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500th Anniversary of Magellan’s Circumnavigation 44 Super Yachts 52

Self-Drive Safaris 64

The New Occidental Hotel Fuengirola 74

The Palacio de Montellano 78

Santa María International Polo Tournament 84 Woodstock 50th Anniversary 88

Tom Cruise, Hollywood Legend 92

Alejandro Barrionuevo of Artequus Teatro 94 The Ferrari Monza SP1 and SP2 100 The Aston Martin DBS Superleggera 106

the trend New Cinema Releases 112 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 114 Music Mix 116 Top Reads 118 Top Smartphones 120 What’s Cool in Spain and Beyond 122

the style Beautiful Homes by Ambience 128 Jazzing Up Your Interiors with AALTO 136 The Rotating Sunhouse 360º 142 Illuminating Summer Lighting 148 Iconic Beachwear 150 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid 152 Guess Summer 2019 Collection 154 Fashion Must-Haves 160

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the spa 164 Super Matte Summer Looks 166 Summer Make-up Buys 168 Cirumed Live Surgery Course 172 Health Matters

the social 176 The Vibe 190 Teen Talk: Student Loans 191 Animal Love

the pro 194 Finca Cortesin – Las Albercas 196 Village Verde 198 Enterprise 205 Andalucía Smart City 206 Pool Safety Laws

the gourmet 210 Finca Cortesin Club de Playa 213 The Beach at La Reserva de Sotogrande 214 Gourmet Bytes 216 Julio César García Valdés, Head Sommelier and Wine Director of D-Wine 218 Gourmet Chocolate 224 Is Cava Losing its Sparkle?

the guide 226 Listings 232 Stars for August

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HAPPY HEARTS COLLECTION

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Beds 6

Baths 6

Built 1.276 m2

Exquisitely designed villa with sea views on a large plot in one of the most desired areas on the Golden Mile. Offering privacy and elegance throughout, the property is surrounded by a lush mature garden which is an oasis of greenery and privacy. Taking full advantage of its south orientation, this luminous house exudes warmth and offers many cool, private spots to relax, socialise and enjoy the views.

Plot 3.196 m2

Terraces 77 m2

The main living areas include a spacious lounge, separate TV and dining rooms, rustic kitchen and 6 bedrooms distributed across three levels, with the stunning master suite occupying the entire upper floor. Spa area with heated pool, Turkish bath and winter garden with access to the open garden and gym. Separate Staff quarters.

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Built 131m 2

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Built 188m 2

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elcome to the most manic month of the year here in Marbella.

We suggest you try to remain cool in the heat and bustle and, to help you do so, pour yourself something fresh and take time out with this month’s Essential which, rather like the Coast, is completely chocka.

Starting with technology, check out the impressive stance of the new Aston Martin DBS Superleggera, find out what ticks with the Ferrari Monza SP1 and SP2 re-releases, and marvel at the sleek lines of some of the latest super yachts. We also bring you the top 5 smart phones, a report on Andalucía Smart City Cluster, and we feature Sunhouse 360º.

Experience the thrill of self-drive safaris, and read about the exploits of Magellan, who set sail from Sevilla 500 years ago this month to circumnavigate the globe.

People abound in this issue, with profiles of Tom Cruise, interviews with equine guru Alejandro Barrionuevo and top sommelier Julio César García Valdés, and a preview of Tarrentino’s much-hyped Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,, featuring a multi-stellar cast.

Other highlights to look out for include Gourmet Chocolate, AALTO Interior Design, and Guess Summer Fashion.

Finally, for summer dining full of flair, we suggest Finca Cortesin Club de Playa and La Reserva Beach.

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In an exciting new collaboration, magazine has reached an agreement with Sotogrande S.A. to produce a personalised magazine for the prestigious Sotogrande firm.

The Sotogrande edition features a personalised front cover and an additional four individualised pages followed by the full complement of content comprising ’s August issue.

This edition is being distributed at La Reserva Beach and Clubhouse, with copies in the rooms of the Almenara Hotel and in the Santa María Polo Club during August, as well as throughout Sotogrande in general.

Lookout for Sotogrande in August to put yourself in the picture with this essential monthly read.

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e the spotlight CULTURE HISTORY PEOPLE MOTORING TECHNOLOGY ENTERTAINMENT

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500th Anniversary of Magellan’s Circumnavigation Super Yachts Self-Drive Safaris The New Occidental Hotel Fuengirola The Palacio de Montellano Santa María International Polo Championship Woodstock 50th Anniversary Tom Cruise, Hollywood Legend Alejandro Barrionuevo of Artequus Teatro The Ferrari Monza SP1 and SP2 The Aston Martin DBS Superleggera

THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE LAST ‘OFFICIAL’ MONTH OF THE MARBELLA SUMMER. FROM READING UP ON THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAGELLAN’S CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE TO DISCOVERING HOW TO ENJOY A SELF-DRIVE SAFARI, THERE IS PLENTY TO KEEP YOUR FOCUS ON

. ENJOY OUR FEATURES ON THE SANTA MARÍA POLO SEASON,

DISCOVER WHY TOM CRUISE CONTINUES TO EXCITE, AND CHECK OUT SOME SPECTACULAR SUPER YACHTS, THE AMAZING FERRARI MONZA CARS, AND THE ASTON MARTIN DBS SUPERLEGGERA.

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THE MEN WHO SAILED THE WORLD Spain is ship-shape for a host role at a global party to celebrate the 1st Circumnavigation of the Globe. Belinda Beckett charts the course of the epic three-year voyage which set sail from Sevilla 500 years ago this month and previews some of the highlights planned between now and 2022.

Juan Sebastián Elcano stars in Spain’s celebrations 44 / AUGUST 2019 ESSENTIALMAGAZINE.COM

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n 1492 Columbus discovered Caribbean Vacations, according to the writer P.J. O’Rourke. It was the Magellan Expedition, three decades later, that proved the earth was spherical. But the Portuguese explorer who set sail from Sevilla in 1519 with five ships and 239 men to find a westward passage to Indonesia’s Spice Islands can’t take all the credit. He was speared to death by native arrows and never made it back.

Homage is also due to Spanish captain Juan Sebastián Elcano, who limped back to Sanlúcar de Barrameda on the Cádiz coast, three years later, with one ship and 17 crew; and to Venetian adventurer and scholar Antonio Pigafetta, a diarist to rival Samuel Pepys, without whom we would

never have known in such detail about the mutinies, shipwrecks, diseases, strange lands, curious creatures and indigenous people they encountered.

“I believe that nevermore will any man undertake to make such a voyage,” Pigafetta reported on the First Voyage Around the World.

Yet, incredibly, it was one of the most successful voyages in seafaring history. Not only did Elcano return in the Nao Victoria (U-shaped Captain Pugwash boat) with a hold of exotic spices that more than paid for the expedition.

He had the coordinates to a passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans connecting Spain to all the treasures of the East Indies (previously hogged by Portugal).

Map of 1590 showing Victoria

As well as pretty decisive proof that the earth wasn’t flat, the 70,000 kilometre voyage gave scientists a better idea of its dimensions, introduced the concept of time zones (the returning heroes couldn’t fathom out why they had ‘lost’ a day) and opened up communication on a planetary scale. It also added to the world data bank of languages, flora and fauna and put new territories like Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia and The Philippines on the map.

Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Argentina, Chile – all the countries along the route and everywhere and anyone connected to the expedition, be they a sherry supplier or the birthplace of one of the explorers, will be holding V Centenary celebrations. Sevilla,

the departure city and Sanlúcar de Barrameda on the Cádiz coast whose fruit, wine and fish provisioned the expedition, will play starring roles.

A touring opera devised by Plácido Domingo and a roundworld trimarán bid by world champion yachtsman Alex Pella are among hundreds of events planned internationally. Locally, expect fireworks on this year’s big commemorative days (August 10 in Sevilla, September 20 in Sanlúcar), and themed events going on until September 2022 (the 500th anniversary of the fleet’s return).

For the next three years everyone will be spicing up their repertoires with V Centenario twists. I wonder who will be the first chef to put hard tack on the menu!

The Magellan-Elcano Route

Spain world premieres Magellan Opera

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Indonesia’s spicy Maluku islands

Replica of the Nao Victoria © Nao Victoria Foundation

SPICY TIMES

In 1519 Spain and Portugal were at daggers drawn on the high seas over trade routes to the New World.

Both had their eyes on Indonesia’s Maluku Islands for their nutmeg, cloves and mace. Europe’s elite had the hots for spices as a flavouring, a health remedy and an aphrodisiac and their price was more than their weight in gold.

The Treaty of Tordesillas had divided up the new lands along a line west of Africa, giving Portugal everything to the east and Spain everything to the west. So when an experienced Portuguese navigator who had already sailed there from the east for the Portuguese king defected to Spain with a workaround – sail from the west – Carlos l of Spain opened his purse strings.

Magellan even had an interpreter – Enrique, a captive Malaccan slave.

What could go wrong?

The fleet must have been a spectacular sight that Monday morning, August 10, sailing down the River Guadalquivir from Sevilla.

They spent another month in Sanlucar de Barrameda confessing their sins and loading provisions – seven cows, three pigs, more barrels of sherry than weapons and membrillo (quince jam) for the officers which saved them from scurvy, though they didn’t know it – setting out for the Atlantic on September 20.

CHRISTMAS IN RIO

By a stroke of luck, the expedition made first landfall here in December as the heavens opened, ending months of drought. The locals thought they were rain gods and welcomed them – a good thing, Pigafatta noted, as ‘they eat the flesh of their enemies’.

Consummate traders, ‘for a comb they gave two geese, for a small mirror or a pair of scissors, so much fish that ten men could have eaten of it, for axes and knives, one and even two daughters’.

The fleet spent 13 days in Brazil repairing their ships, stocking up with yams, cassavas and pineapples and indulging in (as one historian puts it) ‘a saturnalia of feasting and lovemaking’. It didn’t last long…

(sharks) which have teeth of a terrible kind, and eat people when they find them in the sea either alive or dead.’

MUTINY

After three months of sailing up dead ends, Magellan dropped anchor to ride out the Patagonian winter but three of the ships’ captains wanted to go home. One was killed during the ensuing mutiny, Magellan had the other two beheaded and marooned respectively. In his defence, Pigafetta tells us, ‘The masters and captains did not love him, the captain-general being Portuguese and they Spaniards or Castilians who for a long time have been in rivalry and ill will with one another.’

FANTASTICAL FAUNA

The voyagers came across animals unknown to science.

Pigafetta’s ‘camel with no hump’ which had ‘ears of the size of a mule, the legs of a deer, the tail of a horse, and it neighs like a horse’ was a guanaco, related to the llama. Other curiosities were ‘a black goose that doesn’t fly’ and ‘had to be skinned instead of plucked’ (Magellanic penguins), a ‘sea wolf with feet which resemble a human hand’ (sealion), and ‘tiburoni’

THE SHIPS

VICTORIA The only ship to complete the virtually uncharted round-trip was captained by one of the pardoned mutineers, the Basque Spaniard Elcano.

SANTIAGO Wrecked in a storm off South America while scouting for a passage to the Pacific. The crew survived.

SAN ANTONIO Deserted the expedition, returning to Spain empty-handed. The renegades were exonerated after giving a distorted account of the mutiny.

CONCEPCION

Pigafetta’s ‘camel without a hump’

Scuppered in The Philippines after the Battle of Mactan left the expedition too shorthanded to sail three ships TRINIDAD Magellan’s flagship, wrecked in a storm on the return leg after being captured by the Portuguese.

Four of the crew eventually made it home.

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Magellan Strait, Patagonia

PATAGONIAN GIANTS

Patagonia is named after ‘giant footprints’ Magellan’s men discovered on an Argentina beach which lead them to ‘certain Indians of great stature, one so tall that the tallest of us only came up to his waist.’ Averaging two metres (6ft 7), they would have seemed massive to diminutive Europeans who were nearly two feet smaller. ‘These giants run faster than a horse,’ wrote Pigafetta. ‘And they are very jealous of their wives.’

STRAIT AHOY

A year and a month to the day the expedition set sail, the explorers found their passage to the Pacific – a 570 kilometre channel separating Chile from Tierra del Fuego. Until the Panama Canal opened in 1914, the

Magellan Strait remained the principal commercial shipping route between the world’s two greatest oceans, avoiding South America’s treacherous Cape Horn.

THE PACIFIC IS HOW BIG?

Malaccan penguins in Patagonia

The ocean beyond the Strait was ‘pacific’, as Magellan christened it. But the Spice Islands were not three or four days away, as everyone thought. During a harrowing three months and 20 days without sight of land, Pigafetta writes: ‘We ate only old biscuit turned to powder, all

full of worms and stinking of the urine which the rats had made on it… and of the rats, which were sold for half an écu apiece, some of us could not get enough.’ Scurvy spread among the crew, their gums so swollen and painful that many died of starvation.

BATTLE OF MACTAN

On Cebú in The Philippines, the voyagers palled up with the local chief, trading goods for Christian conversions.

History still wonders why they decided to fight rival island chief Lapu-Lapu with so few men but they were outnumbered 50 to 1,500 and Magellan went down in a hail of spears. Pigafetta wrote: ‘They all at once rushed upon him with lances of iron and of bamboo and with these javelins they slew our mirror, our light, our comfort and our true guide.’

Lapu-Lapu was retroactively honoured as the first ‘Philippine national hero’ to resist foreign rule’.

HERO OR VILLAIN?

Enrique of Malacca (1497-unknown) was the young Malaysian slave captured by Magellan on a previous voyage who acted as interpreter in return for his freedom, promised in his master’s will. After Magellan was killed, the captains reneged on the deal and Enrique was blamed for the ensuing slaughter of 30 crew at a beach banquet thrown by their hosts. He was last seen leaving Cebú, presumably for home. If he got there, he would have been the first man to circumnavigate the globe. He was also co-author, with Pigafetta, of the world’s first native language phrase book.

Battle of Mactan

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HOMEWARD BOUND

Two ships reached the Spice Islands. One made it home. Before the Victoria’s new captain got there, Elcano lost 13 men in hostile Portuguese territory and almost all hope rounding the Cape of Good Hope. On September 6, 1522, emaciated, sick and exhausted, the 18 survivors sailed into Sanlúcar, got a tow up river to Sevilla and walked barefoot to the Cathedral to give thanks for their lives.

Elcano wrote to the Spanish king: ‘Your Majesty will know better than anyone that what we ought most to value and hold on to is that we have discovered and sailed the whole roundness of the world, that going to the West, we have returned from the East.’

AFTER MATH

Although he has galaxies and space programmes named after him, for a long time Magellan’s reputation was trashed in Spain by exaggerated stories of his cruelty.

In his Portuguese homeland, where he is now a hero, he was once branded a traitor. The Order of Magellan was created in 1902 to honour those who complete a circumnavigation and make other contributions to humanity.

Pigafetta returned to Venice, published at least two books and has a palm named after him in the Maluku Islands.

Elcano was rewarded with an island in The Philippines and a coat of arms inscribed: ‘You went first around me’. During a disastrous follow-up expedition he died of scurvy in the Pacific.

Magellanic clouds

V CENTENARIO CELEBRATIONS They’re so big in Spain that a National Commission of seven Spanish government ministries are coordinating the major projects – documentaries, books, opera, replica voyages, even board games and escape rooms – with emphasis on the homecoming Spanish captain’s view from the crow’s nest.

Z Basque hero Juan Sebastián Elcano from Getaria in Gipuzkoa is not wellknown outside his homeland. But Madrid is erecting its first monument to his memory and Sevilla is getting a permanent replica of his ship, to float on the Guadalquivir next to a new experiential Interpretation Centre. Iberia has christened a new Airbus after him, top yachties are competing for the Juan Sebastián Elcano trophy, Spanish Navy training tall ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano is following the ‘Magellan-Elcana

Route’ for the next three years and, so as not to deprive campo dwellers, a touring replica of the Victoria will visit 13 Spanish inland cities.

Z Also touring the world in Elcano’s wake is a Spanish opera composed with input from Plácido Domingo that has eight changes of stage set: Magallanes: There are no roses without thorns, tuning up in Sevilla on August 10; and two modern circumnavigations, one in a trimarán skippered by Spanish round-the-world speed sailing champion Alex Pella, already underway, the other in 21-metre sailboat with a volunteer crew, the Pros will set sail from Sevilla on August 10, and on from Sanlúcar on September 20, calling at all ports to the Spice Islands, collecting samples for ocean plastics research en route.

Z The national website invites users

Reenactments on land

to experience the voyage virtually via an interactive map, pore over 16th century nautical charts, follow Pigafetta’s personal notes and stay updated on national events: i vcentenario.es Z In Andalucía, August 10 and September 20 are the big dates in Sevilla and Sanlúcar respectively, with costumed re-enactments, spicy street food, fireworks and a 16th century vibe but the fun doesn’t stop there: Z Follow the voyage along the new signposted trail between Sevilla and Sanlúcar, Magellan en Route, then do it all again on water with a guided river trip along the Guadalquivir.

Z Check out What Magellan Didn’t See, Sevilla Aquarium’s new deep sea attraction.

Z Go to a V Centenario-themed theatre

night in Sevilla Alcazar’s gorgeous gardens, Thursdays to Sundays with four nightly shows until October 31.

Z Don’t miss The Longest Journey, an exhibition that brings together original documents and testimonies from the voyage for the first time in history, held in Sevilla’s magnificent General Archive of the Indies, September 12 – February 2020. g For news of all local events keep your eye on sanlucarprimeravueltaalmundo.com and sevilla.2019-2022.org

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D THE SPOTLIGHT superyachts

A combination of modern technology and master craftsmanship is producing a new era in yachts, with floating palaces the likes of which have never been seen before. WORDS MICHEL CRUZ

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achts have been around since before Roman times, adding splendour and a mesmerising display of power for Phoenician princes, Venetian doges and European kings long before the concept of the modern yacht was born. These more classical ships were followed by the floating palaces and sports yachts of recent times, but today we stand on the threshold of a new era of opulence, with magnificent yacht concepts that are quite simply mind-blowing.

From super sleek and fast Bugattis of the seas to palaces that really do float and what seems like entire resorts complete with beaches, driving ranges, docking bays, apartments and more than you could imagine, the super yacht is in a stellar class of its own. Here are some examples to raise your eyebrows and/or make your mouth water.

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LEXUS SPORT YACHT

Let’s start with this superbly sporty offering, whose 14-metre concept yacht is powered to exhilarating speeds by two five-litre, V8 Lexus engines. It features gorgeously slick styling in an open powerboat format and top-spec materials.

The advanced carbon-fibre reinforced hull enables a lightweight construction that saves up to 1,000 kilogrammes, while the aerodynamics help to stabilise the vessel, so that it glides through the water at speeds of up to 80 kilometres per hour.

To achieve this, each engine produces 440 horse power, controlled by the pilot with a racing steering wheel and touchscreen panel, top-end navigation and GPS system, digital charts, radar and sonar, and of course entertainment systems. These would not be complete without a state-of-the-art integrated audio-video system, while the vessel also harbours a fridge, cooking appliances and a shower – all top-range, of course – so that you can be comfortable while cruising the seas at high speed.

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The Ultimate in Yachts

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PROJECT RAGNAR

Named after the famous Viking, this 68-metre long super yacht has been converted from the sturdy, robust functionality of an icebreaker to the extreme luxury of a floating villa. Set to be completed next year, it will be able to circumnavigate the world in complete comfort, and in its design the British-based studio Icon Yachts found inspiration both in classical yacht design and warship engineering.

Once complete, the transformation will be extreme, but the Ragnar will have the advantage of combining the power and seaworthiness of a tough working ship with the supreme luxury of a super yacht.

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PROJECT FIJI

The exotically named Project Fiji – now called Madsummer by shipyard Lürssen - features the design for a 95-metre long steel and aluminium yacht penned by Harrison Eidsgaard, with interior styling by Laura Sessa Design. The project by this London-based studio incorporates luxurious lounges, kitchens, dining areas, private suites, guest accommodation, pool decks, Jacuzzis and panoramic private terraces overlooking the expanse of sea or land view of your choosing.

Up to 20 guests can lounge in sumptuous opulence aboard this yacht, which stores a helicopter on the bow and can take you around the world as you luxuriate in the spa, or swim in the 12-metre long pool. A skylight adds spectacular night views, a cosy fireplace and its own beach club with terrace are other features that take this vessel into the realm of dreams.

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It has taken five years to build, but this stunning vessel launched at the end of last year was well worth the wait, though its owner will have to be patient for a little longer as it is now being fitted out with a sumptuous interior and a very long list of amenities. These include luxurious suites with private panoramic balconies. Its interior finishing is being described as more akin to a jewellery box than a villa, so expect the very highest levels of opulence, including a two-deck IMAX cinema, sports facilities and a helipad, not to mention of course decks with sumptuous Jacuzzis.

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THE RITZ-CARLTON COLLECTION

Five-star deluxe resorts are also getting in on the act, offering the super yacht experience to a fortunate few. This is not a cruise ship as we know it, but a floating version of the most exquisite hotel you can imagine, and in so doing it resembles the quality of the Ritz-Carltons on terra firma. It is actually one of three such vessels, the first of which will start sailing in 2020, and offers short seven to ten-night voyages that are specially designed for the audience in question.

Each yacht has 149 suites, with private terrace, butler service and up to 298 guests enjoying fine dining cuisine and the best spa facilities. Naturally, the ship is available for private charter, as long as you can afford it, and while designed by Tillberg Design of Sweden it is built by Hijos de J. Barreras in none other than Spain.

In addition to supreme luxury and elegant design, and with its own waterside deck and docking station for smaller vessels, it also features environmentally friendly design solutions.

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SELF-DRIVE SAFARIS THE ULTIMATE IN ADVENTURE WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY JACQUELINE ROBERTS

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Jacqueline Roberts compares self-drive safaris in three very different locations.

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t’s 5:30am and the mist is still creating an eerie view of the surrounding bush as I creep out of our tent, leaving my husband and son sleeping. The sun is only just starting to penetrate the gloom and I’m crawling slowly forward down a narrow track when I see something up ahead.

Peering over the steering wheel, the dark shape comes slowly into view – a lioness is sprawled across the middle of the road.

I turn the car so I can see her through my side window and then spot a young male – just off the track patiently waiting until the lioness is ready to mate again. For now, resting, they are not going anywhere and as the sun starts to warm us all up, I turn off the engine and sit back to soak in the view. The car’s shudder causes the lioness to lazily lift her head and there, in the silence of the African dawn, my eyes meet those of one of her most iconic creatures. It is moments like this that make self-driving safaris so exhilarating and so very special.

Of course, there is something to be said for the luxury safari – flying into a stunning camp, being driven by experienced guides in open top safari vehicles, flask of coffee stashed away to ease the early, chilly morning; back to a sumptuous lunch served by a fleet of staff before retiring to a feather-pillowed bed for an afternoon snooze… But, nothing quite beats heading out on the open road, maps and field guides in hand and getting up close and personal with the many wonders of the Afrian bush. Self-driving can be as easy or as challenging as you want and Southern Africa has a plethora of options.

Here we visit three very different parks – all superb in their own way and all offering the self-driver truly memorable experiences.

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ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

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Kruger has its own airport which is an easy hour’s flight from Jo’burg or you can drive (about 6 hours) from Jo’burg.

Hire cars are cheap and easily available at both airports. All bookings for Kruger are handled by www.sanparks.org For private lodges in and around Kruger, simply google search.

THE KRUGER PARK, SOUTH AFRICA The oldest and one of the largest game reserves in Africa, the Kruger National Park is the size of Wales. If you’ve never been on a self-drive safari or indeed, have never been on safari before, then the Kruger National Park in South Africa is hard to beat. Kruger was our first foray into self-drive safaris and we didn’t really know what to expect as we drove into the park on our first visit. After checking in at the gate, we drove across Crocodile Bridge and almost immediately began to spot animals – a hippo wallowing in the river below us, a grey heron standing motionless in the shallows, a Nile crocodile sunning itself on the bank and a troop of Chacma baboons frolicking in the trees above. The park is home to 147 species of mammal, 500 bird species, around 200 species of fish, amphibians and reptiles, along with 2000 plant species. With more animals than you can shake a stick at – you have an excellent chance of spotting Africa’s big five in just one trip.

On our last visit, heading out of the park after an incredible few days we took a small detour to sit by the Sabie River and wring the last few magical moments from our safari. Scanning the opposite bank with my binoculars, I saw him – a large, male leopard padding down to the bank and then sprawling out in the shade of a large Acacia tree. Leopards are notoriously hard to spot (no pun intended) – they usually lurk in dense bush or rest high up in trees, perfectly camouflaged.

They hunt in the late evening or night so seeing one

at noon is a rare treat and seeing one with no one else around is truly awesome. This is the Kruger at its best.

The trick to self-driving is not trying to cover too much ground. You should drive slowly for the best chance of spotting wildlife and take time to sit by a river or waterhole with your binoculars. For larger animals, check out the sightings boards at camps and stops and talk to others. Welcoming nearly two million visitors a year, at times sightings attract large numbers of cars (a tantalising cheetah tail above high grass can keep people there for hours!) but still, it’s never hard to get that feeling of being ‘out in Africa’ and find yourself alone with the animals as with our incredible leopard encounter. I have also learnt to really appreciate smaller animals and have become an avid twitcher!

Kruger’s infrastructure is superb – you don’t need a 4WD, a regular sedan car is fine to drive the superbly maintained roads and tracks. There are a number of National Park rest camps located throughout the park and many private lodges both within the park and on concessions on its boundaries offering you the chance to go from camping one night to abject luxury the next.

All camps offer additional activities such as game drives, bush-braais, guided walks, eco trails, etc. If it is your first time on safari, it’s well worth taking a guided drive to learn more about the bush and its inhabitants – as you can’t self-drive after dark, night drives are a great option.

Vervet Monkey, the Kruger National Park

A water monitor lizard checks out the river bank, the Kruger National Park

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A lioness meets my gaze just after dawn in Hwange National Park

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Fly to Harare (intl. from London) or Vic Falls (via Jo’burg or Harare). For rentals, selfdrivezim.com can arrange cars or fully equipped 4x4s from either Harare or Vic Falls. They can also help you with making bookings with Zim Parks or with private lodges.

Elephants crossing one of the tracks in the south of Hwange National Park

A black kite soars the thermals in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

HWANGE NATIONAL PARK, ZIMBABWE Despite its troubles over the years, Zimbabwe remains a superb safari destination and one that is easy to navigate. Hwange National Park, in the south, borders Botswana and covers an area of nearly 15,000km2. Hwange is elephant country and home to more than 40,000 – one of the largest populations in Africa. Elephants are incredible creatures – despite their size they can be almost invisible as they pad through thick bush and despite their seemingly gentle nature, they can be extremely dangerous so always give them right of way!

With nearly 500km of road and track, Hwange comprises a considerable diversity of habitats and boasts more than 100 species of mammals (including the big 5) and more than 400 species of bird. We have had excellent lion sightings – my dawn encounter mentioned earlier was in Hwange. With little natural water, the 60 plus (artificially filled in dry times) waterholes attract regular visitors and some also have viewing platforms allowing you to alight, stretch your legs

and take some time to enjoy the view.

The tarred roads are in an appalling condition but these are few and most roads are dirt tracks. Most of the park can be negotiated with a regular car.

Despite its size, there are only a handful of accommodation options within the park. Three main camps offer camping and chalets and there are a scattering of 'exclusive' bush camps where, if you are travelling as a group, you can have your own private (yet basic) campsite out in the bush. Like the roads, the National Park run camps have seen better days but if you don’t mind roughing it a bit, you will certainly benefit as they are rarely full. For more luxury, you’d need to stay outside the park itself at a private lodge. Both the park camps and the private lodges offer game drives and bush-walks. An added bonus to visiting Hwange is that just an hour’s drive from the north of the park is Victoria Falls – the greatest curtain of falling water in the world, one of Africa’s most visited sites and certainly not to be missed.

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Young giraffes socialise in Moremi, Botswana

Burchell’s Zebra, Moremi

MOREMI GAME RESERVE, BOTSWANA Hearing that lions have been hunting close to camp we hurriedly pack up and head out past the nearby waterhole that has attracted a large herd of wildebeest with their spindly legged calves. A large croc is basking on the bank while a saddle-billed stork is picking his way through the shallows. Just 500m from the camp we spot them – a pair of lions, next to their kill. Their stomachs distended, the wildebeest carcass next to them is nearly picked clean. They are panting furiously, tongues lolling from blood stained mouths; the effort of digesting all that meat clearly visible.

As we head off back to Third Bridge, we see another carcass – attracting a curious handful of white backed vultures that soon turns into a large flock. Jostling for position at the feed they are disturbed by one of Africa’s top scavengers – a spotted hyena has arrived loping across the veld. He saunters forward then rushes at the vultures and as they scatter he starts to tear at the carcass with powerful jaws – hyenas can eat, chew and digest solid bone so the lions’ leftovers are a feast.

Occasionally having to remind the vultures who is boss, he spots another carcass (the lions had a busy night) and goes to check that one out – the vultures waste no time and return to to the first en masse. The lone hyena is torn now – which one does he choose? For a few minutes he rushes between the two before deciding and dragging his preferred bones into the tall grass. The show, for now, is over. This is Moremi Game Reserve, one of the world’s most spectacular wildernesses and as wild as it gets!

Sweeping south from the highlands of Angola, water flows from the Okavango River in search of an ocean it never reaches.

Thwarted by the sands of the Kalahari Desert, the water arrives in the heart of the dry season, flooding the plains and forming an extensive inland delta, attracting huge numbers of animals and creating one of Africa’s greatest concentrations of wildlife. The Okavango Delta has been named as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa and Moremi makes up 40 per cent of this paradise.

