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Now to something absolutely different. As this is called costablog I am now writing about another coast on the other side of the world, Australia or better said Sydney. Sydney is the most popular city in Australia, but actually not the capital, which is Canberra. Sydney is located on Australia’s south-east coast of the Tasman Sea in a coastal basin bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east. Sydney lies on a submergent coastline, where the ocean level has risen to flood deep river valleys carved in the sandstone. One of these drowned valleys, Port Jackson, better known as Sydney Harbour, is the largest natural harbour in the world. There are more than 70 harbour and ocean beaches, including the famous Bondi Beach, in the urban area.

Bondi Beach is a popular beach in New South Wales and is located 7 kilometres east of Sydney. The beach is about one kilometre long and receives many visitors throughout the year. A lot of them actually spend Christmas Day at the beach, because Christmas is in summer and they have amazing weather at that time.

Bondi Beach has become famous for a few things. By the 1980s topless bathing had become common at Bondi Beach, especially at the southern end and it even hosted the beach volleyball competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics, obviously not topless.

So if you want to stay near Bondi Beach or another place in Sydney have a look at Hotel Club Sydney, you will always find a nice and good hotel to stay in.

Cordoba also called as Cordova is a city in Andalusia of Southern Spain also it is the capital of Province of Cordoba, with a population of 328.453 as per GeoNames Geographical database. This city was found by Romans in 169 BC which is an unpredictable cityscape showcasing to its sightseers a scenic strike on incredible records on ages back. The city is of diverse culture and religion filling the city with dazzling place of interest for most visitors.

Cordoba holds various names of appreciation, ‘Pearl of Moorish Spain’ or ‘Constantinople of the Occident’ describing it to be a most beautiful cities in the world. The expanse of province of Cordoba is roughly 14,000 square Kilometers and elevation of 120m, located in the north-central part of the community of Andalusia surrounded by provinces of Malaga, Sevilla, Merida Badajoz, Ciudad Real, Jaen and Granada.  Read more »

Rent with option to buy is a new concept in Spain, you could call it try before you buy. It is a contractual agreement between a tenant and a property owner, where the tenant can at any time, exercise his / her right to buy the property after residing in it during a certain time. This could normally be up to 5 years or just a few month. As soon as the tenant feels comfortable and decides to buy the property, a percentage of the rent already paid, sometimes plus part of the capital gains tax, will be deducted from the sales price.

The big advantage for the tenant is that the rent you pay is no longer “dead money” and therefor lost. The rent you pay today will help you to be able to buy your home tomorrow as it is already paying off the mortgage before you even have it. You can move into your new home without having to make a large down payment and you can try the home first. You will be able to live and enjoy your property whilst saving money to buy it. Read more »

Despite the various problems that have plagued Malaga airport, including the volcanic ash cloud and the controllers’ conflict, the airport finished the year with a bang, concluding that in excess of 12 million passengers used the airport in 2010, which represents a considerable 3.8% increase over the previous year.

The launch of the new terminal at Malaga Airport, the T3, (as mentioned in my previous article) has raised the transit of passengers and flight traffic over the past year. Specifically, the airport in the capital of the Costa del Sol operated a total of 105,631 flights from January to December, a 2% increase over the previous year.

This is also the first time since the onset of the economic crisis in 2007 that passengers and flight movements have increased at all. Read more »

Talking about Spain and the Costa del Sol with its nice beaches and the fantastic weather another nice place to go on holidayin Europe is Portugal which is not really far away from the sunny coast of Spain. Thinking about Portugal vacation the first thing that gets into my mind is the Algarve in south Portugal which is a popular destination for tourism, primarily because of its beaches, Mediterranean climate, safety and relatively low costs. And the Algarve is only 3 hours away from the Costa del Sol. The beaches are similar to the Spanish beaches but better, the water is a little bit colder, but the sand is yellow to white, nearly like in the Caribbean. The safety and low cost are a perfect reason for Portugal family vacation as vacations with the whole family always cost a fortune, but not in Portugal, wich is one of the cheapest countries in Europe to enjoy your vacations. Maybe that’s why so many British, German, Dutch and Scandinavian people visit the Algarve. But the Algarve is not the only region for vacations in Portugal. Other tourist areas are the capital Lisbon and the Portuguese Islands like Madeira and Azores. If you are looking to do some vacations somewhere in Portugal a good place to look is at Olimar, which has been elected as the no. 1 best foreign Portugal tour operator by Portugals leading tourism trade journal Publituris. And the prices are really good.