• Buying property in La Zagaleta Golf and Country Club!

    Buying property in La Zagaleta Golf and Country Club!

    The La Zagaleta Golf and Country Club is located in the municipality of Benahavis, 15 minutes drive into the hills behind Marbella. It’s without question the most exclusive private residential address on Spain’s Costa del Sol, on a par in fact with some of the leading residential estates in the world. Property owners in Zagaleta include prime ministers and presidents, [...]

  • Jose Luis Roman – a great artist at the Costa del Sol!

    Jose Luis Roman – a great artist at the Costa del Sol!

    This week we want to present you a fantastic local artist  – Jose Luis Roman – originally from San Sebastian – and since 10 years he lives in Sotogrande, Andalusia. Soljournal was very happy to be allowed for a personal interview in his residence in Sotogrande. Jose started painting when he was a child and already at the age of [...]

  • Peña Escrita (Just keep on going up!)

    Peña Escrita (Just keep on going up!)

    With this post I’m going to give away one of the Costa del Sol Secrets and another splendid idea for a brilliant day out: Peña Escrita, about half an hour from La Herradura by car (preferably 4×4).  It is a most amazing place, more than 1,000 meters above Mediterranean. The most surprising thing about Peña Ecrita is that it houses [...]

  • Fashion Week 2.0 Costa del Sol ended with a fashion show in the Automobile Museum in Malaga!

    Fashion Week 2.0 Costa del Sol ended with a fashion show in the Automobile Museum in Malaga!

    From the 17th until the 21st of September 2012 the first edition of the Fashion Week 2.0 took place in shopping center La Cañada, Marbella and ended with a closing fashion show last Friday night in the Automobile Museum in Málaga City. This event was organized by La opinión de Malaga. Preceding the Fashion Week 2.0, 8 models were chosen [...]

  • Fire Aid concert at Hotel Puente Romano an outstanding success!

    Fire Aid concert at Hotel Puente Romano an outstanding success!

    - Concert raises in excess of € 18,000 for the Red Cross Malaga province  - a seven day achievement from inception to delivery of an international variety show to help the region and specifically the areas worst affected by devastating fires in the Malaga Province in August 2012   A capacity audience had purchased tickets at € 15 and € [...]

  • Pasarela Larios Fashion Week 2012 – fashion show in Malaga City!

    Pasarela Larios Fashion Week 2012 – fashion show in Malaga City!

    On Thursday and Friday the 14. and 15. of Sep 2012 the second edition of Pasarela Larios Fashion Week 2012 will take place in Malaga City. Nine local couture designers will show their creations and local shops will show the latest trends. On Thursday the Haute Couture Designers  Montesco, Javier Alcántara, Miguel Ángel Ruiz, Gemma Melé, Ángel Palazuelos, Rafael Urquízar, [...]

  • Fire Aid Concert on Monday 10th of Septmber 2012 – you’ll never walk alone!

    Fire Aid Concert on Monday 10th of Septmber 2012 – you’ll never walk alone!

    On Monday 10th of September at 21:00hrs a Fire Aid Concert will be held at Hotel Puente Romano, Marbella in order to raise money for those who lost their homes and possessions in the devastating fires that swept the area last week. This event is being organised by a group of volunteers led by Nick Holland-Morgan and will take the [...]

  • The fire at the Costa del Sol – the third day

    The fire at the Costa del Sol – the third day

    The forest fire is under control, but there is sill an active front in the north between Coin and Monda, a distance of about 10 km. The road A 355 from Marbella to Ojen was opened again and the people of that area are allowed to go back to their homes. Some Facts about the fire at the Costa del [...]

  • Wildfire at the Costa del Sol in the municipalities of Alhaurín el Grande, Mijas, Coín, Ojén and Marbella

    Wildfire at the Costa del Sol in the municipalities of Alhaurín el Grande, Mijas, Coín, Ojén and Marbella

    The wildfire at the Costa del Sol started between two and three o’clock in the morning. It rapidly spread from Coín towards Marbella, favoured by the dry conditions, strong winds and temperatures of 37 degrees celsius. The fire streched over a length of more than 30 kilometers, affecting five municipalities: Alhaurín el Grande, Mijas, Coín, Ojén and Marbella. About 5000 [...]

  • Arte Sano – art festival in San Pedro de Alcántara!

    Arte Sano – art festival in San Pedro de Alcántara!

    The Arte Sano IV Festival will be celebrated, for the fourth time already, during the weekend of the 28. and 29. of July 2012 at the Paseo Marítimo in San Pedro de Alcantara. The festival includes lots of activities like dancing, yoga and theatre, and a market with different exhibitors like artisans, therapists, eco-producers, natural and organic products, natural health, [...]