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An African Jacana skips across lily pads in Mbudi camp, Moremi. Often referred to as the 'Jesus' bird due to its seeming ability to walk on water

ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

A baby baboon practises its climbing skills Botswana

As a low-impact destination, most visitors to Moremi will be high-end tourists who are visiting very expensive, luxury lodges, many of them only accessible by air. There are a few campsites and they must be booked way in advance for highseason. Camps are not fenced so animals are free to wander freely – do not become complacent, do not leave your tent at night (ladies – invest in a shee-wee) and be careful with your food – monkeys and baboons can be a real menace.

Never take fresh fruit into the reserve – elephants will smell an apple from a great distance and will do anything to get at them, including opening your car like a tin-can.

Not for the faint-hearted self-driver, Moremi is strictly 4x4 country and can be challenging to say the least. Most self-drivers will start their journey in Maun hiring fully kitted out 4x4s complete with rooftop tents. Any reputable hire company should make sure you know your diff-lock from your gear stick before letting you loose. Roads change dramatically depending on the season and where you are in the delta. Tyre pressure must be dropped to cope with deep sand; waist high puddles and

Fly to Maun via Jo’burg. For renting 4x4s you can either choose one of the larger South African companies such as Bushlore (www.bushlore.com) or Britz (www.britz.co.za) which have the added advantage of being able to pick up and drop off at multiple locations throughout southern Africa if you are planning a longer trip. Excellent local companies include Leo 4x4 (find them on facebook at Leo-4x4-Camping) and traveladventuresbotswana.com – both can also help you with reservations within the reserve. water crossings must be navigated and rickety bridges that seem like they will collapse under the weight of your car crossed. In wet weather, tyres slip on thick mud, in dry weather grass seeds clog up your radiator and there are so many small tracks that without a good GPS, you could be lost for days. Driving is slow going so you have to make sure you leave plenty of time between camps and plan your days conservatively.

Once on the road and into the reserve, Moremi is simply superb. You can drive for miles without seeing another vehicle and wildlife and birdlife are prolific. Moremi is undoubtedly one of the most wonderful safari destinations in Africa and selfdriving is an incredible way to see it.

Having relocated to Mozambique from the Costa del Sol a year ago, the more I travel in Africa, the more places are added to my list. I have the safari bug and as you read this, I will be camped out in Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools National Park watching one of Africa’s amazing sunsets while hippos wallow in the nearby Zambezi River, lions roar and elephants pad noiselessly through camp.

A baby baboon clings on to its mother as the troop is on the move

g MAPS: In Kruger – all the camp shops sell good maps of the park. For Moremi, in Maun and at most gates into the reserve.

For Hwange you are better looking for a map online before arriving as, at the time of our visit, there were only bad photocopies available at the Main Camp reception!

GPS: Tracks for Africa have good maps available for all countries.

GOOD FIELD GUIDES include for birds, Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa or Roberts Birds of Southern Africa or (smaller version) Roberts Bird Guide. For animals, Game Ranger in your Backpack, Stuarts' Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa and Tracker Manual.

A spotted hyena fends off a crowd of white backed vultures from a carcass left by the lions, close to Third Bridge Camp, Moremi

The colourful Southern Carmine Bee-Eater

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OCCIDENTAL FUENGIROLA

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A brand new four-star, 316-bedroom hotel, located on the frontline of the soft-sand Fuengirola beach, has just opened. It’s called the Occidental Fuengirola and is part of the Barceló Group – which now has two other hotels in Málaga (the Barceló Málaga and the Barceló Marbella). The group has an additional 15 hotels spread out across Andalucía, in beachside and city-based destinations alike.

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odernity rules at the Occidental, in an attempt to appeal to both families and couples alike. The Hotel boasts a sizeable outdoor pool, as well as enviable views to the Mediterranean. So close is it to the sea that many guests opt for a swim at the beach, returning to the Hotel to freshen up or to enjoy a few nibbles at the snack bar, lounge bar, or restaurant. Particularly tantalising is Arrozante, a space that hones in on rice and paella dishes, created by famed rice chefs, Carlos Otaola and Luis Chaparro. The former is the founder of Arrocería Otaola – a renowned Tarifa restaurant serving over 30 different rice dishes, including Valencian recipes and dishes made with zerokilometre produce. Otaola is a three times World Champion rice maker, so as you can imagine, his dishes boast the perfect rice texture and a wicked combination of ingredients. José Luis Chaparro, meanwhile, is the owner of Casa Chaparro Valencia, highly lauded for its rice, fideua, and creamy rice dishes jazzed up with ingredients like lobster.

If you are booking a stay at the hotel, then the comfort of the rooms will probably be paramount in making your choice. The Occidental doesn’t disappoint, with stunning seaview rooms boasting glass sliding doors that lead out onto a comfy terrace – the perfect spot for a morning coffee or chilled glass of wine while watching the sun set. The room design is modern and simple, and very much in line with new trends. Natural wooden floors are married to beige and cream-hued furniture, with walls and designer touches bearing an appealing light blue colour. All rooms also have a dedicated desk, perfect for checking your email or playing an online game while waiting for your partner to finish taking a shower!

The Occidental’s proximity to the beach means that most guests will probably pop on a bikini and bathers and head for the sun and sand, but those wishing to stay inside can enjoy chilling out poolside, or catching up on news with family members while savouring a seafront meal at the restaurant. Rooms have free Wi-Fi, satellite TV, a safe, and top-quality air conditioning and heating – a key element of a top hotel on the Coast.

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If you feel like a quick getaway and Fuengirola appeals, why not sign up for the My Barceló customer loyalty programme? Doing so will enable you to avail of a host of discounts, private offers, gift vouchers, welcome gifts, and more.

The more you stay, the more points you earn, with some members enjoying a 10 per cent discount on bookings.

Fuengirola is one of the Coast’s most savvy gastronomic zones, with a multitude of restaurants gracing both the boardwalk and second line from the beach. From international

havens like Namaste Fusion to popular Greek haven Santorini, there is something for all tastes and budgets. Fuengirola has quite a refined coffee culture, with big chain and small and intimate coffee shops alike vying for your attention. The Occidental is also a popular choice for golf lovers, with over 24 courses located within a 30-kilometre radius. The Hotel will undoubtedly be a prime option for groups of golfers wishing to enjoy a challening round at spots like La Cala Resort while appreciating four-star comfort at a great price. It is also close to the airport (around

a 20-minute drive), making it an ideal spot for visitors wishing to make the Coast their base while visiting provinces like Seville and Granada, as well as Málaga’s capital city and smaller pueblos like Benalmádena. The Hotel additionally has plenty of space for both business and private events, including weddings, so if a seaside affair has always appealed, pay the new hotel a visit, it just might be your perfect match! g C/ Miguel Márquez 43, Fuengirola.

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THE ART OF

COUNTRY LIVING

Surrounded by rolling hills of lovingly cultivated land, where sunflowers add a splash of van Gogh brilliance to the undulating terrain, stands this beautiful country property that has been tastefully restored to offer sumptuous comfort, style and refinement in the most stunning of settings.

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hose who have lived in Marbella for a while and/or ventured into the beautiful interior will be familiar with the Serranía de Ronda, the chain of mountain ranges and green valleys that stretch inland from La Zagaleta upwards. It is a world of little white villages and elegant country towns such as Ronda, but head in a north-westerly direction and the terrain begins to change, the gradient softening from mountain ranges to gently rolling hills and open fields dotted with wooded groves.

Here, where the sky is filled with the song of pretty little birds darting around wild flowers and brightly coloured bushes, Marbella is a little over an hour distant but you might as well be in another world, for this is a place devoid of heavy traffic, maddening crowds and cramped spaces.

Little country villages dot the surrounding plains, ensuring there is always a rustic town centre or authentic eatery to head for, with the bright lights and international airports of Seville and Jerez 40 minutes away.

Surrounded by natural beauty, you come off a provincial road linking two nearby villages on to a well-tended gravel track that leads directly to a country property that stands proudly amid beautifully tended land. All around are a delicate blanket of orchards, olive trees, farmland and wooded groves, and they hold the property in a lush, fertile embrace that makes this a very peaceful, pleasant and authentic place – indeed, an idyllic spot that offers a paradise of relaxation and quality of living.

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The property offers many spots in which to relax in perfect style

The Palacio has been used for luxury brand shoots

One of five independent suites

The property and charming courtyard

A beautiful country estate in undulating surroundings

CLASSICAL STYLE WITH A CONTEMPORARY TWIST Entering the property in this way creates a sense of arrival that is heightened as you follow the gravel driveway to a forecourt that already exudes the tasteful refinement and superbly relaxing ambience of the estate. A single glance at the property and its grounds tells you that it is the product of a skilful and detailed renovation project – indeed, a labour of love. The owners have both a knowing touch and lots of experience, having renovated country homes of all kinds and sizes before in the UK, France and this region of Spain. And it shows, for the reformed Palacio de Montellano is the coming together of natural talent and design flair coupled with the practical and technical skills acquired over many years.

“This is the finest property we have ever restored and as such is the crowning culmination of everything we have done before,” says Adrian Day, who loved the setting as soon as he saw it and recognised a gem in the country home. “It just needed a loving touch to restore it to its original state of beauty, so we decided to remain faithful to authenticity and add elements in the spirit of the traditional style rather than changing it too much. Naturally, this was all matched to modern levels of comfort and amenities, so in essence we created a contemporary home with a modern interpretation of country chic in a classically styled building.”

The result is captivating, for as you access the

large patio, with its manicured orange trees and traditional stone tiles underfoot, the manor rises up in all its splendour, fresh against the clear blue sky in whitewash edged with dark terracotta detailing.

Before you stands the main house, flanked on both sides by low-slung cottages that accommodate a total of five beautifully decorated suites with individually styled bedrooms, bathrooms and relaxing private terrace overlooking a glorious section of open countryside. The vantage points to be enjoyed from this property are many, including those seen from the raised position of the very private ‘winter’ terrace, which forms a perfect spot for relaxing, entertaining or hosting intimate events throughout the year.

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Modern meets classical in the décor

The cooling, intimate ambience of the patio

The ambient private spa

A country kitchen with contemporary equipment

A COUNTRY ESTATE WITH MODERN COMFORTS One of the wings also houses a surprise, but I will come back to that later, for open the large front door and what you see is like an image leaping off the pages of a design or travel magazine. The entrance hall, with its tall ceiling, used to be a passage for horses but now connects both sides of the senorial home. The two doors that link the patio at the front and the pool deck and terrace at the rear of the house are usually ajar, allowing the refreshing breezes typical of the area to keep the temperature perfect throughout the long warm season – and they provide a stunning visual as your gaze is drawn to the swimming pool and the little Moorish-inspired nook from which you look back across the pool to the villa, while enjoying a shaded and cool setting.

The entrance includes a storage room and cloakroom, all in the exquisite style of this remarkable property. Head to the left and you come to a spacious living room that is a picture of elegance and tasteful refinement. The wooden beams that line the tall ceiling add just the right note, as do classical shutters and window sills, a grand fireplace with woodburning oven and beautifully finished bay windows from which to take in the marvellous scenery beyond. Step out onto a very private terrace and you feel the natural setting begin to ooze away the city stress. In perfect harmony and symmetry, the opposite side of the home is an equally spacious and stylish country kitchen with modern touches and appliances that complement a fantastic restored Aga oven.

A Smeg fridge rounds it all off, making this a wonderful spot in which to gather as you cook, enjoy breakfast or have a formal meal. For the latter two, you can choose between the indoor dining

facilities and another delightful terrace, which like all the others in the property, blends wonderful country views with a very intimate, relaxing feel.

Upstairs, the symmetry and balance continue in the form of two large, luxurious suites connected in the middle by an open-plan study with inspiring vistas. Each of the two generously proportioned bedrooms has its own style, completing the feel of a private apartment within the house. The suites each consist of an opulent bathroom, a large bedroom with wood burner, a sitting area and a private terrace.

RESORT LUXURIES The overriding style is Spanish-Mediterranean, with other European and also Moroccan touches.

“Though we have remained true to the authentic feel of this home, we did introduce some Moroccan décor elements, because they add a sensual touch to the interior décor and also have a cultural connection with this region,” says Adrian. This is most visible in the final part of the property, the pièce de résistance of a private hammam bath housed within one of the wings facing the charming patio courtyard. Featuring an indoor pool

that is heated in the winter, along with massaging and relaxing spaces, endows the property with its own spa facility – a luxury that, together with the other amenities, makes this refined country home not just a wonderful year-round residence or private country retreat in which to get away from all the madness, but also a property with business potential, for it lends itself to being a luxury boutique hotel and/or a venue for retreats and special events.

In fact, the property’s beauty and potential have already been spotted by location scouts for fashion shoots and luxury brand launches, providing the gorgeous backdrop of a new Chester Barrie Savile Row tailor’s catalogue as well as a product launch venue for Bentley. With such modern pedigree and its classical heritage restored, this is one of the finest country homes in Andalucía today. g For events contact: Instagram @thepalaciospain For sale with Cluttons Andalucia, Centro Comercial Cristamar, Local 1, Puerto Banús, Marbella.

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Villa Dorado Villa concept by ARK Architects

Villa Dorado is part of the six-villa community perched in prime position above La Reserva Club, a contemporary home with state-of-the-art facilities, to create a community like no other.

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D THE SPOTLIGHT polo

The elegant white tented Polo Village © MarGomez

WHITE SUMMER POLO

The hallowed turf at Santa María Polo Club

If you spot a herd of unicorns prancing between the polo fields in Sotogrande this month, you’re not dreaming. Fantasy and illusion are all part of the new White Summer Festival riding side-saddle to the equine thrills at Europe’s top Grand Slam polo fixture, giving the gladiatorial Sport of Kings a more inclusive family flavour. WORDS BELINDA BECKETT

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ot from Barcelona where this colourful outdoor party has been wowing the summer crowds for seven seasons, a daily-changing showcase of 65 ‘cultural, artistic, gastronomic and musical experiences’ will gee-gee up the annually-amazing après polo scene at the 48th Sotogrande International Tournament.

Artisan shops, Andalucian gastronomy, a kid’s zone, live DJs and four open air concerts headlining top Spanish artists are other reasons to linger over sunset cocktails and garden suppers until la madrugada. And that’s just a sideshow to the

gladiatorial sporting spectacle – a chance to watch the world’s top four-horsemen teams displaying apocalyptic skills astride ponies that can turn on a sixpence.

Bring the tots (under 12s get in free), the sulky teens, the abuelos, even the family dog (allowed in on a lead) and make the most of August nights in the glorious rural setting of Santa María Polo Club – all for the price of a €7 entry ticket (€10 on Cup Final days). For a few euros more you can hire a stand seat or box in the VIP enclosure (with or without a hospitality package) and make a private party of it. As well as being a legitimate excuse to wear a

polo shirt throughout the month of August, you’ll pretty soon discover why Sotogrande’s most prestigious sporting fixture is cooler than the mint with the hole!

THE POLO VILLAGE The elegant white-tented entertainments hub which opens up from five in the afternoon to one in the morning has been the highlight of the Sotogrande season for 47 summers but this year there are added attractions.

Z The 7th Chucker Club – the place to head after the match to enjoy a premium polo cocktail and cool DJ sounds.

Z A Gastro Garden with live music and funky vintage trucks selling gourmet street food from around the world.

Z Al fresco boutique shopping promoting 100 local artisan brands of designer-everything, from clothes to jewellery to Panama hats (de rigeur polo attire for both sexes).

Z An activity programme for the kids plus a monitored play zone fitted out with a climbing wall, zip wires, games tent and go-kart track.

Z An Après Polo Disco for night owls who don’t want to call it a day, open from midnight until 6am.

Tickets, €20 including one drink, on the door.

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THE MAIN EVENT Even if you’re new to the mysteries of high, medium and low goal polo, the sporting action will soon have you hooked. This year’s tournament will see 100+ players from over 20 countries jetting in with their strings of 1,000+ polo ponies to compete in 100+ Gold, Silver and Bronze Cup matches played out in late afternoon sunshine. One of only three Grand Slam fixtures outside Argentina, the ‘high goal’ event will see Argentineans, Gonzalo Pieres Jr. and Juan Martín Nero, ranked number two and four in the world, taking to the hallowed turf where Princes Charles, William and Harry have all been known to wield a mallet. Talking of royalty, there’s always someone special to present the Gold

Cup. Ex-King Juan Carlos and ‘Fergie’ Duchess of York have both done the honours in past years. Play starts around 5pm most days and parking is plentiful and free. i Check out the full programme at santamariapoloclub.com Z High goal polo is equivalent to soccer’s Premier League. Players are rated by handicap, from -2 to 10-goal. Matches are low, medium or high goal, depending on the aggregate handicap of the team.

Z A chukka is a seven-minute period of play and there are six-to-eight in a match. There’s a three-minute break between each chukka, for players to change ponies and spectators to recharge glasses.

Gladiatorial thrills ©Pablo Ramirez

CUP FINAL DAYS

Every day is fun at the polo but the Finals have added cachet, attracting a Who’s Who of Spanish high society from all over Spain with the paparazzi in hot pursuit.

Bronze Cup Saturday July 29, High Goal, 19.00 Friday August 3, Medium Goal, 19.00 Silver Cup Saturday August 11, High Goal, 19.00 Friday August 17, Medium Goal, 18.30 Gold Cup Friday August 31, High Goal, 18.00 Saturday September 1, Low Goal, 12.15, Medium Goal, 18.15

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THE CONCERTS

The stick and ball field will be transformed into an open air stage for a series of White Summer concerts headlining a quartet of top Spanish acts. Starting at 10.30pm, the €20 tickets can be booked on the White Summer website.

Z AUGUST 5 ROSARIO FLORES The twotimes Latin Grammy Award-winning Spanish artist brings her charismatic collection of pop, flamenco, rumba and Latin rhythms to Sotogrande for a spellbinding journey through her greatest hits.

Z AUGUST 10 LA CASA AZUL This indie pop band has a huge following in Barcelona. With a retro sound compared to The Beach Boys and Abba, the concert will premier their new album, La Gran Esfera, six years in the making.

Z AUGUST 15 VIVA SUECIA Voted best Spanish artist at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards, their alternative rock sound has captivated a legion of fans in the five years since these four musicians from Murcia (not Sweden) got together.

Z AUGUST 17 SOFIA ELLAR Always accompanied by her guitar, this London-born Madrileño singer-songwriter is a 10th cousin twice removed of the Queen. At just 25, she’s also royally acclaimed for her intimate concerts and uplifting sounds which receive millions of plays on You Tube and Spotify.

Rosario Flores

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Acrobats, jugglers, ballet dancers dressed as unicorns and elaborately costumed characters on stilts parading between the polo fields are among the show-stopping White Summer acts adding a festival feel after the last chukka is over. The multi-format staging will fill every corner of Santa María’s million square meters of lush green lawns with music, theatre and dance. It all kicks off at 8.30 nightly. Expect the unexpected or pick your thrill from the complete programme online at i sotogrande.whitesummer.es

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SOTOGRANDE STYLE AND GLAMOUR PERSONIFIED ...a Stunning Home in Sotogrande Costa

A contemporary style villa centrally located just a few minutes drive from the beach, the villa has 4 levels which are connected by stairs and a lift. The floor plan offers 6 bedrooms, a study/7th bedroom, 2 guest cloakrooms, living/dining room, a fitted eat in kitchen and, large basement, gymnasium and cinema room.

Features include, air conditioning, underfloor heating, heated pool, landscaped garden with irrigation system, integrated home automation and security.

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D THE SPOTLIGHT woodstock

It’s 50 years since half a million ‘hippies’ descended on a muddy field in Upstate New York for ‘3 Days of Peace & Music’, gridlocking freeways and providing fodder for the tabloids with its nudity, LSD and free love. As the mother of all music festivals celebrates its half century, Belinda Beckett hitches a ride down to Yasgur’s Farm in a flower-powered campervan to discover why Woodstock is a rock legend we love to relive.

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We were in Hawaii, and my secretary called and said, 'Yeah, listen, there's this pig farmer (sic) in upstate New York that wants you to play in his field.' So we passed. We could have just kicked ourselves,” wailed a disgruntled Tommy James of the Shondells, a few days after Woodstock ’69.

And he wasn’t the only artist with bruises on the shins, having declined what turned out to be a seminal 20th century happening – a feather in the hippy headband of the counterculture generation, a message of peace and love and one of ‘50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock’, as Rolling Stone magazine defined it.

But more remarkable still than persuading 32 legendary artists to perform in the middle of rural nowhere was the zero violence… despite the rivers of alcohol, industrial quantities of drugs, shambolic organisation and the unbelievable numbers that started two days early as a trickle of

campers and turned into a tsunami of over twice the anticipated 200,000.

Sullivan County declared a state of emergency, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller threatened to call out the National Guard, and Arlo Guthrie announced from the stage that the New York State Thruway was closed (only a slight exaggeration).

Most people got in free, walking through fields as the security fences weren’t up, nor the ticket booths.

Only around half the audience ended up paying. Due to the eleventh-hour change of venue, the ‘facilities’ weren’t up to much either: one loo for every 833 people, milelong queues for everything, demand outstripping supplies (25-cent hotdogs selling like hotcakes for $1), Grateful Dead complaining about the collapsing stage, the incessant rain, the electric shocks from the microphones…

The tabloids had a field day, reporting: ‘Traffic Uptight at

Hippiefest’ and ‘Hippies Mired in Sea of Mud’. A New York Times editorial headlined ‘Nightmare in the Catskills’ read: ‘The dreams of marijuana and rock music that drew thousands had little more sanity than the impulses that drive the lemmings to march to their deaths in the sea.’

But looking back, most people had fun (no doubt enhanced by LSDlaced libations). Even Max Yasgur the dairy (not pig) farmer who hired out his field with the infamous pond where everyone went skinny-dipping was astonished that an event ‘filled with potential for disaster, riot, looting and catastrophe turned into a victory for peace and love’.

Woodstock Ventures didn’t make a penny at the time but eventually paid everyone off – including 80 farmers who filed lawsuits for trampled crops – thanks to the Oscar-winning documentary film and original soundtrack they had the presence of mind to make.

“Woodstock 1969 gave people

around the world hope, which is why it remains relevant today,” says cofounder Mike Lang, who was behind the 25th and 30th anniversary concerts and was still ‘working on’ Woodstock 50 as went to press.

Today the Woodstock site is a shrine. Despite early efforts to discourage the pilgrim hoards by spraying the field with smelly chicken manure, the locals bowed to the inevitable. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, christened by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in 2006, welcomes all-comers today with a museum of memorabilia and a yearround concert schedule.

In case you’re wondering, Woodstock didn’t happen in Woodstock which is 70km from the true site, White Lake in Bethel Woods. Woodstock Ventures had wanted to hold the festival in their namesake town because artists like Bob Dylan and The Band lived there but thousands of locals objected, including Dylan himself!

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It’s hard to tell how likeable A-list stars are sometimes, since every time one appears on The Ellen Show or The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, they all seem funny, talented, and charming.

There is indeed something in the Hollywood machinery that produces stars that are difficult to rival in terms of all-round talent. Celebrities like Tom Cruise can sing, dance, and – of course – act, with many having invested several years in acting school. Did you know, for instance, that Lady Gaga – best known for her pop hits – studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute for 10 years?

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om Cruise is a bit like that – a jack of all trades. We’ve seen him as the cocky leading man in Top Gun, been moved to the core in performances such as his Oscar-nominated one in Born on the Fourth of July, and rocked alongside him in the musical, Rock of Ages. Come to think of it, Cruise protagonised what is undoubtedly the quintessential choreography of the 20th century – the Risky Business dance scene, lip-singing to Bob Seger’s Old Time Rock and Roll.

Top Gun’s Maverick is also incredibly likeable. Say what you will of him, but he generates passion in people; you either love him or hate him. In the 1980s, when Cruise first hit the big screen in films like The Outsiders, he was, to many viewers, rather annoying owing to his cocky

self-asuredness.

However, Cruise is relentless and in time, viewers grew to appreciate his work ethic and commitment. Anybody that gives heart and soul to their craft, risking life and limb to go where no man has gone before, merits respect… which is why it is unpleasant to see the actor vilified so often because of his religious or philosophical views. Americans seem to lay great importance on their actors’ and politicians’ personal lives.

In Pursuit of Perfection

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“I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can’t do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I’m going to do something, I go all the way.”

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Currently, for instance, many are boycotting films

by Woody Allen. Actor Timothée Chalamet went so far as to donate his salary from the latest Allen film, A Rainy Day in New York, to three different charities. “I am learning that a good role isn’t the only criteria for accepting a job — that has become much clearer to me in the past few months, having witnessed the birth of a powerful movement intent on ending injustice, inequality and, above all, silence,” said the young actor. Whether or not it is right to boycott films made by controversial people is of course a matter of debate. Is valuable art to be appreciated regardless of the ethics of the creator?

As mentioned above, it is hard to capture what actors are truly like because most A-listers are slicker at PR than a presidential press advisor.

I was fortunate enough to hear an anecdote by . She had been my work colleague at to New York on holiday and attended a baseball game. Tom Cruise, of all people, was there. My colleague said that he stayed for hours after the game – something I since read he has become famous for – in order to sign photographs and take pictures with fans. He smiled throughout the process – a huge lesson in professionalism for many actors who are bothered and angry when a fan stops them for a mere autograph. Do they not realise exactly who funds their lavish lifestyles?

I am a fan of this Tom Cruise; the mature, 50-something-year-old who is less cocky but every

bit as charming. That smile! Brad Pitt and George Clooney may have faces that are closer to the Platonic ideal but none of them have the same naughty appeal as Tom Cruise. Far from softening with age, he is every bit as hungry, every inch as committed to giving body, mind, and soul, to every single project.

Recently, while filming the latest Mission Impossible film (Mission: Impossible – Fallout), Cruise literally climbed up a long rope to get to the pilot’s seat of a helicopter, kicked the pilot out and recovered control before the helicopter plunged into the jagged mountain range. Cruise likes to do his stunts himself, but this one took plenty of work. Cruise’s stunt coordinator, Wade Eastwood, told Thrillist.com that the actor "maintains a very strict physical fitness with physiotherapy and preventative stuff for his body so he's always ready for everything." Each stunt, says Eastwood, requires Cruise’s trainer to hone in one specific part of his body; for the rope climb, it was crucial, for instance, to work on finger strength. It was also during the filming of Mission: Impossible – Fallout that Cruise broke his ankle while leaping from one building to another – incredible considering the actor is now 57.

Fans are currently excited about a film that was set to air this year but whose release date has been pushed to summer, 2020 – Top Gun: Maverick, in which Cruise reprises his role as pilot Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell. This time Cruise is

no longer the arrogant student, but the teacher who has to put up with a bunch of pupils who are even more self-loving than he; Goose (his best friend) and Iceman (his eternal rival, played by the sinfully handsome Val Kilmer) were in their youth.

We know little about the sequel, but we do know that Kilmer will be returning in his first appearance since being diagnosed with throat cancer a few years ago. Kelly McGillis (who plays his love interest; remember You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling on the dukebox?) will not be back. Instead, the gorgeous Jennifer Connelly will be stirring things up romantically in the new film.

Because Tom Cruise has been portrayed so poorly in many American talkshows, it is refreshing to see that he continues to smash box office records in many parts of the world. His films are nearly always top sellers in Europe and Asia (and Japan is officially nuts about him). It is always gratifying to see someone who has stood the test of time, especially when they have literally risked their lives for something as important as art. I always get excited about talented new actors; Daniel Kaluuya, Timothée Chalamet, and Miles Teller (who will also be starring in Top Gun: Maverick) easily rival the very best actors of older generations, but there will always be room for Tom Cruise in my film viewing repertoire. I don’t download or buy his films either; they are always larger than life, beautifully shot, and worth watching on the big screen, box of popcorn in one hand, Diet Coke in the other. e

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ALEJANDRO BARRIONUEVO AND ARTEQUUS THEATRE

Artistic Passion on Horseback

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here is somewhat of a misconception when it comes to Andalusian equestrian art, and it is that it exclusively involves the choreographed horse-human performances developed by the Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre.

The equestrian arts are in fact far richer, as is evidenced by Artequus Teatro, founded by internationally renowned equestrian artist, Miguel

Barrionuevo. This theatre has a very different aim: that of telling stories.

The company, based in Churriana, puts on fantasy-filled performances fully created and designed by Miguel’s son Alejandro. Miguel sadly passed away four years ago, but the company continues to thrive – so much so that on the day of our interview, Alejandro and his team of artists (riders, dancers, singers, and of course, horses) has

just returned from a tour comprising Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, and France. Two days after our meeting the company would be heading to Saudi Arabia. “We travel by road when in Europe but when we have to, we fly the whole crew – 20 people and 15 horses. Our horses are very much used to travelling by now and we rely on trusted transport companies to ensure all runs smoothly.”

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“Riding a horse is the best way I can express what I feel.

Equestrian art enables me to shape my ideas and reveal the way I see the world, humanity, what we are and all of our existence. When I mount a horse I am converted into an immensely sensitive man; I am able to close my eyes and feel the world in a way that is impossible when my feet are on the ground. Horses, in their majesty and beauty, have shown me how great life is” Alejandro Barrionuevo

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BREAKING NEW GROUND “My father was a pioneer in the equestrian arts,” Alejandro says proudly. He was the first person to put on a large-scale theatrical equestrian dance show. He founded the company 25 years ago and included elements never before seen in this type of show.” When I ask Alejandro what ‘large-scale’ means, he answers, “Playing to an audience of five or six thousand, in a sizeable theatre.”

