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We are proud offer a Calanova Golf Club Apartment in Costa Del Sol, which is an X-Factor Property located in a unique luxury development overlooking the new golf valley, with hot and cold air-conditioning, fully fitted kitchen, communal swimming pools and extensive tropical gardens. Built with first quality materials and the design has been carefully thought out for maximum comfort.

A short drive down the hill takes you into beautiful La Cala with many restaurants, bars, supermarkets and the 1st class beach.The complex has 4 swimming pools a pool bar and the clubhouse is just around the corner serving meals all day. The views are spectacular and the landscaped gardens make this a first class place to live or holiday.
Calanova Golf Club is located close to La Cala, Mijas Costa and is at the heart of the new Golf Valley of the Costa del Sol. The Golf Valley of Mijas covers an area of 5,600 hectares, 2 grand luxury hotels and various reputable golf academy’s.
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Spain Justice Minister Resigns - EU Ultimatum to Spain - Video: Penelope Cruz Gets Oscar -  Giant Rabbits to Make Comeback - Granada Approves City Centre Bike Routes - Video: Last Minute Discounts on AVE - Feria de la Tapa in Granada - Refunds from Endesa - Pedestrianisation of Plaza de la Merced, Malaga - Road Improvements in Malaga Province - Video: The Malaga Carnival - Costa Del Sol beaches rebuilt for Easter - Marbella Art Festival in June - Football, La Liga -  Formula 1 Spain - Land and permissions to build a Villa: Spain News by 1Casa Estate Agent and 1Casa TV Channel.

Spain Justice Minister Resigns
After increasing criticism from the opposition PP party The Spanish Jusice Minister, Mario Fernandez Bermejo, has resigned. This comes after he was reported spending part of the weekend hunting in the company of Judge Baltasar Garzon who is currently investigating corruption in the opposition party. The new minister is Francisco Caamaño.

EU Ultimatum to Spain
The EU has issued a final ultimatum to Spain over its current policy of refusing free healthcare to temporary visitors from the rest of Europe. The Spanish authorities have two months to answer the ultimatum, failure to respond or an unsatisfactory answer will lead to the European Court of Justice.

Video: Penelope Gets Oscar
As expected, Spain’s Penelope Cruz got the award for top supporting actress for her part in Vicky Cristina Barcelona at the Oscars ceremony in LA at the weekend. Watch the trailer of Vicky Cristina Barcelona on 1Casa TV Channel

Video: Penelope Gets Oscar As expected, Spain’s Penelope Cruz got the award for top supporting actress for her part in Vicky Cristina Barcelona at the Oscars ceremony in LA at the weekend. Watch the trailer of Vicky Cristina Barcelona on 1Casa TV Channel

Giant Rabbits to Make Comeback
A Valencia man is attempting to breed giant rabbits of a type last seen in the area in 1912. The rabbits, which weigh between 5.5 and 7 kilos and are the size of a small lamb, were bred for meat and exported to Cuba, Argentina, Chile and around Europe. A few examples of the breed remain in farms in Buñol and Asturias.

Granada Approves City Centre Bike Routes
The Environment department of Granada ayuntamiento has approved the pedestrianisation of the city centre and the creation of a network of bike routes through the city. The decision is a reversal of the previous PP party administration proposal to exclude bike routes from the area.

Video: Last Minute Discounts on AVE Renfe has announced that last minute discounts of up to 50% will be available for tickets bought on line. The concession will be available from March 11th, and it is hoped the iniciative will attract those who are flexible about timetables. Watch video AVE FAST TRAIN, MADRID MALAGA

Feria de la Tapa in Granada
Granada is to have its first tapas fair on March 20th and 21st. Various establishments in the city will take part, offering varied tapas at €2.50 including a drink.

Refunds from Endesa
Following the overcharging scandal by the electricity supplier, Endesa, the Junta de Andalucia have given the company one month to begin reimbursing all customers. Nobody will be required to make a claim for repayment and many who were unaware they had been overcharged will receive unexpected automatic refunds.

Pedestrianisation of Plaza de la Merced, Malaga
Malaga’s ayuntamiento has plans to pedestrianise part of the historic Plaza de la Merced, where the home of Pablo Picasso is situated. Budgets for the year include €1.3 million for refurbishing the square to return it to its late 19th century appearance.

