March 21, that a stronger police presence in Mijas’s districts would help to keep the streets of Mijas …