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Yesterday the mayor of Nerja José Alberto Armijo Navas has anounced that they are going to build a marina called Puerto Deportivo Nerja-Torrox, between Nerja and Torrox near the Arroyo Frontil and next to the Playa de Vilchez. The marina is outside of Nerja more towards Torrox. This project will cost about 33 Million Euro and will take two years time to complete when they start in 2008. The new port will offer 500 new berths for boats between 8 and 25 meters and will offer some space for bigger boats up to 35 meters and last but not least it offers a storage yard of 18.000 m² and 300 car parking spaces. All together it will occupy an area of around 23 hectares from which 7,2 hectares earth’s surface and 15,7 hectares is build on water. The area for activities like restaurants, cafeterias, shops and so on will occupy a surface of about 3.500 m². Read more »

If you are visiting Malaga or the rest of Andalucia during October you can experience some dramatic weather changes from sunshine to thunderstorm and lightning. In some years the weather is quite nice with sunshine, light winds and temperatures around 20º C. But in other years cool air is coming from northern Europe and crosses the still very warm sea. The results are some spectacular thunderstorms and rainfalls of 25 to 50 millimetres in a very short time and local flooding is usually a problem in these situations. After this rainfalls it feels noticeably fresher, and when you are still out at a restaurant or bar and you are leaving as midnight approaches, you will need a sweater or light jacket. Read more »

Buying an apartment or house in Spain or anywhere else always means, that you need furniture. And the well known swedish company Ikea is always a good address to buy furniture. But the last time I bought some furniture I had to go to Sevilla to the nearest Ikea around here in Andalucia. And there is nothing else to compare around here. But on Tuesday 30th of October a new Ikea is due to open near Plaza Mayor in Malaga, next to the airport. Don´t go there on the first days, because it will be packed with people and I think it will be difficult to find a parking space around there. But a few weeks later it´s the best address to buy cheap and good furniture for your new home on the Costa del Sol.

If you want to see the fastest and sexiest speed boats, then you have to go to Puerto Banus on monday morning the 24th of september. The BladeRun Rally is a famous Rally between London and Amsterdam, which takes place every year. But this time they want to go from Marbella to Ibiza. The party is starting on sunday the 23rd in Marbella and ends on the 26th in Ibiza with stops in Almeria and Cartagena. On monday morning the boats will start at the Ocean Club in Puerto Banus. It’s going to be four days of sun and speed and four nights of exclusive parties. Check out the website www.bladerun.com