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On the Costa del Sol you find a lot of beaches, sports facilities, real estates and… shopping centers. The biggest shopping center on the Costa del Sol or better, in Andalucia is La Cañada in Marbella. But there are some other shopping centers, which are just small and nice like Laguna Village. It is located first line beach on the New Golden Mile in Estepona, right next to the stunning Kempinski Hotel, Km 159 on the N-340. The commercial center opened its doors to the public in 2006, and now it is nearly full of shops, nicely decorated and finished. As well as there is the Puro Beach Club, which is one of the nicest beach clubs in this area. This gives the whole shopping center a more glamourous and beautiful touch. And very important, there is plenty of parking. Read more »

The real estate market here in south Spain is a very difficult market at the moment, especially in the area around Marbella. But there are still a lot of real estate agents selling or just renting out some very nice properties. One of the Costa del Sol´s three best front line beach villas named El Martinete has just come back on the real estate market for sale. It is located just a five minutes walk from the port of Puerto Banus and it is situated next to the Guadalpin Hotel in Puerto Banus. This beautiful villa has not only one of the best locations in Marbella. It has a big outdoor pool, which has a nice illustration on the bottom of the pool, done by the famous Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. The villa itself has five bedroom suites in the main house and two guest houses for up to a total of 16 people. Furthermore it has an indoor and outdoor pool, jacuzzi, sauna, disco etc etc. And for 25 million Euro it could be yours. Or just rent it for a week. The price is 3.500 Euro per day. The villa has all necessities of a villa in this price range. For more information and pictures have a look on the website of Marbellarentals.

Like every year brasilian football player Ronaldo and french retired football player Zinedine Zidane have invited some of the world’s best known footballers and other famous sports people to join them in the fifth “Match against Poverty: Ronaldo and friends vs. Zidane and friends” on Monday November 19th 2007 at 7 PM, at the newly renovated stadium of La Rosaleda in Málaga. As Goodwill Ambassadors for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), friends and football legends Ronaldo and Zidane and teams will face up to each other at mobilizing the public in the fight against poverty and to raise funds for projects in Asia, Africa and South America. The match will be broadcast by many television stations around the world. Ronaldo and Zidane have been the driving force behind the Match Against Poverty since 2003. Read more »

On 4th of November the last round in the 2007 Motorbike Grand Prix Championships is to be held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. The circuit is 30 minutes west of the city of Valencia and there are expected to be up to 150,000 spectators to watch the five-time World Champion Valentino Rossi trying to reclaim his title from Nicky Hayden on the four kilometre anti clockwise circuit. This race in Valencia means sun, fun and a lot of racing. So don´t miss the last Moto GP in Valencia, either direct or at least on TV. The race starts at 1:15 PM. Read more »