Flamingo Ringing – Hello little Flaminglets! Pretty Flamingos Once again, the Sur in English has come up trumps with a great story to cheer us up. Flamingo ringing returns to the Fuente de Piedra lagoon, after the birth of 3,700 offspring or Flaminglets. It has not taken place for two years because of the pandemic […]
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Jellyfish Alert for the Costa del Sol and Animal Rights Laws
Don’t Get Stung on the Costa del Sol-Jellyish Alert For Some Parts of The Costa del Sol- Get the Free Jellyfish Warning App Jellyfish Alert The western strip of the Costa del Sol has some unwanted guests; Jellyfish! According to The sur in English. Jellyfish and sea jellies are the informal common names given to […]
Laws on entry into Spain tightened – Scaremongering Press!
Laws on entry into Spain tightened. Brits must Prove they can spend 85 pounds every day to enter Spain Brits (that’s British to you and me) are asked to make sure they have a minimum of 85 pounds to spend for each day of their Spanish holiday. Holidaymakers entering Spain could be asked to show they […]
Travel News For Airports on the Costa del Sol Spain
Chaos at international airports. Strikes and Staff shortages hit foreign tourist arrivals on the Costa del Sol Travel News – It doesn’t look good! As if the poor tourists haven’t had a bad enough time. It’s horrible enough that the poor souls have to contend with the cost of living crisis at home in the […]
Terral Wind and Hot Weather Warnings in the UK
Terral Wind will give you an insight as to what your hair feels like under a hair dryer Terral: what is it? Wind! Very hot wind. That is the best and only way to describe ‘La Terral’ as we call it in the Malaga province of Andalucia, Spain. If you have a good head of […]
Spanish Tourism has High Hopes of a Great Summer Season
Spanish tourism sector looks forward to a profitable summer Hotels have put their prices up and travelling by car will be much more expensive. But, tourists appear to be prepared to put up with the extra costs Spanish Tourism At last! it looks like some good news for the Spanish tourism sector. Let’s be honest; […]
A Place in The Sun TV Series – Nerja Properties for Sale
A Place in the Sun TV Series Featuring Nerja Properties, Costa del Sol, Spain What is ‘A Place in the Sun’ Well, there is the film, featuring Montgomery Clift and Liz Taylor (Based upon the true story of Chester Gillette, who murdered his pregnant girlfriend in 1906. He was tried, convicted, and executed in 1908. […]
Weather Forecast Temperatures Set to Rise and More Sahara Dust
Temperatures are on the rise again, with a forecast of 37ºC in Malaga province and possible Saharan dust in places Warnings for sweltering heat, rough seas or storms are in place in seven Spanish provinces on this first Monday in July I know I shouldn’t moan, after all, there are places across Europe that are […]
Ayo in Nerja – The World Famous Paella included in Eating Out Guide
Major eating out guide expands its Soletes category for summer and includes 12 new additions from Malaga province The Guía Repsol describes the establishments in this section as friendly, appealing places that you would recommend to a friend, and that includes chiringuito beach restaurants and even ice cream parlours Ayo in Nerja? Spain’s Guía Repsol […]
Plaza Mayor shopping centre expansion plan moves a step closer
An environmental impact study has been approved by the Junta but Malaga’s master town plan will need to be changed first A new extension to the popular Plaza Mayor shopping and leisure centre close to Malaga Airport, which was announced over a year ago, has taken a further step towards becoming reality as the Junta […]
Costa del Sol Noche de San Juan
The Costa del Sol prepares to celebrate theNoche de San Juan on its beaches again It’s great that the world is returning to some normality; political skulduggery and war aside. Spain, a place where a party is always welcome, is getting back into the spirit of things. I was reading the Sur in English, a […]
Calima – A Whitewash That Even Sue Gray Report Can’t Beat!
Whitewashed Axarquia town provides 12,500 kilos of paint to residents The council in Almáchar applied to the provincial, regional and national governments for financial assistance but received no response, so despite “limited economic resources” it has stumped up the cash itself. The successive episodes of calima – airborne dust from the Sahara desert – in […]