With its over 3000 hours of sunshine a year and ample green spaces, Spain is an ever-popular place to play golf. In fact, there are around 350 golf courses in Spain, many of them recognised as some of the best golf courses in Europe, if not in the world.
If there is one thing that characterises the building tradition in Spain, it is the well-known and much feared cost overruns. Many Spanish people consider it 'normal' that building work ends up going over budget, regardless of what is being built.
Real estate is currently the most fashionable investment asset thanks to the recent growth of the Spanish economy, the increase in rental prices, the progressive revaluation of properties and the boom in tourism in Spain.
According to the IV Casaktua Study, 10% of Spaniards who are currently lookin
You may have heard of Marbella’s Golden Mile, a stretch of highly desirable real estate on the coast of Marbella in Malaga, Andalusia. Well now the nearby municipality of Estepona has its own luxury housing development with high-end new constructions just waiting to be bought.
Living in sunny Spain is a dream come true for many people, not least of all celebrities. If you decide to buy a house on the Costa del Sol or the Canary Islands, you’ll be in good company.
Feria de Malaga / Feria de Agosto When: 11th – 19th August 2018 Where: Málaga, Spain Website: feria.malaga.eu
The so-called ‘Feria de Malaga’ or ‘Feria de Agosto’ is one of the oldest popular festivals in Spain, dating back to the conquest of the city of Malaga in the 15th century.
In summer, all families are looking for a beach to spend their holidays on and, of course, the dog is part of the family. There’s no need to have your 4-legged relative stay at home – every year more and more authorities in Spain take the step and allow the dogs to play and bathe on their beaches.
Bioparc is a Spanish zoo-ecological park located in Fuengirola, Malaga on the Andalusian Costa del Sol. It’s not just any old zoo, though, since it’s based on a new kind of model that tries to recreate the habitat of the animals as much as possible.
If you’ve always wanted to learn to dive, now you have the opportunity with Eco-Dive, a diving school located in La Cala del Moral, in Rincón de la Victoria (Málaga). This school has a team of professional experts in scuba diving trips in Spain and other courses.
Every year, the Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe awards blue flags to certify the quality of beaches and ports in almost 50 countries and once again, Spain heads the list of countries with most blue flag beaches, having 696 such badges of honours flying from this June.
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Coastal and beach destinations are steadily becoming the main markets for purchasing a second home in Spain. In addition, with the economic recovery from the financial crisis, the demand for new construction in these areas is picking up again, according to a study by Aedas Homes.
The number of ex-pats buying properties in Spain has shot up in recent years and businesses catering to their needs have recovered well from the crisis that hit the rest of the real estate business in 2008.