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Marbella Needs You…..To Save Water.

Gecko Towers We are being encouraged at every turn on the Costa del Sol to consider our water use. On the advice of water suppliers most notably, Acosol, Aguas de Benahavis and Hydralia, we had initially been encouraged to reduce our consumption by at least 20%. The most recent round of action is to limit […]

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Marbella, All Year Long….

Gecko Towers When many of us first came to the Marbella coast, on Spain’s Costa del Sol, there was a limited season of between three to four months – starting in late May and ending in early September – perhaps a little longer for the golfers – but there was a clearly defined “Summer Season”. […]

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Marbella Tops Forbes’ 2024 “Best European Destinations.”

Gecko Towers Are some of your closest friends and family just a tad too cynical or too logical for their own good? Do they believe that the collective role of popular media is to beguile? Ok, so the conversation went something like this: “Just how sceptical are you of “Surveys” (imagine an air quote moment!) […]

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Spain has the Lowest Cost of Living in Europe

Gecko Towers As our regular readers know, I love the region of Spain that my family and I have lived in for many years. The Marbella region of Malaga province with its myriad of wonderful facets is a huge international draw for visitors from around the world and those who may be interested to settle […]

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What is Forex?

Gecko Towers “Money makes the World go around…..“. Well no it doesn’t, of course. If you are making the acquisition of a property in the Marbella region it is something that you are going to need to take care of! Not only having it available, but having it easily to hand at the right point […]

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Why is Independent Due Diligence essential when buying on the Costa del Sol?

Gecko Towers In recent months a number of real estate agencies in the Marbella area have added an “in house Lawyer” to their team. This is excellent news as it will enable them to analyze the properties that they are seeking to sell, to collate the all-important seller’s pack (an up to date nota simple, […]

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“El Pimpi” is Coming To Marbella

Gecko Towers Featured in the recent series on Spain of the “Gordon, Gino and Fred” franchise, and pretty much every international cookery programme on UK and US. TV, the “El Pimpi” restaurant, an icon for more fifty years on the Malaga tapas scene, is expanding by the addition of a new location within Marbella’s, equally […]

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How Marbella Is Solving its Water Crisis.

Gecko Towers It’s “Liquid Gold”, it’s the “New Oil” and in some regions it’s already rarer than hen’s teeth. We watch the weather forecasts to see if the trusty reservoirs, that have traditionally supplied much of Marbella’s water, are being filled by rain showers. They aren’t. One undeniable fact about Climate Change is that over […]

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Marbella’s 2024 Message For You!

Gecko Towers The Marbella Town Hall, led by the inspirational, Angeles Munoz, has commissioned a new tourism video that captures, in just a few minutes, the essence of Marbella and its location. You can almost feel the warmth……Enjoy! Marbella’s New Tourism Video Should you be interested in discussing the legal process involved in buying a […]

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What to do in Marbella when it rains?

Gecko Towers Strange as it may seem, given an annual average of 320 days of sun – though to be honest I’ve not measured it – there are some days that our Irish clients call “soft days”. These occurs when the sun doesn’t shine through the clouds and the heavens open. Hose-pipe bans and associated […]

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