April 2023

SORI NOT SORRY: Marbella neighbourhood south of Ricardo Soriano shaping up to be new culinary nerve centre

IT’S a small area of around six or seven streets – or approximately a kilometre squared – but it encompasses over half of Marbella’s best places to eat. Let’s call it SORI (South of Ricardo Soriano), this is a nucleus of a dozen or so excellent places for a tapa – or a full gourmand

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Falangists give fascist salutes as they pay homage to Primo de Rivera in Madrid

WITH THEIR arms raised in fascist salutes, around 200 people paid homage on Saturday to the founder of Spain’s Falange party, Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, in his new burial site in the San Isidro cemetery in Madrid.  Primo de Rivera’s remains were moved last week from the Valley of the Fallen monument, where they

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5 bedroom Villa for sale in Alhaurin de la Torre with pool – € 493,500

Alhaurín de la Torre, Málaga   5 beds   3 baths € 493,500 Nice villa on one floor located in Romeral with a plot of 707 m2, swimming pool (depth 1.50 – 1.80), patio with covered barbecue and dining room, solar panels (water), two covered parking spaces. The villa has: 5 bedrooms with fitted wardrobes,

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Spain’s former king Juan Carlos publicly denies claims he has a secret daughter 

SPAIN’S disgraced former king Juan Carlos I has publicly denied press reports published this week claiming that he has a secret daughter. The self-styled emeritus king, who is notorious for his alleged extra-marital affairs and financial dealings, made a statement to Spanish news agency EFE in which he ‘rejected and condemned as false’ the claims

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Spain’s Nerja Cave has been occupied for 41,000 years—10,000 years earlier than previously thought study reveals

HUMANS have been visiting the Nerja Caves for 41,000 years, a new study by a team from the University of Cordoba has revealed. Throughout its history, and even today, the Nerja Caves continue to stun visitors and researchers from around the world. In fact, the iconic series of caverns close to the town of Nerja

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Record temperatures, ongoing drought and Doñana’s wetlands: Why water is the word on everyone’s lips this week

WITH 27% of Spain currently either in a drought ‘emergency’ or ‘alert’, record temperatures being registered for the month of April, and an ongoing row between Andalucia and Madrid over the Doñana wetlands, there is one topic on politicians’ and Spaniards lips as we enter May: water.  Spain’s Agriculture Minister Luis Planas wrote to the

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In with the new: The Olive Press revisits Marbella’s most successful restaurant La Sala, which has seen a substantial upgrade

It’s 15 years since La Sala launched in Marbella. With a new restaurant, bowling alley, sports bar and estate agency soon to be added, Jon Clarke discovers why the restaurant and lifestyle brand is still going stronger than ever SITTING on a roundabout overlooking the busy N-340 motorway, it has no right to be the

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