marketAndalucía sets hotel record with 26.4 million staysForeign tourists drove 26.4 million hotel stays in Andalucía's first half of 2026. Savills predicts new-build prices will rise 16% — the beds: full, the wallets: lighter.Málaga Hoy →
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Dispatches from the coast. Their news, our eyebrow. Sources linked, always. Edited by Vernon Marsh.
Friday, 24 July 2026
marketTorre Sevilla's owner prepares for stock market listingThe company behind Seville's iconic tower is forming a Socimi to go public. The real estate market: apparently still a thing.Málaga Hoy →
coastONLY ON THE COSTAJet ski faces €15,000 fine for interfering with ship dockingA jet ski rider could be fined up to €15,000 for buzzing a commercial ship during docking maneuvers. The sea: vast. The timing: impeccable.Andalucía Hoy →
marketAlcalá approves Hotel Oromana renovation to four-star statusThe historic Hotel Oromana is set for a four-star upgrade, aiming to boost local tourism and employment. Decades of promoting the city now come with a minibar.Andalucía Hoy →
coastONLY IN MARBELLAHotel El Algarrobico nears demolition after 20-year standoffThe unfinished Hotel El Algarrobico, a coastal eyesore for two decades, edges closer to demolition. The fight to remove it began when a beach view cost €120,000 less.The Olive Press →
coastONLY ON THE COSTAWorld's first octopus farm project abandoned in SpainNueva Pescanova has withdrawn its application for the world's first commercial octopus farm at Las Palmas port. The tanks remain on paper, where the octopuses will stay for now.Euro Weekly News →
townONLY IN MARBELLAMalaga v Leicester City match relocated to MarbellaSaturday's friendly between Málaga CF and Leicester City has been moved to Marbella's Banús Football Center. The pitch: regulation. The post-match options: less so.SUR in English →
Thursday, 23 July 2026
beachURGENT(-ISH)Málaga bans swimming at three city beachesMálaga has banned swimming at Pedregalejo, Baños del Carmen and El Palo over contamination. The sea remains free; the swimming, temporarily inadvisable.SUR in English →
weatherSEASON CLASSICThe province maps the heat; the heat winsTemperatures are soaring and the province is being mapped by degrees of discomfort. The €120 sunbed does not come with shade.SUR in English →
townMijas commissions two new car parksMijas has awarded design contracts for two new car parks. Parking spaces on this coast fetch €495,000 — Mijas may be onto something.SUR in English →
townBenalmádena's cable car goes free for residentsBenalmádena residents ride the cable car free until February 2027. The first genuinely free thing on this coast since the public beach.SUR in English →
coastONLY ON THE COSTAFuengirola scratch card pays out €1mA Fuengirola local has scratched their way to €1m on a ONCE card. Enough for a garage in Banús, with change for the sauna.Euro Weekly News →
coastAGAINGibraltar grows into disputed waters; Madrid watchesMadrid stands accused of 'tolerating' Gibraltar's expansion into disputed waters. The waters: disputed. The expansion: apparently not.SUR in English →