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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

A place in the Sun Channel 4 TV series — “There’s a place in the sun And before my life is done Gotta find me a place in the sun…”

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. The ghost of the victim, Grace Brown, is said to haunt Big Moose Lake where she drowned, in the Adirondacks in upstate New York)

Then there is the song by Stevie Wonder: “A Place in the Sun” is a 1966 soul single by American and Motown musician Stevie Wonder. Written by Ronald Miller and Bryan Wells, it was one of Wonder’s first songs to contain social commentary.

The term ‘A place in the sun refers to a desirable location or situation.

Then there is the Channel 4 TV series. This is a programme that seeks to find the ideal property for house-hunters in far-flung and exotic places. Mainly they feature Spain and the Mediterranean countries.

The TV Series

House hunters Jo and DP are searching for a holiday home in Nerja on Spain’s ever-popular Costa del Sol. They’re looking for a place they can escape to in the winter and rent out in the summer to support them in their retirement. Tasked with finding them the perfect property is Ben Hillman, who shows them five fantastic options – but will any of them be the dream place for Jo and DP?

About the area of Nerja

A majority of people arriving at the ‘gateway to the Costa del Sol’, Malaga airport, head West towards Marbella, but if you travel an hour to the East up the A7, you arrive at Nerja. The beaches here are arguable just as stunning.

While there are fewer tourists and a little less glitz and glam, this town has a beautifully traditional charm with its coddled streets filled with authentic tapas bars, restaurants and coffee shops.

Surrounding Nerja are a few more great locations, like the tourist town of Torrox Costa with its brilliant promenade, and Almunecar, popular with Spanish tourists and renowned for its fabulous food.

If this is the type of program you like, then here is the link to the Nerja episode shown on Monday 4th of July 2022.

You can also find lots on their Facebook page.

If you are thinking of buying a Nerja property, why not stay with Nerja Beach Holidays while you do your house-hunting. Mix business with pleasure, so to speak.

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 not having the best of summers. However; there is hot weather and, there is very hot weather. Not just that, but, the dreaded Sahara Sand may show up again.

Ok, the ‘Calima‘ as this sand is called, is not as bad if it’s not mixed with rain. It just covers everywhere with fine, reddish dust. If it is mixed with rain, then, we have mud on our hands.

Most places in Andalucia are still clearing up the last lot of Calima, we don’t want any more.

Back to the Weather

According to whatever weather app you have on your phone, the next week or so is going to be 31ºC MINIMUM!!!

It is going to be a bit of a mixed bag. Places like Malaga should be around the 30ºC mark, whilst Rhonda will get 34ºC.

The hottest temperatures will be in Antequera, where the State weather agency Aemet is forecasting a high of 37ºC. Check this story from the Sur in English.

Antequera

Weather warnings for Antequera

Antequera is a city in Andalusia, southern Spain. It’s known for its ancient burial mounds, including the Dolmen de Menga, Dolmen de Viera and Tholos de El Romeral.

The Alcazaba of Antequera is a centuries-old Moorish fortress. The vast nature preserve of Torcal de Antequera has dramatic limestone tower rock formations. Overlooking the town, Peña de los Enamorados is a distinctive, face-shaped mountain. (Cheers Google)

Antequera is a cracking place to visit; I should know, I live quite close to there. However; the older parts of Antequera are high buildings, narrow streets and it gets hot at any given time from May to September. So, 37ºC with no real wind will turn the place into an oven.

When you come and stay at one of the Nerja Beach Holidays villas or apartments, visit Antequera. By car you are talking 1 hour 15 minutes (103 Klm) but, if you don’t want to drive, there are buses from Nerja to Antequera.

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 has added 41 restaurants in Andalucía, including a dozen in Malaga, to its Soletes category this summer, as it decided to recommend places which are very popular locally but do not normally make it onto these lists. The new additions were announced at a gala event in Ibiza on Tuesday.

The guide describes the restaurants 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.

The recommendations in this section for Malaga province are: Helados Lauri, Santa Gema, Chiringuito Gutiérrez Playa, El Tintero II, Miguelito El Cariñoso and El Caleño, in Malaga city; La Mar Bonita, in Torremolinos; La Plata Casa Matilde, in Benajarafe; Alma Playa, in Rincón de la Victoria; El Saladero and El Hornillero, in Vélez-Málaga; and Ayo, in Nerja. Read more from the Sur in English

Ayo in Nerja – The World Famous Paella

I am truly amazed at the inclusion of Ayo in Nerja to this list! Not because the food is bad, not because the prices are high or the service is poor; no! It’s because Ayo and his paella are actually world famous.

You can trawl the Youtube and Internet and you will find programmes featuring Ayo’s on Burriana Beach in Nerja. There are videos, blogs, articles and so on, all featuring this great Nerja Merendero /Chiringuito.

