The E-MAGAZINE of Marbella Hills Homes

Every Festive Season, Málaga becomes the centre of a mesmerising spectacle of lights, colours, music and dazzling displays – the highlight of the region’s Christmas decorations and one of the finest attractions of this kind in all of Spain.

A recent Supreme Court ruling has rendered the long-maintained Plusvalía system of calculating added tax on property sales invalid.

We are proud to present as this month’s Property of the Month the superb modern townhouses at Hoyo 17 in San Roque.

On the Costa del Sol, there is sometimes something of a confusion, in the sense that the word ‘Marbella’ is frequently used to describe an area even when it actually falls within a different municipality, such as those of Ojén, Estepona and Benahavis.

In Marbella, spring is for country drives amid the floral beauty of the Andalusian interior; summer is for surfing in Tarifa and beach life on the Costa del Sol; autumn is for hiking in the countryside and city escapes; and winter is when the ski slopes of the Sierra Nevada’s very own alpine resort beckon.

Marbella is synonymous with golf, and golf with Marbella. Indeed, with over 70 excellent courses offering a broad variety of settings and playing challenges, the ‘Costa del Golf’ represents the main concentration of the game on the European continent, making it one of the global hotspots for golf.