According to latest reports, the Marbella Town Hall plans to bring a system by which locals will be able to access all kinds of ongoing and prospective...
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Archive | Useful Information
Spanish Tax Dates 2010
Thank you to the team at CCG for sending this 2010 spanish tax calendar
Contact CCG on:
info@ccgspain.com
www.ccgspain.com
Telephone: +34 902 486 000
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Claim a Refund on your Spanish Home
I was just sent an email by Casa Marbella with this interesting subject.
“Dear All, if you are British and a non-Spanish Resident who sold his Spanish...
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Debt Recovery in Spain and the European Union
Debt recovery is unfortunately becoming more and more part of everyday business in the current economic climate. It is not always the fault of the debtor...
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Geology and Tectonics of Our Area
Spain is a very beautiful mountainous country and Andalucía is particularly blessed with high Sierras and exquisite mountain ranges such as the Sierra...
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Shopping in Spain
There are two types of shopping in Spain, that which you do in larger towns and cities and that which you do in the small villages. The shopping that you...
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Marbella Wedding
Marbella, a unique and wonderful wedding destination has now become popular among couples in a try to bring some elements of inimitability that will remain...
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Malaga Web. A Great Guide to Malaga.
Malaga or Costa del Sol comes under the most populous part of Andalucia region and is regarded as the tourism capital of southern Spain. Of course, the...
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Suntan Factors
Overexposure to the sun, or say the dangerous Ultraviolet (UV) rays, can harm the skin, even when you have a security feeling that sunscreen lotion can...
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What does a Real Estate Management company do?
As we all know, real estate has now become one of the booming sectors and people are more eager to invest their immovable property for better profit and...
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The Weather in Costa del Sol
Costa del Sol, the southern part of Spain, is one of the most popular tourist destinations around the world blessed with serene beaches, mountainous surrounding,...
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Local Spanish Fish – the best and what to avoid!
Fish is a major part of the Mediterranean diet and thank heavens, in this part of the world, its popularity is not waning. They are still a regular part...
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Ways to Help your Child Learn Spanish Quickly
Ok, you have made the move the house is fab, the climate is superb and the only nagging doubt is how to improve your Spanish and how to get the kids speaking...
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Having a Baby in Spain
If there is something Spain’s hospital system knows about, it is delivering babies. Spaniards are notorious for having large families and thus hospitals...
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Traditional Feria Dress
Bring out the flamenco dress and head for the Old Town – it’s Feria time in Marbella! Those from Andalucia or, in fact, anyone who really wants to...
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Buying a Car, Transferencias, ITV and all the Secrets
Buying a car is a big step in anyone’s life, let alone when you are trying to settle in a new country with a different language you may not be completely...
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Bringing Your Car To Spain
If you are driving a foreign registered car and living permanently in Spain (with residency) then legally you must import (register) your car within six...
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Bus and Train Times
The Costa del Sol is vast and if you dont have a car then you are stuck with taxis, buses or trains.
Marbella does not actually have a train service just...
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Cost of Living in Marbella
I thought it would be interesting for others to see how much basic items cost in Marbella for the person living here. Forget about Puerto Banus, that’s...
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I just installed a Wireless Electricity Monitor
I spotted an advert in a costa del sol paper the other day which showed me a picture of a wireless device that you attach to your power mains and it shows...
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The Marbella Property Market Report
The 2009 Marbella Property Market Report
An up-to-date report on how the worldwide economic crisis is affecting
the property market in Spain’s most...
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Clocks Go Forward On Sunday 29th of March
Dont forget that on Sunday the 29th of March 2009 at 2am, the clocks go forward one hour so thats one hour less in bed!
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Jazztel Technical Support Line
Okay, I have had jazztel adsl a few months now with zero problems but last week it was out for a few hours, so I checked the jazztel.com web site to see...
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How to Enable Call Forwarding on Your Telefonica and Mobile Phones in Spain
If like me you have several mobile phones and a couple of landlines, but often want to forward all of those devices to one single number then usually the...
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King Bastion Leisure Centre in Gibraltar showing Films in English
Although this is a little out of the way for us “Marbellians”, the King Bastion Leisure Centre in Gibraltar has recently started showing...
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Slumdog Millionaire and Subtitles in Spanish
English speaking films with foreign languages spoken in the film will usually result in spanish sub titles being shown, not english ones.
A few of the...
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Blackberry Service for Vodafone Spain
If you have a blackberry and are with vodofone spain, then to manage your blackberry service account you would need to login at the link below which is...
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Twitter Explosion as UK and Europe begin to use Twitter
Recently the Twitter application on the internet has been exploding with new users as Europe catches on to the phenomenom that has been established in...
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The Great Telefonica ADSL Ripoff
During these tough times I have been looking at every single aspects of my life trying to find places to save money. I have or should I say "I was"...
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Vodafone Spain Wap Settings
Just in case there are any vodafone customers here, the following settings will allow you access to the vodafone gprs/3g network. (of course you have to...
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