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Spotlight: Benahavis - perfect property in foodie heaven

Spotlight: Benahavis - perfect property in foodie heaven

There's a myriad of property available to suit all different lifestyles on the Costa del Sol. Golfers are in paradise with the sheer number of perfect courses, and water babies just love the lengthy, stunning coastline. But what about foodies? Well,
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Posted On 21 Aug 2018

International Golf and Polo on the Sun-Blessed Costa del Sol

International Golf and Polo on the Sun-Blessed Costa del Sol

The Costa del Sol is now bathed in its renowned spring sunshine, the perfect time to showcase the area’s burgeoning status as a prime global sporting destination. Much of the attention this week is in the Estepona area, with the Andalucía-Costa de
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Posted On 18 May 2018

Why So Many People Want to Live on the Costa del Sol

Why So Many People Want to Live on the Costa del Sol

  A colleague was travelling in Australia early this month and arranged a shuttle bus to take him to the airport for his return flight to Spain. Originally from Shanghai, the driver had been living in Australia for 30 years and, belying the c
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Posted On 13 Apr 2018

Bloomberg Confirms Spanish Property’s “Hot” Status

Bloomberg Confirms Spanish Property’s “Hot” Status

Last week we highlighted the consolidation of Spain’s residential property market in 2017, and general and widespread forecasts of ongoing growth in 2018. Just as reassuring, however, has been the post-crisis progress in other key real estate secto
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Posted On 5 Jan 2018

Cool Tones for Trendy Living on the Costa del Sol

Cool Tones for Trendy Living on the Costa del Sol

So you’ve bought a new home in southern Spain (obviously from Villa Marbella Now!) and now you want to add some personal touches and creative flair. For those who like to stray abreast of latest trends, one of the most eagerly awaited announcements
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Posted On 15 Dec 2017

Good News Update: Bright Outlook for Spanish Property Market

Good News Update: Bright Outlook for Spanish Property Market

It’s now official. The Spanish property market is in a “good mood”. At least that’s the verdict of BBVA Research in its latest observatory report. The bank’s research department notes that 265,000 properties were sold in the first half of 2
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Posted On 3 Nov 2017

CONTEMPORARY VILLA - Frontline golf and sea views

CONTEMPORARY VILLA - Frontline golf and sea views

A short update about this weeks featured property in our blog : A stunning villa for sale within the gated community of Atalaya Fairways. This uniquely designed villa gives new meaning to the concept of luxury living - Modern architecture and superb
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Posted On 26 Sep 2017

Costa del Sol Real Estate Market Set for New Decade of Renewed Prosperity

Costa del Sol Real Estate Market Set for New Decade of Renewed Prosperity

It all began around 10 years ago. The precise date varies from area to area, and region to region, but in 2007-2008 the Costa del Sol started to suffer the first shivers of what was to become an endemic property malaise. One decade on, the area’s r
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Posted On 22 Sep 2017

Owning a Home: the Spanish Dream… for Spaniards!

Owning a Home: the Spanish Dream… for Spaniards!

Many of us living in Spain for a while will have gone slightly “native” over the years, but how well do we know our new neighbours? Leading flights and hotel search engine Jetcost carried out a survey to find out more about Spaniards’ wish l
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Posted On 23 Jun 2017

More Good News for the Costa del Sol Property Market

More Good News for the Costa del Sol Property Market

It’s now June, the countdown is beginning to summer (at least officially, as the weather is already sublimely warm) and there is plenty of good news out there to encourage tourists to make their stays more permanent and buy a holiday home in southe
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Posted On 2 Jun 2017

Penthouse in Los Flamingos with fabulous views

Penthouse in Los Flamingos with fabulous views

Penthouse that boasts the best views across one of the most prestious golf resorts on Spain’s Costa del Sol. A modern style Penthouse set within a contemporary development of 96 apartments sharing two swimming pools - In an elevated southwest po
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Posted On 3 Apr 2017

Marbella and Benahavís… Gourmet Capitals of Southern Europe

Marbella and Benahavís… Gourmet Capitals of Southern Europe

It truly was a crème de la crème of top international chefs. Every year Dani García, whose growing restaurant portfolio includes his two-star Michelin star establishment in Puente Romano Beach Resort & Spa, brings together an elite group of ch
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Posted On 31 Mar 2017

Urgent sale ---- 2B/2B apartment in Marques de Atalaya (Marbella/Benahavis)

Urgent sale ---- 2B/2B apartment in Marques de Atalaya (Marbella/Benahavis)