Size isn’t the only thing that makes a difference; so too is the nature of the art performed. “There is a big element of fantasy in our shows. We combine various art forms, with some artists on the ground and others on horseback. We sing and dance, and there are aerial performances as well. The music is live and composed in-house.” Don’t expect the

shows to be flamenco-centred, either. “I am more into meditation than flamenco,” he smiles, his warmth and gentleness making evident why he is a perfect match for his stunning horses, most of which are Spanish/Portuguese breeds (though the company also has Arabian horses).

A LOVE OF ART Alejandro has always been passionate about acting, and he studied this craft at the Escuela de Arte Dramático de Málaga. He also has a diploma in design and illumination – both of which are key aspects of his show. “The lighting is gentle on the horses; it doesn’t flicker or bombard them. Rather, it gently follows the actors as they make their way through the stage.”

TELLING A STORY Artequus’ latest show, called Unalome (named after the symbol that represents the path to enlightenment in Buddhism) is a clear manifestation of Alejandro’s interest in Eastern philosophy and religion. The show, set in Japan, tells the story of life – from birth to death. Some scenes have human actors; others let the horses do the ‘talking’. “In one scene,” says Alejandro, “we let the horses loose on stage. Some of them run, some lie down, some play, a couple will nibble at each other. This scene represents youth, strength, the fight to move forward, energy.” The start of the show is stunning, with Alejandro wearing a flowing robe with a long string representing the umbilical cord (birth). The final scene – death – sees both the horse and Alejandro fall to the ground.

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EVER-CHANGING STORY Because horses are involved (soon, geese and other animals will also be part of the show), the performances are never static.

“You never know what the horses will do so you have to know how to adapt the scene. We always have a plan A, B, C, D, and E. We don’t have a plan F though sometimes we need it! I remember that on the night of the lunar eclipse in July last year, the show was total chaos,” he laughs.

“One night, in the final scene, when the horse and I fell to the ground, the other horses – who usually run outside the stage – all came up to me to see if I was alright.” The scene was beautiful and sweet, but of course, dangerous. “A team of horses running close

by can be dangerous, as they can unwittingly trample you.”

MUSIC SETS THE SCENE Music is another big part of every show. For Unalome, I took various pieces as inspiration – Japanese music, Tibetan bowls, flutes, guitar music – all these elements contributed to the score. Alejandro is into various musical styles. “Sometimes, I fuse styles like Korean and flamenco music.”

WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS Alejandro’s great plan is to give the horses increasingly greater freedom in the show.

“A horse is so beautiful simply being, that we hope to get to a stage in which they can

create their own choreographies onstage.

Have you ever watched a team of horses in the countryside? You could observe them for two hours straight without getting bored.”

Artequus will be performing shows in Saudi Arabia in the upcoming months.

However, they occasionally perform at home (at the Artequus Theatre in Alhaurín de la Torre) and will be doing so some time in the autumn (around October, Alejandro tells me).

If you are up for a show of the highest calibre, one that is dazzling royalty and celebrities across the globe, stay tuned to our What’s Cool section and refresh Artequus Theatre’s website, where their upcoming local shows will be announced. i www.artequusteatro.com

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There are but a few names more synonymous with elegant, striking designs, as Ferrari. The Maranello-based automotive pioneers are responsible for producing some of the most iconic, poignant, technologically advanced and visually-stirring vehicles of all time.

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POWER OF IDOLS Ferrari may be one of few motoring manufacturers to have surpassed a ‘golden era’ of its vehicles, based purely on the fact that the cars they produce have always been, and continue to be, such wonderfully engineered machines: from the spine-tingling symphonies of the 250 GTO or 275 GBT, to the bulging hips and bubbled arches of the 330 P3;

the overwhelming presence, lure and cacophony of the legendary F40, or the menace of the enormous slatted intakes of the F512 Testarossa. All featured industry-leading design and technology in their respective eras, and all have stood the test of time for motoring fans and casual admires alike. These are cars which appeared on posters that

adorned bedroom walls; those that ignited passions which would transcend generations.

In fitting homage to some of it’s most famous road-going and track-bred automobiles, Ferrari has announced the new and highly exclusive Icona Series – a respectful nod to the past while embracing the technological future.

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TWO BARCHETTAS The first vehicles announced as part of the new Icona line-up are the Monza SP1 and SP2. I should open by clarifying that these sensational looking roadsters are not concept cars, or 1950s barchetta-influenced design exercises – they are in fact production vehicles that a fortunate few have been invited to purchase.

Numbers will be extremely limited, as expected, with Ferrari producing a total of just 499 personalised units. Prices are reflective for this low build-number road-racer

– initial outlay before bespoke options will set you back a cool €1.6 million.

Available in both single-seat and two seat configurations, these Monza SPs are promised to be a harmonious assault on the senses, as well as a feast for the eyes. Void of any windows or roof, and featuring only a ‘virtual’ windscreen, the Monza SP will take open-top road driving to an entirely new pinnacle.

Ferrari’s personally selected

clients will be able to specify one seat or two during each custom build. It’s expected that significantly more SP2s will eventually hit the market; but if you’re in pursuit of a true future collector’s relic, the soloseat SP1 is likely to prove a much rarer beast, and subsequently a more fruitful long-term investment.

The new aluminium chassis is derived from the outstanding 812 Superfast, and all the coachwork is completely bespoke. Sculpted entirely from carbon-fibre, the

outer shell features design cues that harp back to retro-racers of the early 1950s. The sleek side profile boasts an elegant, minimalist silhouette. Even the painted carbon body panels look taut and poised.

The long hood dramatically slopes down to house the huge front grille and exposed carbon-fibre splitter, taking a clear influence from cars like the 375 MM. The classic roadster proportions are perfect – giving a sense of purpose and speed and agility.

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The cabin is set back, hidden behind the drawn, unapologetic nose. The design of the cockpit stays true to the cars exterior philosophy, providing only modern spartan essentials to its occupants. It’s an environment that commands attention and focus.

The driver’s view is graced by a large analogue tachometer, twinned with two digital screens set into the cluster. The seats comprise of singular carbon-fibre tubs, dressed in tailored leather – fit for any modern gentlemen racer.

Behind the driver, a huge rear buttress greets the crown of the seat and flows rearward to the tail, akin to the Monza 750. The rear clam is adorned with a single, delicate curved line of light – a line you can

follow through every panel of the car – giving a clean, contemporary look to the rear. Jutting angled exhaust tips are present on both rear flanks, providing occupants and bystanders with a soundtrack to remember.

Beneath the minimalist flowing lines of the outer shell sit some simple 21 inch, 5-spoke wheels – the largest ever fitted to a production model Ferrari.

Housed comfortably under the hood is the sublime 6.5 litre V12 from the Superfast. The engine has been mildly tweaked and is now slightly up on power – producing a staggering 798 mechanical horsepower and 530 lbs-ft of torque – making it the most powerful naturally aspirated motor Ferrari has ever produced. This

pounding heart is mated to Ferrari’s current generation 7-speed dualclutch transmission, again borrowed from the 812. Combined with the SP1’s quoted dry-weight of just 1500kg, performance figures are as mind-bending as you’d expect – with ballistic acceleration to 100km/h in just 2.9 seconds and 200 km/h a mere 7.9 seconds. It’s pure theatre.

HERITAGE AND PROGRESS The finished product is something I can only describe as brutish and elegant in equal measure. It’s a car that exists purely because of other motoring icons that I, and many others, have adored since childhood. The Monza SP1 is a realised accumulation of automotive

excellence, spanning over seven decades. If its design and execution serve only one purpose – I think it’s joy. It’s for the pleasure of driving. It’s for a shared passion for motorcars.

It’s a celebration of heritage and progress.

Unfortunately, like so many legendary Scuderia badge-bearing vehicles from the past, many of these new 499 cars will end up under covers, sat gathering dust in private collections, barely amassing more than delivery miles on the clock.

But as with anything built with such purpose, it’s unarguable in my mind that something so special, that has been meticulously designed and ruthlessly tested, is made to be driven and enjoyed. e

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ASTON MARTIN DBS SUPERLEGGERA Aston Martin doesn’t follow the norm when it comes to super GT cars. Don’t look for dramatic, waist-high bodywork littered with ducts and spoilers on any models from the revered British carmaker. Aston Martins have always maintained a traditional design ethic that’s easy to trace back to the earliest of its models. WORDS TONY WHITNEY

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ne glance at Aston Martin’s 2019 flagship DBS Superleggera and it still brings to mind the DB4 of the late fifties and early sixties. That heritage look is where the comparison ends though, for under the bonnet of the svelte car sits a 5.2-litre twin-turbo V-12 that develops a very impressive 715-horsepower, a figure even James Bond would be awed by.

The power and performance of the

new Aston places it firmly in the ranks of the best super GT cars out there and few rivals can match the elegance of this car.

The Superleggera (‘super light’ in Italian) has a very special timeless elegance, an Aston Martin trademark that ensures even cars built 20 or more years ago still look fresh and appealing.

The car is related to the DB11 model but it’s made considerably lighter by

extensive use of carbon fibre for the bodywork. Much of the performance results from an excellent power-toweight ratio, though a twin turbo V-12 has enough pep to endow even a heavy car with superior acceleration figures.

We looked at the coupé, but recently a Volante (roadster) variant was announced, conjuring up exciting thoughts of 300+ km/h with the top down.

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Z ENGINE: 5.2-litre twin turbo V-12, 715-hp.

Z TRANSMISSION: 8-speed automatic rear mounted transaxle.

Z ACCELERATION: Zero to 100 km/h in 3.4-seconds.

Z TOP SPEED: Approx. 340-km/h.

Z I LIKED: Great power levels and handling to match. Outstanding styling in timeless good taste. Beautifully finished and detailed. Generous luggage space for a car like this, underlining its grand touring role.

Z I DIDN’T LIKE: No all-wheel drive option.

Z MARKET ALTERNATIVES: MercedesAMG S65 Coupé, Bentley Continental GT Supersports, Ferrari 812 Superfast and, GTC4Lusso.

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The styling is undeniably graceful and elegant.

It does look aggressive and purposeful, but everything is in the most impeccable good taste, something Aston Martin has been getting right for years. It’s a grand touring car in the best traditions, combining thrilling performance and handling with great practicality. Unlike many cars in this class, it has decent luggage space and even the rear seats in this 2+2 are quite usable. The boot will certainly take four fairly large soft bags, so crosscontinental road trips are well within its scope.

The quilted hip-hugging leather seats are a joy to behold and the interior ambiance is outstanding Like most cars in this price class, the DBS Superleggera bristles with technology and much of this comes with the basic model. There’s a

360-degree camera with parking distance display, a critical aid in preserving the car’s scrupulously finished bodywork. Also on the roster is an integrated satnav and all the connectivity features one could want, including Bluetooth for streaming music from an iPhone or iPod. At the heart of all this is a large central screen that’s very easy to navigate.

Although just about everybody will be happy with this Aston ‘right out of the box,’ there is a very extensive range of extras available, plus various upgrade packages.

Aston Martin boss Dr. Andy Palmer calls his new model “obsessively engineered and outrageously potent” and few could raise an argument against that. e

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AUGUST IS ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING MONTHS OF THE YEAR IN MARBELLA, WITH THE STARLITE FESTIVAL IN FULL SWING. DISCOVER OTHER MUSICAL EVENTS AND, IF YOU’RE SHOPPING FOR TECH, FIND INSPIRATION IN OUR LIST OF TOP SMARTPHONES.

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» DIRECTOR Lino DiSalvo (in his debut film) » GENRE Animation » VOICES Daniel Radcliffe, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jim Gaffigan

Playmobil: The Movie

Playmobil may have sometimes been played off as Lego’s uncool younger sibling, but this movie promises to change all that. It tells the tale of a young girl who experiences an existential crisis when she is unwittingly transformed into a Playmobil figure.

» DIRECTOR Gene Stupnitksy (The Office) » GENRE Comedy » CAST Jacob Tremblay, Retta, Molly Gordon

Good Boys

Do you remember how cool Ferris Bueller and friends were on that fateful day that they decided to take off school and enjoy the best their city had to offer? This film plays on the same idea, but uses younger kids to celebrate ideals like freedom and independence. Talented actor Jacob Tremblay (Room) leads a fabulous cast in this story of three teenage kids who skip school, embark on a perilous journey while accidentally transporting stolen drugs, and try to make their way back home in time for an epic party.

» DIRECTOR Max Minghella (in his debut film) » GENRE Drama » CAST Elle Fanning, Archie Madekwe, Agnieszka Grochowska

Teen Spirit

Violet (Elle Fanning) is a shy teenager with a talent for singing and a dream of becoming a big star. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she signs up for a local singing competition that will put her integrity and loyalty to the test. He believes in her and gives her one crucial piece of advice: “Sing from your heart.”

» DIRECTOR Nick Bruno (in his debut film) » GENRE Animation » VOICES Will Smith, Tom Holland, Ben Mendelsohn

Spies in Disguise

When Agent Stirling (Will Smith), the world’s top spy, is turned into a pigeon by a mad scientist, he turns to Walter – his nerdy tech officer – to save the world. The duo complement each other perfectly: Walter is smart and inventive while Stirling is smooth, suave, and a tough man of action.

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w THE TRENDcinema Tarantino fans are thrilled to bits, eagerly awaiting this month’s release of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – a thriller set in the 1960s and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. The film received a standing ovation (and the Palme d’Or) at its official debut at the Cannes Festival – exactly 25 years after Tarantino’s last debut at the festival: the unforgettable Pulp Fiction! In Cannes, Tarantino begged audiences to do one big thing for him: not reveal the plot. The element of surprise is key, so we should, perhaps, not share too many details. We stick to just a few elements that make its release so exciting. WORDS MARISA CUTILLAS

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A STAR-STUDDED CAST

Most blockbuster films rely on the pulling power of one leading actor, but Tarantino has always enjoyed the equilibrium afforded by a talented ensemble cast, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is no different. Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio stars as an ageing actor who is hell bent on avoiding the one genre he hates: spaghetti westerns. Brad Pitt is his more ‘chilled’ and ‘together’ stunt double and he is painfully loyal to the narcissistic leading man. Also starring is Margot Robbie (of I,Tonya and The Wolf of Wall Street fame), who will be playing none other than Sharon Tate – Roman Polanski’s wife, murdered by Charles Manson’s clan in 1969. The cast includes Damian Lewis, Emile Hirsch, Dakota Fanning, and Luke Perry (who sadly passed away this year), among many others. Finally, we will delight in a stellar performance by Al Pacino, who plays DiCaprio’s sleazy agent.

A ROLE WORTHY OF SACRIFICE

Because of the star-studded cast, leading man, Leonardo DiCaprio, agreed to a pay cut for the chance to work with one of his favourite directors. They had worked together previously in the utterly brilliant Django Unchained.

SUPER COOL STYLING

Cool brown leather jackets, gold medals, denim galore, and cool cars such as Lincoln Continentals and other supersized American vehicles will be immersing the audience in one of Hollywood’s most glamorous eras. Because much of the action takes place on film sets, we will be treated to some ultra impressive ones – including those featuring scenes from Westerns and World War II.

THE TARANTINO SIGNATURE TOUCH The film features everything Tarantino is famous for – stylised violence, ironic

humour, and unforgettable dialogues.

The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw called this characteristic blend “outrageous, disorientating, irresponsible, and also brilliant.” The film currently has a 92 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Times critic, Ed Potton, praised Tarantino’s consistency: “This is a retro tour de force inhabiting a fully realised world of popular culture – TV, movies, pop music and yes, pulp fiction.”

BRINGING THE 1960S TO LIFE

The film does more than recreate the physical world of the 1960s however. It also features classic stars and events from the era. Steve McQueen, for instance (played by lookalike Welsh actor Damian Lewis), plays a critical role in introducing the lead characters to the love triangle protagonised by Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate, and the latter’s hairdresser Jay Sebring. The latter was

rumoured to have ‘hung around’ Tate in the hopes that she would eventually dump her husband. One of the highlights of the film is a scene in which Brad Pitt’s character spars with ‘Bruce Lee’ (played

by Mike Moh). As the scene hints, the martial arts legend was not always ‘as still as water’.

IT’S ALL ABOUT NOSTALGIA

Tarantino has a deep love for the films of the 1960s and 1970s and although he injects quite a bit of pulp into his latest work, he also honours the glamour, style, and artistry of these decades. Variety hit the nail on the head when it called the film “a heady and engrossing nostalgia piece and love letter to 1960s L.A.” Tarantino is a Hollywood boy at heart and he has paid homage to the land that made him in the only way he knows how: through violence, humour, and plenty of action. e

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While the rest of ONE DIRECTION are said to be up for a reunion, HARRY STYLES wishes to add to his movie CV and has auditioned to play ELVIS in a film about the singer and his manager COLONEL TOM PARKER , who allegedly controlled Presley's career, took half of his earnings, and banned him from touring outside the U.S. because he couldn't leave the country as he was wanted for helping with police inquiries about a 1929 murder in his native Holland. And after his cameo in Bohemian Rhapsody, ADAM LAMBERT, who is currently fronting QUEEN on their US tour, is also up for the role.

TONY HADLEY Marbella's Starlite Festival continues until August 23 and for info on artists and tickets go to starlitemarbella.com Elsewhere there are bound to be tribute acts all along the coast so check your weekly local press for gigs. All information on this page was correct at the time of writing.

ZZ August 3: Fuengirola's Marenostrum Festival has Spanish indie rockers IZAL playing at the castle.

ZZ August 9: Puerto Rican rapper ANNUEL AA is at the Parque Comercial la Cañada, Marbella.

ZZ August 31: Spanish rockers MAREA are at the Auditorio Municipal de Málaga.

Tickets and info for the above: ticketmaster.es 31 years ago this month MICHAEL JACKSON graced Marbella's football ground; now obviously you can't see the real thing but a tribute act is playing Estepona's Plaza de Toros on August 12.

Ticket info: emelleventos.es Meanwhile, the remaining members of The JACKSONS are scheduled to play at Club de Tennis Hotel Puente Romano on August 8 and ex SPANDAU BALLET singer TONY HADLEY is booked to appear two nights later. Ticket info: rocklounge.com The Gibraltar Calling Festival (September 7 & 8) is still adding names to the line-up so check out gibraltarcalling.com for all acts and ticket info.

The Reading and Leeds festivals take place from August 23 with the FOO FIGHTERS, THE 1975 and TWENTY ONE PILOTS headlining. All acts play at both venues over these three-day events and BBC TV will be showing a lot of the action from both live – check their listings for broadcasting details and, like their Glastonbury

coverage, every single festival performance should be live on the BBC iplayer.

After his current tour, which took in Fuengirola last month, ROD STEWART says he plans to "phase out" his rock and pop back catalogue in order to focus on performing jazz standards and show tunes. He has already had discussions about putting together a concert only featuring songs from his Great American Songbook collection.

While the bickering brothers GALLAGHER continue their Supersonic spat in public, the longest running family feud in the biz is finally over as KINKS frontman RAY DAVIES has made up with brother DAVE after decades of no contact. Along with original drummer MICK AVORY they are working on a new album which they plan to release in October to mark the 55th anniversary of their eponymous titled debut back in 1964.

The WHITNEY HOUSTON estate says there's an album of unreleased material on the way that will be presented on the An Evening With Whitney hologram tour plus a Broadway musical and a 'Vegas-style spectacle'. Last month she had her first US Billboard Hot 100 hit in 10 years with a 1990 cover of the STEVE WINWOOD classic Higher Love.

South Korean boy band BTS are expected to take the next step up the popularity ladder when Bring the Soul: The Movie is released in worldwide cinemas on August 7. The film is a behind the scenes look at the K-pop superstars who already have a large following around the globe and are the only boy band in the current Forbes celebrity money list.

AEROSMITH Biopics might be all the rage but ROGER DALTREY wants to make a movie about his WHO band mate KEITH MOON with a difference saying, "It will be the antithesis of Bohemian Rhapsody. I don't want to make a biopic, I want to make a drama". The 'completely out of control genius' drummer died from an overdose aged 32 in 1978.

The day the music fried! – the biz has recently had one of its biggest knockbacks in history when Universal announced that back in 2008 over 500,000 master recordings by some of the biggest names ever over the past 90 years were destroyed in a 24 hour warehouse fire. Unreleased material by the likes of AEROSMITH,

THE EAGLES, ELTON JOHN, GUNS 'N' ROSES, NIRVANA , THE POLICE and RAY CHARLES to name just a few were among “some of Universal's most prized material”.

The spokesperson added, "The loss of these master tapes has been estimated at over $150 million but it's the historical loss that's incalculable".

It's been kept hush-hush all these years and even the artists themselves knew nothing about the fire.

After exploiting Crazy Train by OZZY OSBOURNE on his recent political campaign, D TRUMP has been "forbidden" to use any of his music again by SHARON – if POTUS does use another tune, will he face the wrath of MRS OSBOURNE – only a brave man would? e

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Top Reads to Enjoy in August You’ve got some time left to read a life-changing, entertaining, or thrilling book you can discuss at dinner parties this autumn. We bring you a few suggestions that are currently flying off shelves and being downloaded like mad by e-reading fanatics. WORDS MARISA CUTILLAS THE SECOND MOUNTAIN BY DAVID BROOKS

This best-selling book is an autobiography and memoir by The New York Times columnist, David Brooks. The author argues that it is impossible to find true happiness until you commit to a cause or community. From the time you reach middle age, he notes (when the goals of your early adulthood no longer seem so relevant), mind, body, and spirit yearn to escape the prison of self and find comfort in collectivism. We work hard for the first half of our lives to reach a mountain, he says. The problem is that when we get there, we realise the view isn’t so great after all.

QUEEN BEE BY DOROTHEA BENTON FRANK

Beekeeper Holly McNee Kensen lives quietly on a lonely island, tending to her bees and satisfying her penchant for books by working at the local library. Holly’s main point of human contact is her neighbour, Archie – a widow with two young sons. Her peace is shattered, however, upon the arrival of her flamboyant sister Leslie, who has little in common with her – except for the fact that both sisters are fixated on their neighbour’s love life. Will Archie fall in love with the ‘ice woman’ who has caught his eye and if so, what will happen to his children? Queen Bee is comical and thrilling at once, blending the beauty of country life with a mysterious whodunnit that will keep readers guessing until the very end.

ANTHONY BOURDAIN REMEMBERED BY CNN

Anthony Bourdain may have been known as one of America’s best chefs but he was most greatly praised for his talent with words, both spoken and written. Sadly lost to suicide last year, Bourdain is sorely missed by gourmets and aficionados of his beautiful and deep philosophy on life, love, and of course, food. This beautiful book pays tribute to a man who was one-of-akind. It invites us to commemorate Bourdain’s brilliance by remembering his teachings. The Chef always said that the best thing about food was its ability to bring us together.

SUNSET BEACH BY MARY KAY ANDREWS

Drue Campbell is inspired to accept a role at her father’s legal firm when she inherits a beautiful bungalow in her hometown. Work is no picnic, largely because her father – who was single for many years – is now married to Drue’s frenemy, Wendy. When a suspicious death at a nearby luxury resort seems to implicate her father’s firm, Drue becomes embroiled in an investigation that will reveal her unsuspected talent at sleuthing.

HOWARD STERN COMES AGAIN BY HOWARD STERN

Over his unrivalled four-decade career, radio DJ Howard Stern has interviewed everyone from Presidents to mobsters, rockstars, and rap legends. In this book, he offers a magnum opus of revelations by defining artists of the 21st century.

He speaks about Lady Gaga’s history with cocaine, Madonna’s longforgotten romance with Tupac, and Jerry Seinfeld’s incredible gift for comedy. The book is filled with laughs and serious reflections on the nature of fame, but also details Stern’s transformation from insecure teen to no-bullshit presenter whose name has come to be synonymous with honesty and integrity. e

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1 – THE SAMSUNG GALAXY S10+ This icon has many features that make it a winner in my book: a sturdy yet attractive metallic design, fast wireless charging, reverse wireless charging, a 3.mm jack, and expandable storage. All Samsung S10s (there are three phones in the range) have triple cameras at the back, but what makes the S10+ special is that it has a dual camera setup (unlike the S10, which only has a single selfie shooter). The phone also boasts a 16.256cm QHD + AMOLED display, a super bright screen (which is great for day time), and an ultra-wide angle sensor which come in handy when shooting majestic landscapes.

2 – THE ASUS ZENFONE 6 If you aren’t willing to part with over €1.000 for the latest iPhone but you are prepared to fork out around €590, this phone offers impressive specs and performance, as well as expandable storage, a fantastic user interface, and dual-SIM capacity.

The design is clean and attractive, its blue accents whizzing it into the future with plenty of flair. Gorilla glass and a sturdy aluminium frame make it evident

Picking just five smartphones is difficult at any time, but this year, with so many amazing releases, it is almost imposible. Ultimately, what makes a smartphone ideal depends on the features you most value. Are you after a super high resolution camera, do you want access to the widest gamut of Instagram apps, or is size your main priority? This month, Marisa Cutillas brings you a selection of some of the best phones of the year. that this phone is ideal for sporty folk and those who aren’t shy of adventure.

One of its coolest features is its rotating camera, which swivels upwards from the back of the screen, thus leaving the display completely notch- and cut-outfree. One warning: the Asus Zenfone 6 isn’t waterproof and does not have wireless charging. Still, it boasts a truly gorgeous design for its price. It also offers a potent volume range, making it a good choice for budget-conscious music lovers.

3 – THE GOOGLE PIXEL 3A This phone is also fantastically priced, going for a little less than €400 but boasting what critics call one of the best cameras on the market (even better, say many critics, than the iPhone’s). The camera takes very detailed pics with beautiful, rich colour, even in challenging lighting scenarios – such as foggy days, and moments when you need to shoot against the sun. The phone boasts a simple but practical display and a plastic body, which wrests from its glamour but makes it nice and light. Its specs include the Snapdragon 670 and 4GB of RAM,

which make it a little slower than phones with faster processors but still excellent for its price. Its 14.2cm FHD+OLED screen is great for the price, rivalling the more sophisticated Pixel 3 phone. Two small downsides of this phone include lack of wireless charging and no water resistance.

4 – THE ONEPLUS 7 PRO This phone has one of the most stunning displays on the market; its AMOLED display boasts a 90 Hertz refresh rate, which makes for maximum smoothness. Its bezel is practically non-existent because it has a pop-up camera that only shows up when you need it. It features UFS 3.0 storage, which makes the user experience even smoother. The OnePlus 7 Pro may not be as well known as the iPhone or Samsung Galaxy, but critics are already touting it as the fastest smartphone on the market. It is also ideal for gamers, since its processor (the Snapdragon 855) is one of the most powerful in the world, allowing you to play sophisticated games with killer graphics. You can additionally charge your phone while you are playing without overheating it,

thanks to 10 layers of cooling that keep it at an optimal temperature regardless of whether or not you are using it.

5 – THE IPHONE XS MAX If you’re looking to buy a new iPhone, then exercising patience is probably your best bet, since it is expected that Apple will be announcing the release of the iPhone 11 in early September.

Analysts also predict that Apple will be launching not one, but two 5G iPhones in 2020, so you’d best save your pennies for the near future. If you need a phone asap, of course, you can’t go wrong with the XS Max – the most expensive and largest of its kind. It is only 7.7mm thick and squeezes a 16.51cm display into a casing that is shorter and finer than the iPhone 8 Plus. Don’t be afraid of dropping this baby into the water; it can withstand a two-meter sink for up to half an hour without displaying any signs of damage.

The phone also boasts wireless charging features, an HDR display that provides optimal colour accuracy, incredible brightness, and a stunning new gold finish that makes it the ultimate fashion lover’s accessory. e

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VISUEL UNDERGROUND AT THE NERJA MUSEUM

If you don’t let a summer pass without spending at least one weekend in Nerja, try and make it to Visuel Underground at the Nerja Museum: a joint exhibition by talented contemporary artists including Pabi Chulo, Tine Helleshøj, Claes Otto Jennow, Caroline Krabbe, Nadia Plesner Ludvigsen, Jonas Phil, Mette Rishøj, Ann-Lisbeth Sanvig, Kristian Vodder Svensson, and Lene Winther. The guest artist is Kirsa Andreasen. i Further information, tinehelleshoej@yahoo.dk

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MALAGUEÑO ÁNGEL MEDINA ACES THE WINDSURFING CHALLENGE: TWO CONTINENTS

VÍCTOR&JUNIOR HAUTE COUTURE FASHION SHOW AT DÖSS

ENRIQUE ZOBEL MEMORIAL COMPETITION AT THE SANTA MARÍA POLO CLUB

MARBELLA DESIGN FAIR

Ángel Medina recently achieved a huge goal: that of surfing from Málaga to Melilla without a pause – a feat achieved in 19 hours. This accomplishment has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records, since Ángel travelled 235 kilometres on his board and crossed the waters between two continents. i www.avancedeportivo.info

Nine teams comprising top polo players from across the globe competed in the recent Enrique Zobel Memorial. The action took place at the Puente de Hierro polo field in Sotogrande, while the audience enjoyed drinks and the exciting live play. i www.santamariapoloclub.com

Döss is a pretty cool spot to host any event, but it was a particularly chic backdrop to the recent haute couture fashion show by Víctor&Junior. Some 56 outfits by this Valencian fashion house graced the catwalks, as they have done in a host of cities recently – including Durango, Cancún, Monterrey, Jalisco, and Mexico City. i www.dossmarbella.com

The Marbella Design Fair was a big hit as usual, lighting the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos with the magic of interior design. Firms from across the nation gathered to present their vision and to enjoy talks on design by a host of prominent speakers. The bar area was designed by Viteri Lapeña, a premiere firm from Madrid. i www.marbelladesignfair.com

HUBERTUS HOHENLOHE CLOSES THE ‘ENCUENTROS CON LA CULTURA’ SEASON AT CASINO MARBELLA

Hubertus Hohenlohe was the last person to star for the summer season at Encuentros con la Cultura: a regular event held by journalist Amparo de la Gama, with a view to enriching Marbella’s cultural life. The theme of the evening was Hohenlohe: The lineage of the family that made Marbella. i www.casinomarbella.com ESSENTIALMAGAZINE.COM AUGUST 2019 / 123

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Casa del Mar | Marbesa Marbella. Currently for sale through Engel & Völkers. One of Ambience’s latest projects – furnished to sell.

