Marbella Council, with funding from the Regional Government of Andalucia has launched an controversial campaign to encourage the shopkeepers of the historic CascoAntiguo/Old Town area to keep the roads clean. The council is accused of passing on the responsibility of street maintenance to tenants in one of the most visited areas of the town.  Although municipal cleaning services have been …

Mayor Ana Mata & MªFrancisca Alarcon in the Big Park. Credit: Ayuntamiento de Mijas Final tests and safety trials are being conducted to prepare for the grand opening of Gran Parque de Mijas. This park, which will be Andalusia’s largest urban area at 270,000 square meters, has been eagerly anticipated.  The tests were carried out during the fifth stage of …

By Mark Stucklin of Spanish Property Insight FOREIGN appetite for Spanish property continued to boom in the first half of 2025, according to the latest figures from Spain’s notaries, marking the second-highest number of foreign purchases on record for a six-month period. A total of 71,155 home sales involved a foreign buyer, up 2.5% on the same period last year …