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...Who Sotheby’s International Realty Villa, Marbella, €35mn Where In Las Lomas del Marbella Club, a residential development built in the 1970s on the north side of the Golden Mile....
...But then you notice the discreet pedestals at each end of the installation, created by Los Angeles based PlayLab, Inc. Each showcases four “historiated sculptures” encased in glass....
...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....
...And the Costa del Sol has emerged as a particular haven, especially among Scandinavian buyers....
...Bone-dry finish but not at all heavy....
...They head out to the Costa del Sol....
...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...
...The Costa del Sol boom has not yet run out of steam, says estate agent James Vizetelly of Affinity Spain. “Transactions are fewer but of higher value,” he says. Now their average buyer spends €400,000....
...He has mixed with people both in, you know, organised crime and at the highest end of boxing. He has followed his father’s footsteps first to the Costa del Sol and then to Dubai....
...The staff-to-client ratio at Finca Cortesin – a 350-strong team for only 67 rooms and 10 villas – is among the highest in the business....
...Citi, which has struggled in the past to match its rivals in terms of pay, thinks it has found a way to solve the problem of recruiting and retaining young talent without simply throwing money at it....
...“We don’t agree there will be any stigma at all. Citi has a presence in 95 countries with many different businesses and there are no second-class citizens,” he added....
...While his empire of hotels and gastronomia now extends from Punta del Este to Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, Brazil still feels like where Fasano does Fasano best....
...This was reportedly the best thing about their stay Website; Directions On my visit at the end of May this year, the excitement was palpable in Puerta del Sol square as hordes of Madrileños waited for...
...Málaga-Costa del Sol airport is about 40 minutes away by car. What A six-bedroom, six-bathroom villa with views of the Sierra Blanca mountains and the Mediterranean Sea....
...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....
...What Spain’s Costa del Sol is less well known for, at least in the past few decades of breakneck development, is calm sophistication....
...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....
...At the beginning of the year, Estepona had 82 projects accounting for 5,430 planned units, according to data from Prime Invest, more than a third of all planned for the Costa del Sol....
...says John Greenaway, who lives on the Costa del Sol. “Shelves are now empty because goods are held up for weeks in customs.”...
...He has been scouting for villas in Mykonos, on the French Riviera and on Spain’s Costa del Sol....
...In 1961, Pablo Picasso created one unintentionally by “signing” the bottom of flamenco dancer Antonio Ruiz Soler’s pool in Puerto Banús on the Costa del Sol....
...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....
...Nearby, in the Puerta del Sol, there were none of the usual men in Mickey Mouse suits offering photographs for a fee; parents watched their children circle on scooters in peace....
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