Yesterday took place the twenty-fourth edition of this initiative launched by the city of Torremolinos with a new success of participation, both residents of the city as thousands of tourists spending their vacation these days in this town in the Costa del Sol .
To this end, catering establishments in the area that usually offer this rich delicacy of our waters to those wishing to give away, and until the last, best fried fish dishes accompanied by a drink all day. A gesture that, as instructed to recall the mayor of Torremolinos , Pedro Fernández Montes, attracts Each year thousands of people.
Long lines
"What started as a way of extolling the wealth and personality of the local cuisine and has established itself as one of the many attractions offered by the municipality. There is no doubt that this is a new success of this initiative, "said Councilman who, along with other members of the government team visited all the locales that have worked this year to the day of fried fish.
Including restaurants such as Montes Florencio (Casa Juan-The Twins) who is very pleased with the reception that has this day among locals and visitors. "It's the best way for us to promote what I consider one of our greatest treasures, our fish," notes while watching the swollen excited line of people trying to get hold of a dish.
Toni and Manuel, a marriage of Teba that ensure not have missed a day's edition of the "fried fish" since 1993, it came yesterday. "We've been waiting for two hours but worth it because we love Torremolinos and fried fish," they said smiling while sampling some anchovies with a great pint.
Just smiling, but tucked in and slaughter are Juan Peláez, his wife and a group of friends. They all come from Alcala la Real, Jaén, where three buses left early to join this great feast of fried fish.
"We came specifically to participate in this initiative. Most come for the first time and we're loving it. Sun, a great promenade, a swim at the beach and fried fish.
Malaga airport officially renamed "Airport Malaga-Costa del Sol", as agreed upon by the Ministry of Public Works in response to a demand for more than two dozen business groups, unions and government of the province.
The new name, which yesterday was published in the Official State Bulletin (BOE), aims at strengthening the promotion of tourism in Malaga, as it appears on all official airport name linked to the Costa del Sol brand
"This is good news for tourism promotion Malaga because strengthen the brand image of the Costa del Sol and is associated with a first class infrastructure such as Malaga airport," said Jose Carlos Escribano, president of the
Hotel Owners Association of the Costa del Sol (Aehcos), who stressed the importance of this change is approved, "which grew out of private initiative and was supported by the government" as the City Council, the Tourist Board, the Ministry of Tourism and the Chamber of Commerce, among others. In fact, full of Manchester City Council requested a change of name to the Ministry of Development on 30 September 2010, taking into account the interest of regional and tourism and with the objective "to promote strategic knowledge" of the brand Málaga -Costa del Sol in the tourism market.
From this moment, the airport will be identified in the panels as "Malaga-Costa del Sol ', and in other official documents. This change will not affect, however, the name of Pablo Ruiz Picasso terminal, which only refers to the T2.
AGP SOL
The manager of the Tourist Board of the Costa del Sol, Ana Gomez, considered "a success" of the tourism industry to change the name Malaga Malaga airport. However, he said that is another step to get "more important", as is the IATA code change for Malaga facilities. This code consists of three letters and why he is known around the world, it is AGP. However, the proposed business of the province is to be changed to SOL, which, according to Gomez, it would be "very important".
"It would be a daily promotions, we would be the first to include sun, also at international level is what more we sell," said the head of Málaga Tourist Board.
The director of the Department of Tourism of the City of Manchester, Arturo Bernal, felt "fantastic" that the airport in the capital include in its name Costa del Sol and said it is "justice." Bernal noted that this new single 'put in place "to the Costa del Sol brand and also the Malaga and allow" greater knowledge "of it. At this point, said that Costa del Sol is one of the brands' most renowned and ancient. "
The municipality has costasoleño own exhibitor at International Tourism Fair
Benahavís bet, and strong, in his presence at the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) in its 2010 edition. The municipality has an exhibitor costasoleño own no less than 125 square meters in Hall 3 of the fair, with exhibitors and Turismo Andaluz de Andalucía, Association of Municipalities of the Western Costa del Sol Tourist Board.
Specifically, from the municipality of Benahavis is particularly wanted to show gratitude to the sponsors of the 'stand', because their competition has been instrumental in the presentation of Benahavis in international tourism is Fitur 2010.
Thus, La Quinta Golf Country, Club Los Arqueros, Los Flamingos and Marbella Club, which sponsored the presence of Benahavis in the International Tourism Fair, held a meeting yesterday at the booth, with the city as an institution, which was represented by the Tourism Coordinator, Maria del Mar Martin, with whom he posed for the obligatory "family photograph".
Yesterday's was marked by great activity at the booth of Benahavis and specifically in the restaurant industry, with the help of the Hotel School of the municipality.
Thus, at 12.00 volunteered to present a tasting of delicious cocktails and about 1630 hours began the so-called 'Happy Hour', with specialty cocktails as suggestive as the so-called 'Sunset in Benahavis'. All this prepared and served by students of the School of Hotel Management Benahavís.
Tourist offer
Do not forget the great momentum and development that has golf in Benahavis, and so was represented by the heads of the six golf courses, no less, with which the municipal account.
And is that Benahavís has extensive tourism that not only focuses on food, excellent golf and hotel establishments with which account. Indeed, the climate, nature and residential tourism make this town a reference in the Andalusian tourism.
Benahavis, a mountain village just 7 miles. from the beach, is situated between Marbella, Estepona and Ronda. Its privileged location on the Costa del Sol, surrounded by peaks on the slopes of the Sierra de las Nieves in full foothills of the Serrania de Ronda, Benahavis make a real natural paradise.
Benahavis is an Andalusian village with narrow white street, typically Arabs, most of which end in sunny places. It is a place where you can choose to enjoy nature and luxury estates, carefully integrated.