An exquisitely furnished property down to the last detail. The home is totally ready for its new owner to move in

Design for Life Arises from Good Ideas For Andrea Böck, founder and Creative Director of Ambience Home Design, one of the most rewarding moments in her profession is her clients’ first, emotionfilled viewing of their newly refurbished home. It is fascinating to think that many high-end buyers who may have owned lavish homes throughout their lives might have never lived in one that was designed by and for them from start to finish – from major construction works to the tiniest detail that can nevertheless have a powerful impact on the emotions. For a creator, nothing quite equals the sensation of seeing what was once a handful of ideas, deconstructed and reshaped into the fusion of the client’s desires and the designers’ talents, born of a wealth of influences, interests, and inspirations.

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Lake Garda, Italy. This luxury apartment was fully re-designed and furnished by Ambience.

Using materials such as black and white marble, cement finish room dividers, wooden wall claddings, and floors to achieve a dramatic but yet relaxing home

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mbience is a multiple award-winning interior architecture firm that has brought luxury residential and commercial projects to life the world over. “We are a market leader in turnkey renovation projects, both in Spain and abroad,” says Andrea, whose company started out as a three-person firm in San Pedro in 2002.

Today, she employs 26 people, some 12 of whom are creatives – Interior Designers, Architects and CGI Specialists. The firm carries out the interior design project and the full reformation, taking care of “everything from major architectural changes to finding the perfect door hinge.”

Ambience has made its mark both nationally and internationally, with projects that range from a luxurious seaside mansion in Estepona to a chic contemporary villa just outside of Amsterdam.

Recent asignments have additionally been carried out in the UK, Germany, Italy and Belgium. The latest international project is a condo in Hong Kong.

Extremely detailed design of a five-bedroom equestrian estate in Spain

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A look through Ambience’s completed projects on their website will instantly reveal the powerful emotional reaction caused by the firm’s interiors. Each project draws the eye towards different spaces and light plays a key role in making a home comfortable, warm, and liveable. From airy, high ceilings with delicate designer lighting features to intricately carved wooden doors and ceilings, the inviting sheen of bespoke furniture pieces and art, or the youthful appeal of a light wooden Scandinavian kitchen, each home or commercial project is completely distinct. “Ambience doesn’t have a ‘signature look’. We consistently recreate styles, which we have to do, since every client is different.

‘Signature’ means redoing the same thing over and over again and we are all about personalisation.”

Because Andrea’s creative team is 12-strong, each project begins with them bouncing ideas off each other. These are immensely subjective, based on each designer’s background, training and interests, but also the images, memories, films, and

music that have shaped them. Meetings with clients also take their time, says Andrea. “To obtain the client brief we spend various hours going through their wishes as well as image galleries. When they say they love something, we ask them why. We dig deep into their taste and style, trying to come to the perfect point between what they originally envisioned and what the property calls for.”

A good designer must be a great listener. Before giving life to a new space or completely eradicating what came before, the design team must start with the very reason why the client purchased their new home. Once purpose and style are elicited the team can get to work. Ambience deals with a host of specialist firms from Italy, Germany and the U.S. – including Meridiani, Poltrona Frau, Living Divani, Zanotta, MisuraEmme, Cassina, Flos, and Vibia, to name a few.

When asked how she would describe these suppliers, Andrea notes, “Italian design is more straightforward and contemporary, while Portuguese and American designers are a little more playful.”

A home in Budapest. An interior design and architectural project under construction. Cold greys from the stone wall cladding and the fabrics mix in with the warm natural woods of the floor and wall and ceiling claddings

Only an array of richly textured fabrics and materials can achieve an outcome like this – the master bedroom of the famous La Perla Blanca mansion.

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Marbella Centre Kitchen. For this luxury apartment, Ambience opted for an on-site hand painted kitchen in combination with imported barn wood. Kitchen tiles were mixed randomly into the wooden planks to archive an elegant yet contemporary, playful look

A 3D image of a master bathroom in a Marbella Villa.

A beautiful blend of metallic wallpaper, wood, and calacatta marble create a ‘wow’ factor

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Bathroom in a Sierra Blanca villa. Ambience mixed two vastly different natural stones with wood and black accessories. A simple coral sculpture was added for a soft finishing touch

Ambience works closely with local craftsmen in Spain, who give life to bespoke piece with the styles, dimensions and finishes required by the client. Pieces such as large-size fireplaces with inset televisions, delicate bath ceiling lights, signature kitchen lights, artistically tiled floors, or huge walk-in wardrobes all work together to transform a home into a thing of beauty as well as a source of comfort. “True harmony is only possible when interior architecture and interior design are in sync,” says Andrea. At Ambience, the team comprises architects and interior designers who together ensure that the final outcome is not just aesthetically pleasing but also sturdy, reliable, and sufficiently welldesigned to last a lifetime.

Author Amy Harmon could very well have been speaking of interior architecture and

design when she said that, "True beauty, the kind that doesn't fade or wash off, takes time.

It takes incredible endurance. It is the slow drip that creates the stalactite, the shaking of the Earth that creates mountains, the constant pounding of the waves that breaks up the rocks and smooths the rough edges.” Ambience is a team that knows the importance of taking time to create design and bring it to life.

Andrea notes, “We take four to six weeks for a complete proposal, which includes high quality 3D Images. Technology is fantastic; it enables a client to see exactly what the final product will look like… but creating such a detailed proposal requires time.”

Once the project design obtains the seal of approval, work begins, with Andrea supervising every stage of the works to ensure

everything goes to plan. When asked if clients normally visit the project during construction, Andrea answers in the negative, noting that there is nothing better than unravelling the final result, “as though it were a Christmas present.” The reaction is every bit as powerful, with some clients fighting back a tear or two.

This is probably because a completely new construction or refurbishment must reflect the delicate balance of a client’s mental, emotional, and spiritual needs, and a designer’s ability to listen, shape, and build the place where we live, love, and laugh – our home.

g Bulevar Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe s/n, C.C. Poveda, Local 6, Marbella.

Tel: 952 858 699. www.ambiencehomedesign.com

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EMOTIONAL DESIGNS FOR AUTHENTIC LIVING Established in 2002, Ambience is an International recognized Interior Design & Architecture firm based in Marbella. We are experts in full refurbishments and deliver breathtaking turnkey projects to our clients around the globe.

From the initial design concept, to the placement of the last design detail, our talented and multilingual team will supervise all aspects of the project to transform our clients’ two-dimensional dreams into a three-dimensional reality.

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Known for its elegant furniture and décor designs, AALTO Exclusive Design on the Golden Mile is specialised in creating sumptuos interior solutions for homes and commercial premises of all kinds.

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Contemporary style with a timeless appeal

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lready established as a respected interior furnishing brand, AALTO has grown in the past year to become a one-stop shop for design solutions. Led by Ness Yammine and his partner Francisco Leiva, AALTO Exclusive Design benefits not just from a beautifully styled collection of luxury wooden furniture, but can offer the flexibility of having its own carpentry production facility in Málaga. This, combined with its multi-brand interior design studio, its showroom on the Golden Mile in Marbella, and the presence of skilled interior stylists, enables the company to provide both its private and professional clientele with bespoke solutions to their décor requirements, leading to tailor made project designs, built to their own unique taste, budget and planning specifications.

“A motto we like to transmit to our interior design concepts is the idea of ‘living big’, meaning that life should be lived and enjoyed

fully, and your home’s or even office’s décor should reflect and facilitate that idea,” says Jana Novakova, lead designer at AALTO Exclusive Design. “The homes we live in and spaces we spend a lot of time in should be practical, visually pleasing and fill us with a sense of wellbeing, and naturally this also extends itself to holiday homes, which execute an important role in helping busy people to relax and recharge their batteries. They too should be a source of joy and a place we want to keep coming back to.”

Home design should therefore be pleasing on an aesthetic and sensory level while fulfilling a practical functionality, and yes, also endowed with an exciting wow factor. “We always work from a basis of practicality and functionality, but our design inspiration comes from this concept of creating beautiful spaces that please and inspire their occupants,” says Jana. “The

majority of our projects are luxury holiday homes and residences in prime locations, where we use our love of noble natural materials such as quality wood, stone and metals in combination with the soft furnishings that provide the sense of comfort and homely feeling.”

AALTO’s beautifully styled furniture pieces form a focal point in large, luxurious homes. The company’s interior design studio and manufacturing facility also have the ability to adapt individual pieces and entire décors to seamlessly fit into different sizes and configurations, therefore building the interior design concept around the shape and ambience of your home. AALTO’s style is mostly contemporary, but enriched with a bit of Gustavian inspiration – which is in itself a uniquely Swedish take on French classicism – and touches of mid-century and different eclectic décor traditions.

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Bespoke rooms and engineering solutions

INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIO/BESPOKE PRODUCTION AALTO is a multi-brand interior design studio that offers high-end, luxury brand furniture, accessories, lighting, flooring and curtains, alongside its own line of 70 pieces of luxury furniture distributed in Europe and Miami under the brand name AALTO Collection. “In our production units in Málaga we produce the AALTO Collection as well as custom made bespoke pieces, which include furnishing and upholstery that you cannot buy off the shelf anywhere else,” says majority partner and Managing Director, Ness Yammine. The level of flexibility offered by the brand makes it possible not only to create custom-fit furniture and decorative elements for your home, but also to customise built-in doors, special wall panelling, TV or chimney walls, and also ensure the kitchen matches the overall décor.

A UNIQUE DESIGN “As AALTO is both a furniture brand that designs and manufactures its own collections, and an interior design studio that works with its clients to create bespoke décor solutions, we can offer the best of both worlds within any combination of the two,” says Jana.

Working with our own furniture pieces and multi-brand design elements, our design teams can create a great variety of styles, from modern and minimalist to eclectic, Nordic, mid-century and shabby chic. Since we have projects across Europe, parts of the Middle East and the USA, we are exposed to many different design and architectural styles, as well as factors such as location, views and sunlight, and this makes our work very diverse and exciting.”

Within the Marbella showroom you will

find primarily furniture and upholstery in light neutral colours adapted to our local setting.

The styles are primarily contemporary, while the lighting adds ambience and the decorative pieces are selected to provide impact with tasteful but eye-catching tones and designs. “At AALTO we really offer an optimal coming together of design skill and craftsmanship, with each project controlled by a lead designer who ensures the desired textures, tones and finishes are perfectly coordinated from the drawing board to the factory and ultimately, the fitting in your home,” says Ness.

“It ensures almost complete freedom of creative and practical design, and also allows us to offer European manufacturing quality at competitive prices. For our clients, this is the perfect blend of ingredients.”

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Home designs for every room and for commercial premises

PRIVATE AND PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SOLUTIONS While many of its clients are the owners of private homes and holiday properties, AALTO Exclusive Design also works on commercial projects for the professional sector, creating bespoke interior styling solutions for commercial premises such as beauty salons, barber shops and a variety of boutique projects, as well as styling show homes for developers such as Aedas (Vanian Valley), Terra Realty (Byu Hills), Prime Invest (The Cape) and Mena Capital (Marbella Club Hills). The brand also produces furnishing packages for homeowners and in particular investors wishing to rent out their holiday

properties, and caters to a wide range of budgets.

“Our field, like so many, is a very competitive one, and I have always believed that ultimately it is competence and hard team work that sets you apart, regardless of the industry you are in,” says Ness, who has recently taken a controlling share in the business, and together with his valued partner, Francisco, in the production facility in Málaga, is working hard to keep advancing the quality, design creativity, flexibility and price competitiveness of their offering.

“These are our strong points and we want to consolidate them even further. To aid us do so on an international level, we have

recently availed ourselves of the support of several renowned international consultants, who will be adding their creativity to our manufacturing skills and helping us to present a new 2020 collection at the MOM Salon in Paris next January, as well as assisting us to source and streamline our suppliers to keep improving on the services we offer to our residential and commercial clients.” g AALTO EXCLUSIVE DESIGN Avda. Bulevar Príncipe Alfonso de Hohenlohe, Urb. Carolina Park Local L, Marbella.

Tel: (+34) 951 919 092. www.aaltoexclusivedesign.com

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For all the talk of modern architecture, it is not often that you come across new designs that shift the paradigm and present truly innovative concepts for the future. José Carlos Moya and his team are doing just that from their studio in San Pedro Alcántara.

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The Urban design currently under construction on the New Golden Mile

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he post-war era was a period of unbridled possibilities and technology-driven futuristic ideas. Modern architecture was in its second youth, led by iconic designers such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen and Oscar Niemeyer, and while many focused on creating the straight-angled, glass-and-steel structures that continue to proliferate today, others threw their rulers away and sculpted sensually flowing lines whose geometry was an interplay of parabolic curves.

This led to the creation of villas that have become iconic and remain futuristic more than fifty years later. The product of advanced engineering and innovative design, these ‘sculpted’ homes, often rotating on raised pedestals, look like UFOs surveying the more mundane urban landscapes they overlook.

Their evocatively rounded, open-plan interiors capture the zeitgeist of an era when exciting new possibilities were being explored, following

a path originally trod by Frank Lloyd Wright that takes us right into the present.

SUNHOUSE 360° Modern architectural styles and open-plan interiors are back ‘in’, but for the rest things haven’t changed much. Homes still pretty much do what they’ve always done, only in a more rectangular way with lots of glass, but José Carlos Moya and the young team at his San Pedro studio are exploring new horizons, working with new technologies, efficiencies and also experimenting with the latest materials to find the optimal mix of weight, durability and low maintenance.

The result is the Sunhouse 360° – a villa that is very different from anything you’re likely to have seen before, unless you’ve been to Villa Spies in Sweden, the Elrod House in Palm Springs (which not surprisingly featured in a Bond movie) or the villa once owned by

Bob Hope – like the Elrod also a creation of futuristic architect John Lautner. He also penned the Malin Residence in Los Angeles, otherwise named the Chemosphere for its UFO-like shape.

Where these iconic homes were early pioneering eccentricities, the Sunhouse 360° is a serious proposition for the 21st century.

Built of lightweight materials with energyefficient and durable qualities, this luxurious ground-breaking property features not only modern design but also the latest materials and technologies integrated into a concept that fits right into our new technological era.

José Carlos Moya is the co-founder of Sunhouse, a company specialised in constructing the Sunhouse 360º rotating villas.

The villa currently under construction is the Urban model, one of a series of varying designs and sizes that suit different needs, but all share the same rotating principle.

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A central connection point between floors

AVANT-GARDE AND OPTIMALLY EFFICIENT Set upon a rotating platform driven by powerful yet noiseless electric engines, the home derives its name from the fact that it can rotate a full 360 degrees on its axis – following the sun for optimal comfort when you need warmth, and keeping it at an angle if it is cooling shade you’re after. In doing so, the villa can be set to provide not only optimal comfort in terms of light and the maintenance of an even ambient temperature, but also accompanies this with unheard of levels of energy efficiency and associated cost-saving – up to 70%, in fact.

The rotating mechanism can operate from solar energy panels integrated into the roof, but this avant-garde home is futuristic for so many more reasons – not least because it looks like it belongs in the 21st century, is advanced in terms of technology and offers an exciting rounded living space that is more homely and welcoming than square-rigged layouts. Indeed, it suits the open-plan format beautifully, and reduces the need for long, narrow corridors, allowing the different living spaces to be intimate and private, yet also interconnected.

Flowing open-plan interiors

By the same token, a spacious living and dining room connected to a kitchen and terrace will not feel like an expansive, empty space, but flow together nicely in a way that optimises easy communication within the house. At the core of the building is a central distribution shaft that can be fitted out either as a stylishly spiralling stairwell or a sleek glass lift – or both – as the current range of designs for the Sunhouse 360° envisages two floors.

Comfortable modern living

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A design concept for the Sunhouse 360º Optimal views are ensured from every room

BACK TO THE FUTURE – IN MARBELLA

Retro-futuristic design that revisits a modern-classic 1960s theme

The feel is certainly retro-futuristic for those with a recollection of the other-worldly 1960s homes that inspired the genre, inviting one to create sunken lounges with panoramic views enjoyed from comfortable sofas in a wonderfully rounded configuration. This format also brings the panoramic views a home of this kind should have into focus, and as the home moves the outlook varies along with it, ensuring all the rooms in the villa can enjoy sea, mountain, town and golf views on a regular basis. In many respects it is the best of all worlds and a wonderful way to add excitement to a property sector that is looking for new inspiration.

Imagine life in a home like this and you imagine the future. Having garnered a great deal of excitement with this project, José Carlos Moya is developing the concept through a series of complementary designs, the main one of which is the Urban, though the smaller Compact variant also offers great potential not just for private homeowners but also investors in commercial projects.

“The interest is coming from across the country and Europe, and even beyond, but our first launch villa is being constructed close to Estepona, giving the Costa del Sol a rare first in architectural terms. We hope it is the beginning of a fresh way of thinking about modern homes.” i www.ma-arquitectos.com www.sunhouse360.com

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There used to be a time when a trip to the beach meant rolling a pair of trunks into a towel and donning a pair of white plimsolls. WORDS MARK FR WILKINS

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really love the surf/hippie/ beach kingdom of Tarifa and the surrounding beaches on Spain’s Costa de la Luz. It’s a Mecca for those who get their kicks on a kite, surf, SUP or boogie board.

For core participants of this tribe, whose transient existence may be complemented by a VW Kombi as the perfect transport for their kites and boards, careful devotion to their appearance on and off the sand is crucial. Indeed, being able to take the beach home with them is made possible by several wonderful and iconic surf brands who shroud the faithful when the smell of the salt air is a fading memory.

Founded in Tarifa in the 1990s by designer Andoni Galdeano and entrepreneur Herbert Newman, the El Niño brand of surf wear is defined by a passion for the perfect wave, since it embraces much of what our tribe of surf worshippers love. The brand is colourful and expressive, and almost all items bear the distinctive El Niño logo that my family has always referred to as ‘the angry drip’ – the little discontented drop of

water. In fact, the name comes from the levante wind of the same name that blows, sometimes formidably, from the East over Tarifa.

On the other side of the world, the surf communities have spawned similar icons.

Quiksilver was founded in Torquay (Australia) in 1969 by Alan Green and John Law. It is now a multi-million dollar business, one of the largest manufacturers of surf and related sports goods, operating many stores worldwide. The company developed the successful young woman’s wear brand Roxy – whose logo is a duplicate of the Quiksilver wave doubled to form a heart. Quiksilver also owns the iconic DC brand of skate shoes.

After a difficult period of trading in 2016 and restructuring, the majority shareholder is a well-known hedge fund. In 2017, the company’s name was changed to Boardriders and it is now based in Huntington Beach, California.

Quiksilver, Rip Curl ( founded in 1969 in Torquay and still owned by co-founders Doug Warbrick and

Brian Singer), and Billabong (founded on Australia’s Gold Coast by Gordon and Rena Merchant in 1973) are regarded as the ‘Big Three’ surf wear companies. They are now co-owned by the same hedge fund – Oaktree Capital. There is something quite ironic in that.

Orange County on California’s Pacific Coast is home to Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and Laguna Beach, each with their own distinctive surf communities. In 1984, Shawn Stussy, a young manufacturer who signed his boards with his distinctive signature, founded his eponymous surf wear brand with Frank Sinatra Junior in Laguna Beach. Stussy surf wear became a favourite of the hiphop scene of the late 1980s/early 1990s and the brand continues to attract recording artists – including US teenage musical sensation, Billy Eilish, Drake, and ASAP Rocky. In 1996, Stussy left the brand selling his holding to Sinatra’s family, who still own it.

The beaches within easy reach of most Northern European airports have been the scene of a particularly

charming father and son bonding custom. The engineer of this panEuropean display are the nice people at Vilebrequin.

In 1971, photographer, motor racing enthusiast, and Saint Tropez resident, Fred Prysquel, was inspired by the artists, light, and colour of the Cote d’Azur to sketch a design for a pair of classic swim shorts – known as the ‘Moorea’ cut – that would give birth to the dynamic and iconic brand, Vilebrequin. Curiously, its name is the French word for the ‘crankshaft’ which I understand was inspired by the metal spiral staircase in the first shop to bear its name.

Given the prevalence of sailing in the area, Prysquel decided to use spinnaker sail cloth – noted for its quick-drying properties and resilience to sun and wind – for his shorts. Since their debut, they have featured vibrant colours and maritime patterns. With the success of M Prysquel’s early design, the signature and witty sea turtle images have become synonymous with European beach culture and are the trunks of choice for ‘yuppies’.

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In 1991, Loïc Berthet, took over the brand and added new models. The original model was further developed by attaching a back pocket secured with Velcro with an eyelet ‘draining’ hole and a cotton lining.

As our yuppie hero grew up he would often confront the challenges of parenthood. In 1995, Vilebrequin realised that they could grow their market by introducing a matching father-and-son line – with boy’s sizes starting from a minuscule six months. My son and I each had a deep blue pair with curiously stylised wrapped toffees, which we adored.

Having clothed our bodies as much as we desire, thought needs to be given to our feet and how we can avoid scalding them on the hot sand.

They are said to resemble the shoes worn by the early Christians. Over the years they’ve been pilloried for being the chosen footwear of macrame knitting yurt dwellers or the devotees of the comfy-conscious Danish art of Hygge, but Birkenstocks are simply perfect summer shoes. I have had at least six pairs over the years and love these iconic shoes.

The owner of the Birkenstock brand is Birkenstock Orthopädie GmbH & Co. KG, based in Neustadt (Hessen, Germany). The roots of the company are traceable to Johann Adam Birkenstock, whose occupation was listed as ‘shoemaker’ in the 1774 church archives of the village of Langen-Bergheim.

In 1896, his greatgreat-grandson, Konrad Birkenstock, developed the flexible contoured insole as used by shoemakers. I am told that the insole is based on the cast of a healthy foot to ensure that the feet feel as comfortable as possible. In the same year, Konrad opened two shoe shops in Frankfurt and in 1925, he bought a factory in Freiberg for 24-hour production.

By 1963, Karl Birkenstock had developed and launched the ‘Madrid’ – the first in the range of the now iconic Birkenstock shoes using the family’s signature insole with a wide leather fixing strap. The classic Birkenstock sole comprises four layers: latex – for shock absorbency, that is durable and flexible, jute fibre – absorbent, third is cork – for support, and finally suede – for comfort and dryness.

In 1966, Birkenstocks were introduced into the United States by Margot Fraser who had discovered them at a German spa and noticed the relief they gave to her painful foot condition.

By the early 1970s, Birkenstocks had become synonymous with West Coast Hippies, American liberalism and the associated cultural revolution.

By the 1990s, they had become a firm favourite with the youth and college students. Birkenstock is now run by Alex Birkenstock as CEO and Christian Birkenstock as MD. Constantly innovating, the company has developed its own range of wet use Birkenstocks.

Modelled on their classic styles, I suspect these are a sensible alternative.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop has called Birkenstocks the “legendary, most comfortable sandals ever” and they are beloved by style influencers like Steve Jobs. A pair of Steve Job’s old Birkenstocks were offered on an online auction in 2016 and sold for $3,500.

For many, the ultimate choice for the summer is the simple but beautiful Havaianas rubber shoe.

If you come from the UK you may well call these very practical and comfortable beach shoes flip

flops – said to resemble the onomatopoeic sound made when contact with your foot is lost and then regained with a smack after impacting with the pavement. Australians call them ‘thongs’ whereas in South Africa, I believe, they are ‘slops’, in the Philippines ‘tsinelas’, and in Spain, ‘chanclas’.

While the origins of modern sandals can be traced to ancient Egypt (around 4,000 BC), their more recent popularity seems to stem from returning GIs bringing Japanese zōri sandals back to the U.S. after the Second World and Korean Wars.

Capitalising on their popularity in 1962, Scotsman Robert Fraser created the Havaianas brand in Brazil – said to derive from the Portuguese word for those who hailed from Hawaii. His business became the first to mass-produce this rubber footwear. The brand is now owned by Brazilian business, Alpargatas and by 2010, more than 150 million pairs of Havaianas were produced annually.

Celebrity clients include Ex-U.S. President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama.

Confusingly – and you’ll only make this mistake once – there are three sizes that appear on the upfacing sole of the Havaianas flip flop. In the bottom centre is the Brazilian sizing. Above this, to the right, is the European sizing. To the left is the U.S. sizing.

A final word of caution from our Public Information Department at Aestheticons – in Spain it is apparently the law (enforced with a fine if not observed) that the driver of a car or bike must wear a pair of shoes that have a strap around the ankle. You have been warned! i More articles from Aestheticons – the Home of Iconic Design – can be seen at www.aestheticons.wordpress.com

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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid showed Spanish designer talent over six days of catwalk shows. Trends for spring/summer 2020 followed in the footsteps of the main catwalks in New York, Paris, Milan and London – sharp shoulders, oversized tailoring, practical city shorts and vibrant colours. WORDS KAROLINA KIVIMAKI

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Prêt-à-couture brand’s bijoux of a boutique in Madrid’s prestigious Salamanca shopping district is worth a visit. Delpozo is going through exciting times with a new creative director Lutz Huelle. His first collection for autumn/winter 2019 collection was unveiled during Paris fashion week. i www.delpozo.com

Balenciaga’s much-anticipated exhibition is running at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza until 22 September. The beautifully curated display features paintings from the likes of El Greco, Goya, Zuloaga, and Velázquez next to 90 of Cristóbal Balenciaga’s designs. A must-see! i www.museothyssen.org

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Whether you are in the mood for poolside lounging, daytime shopping, or partying, Guess’ Summer 2019 collection will wow you with everything from colourful Hawaiian-inspired swimwear to cool denim ensembles. Take your pick from this selection of items from a collection to be remembered.

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Muelle Ribera 53, Puerto Banús.

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C.C. Parque Miramar, Fuengirola.

Tel: 952 583 082. www.guess.eu/es

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In the summer season, bikinis, trikinis, and G-string bikinis are all the rage, but let’s not forget the elegant one-piece, always a hit among those who are into more classic styles. Take your pick from these cute swimsuits and accessories from Seaspray’s Summer 2019 collection. i www.seaspray.co.uk

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KEEP YOUR SKIN ULTRA-MATTE BY CHOOSING THE RIGHT SKINCARE AND MAKE-UP. SHINE AND SPARKLE WITH THE SEASON’S TOP COSMETIC BUYS. DISCOVER THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WAS SHARED (AND THE FUN THAT WAS ENJOYED) BY ATTENDEES TO CIRUMED CLINIC’S LATEST LIVE SURGERY COURSE.

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LONGLASTING SUMMER MAKE-UP LOOK

Summer is party season in Marbella, but the hot, humid weather can make it a real challenge to keep your make-up look perfect throughout the day. Increased perspiration, activation of the oil glands, and wearing products that work well the rest of the year but do not stand up to heat, can all have their toll on your look. Whether clean and matte or dewy and glowing are your thing, try out these top tricks, approved by leading beauty gurus and recommended on their beauty channels. WORDS MARISA CUTILLAS

IT ALL STARTS WITH THE RIGHT SKINCARE

If you neglect your daily skincare routine, no amount of make-up will stop those sebaceous glands from going into overdrive in the summer.

Skin becomes excessively oily, even with make-up on, when it is dehydrated. Even if you have oily skin, you need to cleanse, tone, and moisturise, every day and night, religiously. Just choose a moisturise that is water-based and non-poreclogging. If you are over 40, apply retinol at night to help battle excessive oiliness and pigmentation/sun spots.

A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MAKE-UP ROUTINE

You usually leave your make-up setting spray for last, but in the summer, you will also need to use it before anything else. After your cleansetone-moisturise routine, spray your face with a spray like Urban Decay’s

All-Nighter. Don’t scrimp on your setting spray, as it is a true life-saver in sweltering months. Next up comes setting powder. Use a fine microfinished powder like Too Faced’s Peach Perfect Powder, or Laura Mercier’s Translucent Powder. These are super fine and will cover pores and other imperfections while bringing greater luminosity to your skin. Then comes your foundation. Use a heavy coverage foundation like Estée Lauder Double Wear if you want to cover up darkness and spots, but use as light a layer as possible. Thickly applied make-up can easily get cakey and settle in areas like the sides of the nose, also creasing beneath the eyes. Top your foundation with the same powder you used before, and again use a setting spray.

TIP FOR OILY NOSES: MAC’S PAINT POTS CAN HELP REDUCE OILINESS ON THE NOSE If your T-zone gets oily in the summer

and you have an important event you need to look 100 per cent for, prior to applying foundation, apply a thin layer of MAC’s Paint Pot (Soft Ochre or Painterly will do) over your nose. This will really stop the oils from coming through.

into even the tiniest bag. Take these along with you and blot your nose and T-zone. The papers will not remove your make-up, but will efficiently eliminate excess oil. You can also bring a pressed powder to touch up your nose every four hours or so.

