La Escollera in Estepona is most definitely off the tourist track but it is becoming a little more widely known among the more discerning. Drive down to the port area and at the red barriers explain to the very pleasant security guy on duty that you want the ‘restaurante La Escollera’ and he will let […]

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However well expats integrate with the natives of their adopted country, it is always comforting to know that there are societies, associations and clubs closeby whose members share the same language, interests and cultures as their own.
The Costa del Sol boasts many Societies between Sotogrande and Malaga, which cater for British and Irish ex-pats on […]

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Hundreds of tourists who flock to Marbella every year, take a trip to the Estadió Municipal, close to the centre of town, to watch Unión Deportiva Marbella play football in the second division B of the Spanish league.
Owned by British directors, Ian Radford and Wayne Elliott, this ambitious club has already signed Carl Cort from […]

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On December 23rd 2007 the new AVE High Spped Train Service between the Spanish Capitol Madrid and The City Of Malaga. The new service means it is now possible to travel between the two cities in appr 2hr 30 mins.
The route travels though Ciudad Real, Puertollano, Córdoba, and Antequera.on its way from the Capitol to […]

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Warm air with a hint of coffee, olives, foreign tobacco and a kind of ’sweet’ smell, a bit like vanilla… that indefinable smell of Spain again!
Málaga airport, waiting for the No 19 bus outside Arrivals. Jostling crowds, their heavy bags getting in the way. More and more passengers join the queue. After what seems […]

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