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Christmas came early for John Gadd last week when a group of golfingfriends in Mijas came together to set him up in a new caravan after hehad lost his previous home.
Mr Gadd, who suffered lifelong health problems from injuriessustained as a child during the London Blitz in WWII, came to the Costadel Sol 20 years ago after his doctor said the Mediterranean climatewould benefit his health. Since then he had lived in his caravan butrecently was evicted.
Then, "along came a bunch of golfing Santas from the SomePlace Elsesports bar to the rescue," said Frank Bowles, who was involved in theefforts to help Mr Gadd out of his troubles. "Scoobie, Len Proctor,Mick McGrath and John Walker went to work! Within a few days of hearingabout his impending eviction they had not only found him a site for hiscaravan but decided to buy him a new mobile home as the old one wasfalling apart and past its sell-by-date! He was well established in hisnew 'mansion' for Christmas, complete with electricity and satellite TVfor the first time in 20 years!"
Raising the funds
To raise the funds necessary, friends Martin McAteer and John Teagueorganised a social evening in the Tamisa Hotel, bringing in 1,000 eurostowards the 5,500-euro cost. Tony Bellamy, the president of the MijasLa Cala Lions, pledged a further 1,000 euros on the same evening.
The group then organised a benefit tournament at Santana Golf, whichwas attended by over 80 players, followed by a fish and chip meal atSomePlace Else. The event produced a further 2,237 euros, leaving thetarget just 1,263 euros short. Other functions to help make up thedifference are currently being planned.
The organisers of effort, along with Mr Gadd, thank all of thegolfers who came together to help out a friend in need. "Thanks mustalso go out to Alistair at Global Radio, Salva at Santana Golf andSomePlace Else owner Craig Davis and Tony Honeysett for theircontributions," said Mr Bowles.
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RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA, MÁLAGA
Although the maritime tradition is far from lost in this locality the old houses of fishermen that used to line the beach in haphazard order have been trapped-those that are still standing, that is-between modern structures. Nevertheless, the village preserves the unmistakable hallmark of a coastal La Axarquía community, having maintained a rare equilibrium between the eclectic construction of recent years and the traditional local architecture.
Its broad seafront promenade, where a large proportion of its hotel establishments are concentrated, commands a view of the entire Bay of Málaga. In the new housing projects, which of necessity extend into the interior of the municipality, new leisure facilities have sprung up, such as the 18-hole Añoreta golf course.
The fortaleza de Bezmiliana (Bezmiliana fortress), also known as the fort or castle of the same name, is the most significant monument in Rincón de la Victoria. It was built in 1766, following plans drawn up by José de la Crane, to defend this part of the coast of Málaga because Gibraltar had fallen into the hands of the English. It has a quadrangular floor plan with cylindrical towers on two of its corners. Its stern architectural lines clearly indicate the function for which it was designed, which was very different from its present one, for since its restoration in 1992 the fortress has housed a prestigious exhibition centre, and other spaces devoted to cultural activities.
The iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (the church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the maritime Virgin par excellence) was built in 1892. It is a very simple church, directly connected to popular architecture. It consists of three naves and a bell tower that adjoins the Evangel Side nave. The iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of La Candelaria church) in Benagalbón was erected in the sixteenth century but only the walls remain from the original construction. Its interior is noteworthy for its murals by the world-famous Vélez painter, Francisco Hernández: the Ascension, in the central part; and the Nativity and Christ Teaching in the Temple, on the sides.
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The royal burgh of Mijas, in the centre of the Western Costa del Sol 30 kilometres from the city of Málaga, lost no time joining with other coastal municipalities in the drive for tourism development. It offered visitors not only what at the time was an unspoiled distinctive local atmosphere and several fortunate peculiarities such as the famous burro-taxis but also a paradisiacal scenic setting and its urban district, which at an elevation of more than 420 metres is the best scenic overlook in the western region of the Málaga coast.
This vantage point commands a view of a broad swath of the Mediterranean and several municipalities of the Costa del Sol, including especially Fuengirola right at its feet. Next to it is one of the most famous historical sites in the village, the Santuario de la Virgen de la Peña (Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Rock, the local patron saint). This religious building is simple in the extreme and offers nothing of interest from an architectural standpoint beyond the fact that it was dug out of the rock by the pious hermit Diego de Jesús, María y San Pablo. According to legend it was some children who, having been advised by a dove, discovered the image of the Virgin that had been concealed for several hundred years between the walls of an old castle so that it would not fall into the hands of the Arabs who ruled the region of Al-Andalus for eight centuries. Entirely aside from the legend surrounding this small sanctuary, a visit to this area known as “Paseo del Compás” is highly recommended due to the beauty of the landscape and of the leafy gardens all along this exceptional overlook.
The Plaza de Toros (Bullring) is in harmony with the architectural simplicity and purity of line of the local houses and in addition offers the novelty of its atypical oval structure, which makes it an exception to the traditional shape of all bullrings. Built in 1900 at the behest of the residents themselves, it sits on a rocky site and has an entrance door that is no different from that of any house in the village and thus might be make mistaken for that of practically any private dwelling. The running of “novillos” (young bulls) is very popular. This is a tradition that dates back to the inauguration of the plaza and that has been held practically every year since with the exception of the three-year period from 1936-1939. The festivities were interrupted in 1969 so that works consisting of the construction of a chapel, infirmary, abattoir and other facilities could be performed, and it reopened in 1977.