PRIMERS HELP

YOUR CHOICE OF FOUNDATION IS KEY

To reduce the appearance of pores and give your skin an extra matte look, use a pore-filling primer like Benefit’s Porefessional or Veil Mineral Primer

by Hourglass Cosmetics. The latter product is pricey but oh-so-worth it! It leaves skin with a lovely matte finish and is super soft to the touch. This will enable your foundation to cling to your skin without transferring, creasing, or disappearing.

RIHANNA TO THE RESCUE

Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty makes fantastic blotting papers that are sold in a bullet-like device that can fit

For a flawless finish in the summer, you can count on foundations like Kat Von D Lock-It Foundation, Estée Lauder Double Wear, and L’Oreal 24 Hour Fresh Wear. Unless you have dry skin, avoid glowy foundations, primers, and setting sprays. These are fine if you have a night party and will only be out four hours or so. However, if you need to stay flawless for eight hours or longer, stick to the abovementioned foundations for a smooth finish you can count on, even when the thermometer is almost at breaking point! e

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Summer is arguably the most exciting time for makeup lovers… a season in which you may struggle to keep your look from melting beneath the sun, but also one in which you can display your most vivid hues. We present you with our list of top beauty buys for August.

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1 – HEAVY METAL GLITTER EYELINER BY URBAN DECAY Most make-up artists are using this on the lid more than as an eyeliner, since it contains a delicate glitter that attaches well with no glitter glue required!

2 – COCONUT ESSENCE HYDRO MIST BY PACIFICA ‘Party then rehab now’ is the motto of this 100 per cent vegan, cruelty-free company.

Coconut essence is designed to hydrate, energise, and entice you with a lovely tropical fragrance. Featuring a pump or two of caffeine!

3 – BACKSTAGE GLOW PALETTE

BY DIOR A pack of four new highlighters that sculpt the face with light and dazzle beneath the sun or the reflection of party lights.

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4 – NEON BY HUDA BEAUTY Lime green and orange have been touted as the colours to be seen in this summer. For head-turning fabulousness, it’s got to be the Neon palette by Huda Beauty.

5 – SUNSWEPT BRONZER DUO

BY JOUER COSMETICS Talk about a great way to change between lightly sun-kissed and dark bronzed looks.

This powder glides on effortlessly and lasts all day.

6 – CHERRY LIP BALM BY CARMEX Oh-so-kissable and fragrant, this lip balm will keep your lips soft as silk, even under the hot summer sun and wind. e

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Why everyone’s talking about the Arques ‘Aesthetic Medicine’ Clinic Arques seems to be the name on nearly everyone’s eye-catching lips in Marbella and surrounding areas when it comes to recommending a leading-edge beauty and anti-ageing clinic. And its reputation resonates way beyond The Golden Triangle. Arques’ advanced treatments for such conditions as obesity, skin ageing, wrinkles, cellulite, varicose veins and other age-related and lifestyle conditions is now attracting patients from over 30 countries.

So the clinic’s ‘Responsible Aesthetic Medicines’ are based on new techniques that fight these influences and wherever possible prevent them from happening. In many cases, the clinic asserts that it can not only prevent the signs of ageing but can even reverse them. The techniques to do so are surprising.

“We offer the world’s most innovative cosmetic techniques plus exquisite modern facilities”

“I feel really proud of our commitment to social responsibility, an approach shared by every member of our team,” he said “We are very gratified to be able to earmark a percentage of our profits to various foundations to help the needy.

So what’s the secret? “We believe that the real revolution is quite simple,” explained the clinic’s principle, Dr Arques “We offer the world’s most innovative cosmetic techniques plus exquisite modern facilities, including a spa environment, a relaxed and harmonious setting and a very professional service. Added to that we source with great care the world’s number one laboratory products and we obtain the most competitive prices to pass on to our patients. We constantly seek the latest tried and tested scientific advances to ensure the quality we offer is always the best you can obtain anywhere in the world.”

"Our joint objective then, as it continues to be is to use the latest and most effective aesthetic medicine in a responsible way so that results are totally natural.”

“Unfortunately the signs of aging are increasing all around us,” said Dr Arques. “They reflect our current lifestyle: our inadequate diet, lack of exercise and sports practice, lack of oxygen, work and home pressures, pollution, and not least, the sun’s damaging ultra-violet rays.”

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“Among our other awards, the two most desirable were when we were in competition with an international field and came out top for aesthetic medicine and for responsible innovation in our sector.”

For further information about the Arques Medical Clinic or to make an appointment, email: info@arquesclinic.com

+34 662 408 408 C/ Ramón Areces S/N Complejo Marina Banús Bloque 3, local 29 Puerto Banús www.arquesclinic.com · info@arquesclinic.com arquesclinic

Full details of those treatment are on the clinic’s website www.arquesclinic.com/en Doctor is qualified as aesthetic doctor in the U.K., is registered with the GMC and is also an associate member of the Royal College of General Practitioners

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LIVECOURSE SURGERY AT Cirumed Clinic

Cirumed Clinic has been a standard bearer for high-end breast and body contouring for years. It is therefore no wonder that surgeons from all over the world travel to Marbella every year to study the cutting-edge techniques used by the founder, Dr. Alexander Aslani at individual or group ‘safe surgery’ training sessions. Cirumed also organises yearly Marbella Live Surgery Courses, which focus specifically on body contouring with breast and buttock reshaping.

WORDS MARISA CUTILLAS PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF CIRUMED CLINIC

THE MARBELLA LIVE SURGERY COURSE – A RESOUNDING SUCCESS The Marbella Live Surgery Course 2019 was attended by 150 plastic surgeons, who observed a total of nine surgeries performed live at Cirumed Clinic and via video transmitted to the convention facilities at the Hotel Barceló in Marbella. The Course enjoys great success year after year because it taps into the very latest ways to teach surgeons specialist techniques.

By attending the Marbella Live Surgery Course, surgeons can avoid a myriad of different meetings, courses, and congresses that cover a little bit of everything. Instead, they can view various procedures being carried out live, all at once.

HIGH FLYING SURGEONS IN MARBELLA The Marbella Live Surgery Course features the world’s top opinion leaders and high-end performers, who give others the chance to view them operating on patients live. Apart from Dr. Aslani himself (who is a world leader in full body contouring operations featuring breast and buttock augmentation and shaping), international live guest surgeons included Daniel Del Vecchio (New York), Constantino Mendieta (Miami), Patrick Mallucci (London), Bill Adams (Dallas), and Richard Abs (Marseille).

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OPINIONS ARE EVERYTHING The Course is always one of the highlights of the Cirumed team’s busy year, but the spirit of the event can perhaps best be summed up by its attendants. Wafaa Mradmi, Vice-President of the Moroccan Society of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery, and second-time participant at the Marbella Live Surgery course, notes: “All these names may not mean too much to the layman’s ear, but for us surgeons this is a collection of superstars. To see these doctors operate live was an incredible experience!

Imagine you were a little boy and you were given the chance to see Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, etc. play in the same team on the same day… that is exactly how exciting it was for the audience!”

WORDS FROM DR. ASLANI Dr. Aslani is delighted with the outcome of yet another edition of the Course, and as always, he is thankful to those who have made it happen. "It would be difficult to get surgeons of this caliber to jet across the Atlantic just for a target course, since their usual audience would be at mega-events hosted by the national society."

"I am grateful that all these doctors have

become my friends over the years, and that they have done me this favour. This enabled us to set up an incredibly intensive event with a high learning value for our participants!”

A GLAMOUR-FILLED NIGHT The Marbella Live Surgery Course was not just about work. The yearly Gala Dinner has become no less than legendary and this year, the revelers gathered at Dantonelas Beach Club for dinner, music and immeasurable fun.

“This year’s event came to an end because the Club closed; actually, the fun people wanted to party on!” says Dr. Aslani, with a laugh. “This is the greatest possible compliment for my staff, who have worked incredibly hard to make the Marbella live Surgery Course an unforgettable experience for everyone who attended.”

This year was the seventh year in a row that The Marbella Live Surgery Course was held. It is just another stepping stone on the road to turn Marbella into the number one destination for high-end body contouring plastic surgery. g Cirumed Clinic. Edif. Panorama, Planta Baja, Local 2. CN340, km 184, Marbella.

Tel: 952 775 346. www.cirumed.es

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NEW RESTRICTIONS ON OVER-THE-COUNTER IBUPROFEN SALES Until very recently, it was easy to source all the Ibuprofen you needed at the pharmacy, in doses of up to 600mg. New Spanish regulations mean that you can only buy this medication at doses of 25mg, 50mg, 100mg, and 400mg. For higher concentration Ibuprofen, you will need a doctor’s prescription. The aim of the new regulation is to encourage people suffering prolonged or serious pain to see their doctor for due diagnosis and treatment. Of course, it is easy to bypass the rule by consuming one and a half 400mg tablets.

THE BENEFITS OF EXERCISE MAY LAST LONGER THAN YOU IMAGINE A new study published in April, 2019 in the journal Frontiers in Physiology has found that there is a 10-year benefit from following a strict exercise regime for eight months. The study measured the benefit in aspects such as body weight, blood pressure, waist performance, glucose levels,etc. In particular, those who participated in a moderate intensity exercise regime experienced a big reduction in fasting insulin – which is great news if you want to keep diabetes at bay!

TWO HOURS PER WEEK IN NATURE PEOPLE DO INDEED HAVE A ‘TYPE’ WHEN DATING If you have a friend who seems to stumble into one bad relationship after another, it might be that they are attracted to non-committal ‘types’. A June 2019 University of Toronto study has found that people do indeed tend to have a ‘type’ and that even when they try to date someone different, they tend to gravitate back towards this ‘ideal’. The researchers noted: “In every relationship, people learn strategies for working with their partner’s personality. If your new partner’s personality resembles your ex-partner’s personality, transferring the skills you learned might be an effective way to start a new relationship on a good footing.” The study points to the usefulness of therapy to help those affected escape from their current dating cycle.

KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY

Nature has powerful healing benefits for the body and mind, keeping us active and lowering stress hormone (cortisol) levels. A June 2019 University of Exeter study has found that you need to spend a minimum of two hours per week in nature to avail of these benefits. The researchers stated, “Even visiting local urban green spaces seems to be a good thing. Two hours a week is hopefully a realistic target for many people, especially given that it can be spread over an entire week to get the benefit.” Now that you know the dose of nature you need, are you making any plans for a fun kayak excursion, trek in the mountains, or picnic in the park? e

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JULY AND AUGUST CONSTITUTE THE PARTY SEASON IN MARBELLA; CHECK OUT THE LATEST SOIRÉES AND TAG YOURSELF ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE IF YOU’RE IN OUR PICS! WE ALSO HONE IN ON A VERY SERIOUS TOPIC: STUDENT LOANS, AND REVEAL THE LATEST NEWS ON THE PET SCENE.

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ANTIMA SUMMER COCKTAIL PARTY

Top interior design firm Antima recently heralded the start of the summer at a fitting venue indeed – beachside haven El Chiringuito at the Puente Romano.

Drinks flowed, delightful snacks were enjoyed, and a great evening ensued.

Here’s to a magnificent summer for all! i www.antima.no

“Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.” – Zooey Deschanel

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AQUAMARINA

BY OTERO HOMES

Otero Homes recently invited the real estate fraternity and members of the press to the presentation of Aquamarina: a collection of 20 luxury villas in Manilva.

The event featured a cocktail, great music, and a surprise gift for all who attended. i www.otero.com.es

“What I love most about my home is who I share it with” – Anonymous

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EL CHIRINGUITO OPENS FOR THE SUMMER

The Puente Romano’s El Chiringuito is one of Marbella’s busiest spots in the summer, featuring fantastic Mediterranean and international food, colourful cocktails, and fine wine, all while enjoying the cool sea breeze. The launch party was attended by the ‘who’s who’ of the social scene, as well as a bevy of entrepreneurs and members of the press. i www.marbellaclub.com

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” – William Shakespeare

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Espectacular velada en el Club de tenis de Puente Romano: cóctel de bienvenida, canapés, cena de gala con vinos y espectáculos.

Spectacular gala at the Puente Romano Tennis Club: Welcome cocktail, canapés, gala dinner with wines and world-class performances.

20h | 275 EUR p/p | Etiqueta: Cóctel

From 8pm | 275 EUR p/p | Dress code: Cocktail

PUENTE ROMANO TENNIS & FITNESS events@puenteromano.com | +34 952 820 900 | puenteromano.com BULEVAR PRÍNCIPE ALFONSO VON HOHENLOHE, S/N, 29602 MARBELLA, ESPAÑA

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HIGUERÓN HOTEL MÁLAGA CURIO COLLECTION BY HILTON PRESENTS FOURTH RESERVA DEL HIGUERÓN REAL ESTATE GALA

Reserva del Higuerón had two causes to celebrate recently: the launch of the newly named Higuerón Hotel Málaga Curio Collection by Hilton, and the fourth edition of the Reserva del Higuerón Real Estate Gala.

At the gala, awards were once again given to top agencies and agents. Guests sipped on cool cocktails while enjoying magnificent canopies and live music. i www.reservadelhigueronresort.com

“Luxury is anything that feels special” – Aerin Lauder

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MARBELLA FOR LIFE PRESENTS OPEN HOUSE

Marbella For Life recently presented a beautiful four-bedroom luxury villa in Marbesa, just 600m from the beach.

Featuring a plot size of 1,265m2 and a 581m2 built area, it boasts four spacious bedrooms, five bathrooms, and terraces measuring an impressive 196m2. With its stunning pool, glorious glass design and contemporary vibe, this is certainly an ideal home for those with an eye for style. i www.marbella10.es/ www.marbella-for-life.com

“You’re my home and my adventure all at once” – Anonymous

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An immaculately presented villa nestled in the heart of Marbesa, just 600 metres to the beach. With its privileged location and outstanding modern design this property is one of a kind for a discerning buyer.

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Aloha Gardens, Avenida Del Prado, Nueva Andalucia, Marbella. 29660 Tel: (+34) 952 817 499 info@marbella-for-life.com www.marbella-for-life.com

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FRENCHETTE INAUGURATION

BY THE CASANIS GROUP

Frenchette, launched recently in the Old Town by the Casanis Group, is a brand new restaurant offering a shared dining experience. Boasting intimate interiors and a stunning outdoor terrace, it will be hosting an array of fabulous events throughout the year. i www.frenchettemarbella.com

“First we eat, then we do everything else” – Anonymous

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MAISON LÚ INAUGURATION

Maison Lú and Boqué Group recently held a cocktail event to celebrate the launch of the new restaurant by Chef Juanlú Fernández. The Cádiz-born Chef is ready to delight Marbella diners with French-Andalusian fusion cuisine that marries the best of both worlds. i www.universolu.com

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well” – Virginia Woolf

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AALTO EXCLUSIVE DESIGN COCKTAIL PARTY AALTO Exclusive Design recently held a summer cocktail party at their impressive showroom on the Golden Mile. The firm specialises in luxury interior solutions for homes and commercial premises and is famed for its savvy bespoke creations. i www.aaltonexclusivedesign.com

“Design is intelligence made visible” – Alina Wheeler

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SOUL MARBELLA

BY AEDAS HOMES

AEDAS Homes recently presented its brand new project, Soul Marbella in Santa Clara Golf. Stunning views, natural light, and top quality materials redefine the idea of luxury living with a sea view. i www.soulmarbella.com

“Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to” – Anonymous

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STUDENTS BUCKLING UNDER THE PRESSURE OF LOANS

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s an international student at a local college, the question of whether or not to go abroad for study is a dilemma, in no small part owing to high student fees in both the US and the UK, and the student loan crisis affecting youths in both nations. The total of the student debt loan in the US amounts to a staggering $1.2 trillion, while in the UK, this figure stands at £105 billion.

The UK Government forecasts that this amount will skyrocket to £450 billion by 2050, which is sour news indeed for both graduates and lenders.

STUDENT LOANS FROM THE INDIVIDUAL’S PERSPECTIVE Many of my peers have automatically given America a miss when it comes to college, since the colleges they are interested in (why not aim for the best – Ivy League colleges) can cost a cool half a million dollars for a degree. In England, tuition fees are capped at a little over £9.000 a year for UK and EU students, with around 76 per cent of all institutions charging students the full amount. The average student in the US owes $37,172, while in the UK students graduating from a three-year degree will already owe £50,000. What a depressing way to enter into the professional world – with the burden of a huge debt hanging over you like the sword of Damocles.

THE IMPACT ON THE GOVERNMENT The Bank of England has already expressed concern about the growing pile of student debt and its potential effect on the economy. In the UK, loans only need to be paid

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back when graduates make over a certain amount (£25,000 a year) and after 30 years, any remaining debt is written off. Students in the US have a six-month grace period but after that, they have to start paying.

There, students initially choose from a number of repayment plans.

Some are based on a percentage of discretionary income, running for 20 to 25 years. Some plans ‘forgive’ loans if all payments are made in a timely fashion. Under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness programme, for instance, loans are completely forgiven after 120 payments as opposed to the longer 20-to-25-year forgiveness time frame.

In the UK, the Labour party has long announced its wish to end tuition fees and return to a public university system. However, as noted

by The Guardian’s Danny Dorling, this party still has no firm outline of how to ameliorate the problem of the huge debt that already exists. Dorling himself proposes an interesting solution: introducing a cap on maximum future student loan repayments for first time undergraduate degrees, while writing the rest of the debts off. He believes this will work because it does in the rest of Europe, where university fees are much lower; so much so that students don’t even need to take out loans.

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WHAT ABOUT UNIVERSITY IN SPAIN?

Many students are now questioning whether it is indeed worth coughing up the cash charged by top level universities, rather than studying in well reputed state colleges in America. Recently, politician and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders argued for the adoption of a ‘Robin hood-type tax’ that would tax Wall Street (i.e. impose a tax on speculation) in order to forgive student loan debt. Critics believe the proposal will be particularly popular among millennials, who are dealing with student debt in the way that their parents and grandparents never had to. The proposal does have its critics (most of whom are in the financial sector) but it will certainly form an important subject of debate at the next elections. What is clear is that some type of change must be made in the US, since its debt is larger than that of any other country.

One of the best things about studying at an international college on the Coast is that students have options to further their education in Spain or abroad. I am pretty confident with the Spanish language as well and do not discount studying in Madrid or another northern city, depending on my chosen course.

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SMALL INSECT POWER FOR PETS If you want to ensure your dogs are consuming top quality food, have you thought about adding insects into the equation? Eat Small Insect Power for Pets sells a host of different dog foods and snacks, all of which are highly nutritious and hypoallergenic.

These items contain high levels of protein, as well as vitamins, minerals, and Omega-3 essential fatty acids – to keep your dog’s heart healthy and energetic for many years to come. i www.eat-small.com

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FIGHTS FOR ABANDONED DOGS IN CHINA If you are a fan of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills series, then you probably are well aware of millionaire entrepreneur, Lisa Vanderpump’s passion for dogs. Not only has Lisa (who owns various successful food establishments in Beverly Hills) opened her own shelter under the Vanderpump Foundation in the U.S., but she has also launched a dog sanctuary, relying on the expertise of Dr. John Sessa. Recently, Sessa visited China and noted: “I just went to a pet convention with my friends and saw thousands of Chinese animal lovers and gorgeous pups! It gives me rejuvenated faith that there exists a new generation in China who are just in love with their animals as we are! #StopTheTorture.” Lisa’s ultimate aim is to put a complete stop to the Yulin dog meat festival. Currently, many dogs at her foundation have been rescued from Yulin in an extremely stressed state.

SHORT TERM SLEEPOVERS GREATLY REDUCE STRESS IN SHELTER DOGS If you have seen calls for volunteers able to foster a dog, take note: by taking one into your home, even for a few days, you could do a needy pet a world of good. A 2019 study by researchers at Arizona State University found that short-term fostering brings about a big drop in stress hormone, cortisol, in pooches. This is the case even when they enjoy one- or twonight sleepovers. Fostering is usually required when a dog is awaiting adoption or when it needs special care (e.g. puppies who need hand feeding). Often, however, dogs needing foster care are adults who simply need a short respite from the stress of living in a shelter.

CATS MIGHT BE BANNED FROM GOING OUTSIDE IN AUSTRALIA Cats love to roam outside and discover new terrains but when unneutered felines head outdoors, they risk increasing the cat population, which is a big headache for rescue centres and shelters. Why not take a cue from new legal developments in Australia? In the ‘land down under’, government officials in one state (Perth) are considering forcing felines to stay indoors permanently, or give them curfews that would prevent them from being outside between sunrise and sunset. Calls are also being made for mandatory neutering of cats at the age of three months. What do you think of the legislation – does it sound fair or is it a tad too restrictive?

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FINCA CORTESIN IS MUCH MORE THAN A RESORT; DISCOVER ITS EXTENSIVE REAL ESTATE COLLECTION IN THIS MONTH’S EDITION. WE ALSO PRESENT THE GORGEOUS COMMUNITY OF LUXURY APARTMENT AND PENTHOUSES, VILLAGE VERDE AT LA RESERVA CLUB DE SOTOGRANDE, AND UPDATE YOU WITH THE LATEST BUSINESS NEWS.

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This palatial property consists of one large villa and plot with a living area of 950m2 as well as terraces covering a further 250m2, and is situated close to Marbella in an elevated plot in Los Monteros. The main edifice of three floors is accessible from the ground floor through a spectacular entrance with a 10m high ceiling, leading to a salon, dining room and fully-equipped kitchen. On the left side there is an in-house guest apartment with a private salon and independent kitchen, and a library/ office with large terraces, all with spectacular sea views.

The first floor, accessible by stairs or elevator, offers 5 en suite bedrooms and bathrooms, with dressing rooms, featuring large terraces and exceptional views across the Mediterranean to Africa and Gibraltar. The underground floor comprises a large games room with billiards and bar, a home cinema for up to 20 people, an indoor pool with sauna and Hammam, and a gym. The property has state-of-the-art security and home automation systems, underfloor heating throughout, solar panels, plus parking places for 12 cars (8 indoor, 4 exterior).

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FINCA CORTESIN The Creation of a Six-Star Destination residences, with additional space for private pools and large terraces.

The homes are the ideal choice for discerning high-end buyers after a ‘lock up and go’ apartment that is fully managed by the Finca Cortesin team. As noted by Sales Director of Single Homes, Pepe Lumbreras, “Not everyone wants a big villa in which to reside. Many buyers who already have sizeable homes are looking for something more manageable that is every inch as luxurious as their main home.”

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inca Cortesin recently invited members of the press to the official launch of a brand new development, Las Albercas at Finca Cortesin. Unlike the resort’s other residential projects, this one involves luxury apartments – including

THE LAS ALBERCAS CLUBHOUSE spacious penthouses, ground-floor residences with private gardens, and first floor residences boasting ample terraces. There are two-, three- and four-bedroom homes available, ranging in size from 200m2 pied-à-terres to 385m2 lateral

Las Albercas homes are the perfect match for lovers of design and the uncluttered lifestyle. All apartments are surrounded by lush greenery and offer dazzling views over the Mediterranean. The development will also boast its very own Clubhouse,

featuring indoor and outdoor pools, and a gym, lavish spa, hammam, and treatment rooms. Residents will also enjoy the benefits of the Finca Cortesin lifestyle, which include top restaurants (including the Michelinstarred Kabuki Raw), a beach club, pools, tennis centre, world-class golf course, and concierge and rental services. As noted by Pepe, “Las Albercas residents will have various discounts and preferential treatment at Finca Cortesin.” It makes sense, considering the fact that Las Albercas is one of a select number of developments built as part of the creation of a brand new, six-star destination. Prices for the apartments start from €1 million for a two-bedroom residence. The project will commence construction in Autumn 2019 and is scheduled for completion in Autumn 2021.

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MAKING THE MOST OF CASARES Pepe has been with Single Home (the Madrid-based promoter and developer of Finca Cortesin) for over 20 years, but his authentic passion for the Finca Cortesin project runs as deep as it did the first day. On the recent press visit, Pepe gave us a tour of both the Finca Cortesin resort itself and of the site on which Las Albercas will be built. The view of the sea below is simply breathtaking and it is amazing to think of the lively community that will soon be calling this oasis home.

WHAT IS FINCA CORTESIN On our tour, Pepe enlightened us on one important matter: a lot of people simply don’t comprehend Finca Cortesin in its entirety. Many hear the name and associate it with the Hotel, but the latter is quite simply the jewel in the crown – the main attraction is a real estate haven that is as vast as it is luxurious. Finca Cortesin comprises three main developments in addition to the resort. One, Green 10, contains 16

(four-, five-, and six-bedroom villas), with plots ranging from 1,700m2 to 2,000m2 in size and a built area of between 600m2 and 750m2. Around half of these villas have already been sold. By the gold area are the Golfside Villas, also encompassing 16 homes, each with its own unique design. Created by highly renowned architects, each of these villas has a singular identity, resulting from the fusion of Andalusian, colonial and contemporary influences.

Seven different architects designed the villas, including Torras & Sierra, Vicens & Ramos, Valentín de Madariaga, Cristina López, Miguel Olazabal, Ábalos & Sentkiewicz, and José Mª Sierra. Many of these homes have already been purchased, but a select number are still available.

Prices for these homes start at around €4 million.

THE FINCA CORTESIN EXPERIENCE Pepe tells me that many of Finca Cortesin’s real estate purchasers started out by being regular guests at Finca Cortesin. “The resort was

very much set up to mark Casares as a new, high-end destination that was far from the crowd; perfect for those who prefer a nature-filled holiday, surrounded by flowers, gardens, and centuries-old trees.” Pepe takes us to the Hotel’s beautiful outdoor family pool – a natural pool that is easily the Coast’s most breathtaking, embedded as it is into the grass and surrounded by olive trees. On the tour, Pepe points to a tree that is 1,000 years old. He shows me a stunning picture indeed – the lone tree, standing proud, stately, and alone – before the construction of Finca Cortesin commenced.

A SERENE WALK THROUGH THE FINCA The sumptuos family pool area leads on to the gardens, graced with archways blooming with flowers.

This arched path seems to snake on endlessly, leading to the second Olympic-sized, adults-only pool. An ambience of silence and breeziness prevails, and even by the family pool, the silence is such that you can still

hear the wind whistle through the leaves, and the melody of bird song.

On this special press day, Pepe and his team also present to us to the sizeable spa – boasting high ceilings that make it easy to feel liberated and relaxed. The indoor spa pool is stunning, as are the elegant treatment rooms.

Finca Cortesin has many appealing relaxation areas in which it is easy to get lost in the beauty.

One top spot for me has always been the Blue Room – a bar/café that is blue in hue and boasts the most beautiful hand-painted silk wallpaper imaginable. Pepe tells me that one notorious celebrity shares my passion for the Blue Room.

“He arrived for a day and stayed a full month…” he laughs. It is easy indeed to understand why the Finca Cortesin concept is so appealing.

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Extending the La Reserva Country Club Concept After the beautification of the surroundings and the creation of superlative villas and the exclusive lakeside club at The Beach, the latest evolution in the unique offering of La Reserva Club de Sotogrande is Village Verde, a beautifully styled and conceived community of luxury apartments and penthouses that extends the country club’s lifestyle concept.

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t all began with a change at the helm, when a noted Europeanbased real estate private equity fund specialising in developing luxury destination brands acquired Sotogrande S.A. and began a process of improvement and beautification that forms part of a long-term vision whose ultimate goal is to make Sotogrande one of the very finest luxury residential-tourist destinations in Europe.

They didn’t select this masterplanned resort by accident, but fully realised the value of its unique pedigree and potential – something Sotogrande CEO Marc Topiol has been building upon as he opens a new golden chapter in the area’s history. “We have a long term vision

to create something very special here, but the beauty of Sotogrande is that it comes with a very proud heritage, so we’re enhancing the stature and appeal of a Bentley or Audemars Piguet in ‘resort’ terms, and certainly not starting from scratch.”

For this reason, the brand and its associated offering have been carefully curated to not break with the past, but build upon what is a singularly rich tradition and unique DNA. “Sotogrande is a very special place, offering space, security, excellent infrastructure and understated sophistication, to which we are adding world-class amenities and properties. The aim? – to create the kind of lifestyle offering that you

would be hard-put to find anywhere else in Europe.”

A SOTOGRANDE LIFESTYLE HALF AN HOUR FROM MARBELLA The Sotogrande lifestyle is all about space, exclusivity, views, five-star resort living within country surroundings, upmarket amenities and stylish traditions, as well as family living within an exclusive environment. It is a tasteful antidote to the occasional brashness of Marbella, but at half an hour is also fully complementary with it, and as such appeals to a select kind of clientele that loves to dip its toe in the excitement of a place like Marbella, but enjoys to live in a place where children can roam freely and safely.

“This, in a nutshell, is what La Reserva Club de Sotogrande is all about: a private residential club that caters to people in search of relaxation and special moments within a quality environment,” says Marc Topiol, “and it is around this concept that the amenities and indeed the style and brand values of La Reserva Club de Sotogrande are being lovingly crafted.” Indeed, much like an artist creates a sculpture or painting, he is nurturing a great work of art in ‘service’ terms, having overseen the upgrading of the already exclusive golf component of La Reserva Club and the creation of the unique inland sports lagoon, private beach and its full service beach club.

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VILLAGE VERDE At the heart of the new community that is being created here are property projects that eschew the Costa del Sol norm and catch the eye. “That’s because they are conceived from within the same philosophy that is giving shape to the rest of La Reserva Club de Sotogrande,” says Sean Woolley, “and that is: to offer a superlative quality of life within beautiful natural surroundings. Quite frankly, the epitome of the country club, but within a modern context.”

As the CEO of Cloud Nine Spain, a specialised property agency, and an expert in positioning luxurious new developments, Sean is working

closely with Sotogrande S.A. to manage the product development, commercialisation and marketing of Village Verde, a project that follows in the footsteps of the grand modern villas which form part of El Mirador and The Seven – the latter being a superlative offering of seven singular homes set within a private parkland landscape.