It is one of the ‘must visit’ sites on your trip to Nerja. Along with the Balcòn de Europa and the Nerja Caves, Ayo’s is a tourist attraction. The restaurant is always packed and people gather to watch the Paella being made over a roaring wood-burning fire.

There are, of course, other chiringuitos on the Burriana beach-front. One such as La Barca but, Ayo and his paella are the best known.

So, when you come and stay at the Nerja Beach Holidays apartments or villas, go to Ayo’s.

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 de Andalucía has given the thumbs up to the findings of a study into the environmental impact of the project.

Plaza mayor Malaga Andalucia Spain

The owners of Plaza Mayor plan to invest 105 million euros in the extension. They say will create 500 new jobs.

Malaga’s urban masterplan will have to be modified to allow the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet, which occupies part of the site, to be extended by 14,000 square metres to the east, taking up part of what is currently the car park of the Mercadona supermarket.

Likewise, the rest of the main Plaza Mayor shopping centre will grow by 7,500 square metres to the west, occupying part of the parking areas beside the MA-20 motorway. New underground parking spaces will be created to compensate for those lost at ground level. See more of this and other stories from the Sur in English online.

Surinenglish.com, the site for Southern Spain. Latest News in Malaga, Costa del Sol, Andalucia, Gibraltar and Spain.

PLaza Mayor

This is one great shopping centre that is close to Malaga airport. If you need to waste some time on your way home from your Nerja holiday; stop here.

Plaza Mayor has everything you need. There are lots of fantastic restaurants, shops, bars, entertainment and you can sit and watch the aeroplanes fly overhead. They are so low, you can wave to the pilot.

The site is forever expanding and developing; this is the latest phase in such developments. I guarantee, you will not be disappointed with Plaza Mayor and all its attractions.

Costa del Sol Noche de San Juan

The Costa del Sol prepares to celebrate theNoche de San Juan on its beaches again

Noche de San Juan Nerja Costa del Sol Spain

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 free newspaper for the South of Spain, and, there it was, San Juan, is back on the beaches of the Costa del Sol and other areas.

Guide to Noche de San Juan

San Juan’s, or St John’s, feast day falls on the 24^th of June every year, but it’s on St John’s eve, the 23^rd of June, that the celebrations take place. Just a few short days after midsummer, it’s a Spanish festival celebrated on beaches all over the country that welcomes the summer ahead.Most Spanish people consider it to mark the true beginning of summer, which the season when Spain comes into its own. See more

The Shortest night

SUR brings you a round up of all the main activities in Malaga city, Marbella, Fuengirola, Benalmádena, Estepona, Torremolinos, Mijas and the Axarquia this Thursday evening, 23 June

Malaga province is preparing to celebrate the Night of San Juan again after a two-year break in many places forced by coronavirus pandemic control restrictions.

Finally, the rituals of the shortest night of the year will return this 23 June along the entire coast, where numerous celebrations have been organised to celebrate the arrival of summer. This is SUR’s round-up of some of the main activities that can be enjoyed.

You can check out this article from the Sur in English website here.

If you are lucky enough to be staying at one of the Nerja Beach Holiday villas, apartments or townhouses, make sure you join in the celebrations.

Calima – A Whitewash That Even Sue Gray Report Can’t Beat!

Whitewashed Axarquia town provides 12,500 kilos of paint to residents

Calima in Malaga Andalucia Spain — This Malaga building got off lightly with just a fine dusting of Calima

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 March changed the appearance of nearly every town and village in Malaga province, turning their sparkling white walls into a muddy brown colour. Now, different councils are looking at ways to help people get things looking normal again.

Frigiliana council decided last month to give a 40% discount on water bills, to compensate for the extra water needed to remove the calima from outside walls. Almáchar says it will provide its nearly 1,900 residents with the white paint they need to cover up the damage. The local authority has ordered 12,500 kilos of paint and every household will be entitled to a 20-kilo pot. See more from Sur in English.

How Bad can the Calima get?

Calima March 2022 Malaga Spain — Cars were completely covered in this mud mixture, it had ceased to be dust.

Cars, houses, plants and animals all got covered in a mixture of dust and rain. Some to a greater extent than others. If it was outside, it got soaked.

The results of Calima in Andalucia, Spain — This was the calima in progress, it was raining mud!

Swimming pools looked like frog ponds, those that were not covered suffered seriously. Pumps clogged up, skimmers got blocked and it took a lot of work to try and get the pools clean.

Some people were quick to get out the power washers, others had to pay to have their properties and pools cleared. Thank goodness this does not occur like this every year!

Nerja, like everywhere else got a visit from this vandal! Needless to say, cleaning is in progress.