The municipality of Mijas is made up of three urban nuclei (Mijas Pueblo, Mijas Costa and Las Lagunas). It is one of the largest in area in the province of Málaga at 140 square kilometres and has twelve kilometres of beach. It has one of the most complete tourism offers on the Andalusian coast. The Hipódromo Costa del Sol stands out among its installations. This is a varied hotel infrastructure containing some of the most prestigious establishments on the coast, numerous golf courses and large urban developments that stretch from the slopes of the Mijas Mountains to the seashore.
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Mijas is reached from the city of Málaga by way of the Mediterranean Expressway. It is necessary to enter Fuengirola and take the MA-409 towards Mijas Pueblo. From Marbella, come by the N-340 and take the MA-409 towards Mijas. If coming from Benalmádema Pueblo take the Benalmádena-Mijas-Coín highway (MA-485).
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From the time that it was first viewed as an international tourist destination, which is to say since more than half a century ago, the Costa del Sol has steadily solidified the status of sun and beaches as its tourism trump card. The geographic characteristics of the Málaga coast were, and still are, ideal for drawing tourist traffic to this region in a natural manner, considering that in the Mediterranean there are very few areas--almost none--that can offer more than 160 kilometres of coast dotted with a succession of beaches with such diverse characteristics.
Neither the extent of the coast nor its diversity, however, are sufficient to develop loyalty among tourists over so many years and to continue to attract visitors from such a variety of places. There is a third basic reason that, added to the first two, explains the primacy of the Costa Sol over other resort areas: the climate. It tends to be pleasant throughout southern Europe but in the province of Málaga it is much more so due to the fact that its coast is protected from the interior winds by a formidable mountain system that at places even meets the sea. This geographic feature makes for warm winter temperatures and summers free from the extreme heat associated with that season.
Of the nine districts that make up the province of Málaga, three have a coastline: La Axarquía (Eastern Costa del Sol), the Málaga mountains, including the provincial capital, and the Western Costa de Sol. A total of 14 Málaga municipalities are adjacent to the sea, while there are others in the interior at a minimal distance from it. Each of these municipalities contributes its unique topography to the coastline, with the result that its beaches form a sufficiently heterogeneous complex to satisfy any preference in this respect.
They range from the most plentiful type, which are broad and sandy beaches fully equipped with all services and generally with a modern seafront promenade running alongside them, to the most secluded and absolutely virgin coves overlooked by exceptionally beautiful natural landscapes. From one end to the other, the range includes every kind of beach imaginable--including seven for nudists, in Estepona (2), Benalmádena, Cabopino (Marbella), Benalmádena, Guadalmar, Torre del Mar y Maro - for sea bathing in the conditions that the visitor prefers. Nudism is also tolerated on other beaches that due to their characteristics are not frequented by large numbers of visitors, while on all of them going topless is accepted without question.
During the summer, over many of the most crowded beaches the blue flag waves, the symbol with which the European Union attests to the good condition of the water and sand and to the availability of all the services inherent to this type of public facility.
The beaches that are closest to large urban areas are the ones with the greatest number of services, including beach bars (these hospitality facilities may be found even in areas that are not much visited but that have an established clientele) on whose menu never fails to appear the delicious “pescaíto frito” (small fried fish) of the Málaga coast; toilets; showers; children’s playgrounds; Jet Ski, water cycle and ski rental; first aid stations; lifeguards and even cool palm oases.
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Today, part of the Tourist Board’s technical staff are travelling to Berlin to attend ITB, one of the three major events on the calendar of the travel industry (the other two are London’s WTM and Madrid’s FITUR). This year, ITB Berlin will be held from 7 to 11 March.
The event is almost simultaneous with the publication of the data on the German market, presented by Tourist Board President Juan Fraile, Acting Manager Antonio Díaz, and SOPDE Manager Rafael Fuentes. Germany is the second most important international market to the Costa del Sol, the first being the UK. Our delegation at ITB will be led by Mr Fraile.
At the presentation of the data on the German market, it was made clear that Germany is still very important to the Costa del Sol, so in 2007 it is necessary to boost promotion and actions oriented towards attracting tourists.
As in previous editions of ITB, the Tourist Board’s space will be part of Turismo Andaluz’s stand. Around one hundred members (companies and institutions) will be present in it. Our staff will meet local tour operators with the aim of gauging the German market.
The travel and tourism report on Germany revealed that, in 2006, 8% more German travellers (307,859) stayed in Málaga’s hotels than they did in 2005. Hotel stays totalled 1,510,295, i.e. 5.4% more than the previous year. Also last year, 574,070 German tourists arrived at Málaga Airport, making 8.81% of all the visitors who came to the province by plane.
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From 9 to 17 March, the Málaga Film Festival will be celebrating its 10th edition with great fanfare: 14 feature films, debut films, new stages, parallel activities to suit all tastes, and a tribute to Spanish film stars of all times, like Carmen Maura, Sara Montiel, Alfredo Landa, Bigas Luna and Emiliano Otegui.
The Festival will kick off with 'Lola,' the latest movie by Miguel Hermoso ('Truhanes,' 'Fugitives,' 'Tango'), and 'Four Last Songs,' by UK director Francesca Joseph, will close the event.
The official section includes fourteen feature films, five of them debut films, and other surprise screenings will take place at eclectically arranged ZonaZine and the 2nd edition of ZonaClips, in which twenty-five videos will compete.
The 2007 Jury will be presided over by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi (director), its members being George Ayoub (distributor), José Infante (writer, journalist, poet), Óscar Jaenada (actor), Héctor Olivera (director, producer), Rosa María Sardá (actress) and Pepe Vargas (director of the Chicago Latino Film Festival).
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Artepostre is an innovative concept in the catering industry. It is a sophisticated coffeehouse, a master baker's, and a sweet shop, which has opened two locations in Málaga, where locals and out-of-town visitors can taste the most delicious things on Earth.
