Posted in Information on Jan 12th, 2010
Piers Morgan On Marbella The presenter visited an exclusive villa in Marbella for his TV program, it boasted a vast Roman spa, a private cinema, tapestries worth millions on the walls, a fully stocked mini-hospital, £250,000 worth of gold-plated taps, an expansive rock grotto for the kids, lavish pools, a second sumptuous villa down by [...]
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Posted in International schools on Jan 12th, 2010
The English International College The English International College The English International College is in Elviria. It is probably one of the best known schools on the coast. It offers The English National Curriculum in an international context to more than 400 boys and girls of many nationalities aged 3-18 years. Although the predominant language is [...]
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Aloha College Aloha College This independent, co-educational day school provides education to pupils aged 3-18. Situated in Nueva Andalucia, on the outskirts of Marbella. This school provides a safe, stimulating and happy environment in which all of the pupils can thrive. It was founded in 1982 run as a non-profit-making limited company owned by parent-shareholders [...]
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Posted in Information on Jan 10th, 2010
San Pedro San Pedro tunnel – the 4 phases The San Pedro tunnel is about 1km in length on the A-7 (N-340) The delay in starting was the result of necessary modifications in the design, but for the many thousands of road users who have suffered long delays in passing through San Pedro over the [...]
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Posted in Information, Living in Spain on Jan 9th, 2010
Why live and study in Marbella? Marbella University has good answers to that: “To study in Marbella is to absorb a truly international environment, free from pollution where it is safe and secure. Equally important there is easy and cheap access to the culturally rich cities of Granada, Seville and Cadiz. Marbella quality of life [...]
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Posted in Information, Living in Spain on Jan 9th, 2010
The market every Saturday goes from Centro Plaza parking and continues passed the Bullring to the large round-about. You can buy all sorts of things, including clothes, shoes, bags, suitcases, fruit and vegetables. The market disrupts the life in Nueva Andalucia, but it is also a life generating activity. Visit the market on a Saturday and [...]
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Posted in Living in Spain on Jan 8th, 2010
Marbella Friday morning in January Marbella is using the low season to prepare for the visitors Up to 20 workers are right now making sure that the visitors this summer will have a better experience when walking along the beaches of Marbella. Although it is cold and it has been raining the past few days, [...]
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Posted in Information, Living in Spain on Jan 5th, 2010
Living in Spain – with the rain… During this first week of this new decade, we are seeing, like most of the UK, very abnormal weather. One minute we have beautiful sunny blue skies with a nice temperature for January, the next minute we are experiencing horrendous rain, thunder and lightening storms. Certainly the forecast [...]
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Posted in Villa for sale on Jan 4th, 2010
Luxury villa – The main entrance is a 200 year old Indian door There is access to the magnificent hall and 110 m2 of living room, 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 50 m2 of elegant dining kitchen with a complete set of machines – and then some; great bar section (with toilet) exit to the pool [...]
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