Updating of fountains

San Pedro Alcántara is to launch a plan to make its ornamental fountains more beautiful and attractive to the benefit of tourists, visitors and locals. The Townhall of San Pedro Alcántara has put in place a plan to ‘beautify’ its ornamental fountains that adorn eight central enclaves of the main squares, […]

Climbing Walls Reopen

Climbing Walls San Pedro, Marbella

Climbers and fans of climbing have some great news here in San Pedro de Alcantara. The Ayuntamiento is re-opening the ‘El tornillo’ (the screw) along with two other climbing surfaces, the ‘Roco’ and ‘La cueva del Palacio de los Deportes Elena Benítez (The Cave of the Palace of Sports Elena Benítez). […]

Salva Trasto and the band Papas Fritas

With many events cancelled or postponed in San Pedro and around the region because of the current health crisis, it is good to see that some events are still being held as a way to entertain children and families. After being locked down for so long it is a welcome relief […]

San Pedro’s giant ferris wheel—a new icon for the town?

Recently we shared some exciting news on our social media: the Marbella Town Hall announced that they have approved plans to install a 30-metre high ferris wheel on the San Pedro boulevard. This news brought us a huge amount of feedback from our followers, and of course divided our followers into […]

The everyday heroes of San Pedro!

Slowly but surely, we are going back to a ‘new normality’, the lockdown across the country is being lifted and we are already starting to enjoy more freedom. We are now allowed to see our families, get together with friends and enjoy the simple things in life. And while this 2020 […]

Don’t forget your facemask!

The Spanish government released an official statement that wearing facemasks will be obligatory from tomorrow, Thursday May 21. The use of face masks has been obligatory since May 4 on public transport, but now with the country in Phase 1 of the de-escalation plan and more people going outside, the government […]

We stay together, we stay strong!

By now we are losing track of just how many days we have been in quarantine, and although the numbers are looking positive, plenty of businesses, and with it people and families, have suffered a big hit with this pandemic. It’s not quite certain when businesses will be able to reopen […]

Stop FAKE news!

With the current situation around coronavirus and lockdown, unfortunately, we are seeing an increase in the circulation of fake news. Just recently we shared on our social media a message that is being sent across WhatsApp, saying that the town hall of Marbella has announced that from April 11 it will […]

Important notice to the international resident community!

To all the international residents in San Pedro Alcántara, the Marbella Town Hall has issued an important notice earlier this week. To stop the spread of the Coronavirus and avoid any social gatherings and visits to the immigration offices, the expiry period of foreign citizens who are not able to return […]