Concerned with a new concept of a meeting place to have a coffee or tea in the afternoon, the creators of Artepostre chose quality when they set out to run their business. This is reflected in the shop's design and décor, of course, but becomes evident in the irresistible delicacies that make Artepostre's menu, avant-garde desserts that will throw the most demanding palates into ecstasy.
Being real master confectioners, in Artepostre they combine all sorts of flavours and textures artfully, always to the same result: exquisite taste. If you have the chance of stepping into this heaven on Earth, try some of the special sweets -whose names are as tempting as the sweets themselves: Pecado (Sin), Locura (Wildness), Gula (Greed), Pasión (Passion), Nougat, or the French specialties.
If you don't have a sweet tooth, you can try Artepostre's savoury options -creamy Norwegian salmon tartlets or duck cream and mushroom mille-feuille, for instance-, washed down with a good wine. After all, what matters is the talk, and Artepostre helps a lot in making it more intimate and interesting.
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On 27, 28 and 29 December, Torremolinos will have its traditional pastoral music contest in the city centre, featuring choirs like La Colina, Santa Cristina, Los Pinares, or San Miguel. So once again this year, music and religion will be united in joy for Christmas -inviting us to join, too.
For three days, then, passers-by and street walkers will hear the sounds of pastoral songs in the streets, starting at 7:00 p.m. Sung by magnificent voices, the repertoire promises to be very moving.
These days, Torremolinos is also flooded with the brightness and colour of around 120,000 light bulbs: illuminated arches, lamps, signs and garlands have turned the town into a magical place, the perfect atmosphere to sing or listen to pastoral music.
The town's Christmas programme included other activities as well: the Gouliani Duo's concert at the Pablo Ruiz Picasso Cultural Centre; 'Flamenco Christmas', a show by Toma Castaña (a popular/ folk music band); and the Christmas concert by the town's music school, to name but a few.
INFO
Music event: 'Pastoral Music Takes to the Streets'
Dates: 27-29 December 2006
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: City centre
Town: TORREMOLINOS (Málaga)
For further information, please contact the Town Hall.
Telephone: 95 237 94 00
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Time for magic at the Ciudad de Marbella Theatre: on 20 December, the Ukraine Children's Ballet are presenting their version of 'Cinderella', the fairy tale written by the French writer Charles Perrault in 1697 and made into a classic animation film by Walt Disney.
The story is very well-known, of course: a beautiful maiden despised by her horrible stepmother and two step-sisters, who give her the cruel nickname 'Cinderella', is forced into a life of domestic servitude (she has to tend the fireplace, hence the nickname). The girl accepts the help of an attendant spirit, the Fairy Godmother, who changes her appearance so that she can attend a royal ball and attract the attention of the Handsome Prince. The spell vanishes at midnight, however, so she has to run away, leaving a crystal shoe behind her.
So far, so good. At this point, the audience is presented with many surprises and a lot of masterful dance performed by the dancers of the Ukraine Children's Ballet, created by Natalia Rzhevskaya in 1979 after the Kharkov Ballet School, which features some of the best ballet dancers in St Petersburg, Moscow and Kiev.
The company's repertoire includes versions of many popular ballets: 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', 'Chipollino', 'Nutcracker', 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', 'Ole-Lukoye and Other Tales', 'Arms, Legs and Shoes', and other programmes including over thirty classic and modern dances.
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On 27 November, the first stage of the new train station in Málaga was inaugurated. The station, which will be reached by high-speed trains next year, will hold eight times as many passengers as the old one, up to 24 millions a year. The María Zambrano Vialia Station will be the stage of a transport revolution, taking Málaga one step further on its way to become one of the major cities in Southern Europe.
Following the Ministry of Development’s guidelines laid down in the Strategic Infrastructure and Transport Plan (PEIT), the station was designed as a model of intermodality, boosting public transport to improve communications while protecting the environment.
Vialia Málaga will be the largest intermodal and commercial transport centre ever built in Spain. To the rail services already in operation –commuter, regional and long-distance trains–, it will add high-speed rail, bringing Málaga much closer to the rest of Spain and Europe.
The Vialia Project will give Málaga City a significant economic boost, since the station will feature a big shopping and leisure centre (with 102 retail shops), an underground car park (for 1,300 vehicles), a Lux Cinemas complex (including 13 cinema theatres), a 3,000 m2 professional bowling alley, and several restaurants. The complex will also have a four-star hotel run by Barceló, endowed with 222 guestrooms in 7 floors. In addition, Vialia Málaga will have a social impact, since it is expected to create 420 direct and 500 indirect jobs.
The new facilities’ total surface is 51,377 m2, that is, five times as large as the old station (9,720 m2), incorporating the Málaga commuter train station as well. As for rail capacity, it will have 8 platforms instead of 5, thus increasing by 60% the number of trains operating simultaneously.
Vialia’s works have meant an investment of 134.7 million euros in a design enhancing HST-commuter train intermodality and connecting the station with the airport, local and intercity bus lines, taxi ranks and other vehicles. Besides, in the future, the facilities will also be linked to two underground lines.
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The Benalmádena Youth Department is in charge of organising the 3rd Urban Culture Festival, to take place on Saturday, 18 November, from 12 to 9 p.m., at La Paloma Skatepark. Conceived as a popular party, the festival will be attended by the different urban tribes, whose members will spend a whole day together in harmony while having fun at the same time.
One of the highest points will be the skate championship, which will give out 300 euros and stuff worth 1,000 euros among the top 10. Those who want to participate must register in advance for a 10 euro fee or 20 euros if they register on the championship day.
DJs will all liven up the day with techniques such as scratching and turntablism. There will be also funky, hip-hop, rap, and break dance or BMX bike exhibitions, among other nice surprises.