Road Improvements in Malaga Province
The Junta de Andalucia is to carry out work to improve 80% of the A roads in the province this year. Over 1000 Kms of roads will be resurfaced, maintained and have accident prevention work done. The major part of the plan is the improvement of the A357 from Pizarra to Ardales.

Video: The Malaga Carnival If you missed The Malaga Carnival you can watch the performing groups on 1Casa TV Channel. There are two types of bands ‘murgas’ and ‘comparsas’. The ‘murgas’ have more members and do comic sketches while singing and the ‘comparas’ have less performers but their lyrics have deep meanings. Both of them criticise and comment all the local and worldwide events, such as politics, natural disasters, wars, economical crisis.

Costa Del Sol beaches rebuilt for Easter
The beaches of the Costa del Sol are being rebuilt with new sand ready for the Easter holidays. The work is necessary following the destruction caused by the winter storms. The budget for the work is 2.1 million euros, and 300 cubic metres of sand will be used.

Marbella Art Festival in June
Marbella is to have its first international art festival during June 21st and 22nd. The Festival Internacional de Arte Marbella (FIAMAR) will feature the talents of around 50 artists, sculptors, photographers, etc in a series of street events on Avenida del Mar.

Football, La Liga
Malaga beat Valladolid 3-1 away at the weekend to go 6th in La Liga, into the European placings. The visiting team to La Rosaleda next Sunday at 5.00 pm is Recreativo de Huelva.

Formula 1 Spain
Force India will unveil their new car, the VJM02, on Sunday March 1st at Jerez circuit before multi team testing.

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This year the Malaga Carnival takes place between 14th and 22nd  February. Do not miss the burial of the boqueron ‘entierro de boqueron’ on 22nd February at 18.00h - the most famous procession of a giant fish, which is the symbol of both, the town and the locals who are often called in Spain as ‘boquerones’. The celebrations start at 12.00h with the children fiesta at Calle Larios and are followed by ‘degustacion’- testing of the fish at 14.30h also at Calle Larios. The information about the festival can be found on Spanish websites: CarnavalDeMalaga.com and CarnavalMalaga.com and in English on Burial of the Boquerone 2007 - beautifulyoo.com and Malaga Carnival on TVSpain.tv .

The carnival include many parades, competitions and street parties. The most important events, which distinguish the Malaga Carnival from other world carnivals, are the performing groups - ‘murgas’ and ‘comparsas’ - clik to play the below video and find more about the Malaga Carnival on TVSpain.

In spite of the widespread economical recessions and credit crunch, the British Ski Center based in Sierra Nevada has seen a comparable level of business this season to last year with a slight increase in January. This comes perhaps more of a surprise given the added factor of the Pound Sterling dropping so much against the Euro and making Spain around 30% more expensive than this time last year!

‘We have retained our numbers at 11 ski & snowboard instructors and now have two secretaries working hard at responding to customer reservations, greeting clients and coordinating everyone with their respective instructors. Much of our business is from repeat customers or clients who have been recommended by past customers. Our website has also evidently attracted more business this year to last which is an encouraging sign. This year saw our first increase in prices in 3 years but we have kept them entirely competitive with the other ski schools in resort at a base rate of 38.00 euros per hours tuition’ said Giles Birch who established the British Ski Center with Jonathan Buzzard in winter 2002-3.

They aim not to set up just another ski school but also to offer a more personalised service to the clients. The ski instructors are qualified at the “Escuela Española de Esquí (E.E.E.)” and at the “Centro de Formación de Deportes de Invierno Sierra Nevada (C.E.D.I.)”. The snowboard instructors are qualified at the Asociación Española de Snowboard (A.E.S.), at the Escuela Española de Snowboard (E.E.S.) and at the Centro de Formación de Deportes de Invierno Sierra Nevada (C.E.D.I.)

Watch TVSpain Channel: SIERRA NEVADA SKI RESORT TV

Siera Nevada featured videos by TVSpain:

Sierra Nevada is currently experiencing its best season of snow in 13 years with average depths recorded up to an impressive 4 metres. The season opened on the 15th December, earlier than ever before and the resort management are hoping to remain open now until the 15th May making this the first full 6 month season in Sierra Nevada’s history.

