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...DarGlobal develops second homes in the likes of Dubai, Muscat in Oman, and the Costa del Sol in Spain....
...Coming from the city centre (the park is 1.7km from the central square, Puerta del Sol), you might enter from the west side through Puerta de Felipe IV, across the road from what remains of the Buen Retiro...
...The hotel — and theatre — are on a quiet back street behind the central square, Puerta del Sol, with an eclectic set of neighbours: a few dressmaking shops, specialist guitar-maker José Ramírez and, next...
...Start with the bustling Mercado del Fontán, founded in 1885 and a hunting-ground for fine Asturian products such as verdinas (dried green beans) and salt-cured anchovies....
...On New Year’s Eve, thousands gather at the Puerta del Sol to honour the Spanish tradition of eating 12 grapes during the new year countdown....
...Meanwhile, Spain’s boiling Costa del Sol might inherit the crown of abandoned ex-holiday destination....
...This article is part of FT Globetrotter’s guide to Madrid On my visit at the end of May, the excitement was palpable in Puerta del Sol square as hordes of Madrileños waited for the triumphant return of...
...And that means for the Kinahans, Dubai will be like the Costa del Sol, but even better, more luxurious, lower risk and way beyond the reach of European law enforcement....
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...Casa Dani Mercado de la Paz, Calle de Ayala 28, 28001 Madrid Menú del día: €12.50, Monday—Friday; €13.50, Saturday Good for: A buzzing market atmosphere, traditional Spanish dishes at economical prices...
...“In other crises the industry made the mistake of reducing graduate intake dramatically, so when markets rebounded we didn’t have enough people and were missing entire generations,” said María Díaz del Río...
...At the premium end of the market is El Mirador – a 23,486sq ft, five-bedroom home in Sotogrande on the Costa del Sol, which is on the market with Savills for €17.9mn....
...It would be easy to miss the sleek copper entrance, on a side street just a two-minute walk from Puerta del Sol square (you could not be more central than this)....
...It was founded in 1894 and has expanded to fill most of a pedestrians-only passage near Puerta del Sol. San Ginés is big business....
...Further still, the estate’s lush tropical gardens and views of the Costa del Sol....
...Now they want something drivable,” says Hans Veenhuijsen at Costa del Sol 365 Properties, part of Christie’s International Real Estate. “Their priority is having a sea view or frontline golf....
...It is not a secret, it will be based in a well-appointed office in the middle of the port city on Spain’s Costa del Sol, and it will directly feed and support teams of bankers working in established financial...
...On an afternoon in late April, I stood on a corner and took in the view down Calle de Alcalá towards Puerta del Sol. The wide streets were quiet; an occasional car slipped by....
...Twenty years ago, Málaga was the gritty commercial gateway to the Costa del Sol. Today, it is a different city....
...Despite its unofficial status as capital of the Costa del Sol, Málaga itself was mostly bypassed by tourists, who headed from the airport directly to the villas and beaches of Marbella and Fuengirola....
...He has been scouting for villas in Mykonos, on the French Riviera and on Spain’s Costa del Sol....
...Or Budapest’s central market, heaped with paprika and sausages or Mexico City’s garish Mercado San Juan. No one maintains markets better than the Spanish. Every city has a covered market hall....
...— Every Saturday, there is a vegetable market in La Plaza del Mercado, filled with families selling their produce: roots, chestnuts and pumpkins in winter; asparagus, peas and beans in spring; and in summer...
...Starting just across from the Prado, our guide led us at the perfect pace through and past Madrid’s tourist magnets, such as the Royal Palace, the Puerta del Sol, the Plaza Mayor (and Botín, supposedly the...
...Once upon a 1950s and ’60s time, Americans were just discovering the towns of Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, quaint 18th-century fishing outposts....
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