Finally, the public will enjoy live performances by South Style, Skorpion, Puto Chico, Yenesis, Dresh, 3Deases, Taias, Turno de Réplica, Marckos, Andrews 'G', Foke, C.M.C., Sek y Fose, KKS, Mc Zius, Prodemen, Best Séller, and Ernesto and Diemaster.
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At Km. 74 of the Alhaurín de la Torre-Alhaurín el Grande road, in the Guadalhorce Valley, there lies La Paca's Mill (El Molino de La Paca), a place owing its name to Francisca, a member of the Eloy Garcías, a family of doctors from Málaga who opened the mill back in 1820.
The Eloy García family replaced the old machinery, drawn by animals and based on levers, with the first steam engine, which they brought from Manchester. Some years later, the mill changed hands again: it became the property of a prominent landowner, Mr Santos. In the 1920s, it was purchased by Juan Rodríguez, who lived in Alhaurín de la Torre and was the grandfather of the present-day owner, Rafael Mota
Determined to go on with the place's tradition, Mota made an agreement with Mediterránea S.L. to open the mill to the general public and reveal the secrets of olive oil making, an ancient tradition in direct contact with nature.
La Paca's Mills offers guided tours every day -but don't forget to make an appointment in advance!-, which include visiting the facilities, tasting extra virgin olive oil with bread and a glass of Málaga wine, fresh olives and fried potatoes, and taking a 20 ml olive oil sample bottle. Information brochures are available in several languages, and there are also special programmes upon request.
INFO
Attraction: La Paca's Mill (Molino de la Paca)
Town: ALHAURÍN EL GRANDE (Málaga)
Reservation telephones: 95 237 30 44 - 629 763 566
Website: www.molinodelapaca.com
Visiting hours: 9:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Previous appointment required.
Fuente: Visit Costa del Sol
The Juan Breva flamenco club started on 17 October its traditional flamenco studies, a series of 90-minute lessons that take place every Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. (except on public holidays) through March 2007, in the association's headquarters, on Ramón Franquelo Street. Interestingly, the admission is free.
The course is aimed at spreading the knowledge of flamenco amongst citizens. The underlying idea is to address the generic aspects at first, and then go deep into the nature of every 'cante' (singing), 'toque' (instrumental music), and dance.
Live performances or recordings will be part of the lessons as a way to give examples of each topic and, equally important, to make lessons lively and fun. The teachers are Juan Breva flamenco club's members who have delivered innumerable lectures and speeches on flamenco.
The course is organised in three terms: the first one will continue until the first Tuesday of December, the second ends one week before Holy Week, and the last one, in late May. In the meanwhile, students will love listening to flamenco varieties such as 'verdiales', 'villancicos' or 'saetas'.
The Dog in the Manger', comedy in verse in Álora
One of Lope de Vega's classic plays staged by Viento Sur at the Cervantes Theatre.
If we still find it difficult to be different and live against social conventions, imagine what it must have been like five centuries ago. That was the world in which Lope de Vega wrote 'The Dog in the Manger' ('El perro del hortelano'), one of his most celebrated plays, telling the ruses of Diana, the Countess of Belflor, to catch Teodoro, her secretary, when she realises she's in love with him after learning that he's fooling around with one of her maids.
The tourist industry in the Costa del Sol has lost one of its main driving forces of the last decades. Antonio Espinosa, co-owner of the travel agency Savitur and president of the Gastronomy Academy in Malaga, died from a heart failure while he accompanied group of tourists in Mexico.
The Fuengirola fair “Feria del Rosario” had a massive influx of visitors; exactly one million people have visited the fair complex of Fuengirola from the 6th until the 12th of October, as the town councillor for Fairs and Traditions, Juan Antonio Haro, informed, according to the data offered by the Local Police.
Haro was very satisfied with the resulting balance from this celebration, which “had a very good atmosphere”, and highlighted that all the activities programmed by the Town Council have recorded a great reception “this is the reason why everybody is so satisfied with this year’s results”. For the councillor “this is an award to the work done by the Councillorship for Fairs and by the rest of the town areas involved in this celebration every year. This celebration belongs to the Fuengirola citizens and to all of those coming from other parts of Malaga and other provinces to share it with us”.
Haro pointed out in this sense that both the spectacles programmed in the Caseta Municipal (municipal stand) as those organized within the bullring enclosure “have presented excellent incomes”. There weren’t any incidents, except for a fight among young people and the local police.
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East countries interested in the Costa del Sol.
The tourism association of the Costa del Sol emphasized the interest of the East countries thanks to the professional conferences recently celebrated in Prague, Sofia and Budapest and which were organized by Turespaña. The public affluence was high in the three workshops. Some of these workshops were already selling the Costa del Sol as a tourist destination, meanwhile in Sofia and Budapest they weren´t, but they are interested, especially in the cultural sector, golf and luxury.
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According to the report of the Economic Analysts of Andalusia, Almeria and Malaga are the two most dynamic provinces in the region. They are growing up over the average of the region. Construction and services are the two sectors that are pushing the economic activity. Unemployment has decreased and its rate is on the 12 per cent.
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During the second quarter of the year, 57.8% of the Costa del Sol visitors organized their trip to Malaga individually. 76.8 per cent used the Internet to arrange the travel, according to the Tourism Observatory Association (Observatorio Turístico del Patronato)
The report, drawn up by Europa Press, points out that the organization of the trip by a travel agency was chosen by 31.2% of the visitors, while 11% used other means.
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The World Conference of the Pan-American Forum for Professional Cooking Associations will be held in Estepona in 2007, March 7th to 9th, at the Expositions and Congress Palace of the municipality. Eleven countries will participate in this meeting, the United States, Canada, Brazil and Uruguay among others.
