On arrival today, Estepona Town Hall authorized the closure of 45 meters of coastline which faces Hotel Villa Padierna’s beach club for the First Lady and her entourage. Michelle Obama has already stated that it is her intention to fully enjoy the sun and beaches of Estepona.
Many people lined up to meet the First […]

Works on Beach to dampen Michelle Obama Visit

La Federación de Consumidores y Usuarios Independientes (The Federation of Independent Consumers and Users) has given, for the second time, the Green Flag to Estepona. The Green Flag is awarded based on a number of criteria such as the environmental, consumption and sustainability of waste collection and cleaning, energy consumption and pollution, public participation, water […]

It was demolished in back in 2008 but still no fixed plans are in place for reconstruction of the site where the Hotel Prasa once sat. The local president of the PP, Ignacio Mena, has asked to convene a meeting on the issue to try to find a “final solution” to the area […]

To deal with the rather incredible situation of only one fully functioning fire engine the fire stations of both Benahavis & Manilva have had to be drafted in to provide essential support. In fact, last Tuesday and Wednesday night, the single functioning fire engine was in a non functioning state. It has since been […]

Unemployment in Estepona has increased year on year by more than 1551 people. The latest figures from the Employment Service of Andalusia are for November 2009. Estepona now has 7264 people officially registered as unemployed.

For those of you who are not aware Google has introduced its excellent Street View into Estepona.
Click here to go to Google Street View in Estepona
Simply drag the the little yellow man that sits atop the scaling bar onto the area you wish to view at street level.
You can now wander around the streets of […]