“Marc and his team are passionate, creative people who don’t follow trends but have a very clear focus and direction in creating environments of superlative offering,” says Sean, whose team is managing the new La Reserva Club Discovery Centre on Marbella’s

Golden Mile. “In everything, from the design and layout of this stylish office to the beautifully conceived two to four-bedroom apartments and penthouses at Village Verde – and the fantastic amenities available onsite – it is clear that they go that little bit further than anyone else, thinking, creating and caring more with the clear ambition of offering something that truly stands out.”

This is visible in the advanced yet timeless architectural styling, the well-balanced proportions, innovative layout with spacious open-plan flow and rounded wrap-around terraces, the quality finishing, unique features,

sustainable credentials, and also the greenery that surrounds this ‘green village’. “You will find the full range of luxuries modern buyers demand, but just taken to the next level of detail, and complete with such lifestyle features as walking tracks and picnic zones within your own landscaped parkland.”

If it seems that the properties at Village Verde are somehow different that is because they are an extension of the design and service philosophy that conceived and created such iconic lifestyle landmarks as The Beach and The Seven. i www.villageverdesotogrande.com

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ANTONIO BANDERAS AT PRESENTATION OF PICASSO TOWERS The presentation of the upcoming construction of Picasso Towers, Málaga, featured a special guests: none other than Málaga’s best-loved son, Antonio Banderas. The Golden Globe-nominated actor will be the face of the brand, which was given life to by Carlos Lamela, architect. The Towers (there are three in total) will be constructed on Calle Pacífico 154. Its promoters are none other than Metrovacesa and Sierra Blanca Estates. Banderas addressed the crowd and said that he loved “supporting people who can turn dreams into reality.” i www.metrovacesa.com

LA CALA RESORT CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY La Cala Resort recently held a special event to celebrate 30 years of success. Hundreds of members, clients, and politicians enjoyed live music and fantastic food from the Resort’s many restaurants. The Mayor of Mijas, José Antonio González Pérez, noted: “Some 30 years ago, we first formalised our alliance with La Cala Resort. We are grateful to La Cala for taking the name of Mijas far and wide and for generating employment in our municipality.” i www.lacala.com

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EIGHTH GLOBAL GIFT GALA AND FASHION SHOW The Global Gift Gala Philanthropic Weekend, featuring a fashion show in Puerto Banús, the presentation of Casa Global Gift, and the eighth edition of the Global Gift Gala at the Gran Meliá Don Pepe, brought stars and philanthropists to our shores. Top TV presenter Carlos Sobera, Eva Longoria, Gary Dourdan, and María Bravo delighted the local jetset with their friendliness, commitment, and charitable spirit. The Global Gift Foundation is dedicated to creating a positive impact on the lives of children, women, and families in need. i www.globalgiftfoundation.org

VELUM GROUP PRESENTS LOS PALACETES DE BANÚS Velum Group recently presented its latest project, Los Palacetes de Banús, to over 200 invitees, including entrepreneurs, real estate agents, investors, and Marbella authorities. During the event, Georgy Druzenko (President of the investment fund) spoke about the activities the fund will carry out over the next few years. Los Palacetes de Banús is a collection of eight luxury villas, each of which will measure over 1,000m2, with 500m2 terraces and porches with green zones, magnificent views of the Mediterranean, and more. The price of the homes will range between €5.5M and €6M. The expected completion date is some time in 2021. i www.palacetes.net

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PUERTO BANÚS CELEBRATES SUMMER OPENING PARTY Puerto Banús officially welcomed Summer 2019 to its shores with a magical party held at ‘Córner de Varadero’ in front of the Louis Vuitton store. The party delighted guests with live jazz, Mediterranean tapas, international cuisine, and a wide array of cocktails. The night ended with a fantastic fireworks display, which received plenty of oohs and aahs from the contented crowd. The event is just one of many that seeks to bring greater value to Marbella and Puerto Banús. Thus far, the Coast has hosted a string of amazing events, including the Iron Man triathlon, Chefs & Kids, and the Mercedes car concentration. i www.puerto-banus.com

PALMERAS PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PRESENTS LA TOCA

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Palmeras Property Development recently invited real estate agents and members of the press to the exclusive VIP open house event for one of its new villa projects – La Toca. The latter is a five-bedroom villa featuring state-of-theart modern design and breathtaking views of the Coast. Palmeras Property Development is a real estate development brand pushing the boundaries of innovation and creativity in the development of luxury villas in Marbella. In addition to the exclusive open house of La Toca the event introduced a new line of 10 luxury villas by Palmeras. These homes redefine the meaning of high-end design and cater to the luxury lifestyle. i www.palmeras.property

10-YEAR-OLD MALAGUEÑO OBTAINS MAXIMUM GRADE AWARDED BY THE TRINITY LONDON MUSIC COLLAGE In June this year, an examiner from UK university, Trinity, travelled to Málaga to carry out the university’s annual exams at the Rock Factory music academy. Student Sergio Rodríguez, aged 10, received an 87 per cent mark and passed the highest grade of exam offered by this university, playing three routines together with an improvised piece. Sergio is currently the drummer of children’s group DITS (@DevilsintheSky), whose components are aged from five to 16. i www.trinitycollege.com

BINCKBANK SPAIN LAUNCHES NEW SERVICE FOR ENGLISHSPEAKING INVESTORS One of Europe’s largest investment banks has launched a dedicated service for English-speaking investors. With 12 years of presence in Spain and offices on Marbella’s Golden Mile, this specialised investment bank offers state-of-the-art trader and investor platforms that provide an ideal vehicle for both new private investors and seasoned day-traders. The attractive offices in Marbella provide a welcoming venue where clients can pop in for personal support from the BinckBank team or take advantage of BinckBank’s Investment Academy and fast-track their expertise. Support is also available online and by phone, and Kaspar Huijsman, Director of BinckBank Spain, and his team also host regular events aimed at inspiring and informing beginners and experts alike. The new English-language service will be officially inaugurated with a launch party at the Investment Academy on the Golden Mile on September 12. i www.binckbank.com

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ART POINT GALLERY OPENS AT THE MARBELLA CLUB Art Point is a 21st century art gallery that recently celebrated its launch at the Marbella Club hotel. The gallery exhibits unique art works digitally as well as in traditional settings.

The owners’ aim is to make art accessible for audiences that might not have the time to catch an exhibition, despite having an undeniable love of art. Demystifying the international art scene by presenting click-friendly versions of modern masterpieces, Art Point Gallery aims to shorten the distance between artist and audience and build new relationships of beauty. i www.art-point.gallery

HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE ON AUGUST 3 The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble has returned to Marbella! After three consecutive years selling out at La Catarina, the band will be performing at the Kitch Restaurant and Club in Casa Rusia on Saturday August 3 at 23:00. Also known as 'The Bad Boys of Jazz', these seven blood brothers from the southside of Chicago, carry on the musical legacy started by their father – late jazz legend, Phil Cohran. This brass band seamlessly infuses musical styles ranging from hip-hop to jazz to funk and rock, including calypso and gypsy music. Together they have toured throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and South America playing with everyone from Prince to Erykah Badu, Gorillaz, Tony Allen, Mos Def, Snoop Dogg, Mick Jones (The Clash), and De La Soul. i Tickets can be purchased on

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ESTEPONA NOW HOME TO 16 DEFIBRILLATORS The Town Hall of Estepona is proud to announce that is is now home to 16 defibrillators, following the recent donation of one new machine. The latter was donated by Ana María Peña – a mother who lost her son to a heart attack a few years ago. Ana María collected the money for the machine by selling homemade bracelets. Thanks to her efforts, many lives will hopefully be saved. i www.estepona.es

AN APP THAT HELPS BATTLE SLEEP APNEA Sleep apnea specialists at Quirónsalud Marbella and Gibraltar recently announced that they had cured a patient with this condition with a mobile app. The case study, published in American publication Case Reports in Otolaryngology, centred on an app called Airway Gym, which allows users to perform specific exercises using their mobile, and to receive feedback about how well they are performing these. In their study, the patient who had a floppy epiglottis, was cured after just 90 exercise sessions with the app. i www.quironsalud.es

MARBELLA MUSIC WEEK AT THE PUENTE ROMANO Rock Lounge presents Marbella Music Week, at the Puente Romano Tennis Club, featuring the Jacksons on August 8 (with the lovely Mr Maph as the supporting act) and Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet on August 10 (with Paul Maxwell opening for him). g For tickets and

further information, www.rocklounge.com. Tickets are also available from ticketmaster and El Corte Inglés.

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PRESENTATION OF VILLAS GARDENIAS Villas Gardenias, a development of three luxury contemporary villas situated close to Puerto Banús, took place recently. Attending the event were the Mayor of Benahavís, José Antonio Mena; the Mayor of Estepona, Jose María García Urbano; and the President of the district of San Pedro de Alcántara, Javier García Ruiz. The evening began in one of the villas being presented, where over 200 guests enjoyed an elegant cocktail, live music, a specialist gin bar, and an exclusive presentation by Ascari of their race cars. g Further information,

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EMID GIBRALTAR LEAVES NO STONE UNTURNED The Minister for Education, Heritage, Energy and Climate Change, the Honourable Dr John Cortes participated in the presentation of the sculpture Leave No Stone Unturned, created by the local artist Hanna Dahan and supported by EMID (the Euro-Mediterranean Institute for Dialogue between Civilisations) Gibraltar. Present at the event were EMID trustee Yan Delgado and the artist herself. Hanna Dahan expresses the values of convivencia (living alongside each other in peace) through an artistic piece that is exhibited at the Commonwealth Park. EMID Gibraltar participated in the artwork, which was created from 1,207 stones and pebbles from the shores of Gibraltar and nearby coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. i www.emidgibraltar.wordpress.com

REM TURNS 10 The Red de Emprendedoras de Marbella (Female Entrepreneurs Marbella) recently held a lavish gala dinner to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Delegate for employment and PYMES, Cristobál Garré, attended the event, which was held at the beautiful Hotel Vincci Estrella del Mar. Guests enjoyed live music and a wonderful dinner; congratulations to REM and here’s to another 10 years of success. i www.redemprendedorasmarbella.com

DIABETES CUP SHOWS THAT KIDS WITH DIABETES CAN BE ACES AT SPORT The seventh Diabetes Cup took place recently, with 60 children from across Spain with Type 1 diabetes seeking to show that their illness doesn't stop them from enjoying their favourite sport: football! Children aged eight to 12 took part, showing their commitment to staying healthy and active. Physical activity is key at all times but is especially important for those battling diabetes. It aids in metabolism and helps them deal mentally with the consequences of their illness. i www.lillydiabetes.com

26TH EDITION OF CUDECA CUP A HUGE SUCCESS La Cala Resort raised around €9.000 at the Cudeca Cup Golf Tournament in aid of the Cudeca Cancer Care Hospice. A total of 65 players attended the Europa Golf Course, which is renowned for its wide fairways and for its exceptional bridges and tunnels. The tournament winner in the male category was Antonio María García Sánchez and in the female category, Mónica Peters. Once the competition had finished, around one hundred diners joined to enjoy an exquisite lunch offered at The Club House to support Cudeca Hospice. i www.cudeca.org 202 / AUGUST 2019 ESSENTIALMAGAZINE.COM

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CHICNIC FESTIVAL AT THE FINCA CONCEPCIÓN ON SEPTEMBER 28 GRAN HOTEL MIRAMAR AWARDED BY THE MÁLAGA TOWN HALL At a recent ceremony, stunning five-star hotel, the Gran Hotel Miramar, was recognised by the Málaga Town Hall and SICTED (Sistema Integral de Calidad Turística Española en Destino) for its contribution to quality tourism in the area. The event was attended by the Director of the Hotel Santos chain, Mariola Valladares, as well as the Mayor of Málaga, Francisco de la Torre. i www.granhotelmiramarmalaga.com

Chicnic is a fabulous festival that will be held at Finca Concepción (on the Ctra. de Istán) on Saturday, September 28. Touted as Marbella’s ‘picnic party of the year’, it will include live DJ music, comedy, wine and Champagne. Ticket holders will sit on comfy Chicnic blankets with picnic baskets and dance to music by DJs the calibre of Todd Terry (Brooklyn, New York). If you opt for the Les Roches Experience ticket, you will enjoy stage front views, as well as non-stop food and drinks from 2pm to 8pm.

You will also have your own personal waiter (a position that will be filled by a Les Roches student). g To book a table, call Tel: 952 657 420. For

tickets, www.chicnic.es/ www.rocklounge.com

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NOUVELLE VAGUE MARBELLA (NVM) PRESENTS NEW SPACE, NVM+1 Creative, experimental, and ever-changing art space, Nouvelle Vague Marbella, represents upcoming artists from all over the world, paying particular attention to new talent from North Africa and the Middle East. In July, 2019, NVM launched a new space – NVM+1, which will serve as a platform for special projects related to artist residencies, performances, video, and art installations. The concept was developed

by Camilla and Firouz FarmanFarmaian and is now part of the newly created creative community ‘We R the Nomads’. From August 2 to September 1, enjoy the exhibition EXT. / INT. INT. / EXT. by Shadi Rezaei, Samer Fouad, and David Paul Kay, plus guests Paco Sanguino and Firouz FarmanFarmaian. The vernissage art party will take place on August 2 from 8:30pm to 11:30pm. Featuring musical storytelling by Ave Maria (Dark Disco – Lisboa). i www.nouvellevaguemarbella.com

NEW VAMPIRE PRP FOR YOUR HAIR An innovative medical procedure to boost hair growth and health exists here in Marbella! Kim Kardashian made it famous and now a twist on the vampire facial is all the rage. Celebrities and professional athletes have been having this treatment for years to help freeze hair loss or improve the quality of the follicle. Dr Panno now offers this groundbreaking treatment, which involves having your blood extracted and centrifuged. Your plasma is then reinjected into the scalp along with key vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other elements, giving your hair the ‘food’ it needs to stay healthy and not fall out. The doctor can also tailor-make the treatment to your specific case and needs to turbo boost the effects. These treatments can also be combined and there is an array of options available at this state-of-the-art clinic close to Puerto Banús. g For more info or to book a PRP call

Dr Panno’s clinic on Tel: 952 586 286. www.drpanno.com

VITHAS XANIT INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL IMPROVES ITS MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM ASSISTANCE The Vithas Xanit, which constantly makes changes to improve its services, recently announced that it had reorganised its Traumatology, Orthopedic Surgery, and Sports Medicine departments into 10 specialist units to treat all musculoskeletal-related injuries optimally. These units will include arthroscopic surgery, sports and regenerative medicine, and articular reconstructive surgery specialisms, to name just a few. There will also be a dedicated unit for survivors of traffic accidents. i www.vithas.es

SPENCE CLARK ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF DAY Spence Clarke Chartered Accountants recently celebrated one of the most important days of the year for the firm: the Annual Charity Golf Day, which was a resounding success as always. This year’s proceeds went to two very worthy causes: AFA Marbella and Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support International. These associations run day centres for people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, and help their families. Here’s to many more years of this fantastic event. i www.spenceclarke.com

COSTA CONCERTS BRINGS THE LIVE CONCERT EXPERIENCE TO YOUR HOME ON THE COAST Costa Concerts is keen on bringing their carefully curated roster of jazz, flamenco, classical and world music artists, to your private event. The company’s international team has been producing shows for thirty years, for clients as diverse and discerning as Disney and the Sultan of Brunei.

Company founder, Nancy Ruth, notes: “The Costa del Sol is a privileged place to live in so many ways: we enjoy an ideal climate, incredible food, impressive architecture, and enough museums to populate a town. However, there are very few places to enjoy live music or be thrilled by a flamenco show. That’s why I started Costa Concerts – to bring the show to you.” i www.costaconcerts.com 204 / AUGUST 2019 ESSENTIALMAGAZINE.COM

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With the arrival of the Cluster Andalucía Smart City – part of the wider European Cluster Collaboration Platform – the future has come to this region of Spain.

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ollowing recent initiatives in other parts of Europe, Andalucía has embarked on preparing its cities for the future by integrating them into the wider smart city network.

The organisation tasked with making this happen was established in 2014 and will be working with both public (regional and municipal) and private entities to achieve the transformation from ‘old’ infrastructures to cities whose advanced digital network links them through the intelligent management of resources, traffic flows and many other forms of remote, IT-based control.

The development of smart grids and task-based technologies aims not only to digitally monitor and control the working of urban centres, but in managing energy usage and overall resources more efficiently and reducing the number of unnecessary voyages and kilometres travelled by both the general public and municipal services such as garbage collection trucks, the new initiatives also aim to improve environmental factors such as reduced pollution and improved air quality. Ultimately, the goal is also to create a healthier, less stressful environment, and minimalising traffic jams is an important step in that direction.

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS The smart city system is based upon an electronic grid that collects

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information in real-time and feeds this through to either mechanical or human decision-makers, who will make optimally informed corrections to control traffic flow and mobility, smart energy and water management during peak and trough times, as well as sensors that work traffic lights and tell the refuse service when bins are full, thus enabling the system to work out the best times for garbage collection. Great strides have already been made with initiatives of this kind in New York, San Diego, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Vienna, Paris, London and Tokyo, and now Andalusian centres such as Seville and Málaga are following suit, drawing on the growing body of experience available within Europe and the EU. The latter has already set prioritised targets, to which cleaner vehicles, more energy-efficient homes and environmentally-friendly construction methods and materials are also being added in the coming years – not just in the form of encouragement, but eventually as a regulatory requirement for industries and consumers alike. The result should be a shift away from

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the damaging, wasteful paradigm of the industrial revolution, whose production, growth, consumption and prosperity came at the price of wasteful energy/resource management and damage to both nature and social systems. If it can be done, this will be greatest achievement of the new technologies yet.

DEVELOPING SMART EXPERTISE To succeed with all the above, Andalucía will to a large extent have to become self-sufficient in developing the required technological systems, and managing and adapting them to local conditions and requirements over time. Of course, the region already has an excellent head start thanks to the foresight of having developed a technological park on the outskirts of Málaga. Now over 20 years old, it has consolidated its knowledge base with the presence of global players such as Airbus and Oracle, as well as municipal tech incubators and close collaborations with higher educational institutions such as the University of Málaga.

Together, they will lead a

programme that already has almost 200 collaborating companies, tech start-ups, government and municipal agencies, universities and local and international investors involved.

Apart from the modernisation and improvement of Andalucía’s cities, this potentially massive infrastructural programme also creates fantastic opportunities for the creation of a regional tech base of know-how, employment, inward investment, economic development, and commercial potential.

R&D are therefore important elements of the process, as well as the importation of foreign knowhow, but there is no reason why this cannot, in turn, lead to the development of specialised local expertise that could be exported to the rest of the world. These are potentially exciting times that could finally break with the age-old incompatibility of modern prosperity with the natural environment by creating cities and living environments that are sustainable, healthy and nurturing. i www.andaluciasmartcity.com

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Simple and highly enjoyable, pools are regulated by multiple layers of legislation, which do not always make it easy to know which rules apply. A good starting point is to distinguish the type of pool.

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ools can be natural — when water is renewed by a river flow or sea tides — sports plunge pools, medicinal or thermal baths, covered or uncovered, public (as in hotels and municipal pools) or private: whether individual — as in a family home — or collective — as in your community pool — This article will focus on private individual and collective pools.

Any new construction or major pool renovation will have to be compliant with current safety and accessibility standards. You will require a building license, but it will be subject to a favourable report from the health authority, issued within a month of them receiving the request.

When your pool is ready, you must inform your Town Hall, but you can use your pool the next day.

Regarding construction requirements, one could mention a 1.2 m wide pool deck with anti-slip tiles and a rounded edge where it meets the pool wall. Walk-in stairs with a wall on at least one side and a hand-rail on both sides should be provided for. Steps should be at least 90 cm wide, with a 30 cm tread and 16 cm riser, with anti-slip tiles in a

contrasting colour that ensures the steps are visible.

The 2006 construction technical code (or CTE in its Spanish acronym for Código Técnico de la Edificación) specifies standards. The code has been further developed in a series of safety-in-use and accessibility (SUA) rules, well worth a read as they are clear, simple, and very sensible.

Existing pools might require updating for some of these, even if they are in a private home: such as fencing off the pool area if you have small children, or choosing anti-slip tiles on your stairs and pool deck. If an accident happens, the homeowner is responsible.

In the case of community pools, fencing off the pool area is mandatory if there are more than twenty dwellings. Only if there are disabled users, must a crane or a ramp with a slope of up to 8% be available. If you have several pools, it’s sufficient one provides this access.

It will not always be possible to adapt existing pools. You want to refer to the binding Report of the Technical Commission on Accessibility dated March 22, 2018,

offering reasonable criteria of economic or technical impossibility to adapt to current standards.

If your pool is communal, you’ll need to approve rules at an owners’ meeting. They must be clearly displayed at the entrance of the pool and in the pool area. No glass or similar material that could cause injury if they break, and no animals are mandatory rules by law, but you might want to include them as a reminder. Other rules such as using the provided bins, no loud music and no inflatables, rollers, ball games or similar seem a matter of common sense. Using the shower, towels on sunbeds and abstaining from using the pool with an open wound or a contagious disease may be enforced too.

Remember that you will need a lifeguard when the pool is open if you have more than 200m2 combined water surface in one pool area, or two lifeguards if over 500m2. This only applies to communities with twenty or more dwellings.

On October 1, 2019, the Andalusian Decree of June 4, 2019

comes into force, and community pools will have to provide for toilets and changing rooms if the homes are more than 25 metres away.

Pools must have skimmers for every 25 metres of water surface or another suitable water recirculation system, and if communal, automatic or semi-automatic disinfection must be in place. Staff in charge of pool water maintenance must be suitably trained and measurements must be taken daily at opening time (twice a day in paddle pools).

In the case of private family-home pools, the only sanitary requirement is reporting any serious health incident to the authorities. However, if the property is up for holiday lettings or is in a community with less than 20 dwellings, as of October 1, you will need to make sure you have all relevant certificates showing the pool is compliant with sanitary requirements and that suitable disinfection and pest-control have been carried out.

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POOL SAFETY WORDS CRISTINA FALKENBERG

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ENJOY A FANTASTIC SEASIDE MEAL AT FINCA CORTESIN BEACH CLUB, OR LAGOON-SIDE AT THE BEACH AT LA RESERVA DE SOTOGRANDE. IF YOU LOVE WINE AND CHOCOLATE, DON’T MISS OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CUBA’S VERY FIRST SOMMELIER, JULIO CÉSAR GARCÍA VALDÉS OF D-WINE, AND OUR FEATURE ON GOURMET CHOCOLATE.

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AT THE PLAZA VILLAGE IN THE HOTEL PUENTE ROMANO

Puente Romano Hotel, Blv. Principe Alfonso Von Hohenlohe, Marbella. www.thaigallerymarbella.com

Reservations: 952 818 392

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C H I N E S E R E S TA U R A N T A N D P O LY N E S I A N B A R Puente Romano, Fase 2, Marbella.

Open Daily for Dinner from 8:00 www.taipanmarbella.com

Tel: 952 777 893 / 952 775 500

SUKHOTHAI Exquisite Royal Thai Cuisine

Tel: 952 770 550 Open Mon-Sat. C.C. Marbellamar, L-3A. Marbella. www.sukhothaimarbella.com

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omething about the summer craves dishes that are light and fresh, as well as day-caught fish and seafood which are packed with potent nutrients, including inflammation-busting Omega-3 essential fatty acids. You will find a range of healthy dishes at the Beach Club, as well as an enviable list of wines that can be paired to your starters and mains by the knowledgeable staff.

Our most recent visit to the Finca Cortesin Beach Club was a family getaway; one in which parents enjoyed a round of golf as well as soothing treatments and a dip in the circuit pool

at the spa, while the kids soaked up the sun by the pool. Afterwards, what better way could there be to share the day’s adventures, than by enjoying lunch together?

The Finca Cortesin Beach Club sits on the beach and is just 1.5km (a short private shuttle ride) from the Hotel. Measuring 6,000m2, it boasts teak wooden flooring, lush gardens, and Balinese beds and sun loungers surrounding the pièce-de-résistance: the breathtaking 35m infinity pool.

As we were a party of four, we shared a few hot and cold starters, including fine

slices of Iberian ham with tomato bread; a melon and King prawn curry salad, and irresistible Iberian ham croquettes with tartare sauce – hot and crisp on the outside and ultra creamy within. I myself ordered a chilled bowl of gazpacho – so satisfying after a day out on the greens.

Finca Cortesin is home to a challenging 18-hole golf course, so it is easy to build up an appetite while on the course.

One interesting feature of the Beach Club menu is the ‘Tomate al gusto’ dishes – featuring flavour-packed organic tomatoes served in a variety of styles – with avocado and chia seeds, alongside preserved tuna belly and onion, and even anchovies from Cantabria and black garlic. We tried the latter and definitely recommend the dish to anyone who goes ga-ga over anchovies.

For our mains, we tried a few Malagueño seaside classics – including deep fried baby boquerones, and octopus with a chipotle ali-oli. Two of us shared the salted seabass – super tender and flavourful, while the kids shared a yummy chicken paella with garlic and beans. The

rice boasted the perfect punto de cocción (tenderness level), and the kids scraped the very last grain off the pan – surprising considering the portions are generous indeed. Accompanying these exquisite dishes was a bottle of José Pariente Verdejo – an ideal companion to a fish and seafood meal.

If you are a meat lover, know that you will be spoiled for choice. The menu features everything from a thick juicy grilled beef sirloin steak with BBQ sauce, right through to grilled corn-fed chicken breast and of course, the famous Beach Club hamburger – served with sun-dried tomato, smoked cheese, and rocket lettuce. All mains can also be jazzed up with fries and veggies. We ended the meal with an irresistible raspberry cheesecake – light, airy, and creamy all at once.

The Beach Club is one of many jewels in the Finca Cortesin crown. The resort, which features a championship golf course, lavish spa, beautifully designed suites and a plethora of swimming pools, has something for everyone in the family.

Finca Cortesin is also home to a brand new yoga centre and private villas that epitomise style, comfort, and the joy of coastal living. Take a relaxing walk along the floral archways in the garden, hone your fitness at the adults-only Olympicsized pool, or turn back the hands of time with an anti-ageing facial at the spa.

Regardless of which type of holiday sets your soul ablaze, don’t miss out on at least one meal at the Beach Club. The sea has unique healing elements but so does food, and it just doesn’t get any better than at this cosy family club. i www.fincacortesin.com

FINCA CORTESIN BEACH CLUB Busy beach clubs can be loads of fun in the height of summer, but if body, mind, and soul crave relaxation, nothing quite beats the serene, six-star luxury getaway that is Finca Cortesin. The stunning resort – the jewel in the crown of Casares – offers the epitome in luxury family vacations, with its dreamlike spa, one indoor and three outdoor pools, and a beach club providing an ideal medley of Spanish and international snacks and dishes. WORDS MARISA CUTILLAS PHOTOGRAPHY KEVIN HORN

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For those not yet familiar with it, La Reserva Club de Sotogrande is a ‘country club within a country club’ – an exclusive gated estate of 400 hectares that incorporates the flowing greenery of a championship golf course, exclusive properties set within a parkland landscape, a racquet club and, rather uniquely, a tasteful beach club set upon a manmade lagoon. We sampled the dining experience at this superb lakeside location. WORDS MICHEL CRUZ PHOTOGRAPHY KEVIN HORN

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n terms of setting and ambiance it doesn’t get much better than this.

As you enter La Reserva Club de Sotogrande, the immaculate greenery of the golf course extends outwards from the elegant clubhouse, standing a little uphill from the racquet club and lakeside beach club. A ‘beach club in the hills’, it is unique in that it overlooks the sea but isn’t positioned upon the shoreline. Instead, La Reserva Club has taken the concept a little inland, and from its location within softly undulating terrain this mesmerising venue offers fantastic views and a very calming, relaxing atmosphere imbued with the quality, service and pedigree of both Sotogrande and La Reserva Club.

The Beach extends an easy-going air of sophistication with a restaurant and panoramic terrace that look out over a sports lagoon where a series of water sports activities are on offer.

But you won’t have to endure the sound of speedboats, as the craft are of the latest design and all electric.

This reflects the philosophy at The Beach, where such activities mirror a beach club whose sunbeds surround a lagoon complete with sandy beach.

One section is dedicated to families and even has charming food trucks where kids and grownups alike can

opt for a snack or an ice cream, while for those in search of true relaxation, there is an adults-only pool and deck overlooking the lake and hills. The restaurant is the focal point at the heart of a singular complex that also incorporates an area where one can enjoy massages.

DINING AT THE BEACH The first part of any dining experience worth its salt is the sense of occasion accompanied by your arrival. Thanks to its setting and five-star deluxe ambiance, The Beach scores very high in this regard. Maître d’ Francisco Roldán has an extremely personable way of making you feel at home and looked after, and once positioned at the lakeside – in my view the ideal vantage point – you can sit back and prepare for a special occasion. The menu is the creation of new chef Javier Rebollo, who joined the team after working in Asia as an executive chef in highly prestigious hotels.

Javier brings his passion for preparing healthy dishes, inspired by and created using the best seasonal produce, to La Reserva, where he designs dishes that perfectly complement a day at The Beach.

They draw inspiration from the nearby sea and the Andalusian hills that

stretch inland from here, an offering anchored in Spanish-Mediterranean cuisine with international influences.

The focus is very much on fresh, quality produce and given its location, The Beach offers deliciously light dishes that suit the summer season. A fine example of this is the carpaccio of seabass with lime, whose preparation and presentation are a study in finesse.