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The Casa de la Cultura of Fuengirola will show the entries participating in the Posters of the Fair Competition, from 22 September through 11 October. Seventeen entries were submitted to this year's edition, which awarded Mariano Álvaro Fuerte Castro's work.
The exhibition has been run in Fuengirola for years, bringing the artists' depiction of the traditional Fair close to the public. All the posters participating in the 2006 edition are excellent -you can find how good they are in person, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Torremolinos opens today its second heated swimming pool
It has 25 metres and will assist the Swimming pool “Virgen del Carmen”. The town expands its sports facilities offer.
Travel tours selling to the Costa del Sol done from Russia during the summer has increased between a 30% and a 40% with regard to last year, according to the Russian Tourism Office in Spain report. This report is based on the two main Russian tour-operators information.
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The Costa del Sol Tourist Board has welcomed a group of travel agents from the Czech tour operator Cedok, following a request by both the Spanish Tourism Office in Vienna and Ultramar Express, the receptive agency for Cedok on the Costa del Sol.
Cedok began operating with the Costa del Sol, represented by Ultramar, some years ago with a charter flight of 50 seats, and now operates two flights a week to and from the Costa del Sol.
The group, which was offered a complete presentation of our destination, was made up of 18 travel agents, who arrived accompanied by the tour operator’s product manager for Spain and a representative of Ultramar Express. When the presentation ended, the travel agents were given informative and promotional material packs.
In 1979, in its third session in Torremolinos, the World Tourism Organisation (WTO) General Assembly established the World Tourism Day. Since then, this day has been celebrated on 27 September in different countries and holiday travel destinations every year. It is not surprising that, being the place where this special day was instituted, the Costa del Sol is one of the regions where it is most enthusiastically celebrated.
The main purpose of World Tourism Day is to foster awareness among the international community of the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political and economic values. To this end, the Department for Tourism at the Málaga City Council has prepared a programme of activities, mainly guided tours and open-door meetings at the most important museums and tourist sites in town.
Costa del sol has received the first visit of a Chinese group which will study its meeting and events tourism.
Golf tourists spend each year more than 900 millions euros in Malaga. This amount is a 15% more than two years ago, according to the reports of Promotur, Association of the Residential and Sport Tourism in Andalusia.
The Association for tourism in the Costa del Sol was presenting in the Russian Open Golf its offer of sun and golf. It took place in the Golf Course Le Meridian Moscow Country Club.
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Mediterranean Club wins Championship of Andalusia.
The Swimming Championship of Andalusia, celebrated last weekend in the pool of Almadrabillas in Almeria, had as the main starring the team of Malaga. The Mediterranean Real Club won with 1.30 points, followed by Cerrado de Calderón Club with 836 points.
A total of five clubs of Malaga participated in the championship and they won 19 gold medals 13 silver medals and 17 bronze medals and showed their high level. During the three days the competition lasted, they got up a lot of times to the podium.
Duane Rocha, who nearly went to the European championship in Budapest, won the most gold medals: four. Diana Moreno, from Cerrado de Calderon team, won two gold medals in the butterfly category.
The association for tourism, trade and sport will give a total amount of 600.000 euros to build the Touristy Innovation Centre of Andalusia. This initial investment, to cover the period from 2006 to 2007, will be increased the following years, by at least 400.000 euros per year. 75% will be contributed by the Andalusian government, although its objective is self financing by participating in national and international projects.
That’s what Paulino Plata said during the sign of the statutes of the project. The project was constituted as foundation with the participation of 27 organizations of the tourism sector, universities, economical and social agents and technological centres.
This centre will have its headquarter in Marbella and it is the second one created in Spain which is going to be specialized in investigation and innovation of the sector. Its opening is planned for September.
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The Tourist Office of the Costa del Sol (“Patronato de Turismo”) has advertised its golf offer in the France Golf Open, which 100th edition was celebrated in Versalle.
The organization of Malaga went to the event with an expositor of the Andalusian Golf Federation and the Spanish Tourism Office of Paris. They were very well visited during the four days that the event lasted. The main visitors were amateurs players, according to the Association reports.
During the event, association technicians met with tour-operators to explore the possibilities to improve the presence of the Costa del Sol in France: in the magazines and future actions of promotion.
The Association emphasized the growing of the French market: “it grows every year with a ratio between 8 and 10%”, which is because “golf is a sport which has more followers every day”.
It is a mature market, with a high level of knowledge about Spain as a golf destination, especially of the Costa del Sol, which is an appreciated and valued area, although not so much marketed in France.
The Costa del Sol wants to attract people not only because of sun and beaches.
Sun and beaches are the main reasons to visit Costa del Sol since 1960. However, in a global context as nowadays, the competition is bigger and the tourism related companies think it is necessary to bring forward additional offers to make the Costa del Sol a destination offering more than just leisure. According to the newspaper “Malaga Hoy”: “We need to offer as much as possible: sun, beaches, golfing, skiing in the Sierra Nevada, excursions to other provinces of Andalusia or to the north of Africa, our gastronomy… There should be a bigger variety for our guests, not only the beaches”, explained Salvador Vilches, president of the association of hoteliers in the region Costa del Sol. Pedro García, president of the Association of Travel Agents, thinks the same way; the expert pointed out that “all we want is to get rid of the sun-umbrella-only-image and start marketing all complementary offers we have. We should not sell the Costa del Sol as an exotic destination, because we are not, but it is true that we have a well known area and a wide range of options”. Hotels and travel agents affirmed they are working on packs for tourists for winter which will include, for example: four days in the Costa del Sol and three days in the Sierra Nevada, “although we would like to start offering more packages and take an agreement with the companies of Granada to market specific products”. It is supposed to follow the example of collaboration between Seville and Huelva. Vilches and García affirmed that they have talked about this idea with the persons in charge of the administration to achieve the same support.
