Community news for San Pedro residents will remain extremely positive in 2019 due to the recent announcement of increased municipal funding by the Marbella town council. Next year the budget will be raised by 15% to a total of 283 million euros and San Pedro Alcántara will benefit enormously from these […]
Guided Visits: Prior appointment Contact: 952 768 7 67 Roman Thermal Baths – From 10:00hrs to 12:00hrs Urb. Guadalmina Baja, Calle 3 San Pedro Alcántara Paleochristian Basilica of Vega del Mar – From 11:15hrs to 14:00hrs Urb. Linda Vista Playa, Calle Los Eucaliptos. San Pedro Alcántara. Río Verde Roman Villa – From 10:30hrs […]
If you’re confused by all the lengthy queues at shops around Spain in the run-up to Christmas, then wonder no more. It is people queuing to buy tickets for Spain’s incomparable ‘El Gordo’, aka ‘the Fat one’ lottery— the biggest in the world. Each Christmas Spaniards go lottery crazy, queuing […]
There are quite a few reasons why the average household monthly bill for electricity appears to keep rising across Europe each year. Suppliers have cited that the price of electricity continues to increase due to the costs of generating the power supply, higher rates for transportation and ongoing expenditure for marketing. […]
All of us have used a taxi before. It is an easy way to get around when you are visiting a new city and don’t want to be hassled with bus routes, metros etc., The taxi allows you to not worry about how you are going to get home after an […]
The Marbella town hall last month launched a new mobile application/APP called ‘Marbella Clean’ (Marbella Limpia) to address litter and cleanliness problems in Marbella and San Pedro Alcántara. Councillor Diego Lopez and his colleague Baldomero León, presented the app to the general public promising “it will be suitable for different mobile […]
This year San Pedro has undergone some major modernisation with the works mainly focused on the main street, Calle Marques del Duero and the centre of town. So far the comments and opinion of the residents are split into two groups, the ones that are happy with the changes and the […]
Representatives of the San Pedro Alcántara and Marbella town halls were present at the recent UK tourism fair, World Travel Market, which ran from November 6th and 7th at the ExCel London. One of the main reasons they were there was to promote sports tourism on the Costa del Sol and […]
Friday 30th of November should be marked on your calendar as ‘Not to be missed!’, as this is the day that Christmas spirit will flood the streets of San Pedro with the switching on the Christmas lights ceremony. After last year’s big success among San Pedro residents and visitors, Avenida […]
Now that San Pedro is fully into the winter season, nothing beats a warming bowl of soup on a cold winter’s day. And here we would like to propose a very typical family Spanish hearty soup: Lentil Soup (Sopa de Lentejas), which is traditionally enjoyed across Spanish homes and also typically […]