A vegan delight and also a fresh snack recommendable for nonvegetarians are the Vietnamese spring rolls in a sweet and sour sauce. The menu immediately stands out for its clear dietary indications and options for vegetarians, as well as those with gluten and lactose intolerance.

Accompanying these refreshing dishes was a crisp Larrosa Rosé from Rioja that proved a worthy companion throughout.

CULINARY SKILL IN A UNIQUE SETTING The setting remains a very big part of the uniquely charming dining experience at The Beach, for it brings together lake, hills and lagoon-side beach club in a very tastefully refined way. A series of fresh catches of the day were presented, from which we selected the beautifully prepared sea bass on a bed of delicately sautéed

vegetables – perfection in simplicity!

The other main course, a grilled Iberian pork cut served with Mediterranean style vegetables, was a pure delight in a similarly honest but gorgeous way; moderately crispy and accompanied by a wonderfully smoky sauce.

The menu also incorporates salads, seafood, rice dishes and refreshing soups, as well as desserts that find their inspiration in fruit, handmade ice creams and classic chocolate delicacies, but on the day we were offered one of the newly upcoming dishes prepared by sous-chef Andrés, whose nitrogen-cooled apple sorbet presented with a Calvados cocktail was a sensational and also very refreshing experience to which the table-side preparation added a great sense of occasion.

For a great dining experience in a uniquely relaxing and stylish setting, The Beach is the ultimate venue, and while it offers daytime dining, the restaurant also features special gastronomic events in the evening to look out for. g LA RESERVA CLUB SOTOGRANDE, Av/ La Reserva, s/n, Sotogrande.

Tel: 956 791 006. www.lareservaclubsotogrande.com/ the-club/restaurants-sotogrande

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THIRD EDITION OF

CIVAS PREMIOS AKATAVINO 2019 PRIZES

CIVAS recently held the third edition of the prestigious AkataVino Prizes, in which 500 of Spain’s top wines were given a medal and were awarded between 90 and 100 points. Because of its complexity and the volume of work involved, the event is a biannual one, featuring the tasting and valuation of over 5,000 wines from 3,000 winemakers. The top three bottles in terms of points were Fondillón de Alicante 1996 by Bodegas Monóvar, Arzuaga Gran Reserva 2011 by Bodegas Arzuaga Navarro, and Cuesta de las Liebres 2014 by Pago de Carraovejas. These bottles received the maximum number of points of the edition: 97. i www.akatavino.com

PIERRE MARCOLINI OPENS AT EL CORTE INGLÉS

Pierre Marcolini is a brand new outlet that has opened at El Corte Inglés in Puerto Banús. Located just outside Starbucks, it serves exquisite spreads, chocolates, macarons and more, made with beautiful artistry and presented in a luxurious manner. The brand is Belgianborn and owned, with stores in Belgium, Dubai, Hawaii, London, Paris, and Marbella (to name just a few). i www.eu.marcolini.com

SECOND ASIAN FOOD EVENT AT THE GRAN HOTEL GVADALPÍN BANÚS 5* The five-star Gran Hotel Gvadalpín recently held the second edition of its Asian Food event, which was officially launched with a traditional sake ceremony.

Chefs Alberto Villarrubia of the Gran Hotel Gvadalpín Banús and Juan Bautista (disciple of Masao Kikuchi) prepared an array of delights from renowned restaurants Jatame Asian + Nostrum and Rocío Tapas y Sushi. Star dishes included the lobster sashimi with tsuma and wasabi, the toro and negitoro duo, and the suckling pig gyoza confit with sweet and spicy miso. i www.granhotelguadalpin.com

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NIKKEI 55 OPENS ON THE PORT ‘Nikkei’ cuisine celebrates the fusion of two culinary traditions: the Peruvian and Japanese ones. Nikkei 55, on the Port, does it with style in a stunning restaurant graced with the warmth of wood. Dishes to-die-for include the octopus carpaccio with lime and jalapeño, the Nikkei 55 ceviche (with seabass, sweet potato and seafood), the salmon tartar with a Gravlax sauce, and more. There are a plethora of hot and cold dishes to choose from, and many platters that are ideal for sharing. Open daily for lunch and dinner. g Conjunto Benabola Local B2, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 229 470. www.nikkei55.com

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he art of the sommelier has existed for centuries, with some historiographers tracing it back to medieval France, when one lucky person called the somerier tested wine during long voyages.

It is therefore a pleasant surprise to discover that in Cuba, the art of the sommelier is relatively new, so much so that that I recently met the first Cuban sommelier – Julio César García Valdés – in person at the home of Spain’s largest collection of wines: D-Wine. Here, Julio carries out the post of Head Sommelier and Wine Director with great passion. His post is complex, involving the selection of Spanish and international wines for the restaurant and wine shop and the conduction of professional and private wine tastings for discerning Spanish and international clients.

Julio speaks with enviable ease and addictive passion about wine.

He obtained his university degree in English Language and Literature, Interpretation and Translation in Havana. It was precisely his skill in the English language that pushed him into the world of wine in the mid-1990s. “The Ministry of Tourism in Cuba was looking for someone who was bilingual to work as a sommelier, so I was chosen. Soon after completing the course, I began working at Casa Dupont, where I was Head Sommelier for seven years.”

In Cuba itself, Julio shined in many top-level establishments, including

a french fine dining restaurant and golf club in Varadero and the Hotel Meliá Las Américas in Varadero (where he was Head Sommelier).

“The Cuban state sent me to France in 1996 to learn more about wine and how it is produced, since Cuba is a big importer of wines. In France I visited all the major wine regions – Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Loire, etc.”

His training is vast and comprises both top level courses and practical experience. In 1998, Julio completed the first official sommelier course in wines, spirits and liqueurs offered by The Wine and Spirits Education Trust of London and in 2000 he obtained the Level 3 Certified International Higher Degree in Wines and Spirits at the same educational centre.

“From the year 2000 onwards, I began specialising in Italian wines, completing a certified professional sommelier course given by the Association of Italian sommeliers,” he says.

He also accepted new professional challenges, working for private companies and top wine importers in Cuba as well as advising the Cuban Ministry of Tourism for almost 20 years. In 2011, Julio made the big move to Spain. “I accepted the post of Head Sommelier of Alejandro Fernández’s Pesquera Winery Group in Ribera del Duero, which owned four different bodegas.” In 2014, Julio began his

relationship with the D-Wine group, working first as a sommelier before quickly accepting his current post as Head Sommelier and Wine Director.

“How could I resist this job?” he smiles. “D-wine boasts the biggest collection of Spanish wines in the world, and has over 150,000 bottles in stock. We have a huge vertical selection of all the best wines from Spain. For instance, we have bottles of Vega Sicilia Unico from 1960 onwards, Pingus from 1995 onwards, La Ermita from 1993 onwards, and Clos Erasmus from 1989 onwards. We have around six thousand Spanish wines, but also over one thousand international brands from France, Italy, and the New World – indeed, from almost every wine making region you could think of.”

D-Wine is essentially a wine restaurant. “Clients come because they love wine and of course, our Chef has created a magnificent menu with a plethora of meat, fish, pasta, rice, and other Mediterranean dishes with major international influences.”

At the restaurant, clients opt for fine wines that have been aged “for seven to 10 years, as top of the range wines should be. One important part of the D-Wine experience is the staff.

Clients can simply state the type of wine they are interested in and their budget, and the staff will recommend excellent wines that complement their meal perfectly.”

In addition to enjoying wine at the restaurant, clients can also opt for a private tasting. They can also order approximately 24 fine wines by the glass, thanks to D-Wine’s Enomatic machines (just ask for a card and swipe it on an Enomatic machine to try your chosen wine).

D-Wine also allows you to enjoy premium wines (some of the most expensive in the establishment) via the Coravin system. This is a unique wine preservation system that allows one to extract a glass of wine without pulling the cork out of the bottle.

D-Wine is quite simply a unique venue for wine lovers – one in which they can informally enjoy professional wine pairings with their meal and drink wines at their peak.

Clients can also opt for informal tapas, or celebrate a business or personal event with a curated wine selection. It is as much a haven for high-end buyers as it is for those on a budget wishing to spend no more than a stated sum on a couple of excellent glasses of wine. Julio is always on hand for often, “wine tastings are ad hoc.” Like all the finest things in life, the selection of wine is often a decision fuelled by emotion, born of the wish to celebrate a moment in style.

g C.C. Azalea, C/ Ana de Austria, Marbella. Tel: 952 814 446. www.d-winecollection.com

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Open your Taste Buds to a New Sensation

GOURMET

CHOCOLATE Chocolate has been one of our favourite treats and little ‘sins’ since it was first imported from the Americas by the Spanish. Today, the art of chocolate making is evolving ever more into the realm of gourmet creations of exquisite skill, creativity, and yes, deliciously tasty fun!

WORDS MICHEL CRUZ PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF GODIVA, EKHI GOLD AND MAYAN MONKEY

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ntil the 16th century, this addictive delicacy was unknown to all but the indigenous people of Central America. Its origins among the Olmec, Maya and later Aztec cultures stretch back almost 4,000 years, but for the wider world the appearance of the bitter tasting cacao beans and the associated hot drink transformed the sweet tooth, after sugar was added. This combination formed the beginning of a veritable revolution in nonsavoury foodstuffs, for it constituted the basis for the edible chocolate of the kind that today has billions of aficionados the world over.

Bonbons are the oldest known sweet chocolates designed for eating, and they date back to the elegance of the 17th century French royal court. By the early 19th century, Dutch and English chocolatiers had paved the

way for the now-ubiquitous chocolate bar, and can you believe it, milk was only added to the mix a little more than 100 years ago? This Swiss invention was the biggest step in chocolate making since the addition of sugar to cut out the cacao bean’s natural bitterness, and it formed the basis of Nestlé, one of the largest food companies in the world today.

Among the many mass-produced and luxury chocolate brands, there are some that stand out for a variety of reasons. In this article we have selected three that might tickle your fancy, including an international favourite, an artistic interpretation of the chocolate that recalls its early days as the favourite of aristocrats and courtesans, and our own region’s boutique chocolate factory in Mijas pueblo.

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Godiva boutique cafés are a world of chocolate joy

Chocolate and strawberry delights

Chocolate-based pastries

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GODIVA CHOCOLATE Belgium has gained international fame for a good number of things, foremost among them a reputation for creating some of the most delicious chocolate confectionary in the world. These precious little delicacies most often come in the form of bonbons, and one of the names immediately associated with premium Belgian chocolate is Godiva, a luxury brand of master chocolatiers that has its roots in 1926. In just under a hundred years, it has become a reference for quality, creative innovation and delicate culinary artistry.

Known the world over, Godiva products are available through a global network of 500 boutiques whose décor and ambience reflect the values of this noble brand. Here you will encounter a wide range of products designed to offer the ultimate chocolate experience; it is a world of gorgeous flavours, scents and visual sensations that can be enjoyed at Harrods, the landmark Rue Saint-Honoré boutique in Paris, at Dubai Airport, the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo or at the El Corte Inglés Club del Gourmet in Puerto Banús, and also at La Cañada, in front of Fnac. Lose yourself in the sweet delights of beautifully crafted pralines, biscuits and fantastic gifts. i www.godivachocolates.eu

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Juan Mari Iriarte – master chocolatier from Navarre

The ultimate sweet gift

EKHISpanish GOLD A rt istry

Spain has its master chocolatiers too, and none finer than Juan Mari Iriarte, who hails from Navarra in the north of the country. His inspiration and desire to produce superlative confectionary follows an artistic path that merges two of history’s most prized treasures: cacao and gold.

As a result, every bonbon created by Iriarte is an edible jewel founded in premium ecological cacao sourced in Peru and 23,9 carat gold. These two noble ingredients are merged through a handcrafted process in which the chocolatier emerges almost like an alchemist of old to produce the ultimate in luxury confectionary delicacies.

Ekhi Gold is now a reference of art, creativity, skill and exquisite raw materials within this field, and its creator’s products are desired across the world – to celebrate special events, offer gifts with a difference, or simply to enjoy! From the Côte d’Azur and the Emirates to Singapore and Marbella, Ekhi Gold is a delicate indulgence grounded in the finest ingredients and the hands of the maître chocolatier. It evokes the age-old association with art and privilege that chocolate has enjoyed. i www.ekhichocolates.com

Edible gold for the sweet tooth

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Some of the exciting things you can make with ethical cacao – and creative skill

Lively enjoyment at Mayan Monkey’s own pastry shop and café

MAYAN MONKEY Local Inspirat ion Our own local maison chocolatier blends fun, artistry, quality, innovation and also ethics into its unique offering in Mijas pueblo, where customers and visitors are welcome to visit the shop and also peek into an artisan’s workshop that is a 360-degree chocolate experience. It’s tasty fun for young and old alike, but there’s a serious side to this modern boutique chocolate maker on our doorstep, as Mayan Monkey has as much to do with ethics as with gastronomy.

Having already earned a reputation for the quality and creativity of its products, Mayan

Monkey is making a firm stand against slavery – yes, a human evil that has been making a comeback in recent decades, particularly in parts of Africa and Arabia associated with cacao production and chocolate consumption. “There are more slave workers in the world today than ever before, and the proliferation of it in cacao production gives a bitter edge to our enjoyment of this sweet snack,” says Jason Godwin, founder of Mayan Monkey.

“Slave and child labour are kept alive by the pressure to produce cheap cacao for mass

producers, so let’s vote with our feet and support those producers who use ethically sourced cacao, even if this adds a euro or two to the product we consume.” It puts a chilling, little-mentioned slant on the world’s favourite sweet, but by opting away from mass-produced, sugar-filled chocolate and embracing ethical alternatives made with organic ingredients, we are also benefiting our health and that of our children, wherever they are from. i www.mayanmonkey.es

Delicately crafted chocolate ‘bark’

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IS CAVA LOSING ITS SPARKLE?

A provocative and facile question on the face of it: perhaps I should be writing for a tabloid rather than , but not all is well within DO Cava. Deep-rooted tension has surfaced, not with sales but with the direction that Cava should take. WORDS PHILIP HARRIS

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ust after my last article on this subject was written, a new single vineyard classification Cava de Paraje appeared. The concept had first been heralded by the Cava Consejo Regulador in 2015, and in 2017 the first of Cava’s 12 crown jewels were named. To qualify, grapes had to be hand-harvested, vineyards had to be at least 10 y/o, yields limited to 48hl/ha and the wine had to be matured on the lees for 36 months. In essence, DO Cava had decided that quality would not just help its troubled image but establish a clear difference between it and Prosecco. Among the producers named were Gramona, Juvé & Camps, Torelló, Freixenet and Codorníu, thus encompassing both the great and the very large. However, the unity shown here was already beginning to fragment.

Almost in a parallel timescale, six producers including Torelló and Gramona formed Corpinnat, loosely translated from Catalan as the ‘heart of Penedés’. They wanted a focus on organic production, longer ageing times, limited use of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and, as their name suggests, production based only in Penedés with the purchase of bulk wine forbidden. In short, rules devised to exclude the giants Codorníu, Freixenet and García Carrión, whom others believed were manipulating DO Cava for their own interests. Remember that this DO is a method of production, NOT a delimited geographical area and herein lies one of the problems responsible for the antagonism.

After recognition by the Catalan government in 2017 talks began in February 2018 between DO Cava and Corpinnat to allow both names to feature on a label. While the setting up of the rival group was tolerated, the discussions regarding equal status were angry. Come February the group, now 9 in number, decided to break away from the DO after being told that wines should not even be released under the Corpinnat name.

An outsider might believe that both Cava de Paraje and Corpinnat have the same objective: to create prestige by producing the best sparkling wines imaginable from Penedés. But according to Toni de la Rosa Torelló, whose Vinyes de Can Marti was one of the first Cavas de Paraje, that initiative was merely a good try, whereas Corpinnat was the real thing because it applied to companies rather than single labels. The same outsider might also believe that much of this discord is mere posturing because the vast majority of production comes from Penedés anyway.

Yes, but Corpinnat’s production

comes solely from within the boundaries of DO Penedés whereas DO Cava is not restricted to geographical borders. Sadly I suspect some of this is score-settling along with the temptation to shout loudest about achievements, whereas 4 years ago there appeared to be a united front to promote quality.

Javier Pagés the President of the Cava Consejo Regulador is stressing that the doors of the DO are still open with Xavier Gramona stating that rejoining it is a possibility. However there are many disagreements to bridge: notably and unsurprisingly origin, quality and the power of the biggest 3 producers. More contentious though is the commitment by DO Cava to continue to promote Cava Paraje as a top tier wine which is seen as merely paying lip-service to the problems that Corpinnat believe exist.

Will any of this actually matter or even be of interest to the customer? The head of one of the breakaways, Xavier Gramona has already warned that the consumer risks being completely confused by the plethora of qualifications. Sparkling wine could be made as Cava, Corpinnat, DO Penedés (including Clàssic Penedés) and the nationwide Vi Escumós de Qualitat. Unless they regularly read the trade press, much of this is likely to have escaped their notice and they’d end up sticking to their brand of choice anyway.

There is an established mindset that DO Cava needs improving: Raventós i Blanc left it some years ago and Clàssic Penedés was formed in 2013 to give a home to the disenchanted who wanted to remain outside DO Cava. But where does one start, given its diverse membership and different interests?

And for those who broke away, how do they now exert pressure from the outside to clean up the problems that caused them disquiet in the first place? e

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PRICE GUIDE per head for a three-course meal with wine

*restaurants american JACKS

Open seven days a week from noon till late. Puerto Marina, Benalmádena. Tel: 952 563 673

JACKS SMOKEHOUSE Open seven days a week from noon till late. Puerto Banús, Tel: 952 813 625

MR. GOURMET BURGER Open from 6pm ‘til late every evening.

Avda. Luis Braile 20, San Pedro de Alcántara.

Tel: 952 785 257

YANX Open from 9am Monday to Saturday and Sunday from 11am for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Centro Plaza, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 818 861

under €25

€25 – €40

argentinean BUENOS AIRES SOUTH

Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner.

C/ Virgen del Pilar, 6, Marbella. Tel: 952 779 297

EL BANCO Open Monday to Saturday from 9.30am to midnight.

Urb. Aloha Pueblo, Local 35, Nueva Andalucía.

Tel: 952 907 570

HACIENDA PATAGONICA Open daily for lunch and dinner. C/ de la Acera de la Marina 2, Marbella. Tel: 952 900 968

ORIGEN

LISTINGS STARS

€40 – €60

€60 plus

Puerto Sotogrande. Tel: 956 790 212

eco

ALMAZEN

C’EST SI BON

Open daily from 12pm to midnight. Ctra. De Ronda, km 45, C.C. Monte Halcones, Local 9-10, Benahavís. Tel: 951 275 109

Open daily 1pm to 11pm except Mondays. C/ Iris 12T, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 635 771 122

GIOIA

Open daily for lunch and dinner. El Corte Inglés, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 909 990

Open daily from 1pm to 8pm except Mondays.

C/ Velázquez 1, Marbella. Tel: 630 441 834

THE ORGANIC CAFÉ

Open daily for lunch and dinner. C/ Gregorio Marañón s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 900 968

Open daily from 9am to 10pm. Esquina C/ Martínez Catena and Paseo Marítimo Fuengirola. Tel: 951 255 563

belgian

french

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Plaza de Los Naranjos,

Open for lunch and dinner from Monday to Friday

MYTILUS

and for dinner only on Saturday. Closed Sundays. Urb. Nueva Alcántara, Edif. Mirador, Bloque 4-B, Marbella. Tel: 952 783 714

ALBERT & SIMON

LE BISTROMAN MAISON LÚ Open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. Open Sunday for lunch. Blvd. Alfonso von Hohenlohe 269, Marbella. Tel: 951 210 000

MONSIEUR BISTRO Open daily for lunch and dinner. Open for lunch only on Mondays. C/ Antonio Herrera 6, Local 8, Marbella.

Tel: 744 612 790

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VALDERRAMA RESTAURANT

Tel: 952 886 307

Open Tuesday to Saturday for dinner only and on Sunday for Buffet Lunch. Apartado 1, Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 132.2 Sotogrande, Cádiz. Tel: 956 791 200

EL CARNICERO 2

french nordic NORMAN

Open Tuesday to Saturday 12pm to 2am. C/ Ramiro Campos Turno 4, Marbella. Tel: 600 919 541

gluten-free CELICIOSO

Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

At the Puente Romano Hotel on the Golden Mile.

Tel: 952 820 900

greek

RED PEPPER Open daily for both lunch and dinner.

Muelle Ribera, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 812 148

grills

ASADOR CRIOLLO GRILL Open nightly for dinner. CN340-A7, km. 166, Cancelada, El Saladillo. Tel: 952 784 463

ASADOR GUADALMINA Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. Urb. Guadalmina Alta, C.C. Guadalmina, Local 3, San Pedro de Alcántara. Tel: 952 883 003

CABAÑA NAGÜELES Open Monday to Saturday from 1pm to midnight. Urb. La Carolina, Marbella. Tel: 951 134 083

EL CARNICERO Open daily for both lunch and dinner. Pueblo Viejo Cancelada. Between San Pedro & Estepona.

Open every day for lunch and dinner. Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 176, Marbella. Tel: 952 867 599

EL GAUCHO Open daily for dinner from 7.30pm. Galerías Paniagua.

Sotogrande. Tel: 956 795 528

EL GAUCHO DE BANÚS

Ahumada, Paseo Marítimo, Marbella. Tel: 952 008 822

ALBERTS

indian

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Puerto Cabopino.

Tel: 952 836 886

CORIANDER

AMANHAVIS

Open daily from 1pm to 11pm. Paseo Marítimo Rey de España 4, Local 2-4, Fuengirola. Tel: 951 903 807

Open for dinner from Monday to Saturday from 8.00pm. Calle del Pilar 3, Benahavís. Tel: 952 856 026

JAIPUR PALACE

BABOO LOUNGE AND RESTAURANT

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Muelle Benabola 9-11, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 812 167

Open every night except Tuesday for dinner. CN340, km 194, next to Camping Cabopino, Marbella. Tel: 951 310 004

EL RANCHO DEL PUERTO

JAIPUR PURPLE

Open for lunch and dinner every day. Muelle Benabola 4, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 816 252

Open daily for dinner. CN 340, km. 166, Estepona.

Tel: 952 888 353

GRILL DEL PUERTO

MASSALA

Open for lunch and dinner every day. Muelle Ribera 47H, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 811 686

Open daily for dinner. 57, Duquesa de Arcos (Sabinillas seafront). Tel: 952 897 358

MARBELLA CLUB GRILL

MUMTAZ

Open every night for dinner. Marbella Club Hotel. Blvd.

Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe, s/n, Marbella.

Tel: 952 822 211

Open daily for both lunch and dinner. Casa No.7, P. Banús. Tel: 952 812 090

OLD TOWN GRILL Open Monday to Saturday for dinner and Sunday for lunch. C/ San Lázaro, 3, Pza. Victoria, Marbella.

Tel: 952 867 306

RESTAURANTE RANCHO Open every day from 5pm till late. Ctra. Cádiz, exit Las Chapas. Tel: 952 831 922

T-BONE GRILL

international

Open every day for lunch and dinner, closing Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at 8pm. Ctra. Arroyo de la Miel, s/n, Benalmádena. Tel: 902 102 675

BAHIA BEACH Open daily for lunch and dinner. CN340, km 146.5, Casares. Tel: 951 704 884

BALTAZAR BAR & GRILL Open daily for lunch and dinner. El Paseo del Mar, Kempinski Hotel Bahía Estepona, CN340, km 159, Estepona. Tel: 952 809 500

BARBQ ARTESANAL BURGERS Open every day for lunch and dinner. C/ Jacinto Benavente 5, Marbella. Tel: 952 770 656

11&11 RESTOBAR

BREATHE

Open Monday to Thursday from 7pm ‘til late, on Friday and Saturday from 1pm to 4pm and from 7pm ‘til late and on Sunday from 10am ‘til late. Dársena de Levante, Local 39, Estepona Port. Tel: 951 703 060

Open from 12.30pm ‘til late, seven days a week. C/ Los Lirios s/n, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 036 494.

ACINIPO

CAFÉ DE RONDA Open daily for breakfast and lunch until 7pm.

Avda. Ramón Gómez de la Serna 23, Marbella.

Tel: 952 862 149

Open daily for lunch and dinner. At the Gran Meliá Don Pepe, Avda. José Meliá s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 770 300

Open daily for lunch and dinner except Tuesday. C.C. El Zoco, Sitio de Calahonda, Mijas Costa.

Tel: 607 680 999

VOVEM

AL ROLO

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Puerto Deportivo de Sotogrande, s/n. Tel: 956 790 333

Open daily for lunch and dinner. C.C. Odeon, Locales 9-10, C/ Las Yedras, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 003 434

Open from 1pm to 4pm and 7pm to 11pm daily.

At Reserva del Higuerón. Avda. del Higuerón 48, Benalmádena. Tel: 952 661 174

Open daily for lunch and dinner. C.C. Laguna Village, local 24-25, Estepona. Tel: 951 217 871

VOVEM

CAFETERÍA KE CAMURÍ

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Avda. Duque de

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EL BOLERO

Open every day from 6pm except Sundays.

C/ Ancha, 8, Marbella. Tel: 952 900 450

Open every night for dinner from 8-11pm. The San Roque Club, CN 340, km. 127, Cádiz. Tel: 956 613 030

on Sundays for lunch. Cortijo Los Canos, Pueblo Nuevo de Guadiaro, CN-340, km. 132, Sotogrande, Cádiz. Tel: 956 695 114 / 619 694 484

CELIMA

EL CAMPANARIO

FINCA CORTESIN BEACH CLUB

Open every day for lunch and dinner. Hotel Hermitage, Ctra. de Casares, Casares. Tel: 952 895 639.

Open every day for lunch. Open for dinner on Friday and Saturday. CN 340, km. 168, Estepona.

Tel: 952 880 126

Open 11am to 7pm. Bahía de Casares, Casares.

Tel: 952 937 800

Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Urb. Cerrado del Águila, Camino del Acevedo, s/n, Mijas Costa. Tel: 951 773 521

EL CASTILLO

Open daily for lunch from 1-4pm, Wednesday to Sunday. Ctra. de Casares, km. 10. Tel: 952 895 120

CHARLIE’S CORNER

EL CORZO

Open Sunday to Thursday from 10am to 11pm and Friday from 10am to 4pm. Closed Saturdays. C/ Los Jazmines 409, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 951 275 384.

Open daily for dinner. Hotel Los Monteros, Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 187. Tel: 952 771 700

CLARO! RESTAURANT & BEACH CLUB

Open every night for dinner from 7:30pm. At Hotel Finca Cortesin, Casares. Tel: 952 937 800

Open every day from 10am to 11pm. C.C. Laguna Village, Estepona. Tel: 952 800 873

EL JINETE

CERRADO DEL ÁGUILA

D.O.M

Open Tuesday to Sunday for dinner. C/ El Pilar s/n, Benahavís. Tel: 681 294 442

EL JARDÍN DE LUTZ

Open daily for dinner except for Friday. Ctra. La Cala Golf, km 45, La Cala de Mijas. Tel: 952 119 170

Open nightly for dinner. At the Hotel Meliá Marbella Banús. C/ Mario Vargas Llosa s/n, Puerto Banús.

Tel: 912 764 747

EL LAGO

D.O.MAR

EL OCEANO BEACH HOTEL & RESTAURANT

Open daily from 1pm to 2am. Urb. Oasis Club, CN340 km 183, Marbella. Tel: 952 868 396

DON LEONE Open every night for dinner. Puerto Banús, Marbella.

Tel: 952 811 716

DÖSS Open 11am to 2am. Artola Alta, Marbella.

Tel: 952 000 772.

D-WINE Open Monday to Sunday for lunch and dinner. C.C. Azalea, Edif. A, CN340, km 173, Nueva Andalucía.

Tel: 951 339 309

Open Tuesday to Sunday for dinner. Urb. Elviria Hills.

Avda. Las Cumbres s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 832 371

Open daily for lunch and dinner. CN 340, km 199, Marbella. Tel: 952 587 550

EL OLIVO Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner and Sunday for lunch. At Marbella Golf & Country Club. CN 340, km. 188, Marbella. Tel: 952 830 500

EL RESTAURANTE DEL CASINO Open every day for dinner from 8pm-4am. Hotel Andalucía Plaza s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 814 000

FABIOLA

FINCA EL FORJADOR FRENCHETTE Open daily except Monday, 5pm to 11:30pm. Plaza Santo Cristo 6, Marbella. Tel: 952 901 040

HOTEL MARBELLA CLUB BUFFET Open every day for lunch. Blvd. Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 822 211

IL MARE Open every evening for dinner. Playa del Rodeo, Marbella. Tel: 951 319 372

KAVA Open nightly for dinner. Plaza de Los Naranjos, Old Town, Marbella. Tel: 952 824 108

LA BIZNAGA

Open from 11am until midnight. Closed Sundays. Avda Las Palmeras 15, San Pedro Alcántara. Tel: 952 780 927

Open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner and on Sunday for lunch only. Ctra. Ronda, km. 46, Urb. Las Medranas, local 4, San Pedro de Alcántara.

Tel: 951 275 750

GD GOURMET DELI MARBELLA

LA BRISA

Open 9:30am to 9pm from Monday to Friday and Saturday from 12am to 6pm. Closed Sundays. Bulevar Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe 7, Marbella. Tel: 952 774 049

Open for dinner Thursday to Monday from 7pm.

Kempinski Hotel Bahía Estepona. CN 340, km. 159, Estepona. Tel: 952 809 500

HAYACA

Open for lunch and dinner every day from 1pm to 1am.