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Fuengirola is one of the most attractive towns on the Costa del Sol. It is full of life throughout the year and has a comprehensive range of services and facilities, among which are the outstanding beaches, restaurants and promenade. Only fifteen minutes form Malaga and ten from the international airport of Malaga, this coastal town offers you the chance to enjoy different cultural and sporting activities. Equestrian sports and golf are two of the greatest attractions in the area, as well as an important leisure centre where you can go shopping or spend the afternoon in the company of your family. Cortijo de Torreblanca, is an Andalusian-style housing development with two, three and four bedroom apartments, all with large terraces and marvellous views.
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Rincón de la Victoria promises a memorable fair for all tastes and ages
The three coastal centres of Rincón de la Victoria will remain even more united than ever because of the Sea Fair and Festivities in Puerta de la Axarquía, which this year is celebrated from 13th to the 16th of July. There will be taking place the election of the queen of the fair, as well as the performance of “El Koala”, on Saturday the 8th, and people will dance to the rhythm of the pasodoble with the town band one day later.
This year’s festival’s novelty will be the disappearance of a fair precinct, favouring the translation to the central zone, where we will be able to enjoy numberless activities daily. There will be dancing and singing and food will be offered for free for residents and visitors.
Eduardo Banderas will moderate the festival, Jesús Rodríguez ‘El Koala’ will be elected ‘Marengo of the year’ and the bull-fans will also see bullfights with Manuel Benítez ‘El Cordobés’, Francisco Rivera Ordónez and Ricardo Ortiz. The processions of the virgin Carmen in Rincón and the Cala del Moral and the pyrotechnical shows present the finale.
Before that we will have enjoyed a first-class programme of concerts. For the dedicated Flamenco fans the troupe of Manuela Carrasco, Raquel Framit, Bonela and paintings of Jerez and Triana will be shown in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento. On the beach will be Carlos Baute, Chenoa and El Arrebato, while María Figueroa will animate the little ones.
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Benalmádena hosts the finale of the XXXI “Festival de la Canción de Andalucia”
On the 14th of July Benalmádena will host, in the municipal auditory, the XXXI “Festival de la Canción de Andalucía” (Festival of the andalusian song), an event that has the support of the Benalmádena town council, through its Council for Festivities and Youth, and the collaboration of the Andalusian Tourism and the hotel chain Summa.
Summer after summer the prestigious Festival of Andalusia usually leads to evenings of confraternity between hundreds of residents of the Costa del Sol and other hundreds of visitors, coming from all over Andalusia.
Exceeding the numbers of earlier years, in respect of the number of songs that aspired to reach the semi-final, the number has reached a hundred seventy-eight from all andalusian provinces, especially, on this occasion, from Málaga and Cádiz, of which twelve, instead of ten as is tradition, will be competing in the finale.
The rewards to be achieved at this festival, besides the important promotion which awaits at the end from the Council of Festivites and Youth of the Benalmádena Town Council and for the Summa Foundation, as well as from the same organizational entity, Festivales de Andalucía, are 5000 CDs that are distributed to all of Spain, screening the name of Benalmádena in all communication medias of the country, as well as among performers and composers of all Spanish provinces. Furthermore the winners are presented with the trophies “Andalusia”, of the president of the andalusian government; “Málaga”, of the president of the provincial delegation of Málaga; “Benalmádena”, of the mayor of this city, as well as correspondent ones for each of the provinces in Andalusia that the finalists receive.
Additionally to the performances of the interprets and a selected group, there are special performances for concluding every evening like Yanira Figueroa, national winner of the TV programme “Gente de Primera” of new artistical values, Nado Sierra, winner of the last edition of the festival, the many-sided Santaella and the magnificent ballet of María Naranjo, taking place.
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The I House and country fair will be celebrated on the Racetrack of the Costa del sol.
The first House and country fair will take place from 13 to 16 of April on the Racetrack of the Costa del Sol. It has been organized by Costa Events and will reunite more than 80 companies which will show their products and services related to housing and residential living. The event will be a show that displays all of the best Costa del Sol companies in a familiar environment.
A new golf school will be built in La Colina, Torremolinos next year.
From 2007 onwards Torremolinos will count on a Golf School in La Colina area. The building and exploitation project will be developed by Fade and Draw Target S. L., a company closely related to the famous golfer Churriana Miguel Ángel Jiménez.
The German tourism on the Costa del Sol again has increased after the strong descend during the last years. Hotel accommodations, overnight stays and traveller visits have grown for four per cent. It means a recovery with regard to the descents of the previous years. The most important increase on this market took place in the entry for the airport of Malaga, which has shown the record number of 614.127 persons, an increase of 11.55 comparing to the year 2004.
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The port of Malaga receives 200.000 cruise tourists per year.
The cruise ship traffic takes to Malaga more than 200.000 tourists per year. This tourism will be boosted by the Maritime Station of the dry dock of “Levante”, the eastern area of Spain, which is being built at the moment and could accommodate 5.000 passengers.
The Group of Economic Interest for the promotion of Port of Málaga (Malagaport) affirms that “on the attractiveness of the city, as well as its closeness to other touristy areas and its excellent communications by land and air, are just some of the characteristics which make the port of Malaga the second most important one of the Iberic peninsula for cruise traffic.”
The XVI Week of International Fantastic Cinema will be celebrated in Malaga between 2 and 10 of March.
The IAJ collaborates in the organization of this festival, where 63 films and 30 short films will be shown.
