costablog.com

A few months ago I started a website called costamedi.com. It was just to show some information about the mediterranean coast in the province of Malaga but with a very bad design. Now that I am more and more professional in programming and designing I woulkd like to present the new design of this project. With this design I hope to get more visitors to the site. The website is in German, Englisch and Spanish, just in case you prefer another language. Read more »

As I read in the Sur in English newspaper 25,000 candidates send their curriculum for jobs in the new Ikea shop in Malaga which is scheduled to open on October 30th. And in the end the new Ikea shop will bring more than 500 new jobs for the Malaga area. Approximately 15,000 visitors are expected on inauguration day and up to 18,000 on the first saturday after it. In total the new store expects to attract more than two million shoppers in the next year. As far as the opening of a second Ikea store in the province of Malaga is concerned Marbella would be the perfect location for it, or Estepona. But at first we have to wait for the first store to open. Maybe the next store will open its doors in Granada or Jerez.

This week the Junta de Andalucía has launched a new promotional campaign to attract tourists from both the rest of Spain and other European countries during autumn and winter to improve figures for the low season. The campaign in Spain consists of four-day promotions staged in shopping centres in Valencia, Madrid, Zaragoza, Barcelona and Lejona (Vizcaya) where shoppers will be invited on a virtual tour of the attractions of Andalucía. Read more »

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 »

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.