The resort of Sierra Nevada offers its visitors a wide range of facilities and a ski terrain to suit skiers & boarders of all standards. It has the best snow and the longest season in the country. Sierra Nevada has 61km of ski slopes with 45 pistes and 6 off-piste routes. There are 2 cable cars, 12 chair lifts and 5 ski lifts. The ski resort is open from 9am to 5pm although you can also ski at night. An important factor that very few resorts are able to boast of, is that you are practically guaranteed sunshine throughout your stay! You can learn more by reading Sierra Neva Overview and view the videos below.

All runs are open and with the huge amounts of snowfall several new runs have been prepared and opened in various areas around the ski terrain. In general the piste conditions are superb with powder quality snow. Some of the upper areas have been exposed to high winds and are currently more hard packed and a little icy in places. The off piste is excellent and easily accessible practically anywhere on the mountain except on the upper regions where there is still a lot of icy areas. Avalanche risk is currently very high so be sensible and ask those who know where the best and safest areas would be to ski. All the bad weather of late has now subsided and fantastic Sierra Nevada blue skies have opened up with the sun shining brightly. The weekends are getting busy so try to stick to mid-week where possible bearing in mind also that the coming two weeks will be busy due to half term and Carnival holidays.

WATCH TVSPAIN CHANNEL: SIERRA NEVADA TV

Featured videos:

SIERRA NEVADA DISCOVERED - video trailer
Sierra Nevada Discovered is a trailer, which include the highlights of several videos made by TVSpain and featuring the ski resort of Sierra Nevada

SIERRA NEVADA - RIO SPORT - ski rental and snowboard hire
Rio Sport is is a winter equipment rental company. Thy have three shops at Sierra Nevada Ski Resort, huge selection of skis, snowboards, boots and cloths.

SIERRA NEVADA - BRITISH SKI CENTER
Ski School British Ski Center has qualified English speaking instructors and is well reputed within the resort. They aim not to set up just another ski school but also to offer a more personalised service to the clients.

SIERRA NEVADA - HOTEL MELIA
The Melia Sierra Nevada is a four star hotel is located in the heart of the Sierra Nevada ski resort, just 100 m from the ski lifts. Melia SolIt is the leading Spanish hotel chain in both the city and resort markets, the third largest hotel chain in Europe, and the twelfth largest hotel chain in the world. Sol Melia is also the world leader in resort hotels and number one in the ranking in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company provides almost 350 hotels with 85,000 rooms in 30 countries on 4 continents.

SIERRA NEVADA - HOTEL MELIA SOL Y NIEVE
The Melia Sol y Nieve is a four star hotel located in the heart of the Sierra Nevada ski resort, just 100 m from the ski lifts. Activity programmes in the hotel or in the surrounding area; programmes focused on health and beauty; programmes for kids, for adults, or for the whole family; programmes for the active and energetic, or for those seeking rest and relaxation

SIERRA NEVADA - RESTAURANT - RUTA DEL VELETA
The Ruta del Veleta Restaurant was founded in 1976 under the management of the Pedraza brothers. Distinguished figures fram the world of politics, arts, economics and sciences have passed throgh them. For example, ministers, the former President, Felipe Gonzalez, and a long list on which the Spanish Royal Family have a place of honor, emblematic sign of the excellence of the place.

Tom Cruise  came to Spain for the the Spanish premier of his movie Valkyrie in Madrid on Tuesday Jan. 27, 2009.  A new Spanish indie distributor Wide Pictures has inked with MGM for all rights to Tom Cruise’s WWII drama Valkyrie and the movie is shown now in Spain in spanish entitled VALKIRIA and in the original version with spanish subtitles. See your local cinema for details (e.g. Yelmo Cineplex). During the press conference Cruise was asked about his ex-girlfriend Penélope Cruz’s oscar nomination, and his response was that Penélope is “a great actress. I’m excited about her work in ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’. I hope she gets the Oscar.”

You can watch and embed HD version of the trailer, view and download photographs and read reviews of the international press at TVSpain - VALKYRIE and TOM CRUISE in Spain, trailer, reviews and photos

Directed by Bryan Singer, ‘Valkyrie’ is the true story of the failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 which is now known as ‘The July 20 Plot’. Cruise plays Col. Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg, the aristocratic army officer, who was among those executed after the failed attempt, and he stars in the thriller alongside a list of well known British actors including Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson and Eddie Izzard.

See Also:

QUANTUM OF SOLACE Spain , Spanish and English trailers

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA, Woody Allen in Spain

CHANNEL: Malaga Movies TV