Spacious 2B apartment, situation in gated luxury development, with tennis, spa area and heated pools. Owner needs to sell - was before € 330.000 now € 280.000 - Will take reasonable offers - contact me on +34 699 42 40 38. Details found here:
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Posted On 31 Oct 2016

Back to Business… and More Good News

Back to Business… and More Good News

We have just enjoyed another record-breaking summer tourist season so it’s an excellent time to sit back calmly in the cooler (but still magnificently benign) Mediterranean autumn weather, look at the year so far and take stock of the Costa del Sol
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Posted On 7 Oct 2016

New-Build Revival… Stellar Quality and Design

New-Build Revival… Stellar Quality and Design

It is now clear that the Costa del Sol’s real estate market is experiencing a resurgence that is both well consolidated and accompanied by sensible expectations. Over the past year or so, this positive trend has been confirmed not only by industry
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Posted On 12 Aug 2016

Barack Obama and the Spanish Connection

Barack Obama and the Spanish Connection

The year was 1988 and 26-year-old Barack Obama was travelling from London to Kenya. As he later recounted in his “Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance” memoir, published in 1995, he switched off the overhead light and closed his
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Posted On 10 Jun 2016

Showpiece Homes, Luxury Living… and Benahavís

Showpiece Homes, Luxury Living… and Benahavís

There are several reasons why Benahavís could be considered the Costa del Sol’s showpiece municipality. Okay, so it doesn’t have a beach, but the dazzling San Pedro de Alcántara coastline is just a five-minute drive away from Benahavís village
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Posted On 11 Mar 2016

Showpiece Homes, Luxury Living… and Valderrama

Showpiece Homes, Luxury Living… and Valderrama

One day in 1988 Jaime Ortiz-Patiño was out inspecting the Valderrama course and heard that his grounds staff were considering pruning a tree beside the 18th tee. No, he instructed them. "We leave the branch intact. We'll lower the tee." The alternat
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Posted On 8 Jan 2016

Showpiece Homes, Luxury Living… and Gifts

Showpiece Homes, Luxury Living… and Gifts

Let’s dream for a moment. So we’ve come into a considerable amount of money – winning the lottery, receiving an inheritance from a multi-millionaire long-lost aunty, selling our internet start-up company – and we want to share that joy with a
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Posted On 11 Dec 2015

Showpiece Homes, Luxury Living… and Gourmet Cuisine

Showpiece Homes, Luxury Living… and Gourmet Cuisine

Like most top chefs, Marbella supremo Dani García welcomes the opportunity to indulge in simple culinary pleasures when away from his Michelin-star restaurant. In an interview with a Villa Marbella Now colleague as his rising fame was starting to g
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Posted On 23 Oct 2015

Costa del Golf Continues to Reign Supreme

Costa del Golf Continues to Reign Supreme

The golfing spotlight was focused on Spain this past week, and undoubtedly the most entertaining highlight was a hole-in-one by the “the world’s most interesting golfer”. Of modest Málaga-born origins but now a mega-popular global star, Miguel
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Posted On 22 May 2015

Showpiece Homes and Luxury Living… Benahavís

Showpiece Homes and Luxury Living… Benahavís

Benahavís is a textbook model of how contemporary residential development should be undertaken and maintained. It is no surprise, therefore, that Benahavís Town Hall is considered the most financially sound and affluent (per capita) municipality on
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Posted On 30 Jan 2015

Ryder Cup… and the Spanish Connection

Ryder Cup… and the Spanish Connection

[caption id="attachment_1955" align="alignright" width="300"] Vice captains José María Olazábal and Miguel Ángel Jiménez (Photo: Getty Images)[/caption] When the biennial Ryder Cup competition was floundering in the 1970s a bold and inspired
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Posted On 19 Sep 2014

Coast to Coast for a Showcase of Elegance

Coast to Coast for a Showcase of Elegance

[caption id="attachment_1759" align="alignright" width="300"] Mercedes Streamliner at Concours d’Elegance[/caption] As those of us relaxing in southern Spain indulge in more leisurely summer pursuits by the sea or on an al fresco restaurant terr
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Posted On 15 Aug 2014

Flight plans bring Coast even closer to Europe

Flight plans bring Coast even closer to Europe

With the Costa del Sol’s tourist promotion juggernaut travelling from Berlin to Paris and on to Moscow this month, several key airlines have announced an increase in the number of direct flights to and from Málaga’s international airport. Con
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Posted On 14 Mar 2014