Viva Espana

Property Costa del Sol in Marbella is extremely quiet at the moment but  who cares we  have our nation playing in a world cup final tomorrow and I will be watching it in the park lane bar in Nueva Andalucia cheering on my adopted country since 2002.

Logic dictates Spain should win in a canter with only Robben having a chance of making the Spanish X1 but as we know logic doesn’t always apply in Football.

However when players such as Fabregas, Navas, Pepe Reina, Silva and Marchena cant get in the team you know Spain have a great side and I can’t wait to watch Xabi and  Xavi hopefully turn on the style.

So as we say here in Spain Viva Espana

Spain is starting a strong promotional campaigns for Spain in Britain, becouse of a 15 percent fall in reservations for the summer from the British market. The promotions name ‘A Taste of Spain’ a cultural and gastronomic festival are going to be held in the open air in  Regent Street in London from May 31 to June 3 and also in Edinburgh between July 17 and 19. ‘A Taste of Spain ‘menu will offer Spanish horses, artists, dancers, designers, musicians, cooks, and giant paella, plus a lot of information about what the wonderfull Spain has to offer.

The Frontur survey report that, over the first months of this year there was a 22% fall in the number of British tourists arriving in Spain compared to last year.

Ignacio Vasallo, the Director of the Spanish Tourism Office in London, have also confirm that numbers of british turists have going down and the worst numbers were seen in January, with February also poor and March less so, but he noted that Spain had not lost market share from the UK,which is Spain’s main tourist market for golf, culture, and the sun. He also noted that the main destinations of Marbella, Tenerife, Mallorca and  Costa del Sol were seeing numbers similar to last year, and the number of plane seats available was the same as last year, which is very good for us working with tourists and I hope that the campaign “A Taste of Spain” will be a great success.

Marbell History

This is going to be information about the history of Marbella, from the beginning and to what we are today. Marbella has a very interesting history.

Roman’s Marbella

The mighty Romans conquered the area after nearly two hundred years of bloody battles had raged throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Once under Rome’s command however, Andalucia became one of the richest and most civilized areas of the empire outside Italy. Situated on the main Via Augusta, which ran from Rome to Gades, lay “Salduba”, today’s Marbella. It was one of the most important Roman settlements on the Costa del Sol. The remains of a once luxurious Roman villa situated at Rio Verde (on the outskirts of Marbella) display in situ some beautiful mosaics from the period and the substantial remains of the octagonal Roman bath house of Las Bovedas in San Pedro de Alcantara has defied the elements in spectacular fashion.

The Romans held the area for nearly 500 years until the longhaired Visigoths settled in the area after overthrowing Rome and then being pushed to the far reaches of the former empire by other invaders. In San Pedro de Alcantara, the Visigothic Christian basilica of Vega del Mar is one of the best-preserved Visigothic monuments in Spain and artifacts from here, the Roman villa and Las Bovedas can be viewed at the archaeological museums in Malaga and Madrid.