The Capital of Malaga will be the place of celebration of the XVI Week of International Fantastic Cinema from 2 to 10 of March. The festival counts on the collaboration of the Andalusian Youth Institute (IAJ), the Culture delegation, the University of Malaga and others organizations of the province.
In this new edition of the festival the IAJ has participated in financing a cinema workshop which has been coordinated by cinema director Juanma Bajo Ulloa. The result of this activity, which was celebrated last November under the name of “El Desafio” (The Challenge), are two short films, which thanks to its quality, have been taken part of the official section of the festival, and will apply for the awards.
Picasso Museum of Malaga is preparing a new temporal exposition about “Los Picassos de Antibes”.
The gallery has just closed its exhibition of ceramics which has received about 63.000 visitors.
Picasso Museum of Malaga is preparing its next temporal exposition of this year. It is the collection of the Picasso Museum of Antibes (France), which is still unknown in our country.
This exposition will be inaugurated in the middle of March and will stay in Malaga until 11th June. Under the different works, which the public will see for the first time in Spain, there is the impressive sculpture “Cabeza de Mujer con Moño”(1932) and the murals “El devorador de erizos de mar” and “La alegria de vivir” (1946).
In total, the temporal exhibition in the Picasso Museum of Malaga will exceptionally show 73 works including canvas, draws, murals, sculptures and ceramics of the artist of Malaga.
Costa del sol tries to seduce agents and guides by Internet.
The Tourism of Costa del Sol Association achieved “ positive balance” in its participation in FITUR last week. One of their objectives was to increase and intensify contact with the on-line travel agents and the touristy guides in the Internet.
They tried to increase their online presence of the Costa del Sol in the Internet, according to the information of the promotional entity of Malaga.
Signing several agreements with national companies, like Renfe (Train Company) and Iberia (airline) were the main tasks of the association in Fitur.
Golf Club of Antequera wins in the first match of Interclub.
It has an advantage of 34 points over its rival, Laurino Golf Club. We will have to wait the return match to know who wins the first trophy between clubs.
The golf Club of Antequera has taken an advantage of 34 points in the first match of the 1st Interclub celebrated last Saturday between this team and the Laurino Golf Club. The five best partners of the club of Antequera achieved a total of 189 points against the 155 points obtained by the partners of Laurino Golf Club. The 70 golfers enjoyed a sunny morning which allows living a life together and a good play from 10 am.
The five best partners classified in the general list are from Golf Club of Antequera, while the first partner from Laurino Golf Club classified was six place in the classification. This fact allow Golf Club of Antequera holding until the return competition the trophy is at stake.
CAC (Contemporary Art Centre of Malaga) awarded with the Mediterranean prize of M-Capital.
The acknowledgment emphasizes the quality and the international impact which have placed the CAC among “the most important ones of contemporary art” and it granted Quibla Restaura a special citation.
Six years ago the company M-Capital created the Mediterranean Award of Culture.
Its objective was the acknowledgement of the involvement of the civil society of Malaga with the patrimony and the creative activity of the province. The 2005 edition of this award, which jury is presided over by Maria Victoria Atencia, have prized the Contemporary Art Centre of Málaga because of its “successful work of management, its quality level and its international impact, which have placed this centre among the greatest gallery of the World”. It has awarded honourable citation to the company “Quibla Restaura”, because of the conservation of the cultural patrimony and to the Coral María Inmaculada de Antequera, which is 25 years old.
American travel agents visit Costa del Sol.
A total of 35 travel agency representatives from the United States East Coast recently visited the Costa del Sol on a familiarisation trip for the clients of Perillo Tours in which the Association of Tourism of the province took part.
The proposal of this “fam trip” arose through the National Promotion Association department, and the participants of it work in the circuit programme.
The promoting entity pointed out that its collaboration consists of an audio-visual presentation of the destination, showing a general DVD about the touristy offer of Costa del Sol. Likewise, a “Tapa” buffet is offered in the hotel Meliá Don Pepe in Marbella, where travel agents are accomodated during their stay.
This trip has been a copy of the programme that they sell, covering each city and making the same inspection trips that are included in the programme.
Easyjet moves forward the date of the initialization of the route Málaga – Dortmund
On the 31st of March the low-cost airline Easyjet will start with the new route Málaga – Dortmund, speeding up the initial forecasts due to the great demand, according to the company.
Since Easyjet has pointed this out, already 2 months before the inauguration an occupation of more than 50 percent can be registered. Therefore the airline decided to move the date of the beginning of the operations forward and to strengthen the route with additional flights. Furthermore, the low cost company is going to open two more connections from Málaga this year, in order to unite this airport with those of Berlin and Milan.
The voice of Málaga’s Flamenco singer
The provincial council and Cajamar are editing a disco graphic anthology of all dead flamenco singers of Málaga starting with Peña Juan Breva.
How did Pepa sing “La Antequerana”? The son of the Moras or La Jimena de Coín? Thanks to the initiative of the provincial council of Málaga and Cajamar now all flamenco fans have the possibility to hear it. Thousands of boxes, each of 20 CDs, have been made of already dead Malagan flamenco singers. Some of them even recorded their music on CDs themselves and therefore have left a broad testimony of their art, but others just recorded in company of others and are now counted as the flamenco singers which will remain registered in supported sountracks.
Iberia supports the promotion of the Costa del Sol
Yesterday Iberia promised full support for the promotion of the Costa del Sol. The assistant director for Sales of this Company, Luis Giménez Cassina, and the president of the Tourism Association, Juan Fraile, signed an agreement of collaboration. This includes a discount of 40% for all trips, which professionals in the association and associated members can call upon for making touristy promotions for that destination.