Avda. Miguel de Cervantes 68, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 814 041

GALERIA SAN PEDRO

Open Monday to Sunday from 7.30pm to 11pm. At the Amàre Hotel Marbella. Avda. Severo Ochoa 8, Marbella.

Tel: 951 562 083

HERMOSA

LA CAMPANA

LA CANTINA DEL GOLF

Open Tuesday to Sunday for dinner from 7pm. Closed Monday. Local 1A. Puerto de Cabopino. Tel: 952 837 483

Open for breakfast and lunch until 8pm. Closed Sunday. Flamingo Golf Club, Cancelada, Benahavís.

Tel: 951 318 815

HILLS CAFE

LA CASA DEL HUMMUS

Open Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 6pm and Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 6pm. Closed on Monday. Tel: 952 856 171

Open Monday to Saturday 10am to 11pm and Sunday 11am to 8pm. Plaza Puente de Málaga, C/ Mendoza 16, Marbella. Tel: 952 866 104

HORIZON STEAKHOUSE

LA FAMIEKE

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Avda. Antonio Machado s/n, Benalmádena. Tel: 952 560 094

Open nightly for dinner except Sunday. C/ Cruz 5, Plaza Puente de Ronda. Old Town Marbella. Tel: 952 775 412

Open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner and

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LA GRANADA DIVINO

LIMA BY MOMO

Open daily for lunch and dinner except Tuesday.

C/ de las Piedras, Gaucín. Tel: 951 709 075

Open Monday to Saturday from 6pm to 12am. Closed Sundays. Plaza Practicante, Manuel Cantos 2, Marbella.

Tel: 952 036 115.

Open daily for Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 199. Urb. Riviera Golf. Tel: 952 931 941

Rimesa, Local 2, Marbella. Tel: 722 322 669

MOJO Open from Monday to Saturday for dinner from 8pm ‘til late. Monte Paraíso Golf, Marbella.

Tel: 951 217 272

Open 11am to 8pm in May, 11am to 9pm in June and September and 11am to 10pm in July and August. C.C. Laguna Village, Playa El Padrón, Estepona.

Tel: 952 800 015

MOMO MARBELLA

RESTAURANTE FELIX

Open Monday to Saturday from 6pm to midnight. C/ Tetuán 7, Marbella. Tel: 952 771 560

Open nightly from 7pm to 11pm. Urb. Boladilla Baja, CN340, km 163.5, Estepona. Tel: 951 082 090.

MOMO MARBELLA GOLDEN MILE

RESTAURANTE ROYAL

Open every night for dinner. Muelle Ribera, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 815 915

Open nightly for dinner, except Sunday. Avda. Bulevar Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe 30, Marbella.

Tel: 952 770 760

Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. At the Hotel Torrequebrada, Benalmádena Costa. Tel: 952 441 414

LOS NARANJOS RESTAURANT

MONKEY CLUB Open nightly for dinner. At the Puente Romano Beach Resort & Spa. Blvd. Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe s/n, Marbella. Tel: 951 607 018

Open from 9am to 10pm daily. Avda. Playas del Duque 3, Marbella. Tel: 951 569 392

Open nightly for dinner except Mondays. C/ La Tienda 1, Urb. La Virginia, Marbella. Tel: 626 273 882

Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Urb. Los Naranjos de Marbella. Nueva Andalucía.

Tel: 952 816 105

LA PLAGE DE CASANIS

MACAAO BEACH

NELI Gs

Open Monday to Wednesday 10am – 7.30pm and Thursday to Sunday 10am –10pm. Urb. Coto Chico 4D, Marbella. Tel: 952 837 862

Open daily for lunch and dinner. C/ Jose Echegaray, San Pedro de Alcántara. Tel: 952 113 618

Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. C.C. Benavista, Estepona. Tel: 952 928 576

MAGNA CAFÉ

NŌMŌ BRASSERIE

LA VERANDA

Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

C/ Calderón de la Barca, s/n. Tel: 952 929 578

Open for lunch and dinner every day except for Sunday. Bulevar de San Pedro, San Pedro de Alcántara.

Tel: 951 702 168

LA LOGGIA Open daily for breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks.

Hotel Villa Padierna & Flamingos Golf Club, Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 166 (Cancelada exit), Benahavís. Tel: 952 889 150

L’OLIVE

LA TERRAZA

Open every night for dinner. Hotel Meliá La Quinta, Urb. La Quinta Golf s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 762 000

Open everyday lunch and dinner. Golf Hotel Guadalmina, Marbella. Tel: 952 882 211

LA TERRAZA Open daily for dinner. La Cala Resort, La Cala de Mijas, Mijas. Tel: 952 669 000

LA TIENDA

Open Tuesday to Saturday for dinner.

Hotel Villa Padierna, Urb: Flamingos s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 889 150

LA VERANDAH Open week days for dinner at 7:30pm and weekends for lunch and dinner, closed Tuesdays. Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 136. Playa Guadiaro, Torre-Guadiaro, Cádiz.

Tel: 956 615 998

LA VERANDA LOBBY BAR Open every day for lunch and dinner. At the Kempinski Hotel Bahía Estepona. CN 340, km 159, Estepona. Tel: 952 809 500

Open daily from 8am-6pm. At La Reserva Club. Avda. de la Reserva s/n, Sotogrande. Tel: 956 785 252

LOS ARCOS LOS BANDIDOS

MARE NOSTRUM

PUROBEACH

ROSAS CAFÉ ROJO Open every day for lunch and dinner except Sunday. C/ Granada, 44, Málaga. Tel: 952 227 486

SAVOR Open 1pm to 3:30pm and 7:30pm to 11:30pm daily except Sunday evenings and Monday. Avda. Andalucía 6, Local 4, San Pedro de Alcántara. Tel: 951 531 777

SEA GRILL At the Puente Romano Marbella. Open daily for lunch and dinner. CN340, km 187, Marbella. Tel: 952 820 900

Open daily for breakfast and dinner. At the Hotel Amàre Marbella. Avda. Severo Ochoa 8, Marbella.

Tel: 800 843 493

OCEAN CLUB

MC CAFÉ

OCHO

Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Marbella Club Hotel. Blvd. Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe, s/n. Tel: 952 822 211

Open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner. C/ Moncayo 12, Fuengirola. Tel: 952 460 232 / 648 502 822

Open Monday to Thursday from 1.30pm to 4.30pm, Friday and Saturday from 1.30pm to 4.30 pm and 8pm to 10.30pm. Ctra. de Ojén, km 22, A355, MarbellaMonda. Tel: 952 864 455

PASSION CAFÉ

SKINA

MESSINA

Open for lunch and dinner every day. C.C. La Colonia, San Pedro de Alcántara. Tel: 952 781 583

Open for lunch and dinner Tuesday to Friday and Saturday for dinner only. Closed Sunday and Monday.

C/ Aduar 12, Old Town, Marbella. Tel: 952 765 277

Open for dinner Monday to Saturday. Avda. Severo Ochoa, 12, Marbella. Tel: 952 864 895

MIRAFLORES GOLF RESTAURANT

Open from 11am to 9pm. Avda. de Lola Flores, s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 908 137

POSIDONIA BANÚS

SHANTI-SOM – AMRITA

Open for lunch and dinner daily. CN340, km 175,

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Jardines del Puerto, local 12, Puerto Banús.

Tel: 952 906 181

Open daily from 12pm to 4pm. Avda. Duque de Ahumada s/n, Marbella. Tel: 951 562 887

AMORE E FANTASÍA

SOLLO Open nightly for dinner except Sundays. Urb. Reserva del Higuerón, Málaga. Tel: 951 385 622

SUITE Dinner and afterwards dance to music by resident DJ. Thursday to Saturday. Hotel Puente Romano, Marbella.

Tel: 952 820 900

TACOS & TIKKA Open 1pm to 12am Monday to Sunday.

CN340, km 192, Las Chapas. Tel: 952 355 561

TANINO Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. CN 340, km 168, Benamara, Estepona. Tel: 952 883 259

TERRA SANA Open Monday to Sunday for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Marina Banús, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 817 977.

C.C. Laguna Village, Estepona. Tel: 951 901 050. C.C. Parque Miramar, Fuengirola. Tel: 952 663 937. Puerto Marina, Benalmádena. Tel: 951 915 069

THE ENGLISH GARDEN Open Tuesday to Saturday from 6pm to 11pm and Sunday from 1.30 to 9.30pm. Closed Mondays. Avda.

España 16, Urb. Buenavista, Sitio de Calahonda. Tel: 952 930 252

THE MEETING ROOM Open 9am to 11pm every day except Sundays. Avda.

Ricardo Soriano 1, Local 1 (Edif. Portillo), Marbella.

Tel: 952 772 577

THE ORANGE TREE Open every evening from 6:30 pm-11 pm. Plaza General Chinchilla 1, Plaza de los Naranjos, Marbella.

Tel: 952 924 613.

THE PLAYWRIGHT Open daily for lunch and dinner. C/ Manzana, Locales 8-11, Pueblo Los Arcos, Elviria. Tel: 952 830 868

TIKITANO Open every day for lunch and dinner. Urb. Guadalmansa, CN340, km 164, Estepona.

Tel: 952 798 449

TROCADERO ARENA Open every day for lunch and dinner. Torre Real Beach, Marbella. Tel: 952 865 579

TROCADERO BEACH Open daily for lunch and dinner. Playa de la Carolina, Marbella. Tel: 610 704 144

TRUFFLES KITCHEN

AND THE

Open every day for lunch and dinner from 7pm onwards. Muelle Benabola, Casa 5A, Puerto Banús.

Tel: 952 813 464

ARETUSA Open daily for dinner. Front line P. Banús.

Tel: 952 812 898

CARPACCIO Open every day for lunch and dinner. Frontline Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 813 357

CASA TUA

O MAMMA MIA

s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 778 686

Open every day except Sunday for lunch and dinner.

At El Corte Inglés Food Hall, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 909 990

OMBÚ

RISTORANTE SAN MARTINO Open daily for lunch and dinner. C.C. Pinares de Elviria s/n, Elviria, Marbella. Tel: 952 832 702

ROSMARINO DELLA PIAZZA Open every day from 12pm ‘til midnight for lunch and dinner. C.C. Pinogolf de Don Carlos 34, Elviria.

Tel: 952 850 148

SERAFINA

Open from 7pm to 11pm, Wednesday to Sunday. At the Don Carlos Leisure Resort & Spa. Avenida Zurita, s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 768 800

OSAKA Open every day 13:30-16:00 & 19:30-24:00.

CN 340, km. 166 (Benavista). C.C. Costa del Sol. Tel: 952 885 751

SAKURA Open every day for lunch and dinner. Avda. José Banús, 5, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 817 536

Open from Monday to Saturday for dinner at the Puente Romano Hotel on the Golden Mile.

Tel: 952 771 798

SANTOKU

Open every evening for dinner. C/ Ortiz de Molinillo 14, Marbella. Tel: 951 712 227

CIBO

TARTUFO

SAPPORO

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Blvd. Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe 11, Marbella. Tel: 952 900 380

Open every day for lunch from 1pm to 3:30pm and for dinner from 6:30pm ‘til late. C/ Tetuán 9, Marbella.

Tel: 951 087 323

Open daily for lunch and dinner. C.C. Costa del Sol, upper level. CN 340, km. 166 (Estepona).

Tel: 952 888 710

Open all day. Da Bruno Cabopino: CN-340 Km. 194,7.

Tel: 952 831 918. Da Bruno a Casa: Marbella Mar, Local 1, Marbella. Tel: 952 857 521 – closed on Sunday. Da Bruno A San Pedro: Avda. del Mar, local 1E, San Pedro.

Tel: 952 786 860 – closed on Monday. Da Bruno Sul Mare: Edif. Skol, Paseo Marítimo, Marbella. Tel: 952 903 318/19. Da Bruno Mijas Costa: Ctra. de Mijas, km. 3.6, Mijas. Tel: 952 460 724

VALPARAÍSO

SUKHO THAI

Open nightly for dinner. Ctra. Mijas – Fuengirola, km. 14, Fuengirola. Tel: 952 485 996

Open for dinner from Monday to Saturday. Centro Comercial Marbellamar. Tel: 952 770 550

VILLA TIBERIO

SUSHI KATSURA

Open Monday to Saturday for dinner. Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 178, Marbella. Tel: 952 771 799

Open for lunch from Monday to Friday and for dinner from Monday to Saturday. C/ Ramón Gómez de la Serna, 5, Marbella. Tel: 952 863 193

DA PAOLO

RESTAURANTE BAR CARMEN

DA BRUNO

Open everyday for lunch and dinner. Muelle Ribera, casa G-H, local 43, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 816 453

DAYTONA RESTAURANT – MOTOR PASSION Open daily from 12pm to 12am. Avda. Julio Iglesias, Puerto Banús. Tel: 951 569 194

DON GIOVANI Open every night for dinner from 7:30pm. At Hotel Finca Cortesin, Casares. Tel: 952 937 800

FRASCATI Open daily for lunch and dinner. Plaza de Los Naranjos s/n, Sotogrande. Tel: 952 790 392

GOLD RESTAURANT Open every day from 10am to 12 am. Complejo Benabola 13, Beach Side, Puerto Banús.

Tel: 952 929 055

LA LOCANDA DEL PARADISO Open daily for lunch and dinner. Urb. Paraíso Barronal, km. 167, Estepona. Tel: 951 272 371

LA PAPPARDELLA DI ESTEPONA Open every day for lunch and dinner from 1pm to midnight. Puerto Deportivo de Estepona.

Tel: 952 802 144

mediterranean

Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. C.C. Laguna Village, CN 340, km 159, Estepona. Tel: 952 806 739

Open daily for dinner. At the Villa Padierna Palace Hotel.

CN 340, km 166, Marbella. Tel: 952 889 180

TAI PAN Open seven days a week for dinner. H. Puente Romano, Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 177, Marbella. Tel: 952 777 893

TA-KUMI

oriental

Open daily for lunch and dinner. C/ Gregorio Marañón 4, Marbella. Tel: 952 770 839

ASIATICO ZEN

TEPPANYAKI SAMURAI

Open every day for lunch and dinner except Tuesday lunch. C/ Lirios s/n, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 817 691

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Avda. Manolete 20, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 816 549

BAMBOO

THAI GALLERY

Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. Ctra.

Istan km 1, Marbella. Tel: 952 906 674

DRAGÓN DE ORO

At Plaza Village at the Hotel Puente Romano. Blvd.

Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe s/n, Marbella.

Tel: 952 818 392

Open every day from 12.30-4pm and 7pm until midnight. Closed Monday lunchtime. Ctra. de Cádiz, km.

141, Urb. Hacienda Guadalupe, Manilva. Tel: 952 890 956

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Avda. Playas del Duque s/n. Edif. Gaviotas IV, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 813 675

GENJI SUSHI BAR

TOP THAI

Open from 1:30pm-4pm and 8pm to 11pm. C/ Ramón Gomez de la Serna, 4, Edificio Balmoral. Marbella. Tel: 951 530 955

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Centro Plaza, 64, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 951 319 778. Also at C.C. Laguna Village, Local 11-13, Estepona. Tel: 952 806 661

GOLDEN WOK

TSE YANG DIMSUM CLUB

Open every day for lunch and dinner. Urb. Marbellamar, Marbella. Tel: 952 866 840

Open daily for lunch and dinner except Sundays. At El Corte Inglés Food Hall, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 909 990

KABUKI RAW

WAGAMAMA

Open Tuesday to Saturday for dinner. At Finca Cortesín Hotel. Ctra. Casares s/n, Casares. Tel: 952 937 800

Open daily for lunch and dinner. 19 Ocean Village promenade, Gibraltar. Tel: +350 200 44182

THAI STYLE

Truffles is open daily from 6:30pm to 10:30pm nightly.

The kitchen is open daily from 12pm ‘til late. C.C. Pinares de Elviria, Local 18, Marbella. Tel: 951 569 173

LA PAPPARDELLA SUL MARE

VENTA GARCÍA

LA TRATTORIA

Open daily for lunch and dinner every day except Monday. Ctra. de Casares km 7, Casares.

Tel: 952 894 191

Open daily from 7pm to 11pm.

At the Don Carlos Leisure Resort & Spa. Avenida Zurita, s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 768 800

VILLA PADIERNA CLUB DE MAR

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Open daily for lunch from 1pm to 6pm.

CN 340, km 166, Marbella. Tel: 647 791 515

Open every night for dinner. Urb. Doña Lola, Local 21-22, Calahonda, Mijas Costa. Tel: 952 934 667

ZEST

LOMBARDO’S

Open Monday to Saturday from 8:30am to 4:30pm and for cocktail hour from 4:30pm to 8pm. Centro Plaza, Marbella. Tel: 951 319 151

Open daily from 7pm. Galerías Paniagua, Sotogrande, Cádiz. Tel: 956 795 924

ZOZOI

Open every night for dinner. C.C. Cristamar, Avda. Julio Iglesias, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 906 608

Open every day for lunch and dinner. C.C. Pino Golf, Don Carlos, Local 1, Elviria, Marbella. Tel: 952 830 365 / 658 646 829

METRO

NIKKEI

Open every day for lunch and dinner. Puerto Marina, Benalmádena. Tel: 952 446 460

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Conjunto Benabola Local B2, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 229 470

Open from 11am-4pm and 7.30-11pm every day except Mondays. Puerto Deportivo de Sotogrande, Cádiz.

Tel: 956 790 370

NUNOS

NOBU

RESTAURANTE LA MARINA

Open daily for lunch and dinner. At the Caleta Hotel.

Catalan Bay, Gibraltar. Tel: +350 200 76501

Open nightly for dinner. At the Puente Romano Beach Resort & Spa. Blvd. Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe

Open every day from 1-4.30pm and 8pm until midnight.

Paseo Marítimo s/n, La Atunara, La Linea de la

Open Wednesday to Monday for dinner.

Closed Tuesday. Plaza Altamirano 1, Marbella.

Tel: 952 858 868

italian AL DENTE

Open every day for dinner. Closed on Mondays. Urb.

Open every day for lunch and dinner. C.C. Laguna Village, Estepona. Tel: 952 807 354

MADE IN SARDINIA

KAIDEN SUSHI

WASABI

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Centro Com. Guadalmina Alta, Guadalmina 4, local 2, lower floor, San Pedro de Alcántara. Tel: 952 896 508

Open daily from 1.30 pm for lunch and dinner. C.C. Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 908 577

KAMA KURA Open Tuesday to Saturday from 8-11pm. The San Roque Club, Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 127, San Roque, Cádiz. Tel: 956 613 030

scandinavian ALOHA RESTAURANT

Open every evening for dinner from 6pm to 11.30pm.

Avda. del Prado s/n, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 811 285

MAKITAKE

SKANDIES

Open daily for lunch and dinner. C/ Ribera s/n (above disco Seven), Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 811 592

Open Tuesday to Sunday from 7pm to 11pm. Closed Mondays. Avda. Antonio Belón, 26 (behind the lighthouse), Marbella. Tel: 952 776 323

MECA

seafood

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Concepción, Campo de Gibraltar.

Tel: 956 171 531

La Alcaidesa, La Linea de la Concepción. Tel: 956 582 700

LA TORRE

LA MÁQUINA

Open daily for lunch and dinner.

Muelle de Honor, Club de Mar, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 811 561

Open daily for lunch and dinner except Sunday. At El Corte Inglés Food Hall, Puerto Banús.

Tel: 952 909 990

MARISQUERÍA LA PESQUERA Open daily for lunch and dinner.

Plaza de la Victoria, Old Town, Marbella. Tel: 952 765 170

RESTAURANTE EL BOTE

LA MORAGA BISTRÓ Open daily for lunch and dinner.

C/ Ramón Areces s/n, in front of El Corte Inglés, Puerto Banús.

Tel: 952 817 448

LA RED Open every day for lunch and dinner. Paseo Marítimo Rey de España, Fuengirola. Tel: 952 660 084

Open daily from 9.30am to 6pm.

Playa La Fontanilla, Marbella.

Tel: 952 821 450

PALAPA Open daily for lunch and dinner.

C.C. Laguna Village, CN 340, km 159, Estepona. Tel: 952 808 165

Open daily for lunch and dinner except Tuesdays. Avda. La Fontanilla, Edif. Balmoral, Bajo 3, Marbella. Tel. 600 003 144

SANTIAGO

MI TABERNA

Open daily for lunch and dinner.

Paseo Marítimo, 5, Marbella.

Tel: 952 770 078

Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. CN340, km 178, Marbella. Tel: 952 827 880

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BAHÍA

Open every evening for dinner. At Hotel Don Carlos. Avda. Zurita s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 768 800

HACIENDA Open from 1-4.30pm and 7.30 -11pm. Closed on Sunday afternoons and Mondays. Urb.

MESÓN EL ADOBE

Customer assistance T: 952 128 267 General Info T: 902 240 202 Reservations T: 902 240 202 Ave T: 952 128 079

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RUSSELL GRANT’S Monthly Horoscopes August 2019 LEO (July 23rd – August 22nd) On the 1st, the New Moon will prompt you to change your image in a dramatic way. Take this opportunity to update your hairstyle, overhaul your wardrobe and go for a whole new look. You will be very happy with the results. Stepping into a prominent role is another possibility. You’ll enjoy basking in the spotlight and showcasing your talent. On the 15th, the Full Moon will put great strain on a close relationship. You won’t be able to coax the people you love and like most into doing things your way. As a result, it may feel like you’re undermining each other’s dreams. Think carefully whether you want to continue this alliance. A second New Moon on the 30th attracts a fantastic moneymaking opportunity. Being able to work overseas will be a welcome change of pace. Alternatively, you may be able to travel extensively as part of a new job.

On the 1st, the New Moon will prompt you to change your image in a dramatic way.

Take this opportunity to update your hairstyle, overhaul your wardrobe and go for a whole new look. You will be very happy with the results

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ARIES [21 MAR – 19 APR]

August gets off to a romantic start on the 1st, when the New Moon puts you on the path to love. If you’re single, you will meet someone special at a religious, cultural or educational event. Keep your ears open for someone with an attractive accent. Are you in a relationship? Give your amour a token of your esteem.

Booking a trip to a country that has always fascinated you both is strongly advised. Nothing spices up a romance like a change of scenery. On the 15th, the Full Moon will put a strain on your social circle. Someone who has been taking advantage of your generosity will reveal their true colours.

Parting ways will come as a profound relief. Another New Moon falls on the 30th, resulting in an exciting job opportunity. Don’t worry if you’re expected to work with hi-tech equipment. You’ll catch on quickly after taking a crash course.

TAURUS [20 APR – 20 MAY]

The New Moon on the 1st invites you to improve your domestic situation. If you’ve been looking for a place to live, this is the best time of the entire year to find one. Chances are you’ll discover the perfect abode in a glamorous neighbourhood. Being able to walk to shops, restaurants and parks will help you feel connected to the outside world. If you’re happy with where you live, you may be welcoming a baby, elderly relative or roommate to your household. This addition will cultivate a joyous atmosphere; greet them with open arms. Your career will require your attention on the 15th, due to an anxious Full Moon. It’s possible your boss will quit unexpectedly, causing more responsibilities to be heaped onto your plate. You might have to skip a child’s game, recital or performance for the sake of work in mid-August. The second New Moon on the 30th invites you to relax and enjoy sensual pleasures.

GEMINI [21 MAY – 20 JUN]

The opening days of August promise to be very busy, thanks to an active New Moon on the 1st. Take this opportunity to run errands, catch up on correspondence and reconnect with friends. If you’re single and someone offers to set you up on a blind date, accept. You’ll be delightfully surprised by this encounter. Are you already in a relationship? Your amour will have wonderful news that is cause for celebration. The Full Moon on the 15th will bring a disappointing legal decision. Although you’ll be angered by this verdict, it’s important to pick yourself up and dust yourself off. Dwelling on bitter feelings will drive opportunity from your door. Moving to a beautiful place is a distinct possibility on the 30th. That’s when another supportive New Moon will help you find a home with gorgeous landscaping. If you have no intention of moving, this would be a good time to make some upgrades.

CANCER [21 JUN – 22 JUL]

A well paid position could come your way during the opening days of August, thanks to the enriching New Moon on the 1st. Any work involving luxury goods, entertainment or gambling will significantly raise your income. If you’re happy with your current job, think about making an investment in any of these industries.

The payoff will be substantial. A stressful Full Moon on the 15th will make you vulnerable. Someone will take advantage of you when your guard is down. The sense of betrayal will be strong. Instead of putting yourself in

such a precarious position again, it may be better to end this relationship altogether. On the 30th a second New Moon will inspire you to pursue a childhood dream. Stop telling yourself it’s too late to achieve a lofty goal. If you can conceive something at the end of the month, you can achieve it. Summon every ounce of willpower.

VIRGO [23 AUG – 22 SEP]

The opening days of August invite you to kick back and relax. That’s because a restful New Moon rises on the 1st. Take this opportunity to go on vacation or retreat to a tranquil place where you can hear yourself think. If you don’t have the funds to go away, a staycation can be satisfying, especially if you don’t check messages from work. The Full Moon on the 15th will force you to take better care of your health. Sugar, fat and alcohol can put a terrible strain on your system. Choose fresh produce, lean proteins and whole grains instead. By the time the second New Moon rises on the 30th, you’ll be in top form.

Your enhanced good looks and natural charm will attract exciting opportunities. The chance to take an overseas trip will fall into your lap. Make sure your passport is up to date with the approach of September.

LIBRA [23 SEP – 22 OCT]

Joining a club, team or organisation is strongly advised at the beginning of August. That’s when the New Moon will put you in contact with some creative people. Working alongside fellow artists will fuel your own imagination. If you’ve been trying to get a new project off the ground, join forces with the people in your group. There is power in numbers. On the 15th, an anxious Full Moon will prompt you to take a second look at a romantic relationship. Someone you once adored could reveal themselves as selfish. You have no desire to build a life with someone who distains your love of beauty and luxury. Instead of trying to make things work, it may be better to walk away. Another New Moon on the 30th will enhance your intuition. By listening to your instincts, you’ll be able to become emotionally and financially independent. Embrace your freedom.

SCORPIO [23 OCT – 21 NOV]

The New Moon on the 1st brings a lucrative career opportunity. Getting paid handsomely for a job you love is very possible. If you’re happy with your current position, you could be given a promotion.

You’ll achieve tremendous success from working with overseas clients. If you’ve been unemployed, seek opportunities in the entertainment industry; you will strike gold. On the 15th, the Full Moon will force you to come to terms with a painful family situation. Be ready to turn your back on a relative whose inconsiderate behaviour makes you feel used and abused. Another New Moon on the 30th marks a festive party. Be sure to attend this gathering, even if you’re tired and irritable. Your annoyance will turn to joy as soon as you walk through door. Prepare to make at least one interesting friend. This relationship will have a stabilising influence on your personal life.

SAGITTARIUS [22 NOV – 21 DEC]

The New Moon on the 1st urges you to venture off the beaten path. Being adventurous, enterprising, travelling overseas or enrolling in university are among the

possibilities. The sky is the limit during the opening days of August. Working towards lofty goals will be rewarding on all levels: emotionally, financially and spiritually. On the 15th, a stressful Full Moon will bring a painful secret to light. Instead of denying a mistake, own up to it. Make a sincere apology and then do everything in your power to make amends to the people who were hurt by your deception. It will take a long time to regain the trust of a loved one. The only way to restore this relationship is by being patient, persistent and understanding. A second New Moon will rise on the 30th, attracting an important career opportunity. Working with luxury goods will be highly profitable for you.

CAPRICORN [22 DEC – 19 JAN]

A passionate romance will make the opening days of August a time to remember. If you’re single, you will meet someone special at a sporting or entertainment venue. Are you already in a relationship? It will feel like you’ve embarked on a second honeymoon with your amour. There’s a good chance your partner will receive a big windfall that indirectly benefits you. Take this opportunity to indulge in some creature comforts. On the 15th, the Full Moon will force you to make an ethical decision. It may be necessary to leave a job where you are being pressured to do underhand or even criminal things. The law is on your side at the end of the month. Contact a lawyer or police officer on the 30th, when a second New Moon will help you get justice. Sitting idly while others are being abused is not an option. Speak truth to power.

AQUARIUS [20 JAN – 18 FEB]

The opening days of August are ideal for getting engaged or married, thanks to the loving New Moon on the 1st. If you’re already in a serious relationship, take this opportunity to lavish your partner with affection. A beautiful gift, a thoughtful gesture or a personal sacrifice will be well-received.

Although you have difficulty expressing your emotions, it’s important to wear your heart on your sleeve at this time. On the 15th, the Full Moon will shed light on some embarrassing shortcomings. If someone challenges your bad behaviour, don’t be defensive. Listen carefully to the criticism and let it enlighten you. Breaking a terrible habit or adopting a healthier approach will improve all your relationships. A second New Moon will rise on the 30th, suggesting you may receive a financial windfall. Use money from an inheritance, legal settlement or royalty payment to buy a home or make some improvements to your existing abode.

PISCES [19 FEB – 20 MAR]

A fabulous job offer will arrive on or around the 1st, thanks to a supportive New Moon. Working in a creative field will bring out the best in you. There’s a good chance this position will involve world travel, which perfectly suits you. If you want to improve your health, do so in the opening days of September. Your energy will soar after making a few simple adjustments to your diet and exercise routine. The Full Moon on the 15th forces you to confront a persistent fear. Stop telling yourself you don’t deserve to be happy. The sooner you forgive yourself for past mistakes, the easier it will be to realise your heart’s desire. On the 30th, another New Moon will mark a turning point in a close relationship. Getting engaged or married is a distinct possibility. If you’re in a serious relationship, your partner will have some good news that benefits you both.

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