Venice in Italy and Puerto de Mogán in Gran Canaria
See here Venice and the 25 most famous copies in the World including our beautiful Puerto de Mogán in Gran Canaria.
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Local and regional elections last Sunday
Local and regional elections were held on 22 May 2011 in Spain. Some 34,6 million voters (including half a million foreign residents with voting rights) were called to elect the mayor and city councils of 8.116 municipalities all across Spain. At the same time, elections were held for the provincial councils in the mainland and [...]
Mogan: Leading position for hotel occupancy in the whole Spain last December
Data from the National Institute of Statistics for the month of December, published a few days ago, gave again our municipality the top position for hotel occupancy. Mogán held the top rank during 5 months last year, namely January, February, March as well as November and December 2010. The Canary Islands at large were again [...]
Agricultural market in San Fernando de Maspalomas
The agricultural and livestock market of San Fernando de Maspalomas, which celebrated last May its first anniversary, has already become a meeting-point for residents and visitors alike. It was created over one year ago thanks to an agreement between the municipality of San Bartolomé of Tirajana and the Cabildo (Island Government) of Gran Canaria, following [...]
Walking uphill in Barranco Los Palmitos, Gran Canaria
It so seldom rains in Gran Canaria that it is quite a happening for the locals and all those who live permanently here. The tourists seeking the sun will forgive us for rejoicing over every drop of rain that falls upon the thirsty ground, making the landscape greener and greener. So on a Sunday some [...]
The Pilates Centre at the Maspalomas Golf Club
Some two years ago, a friend of us (over 65) told us he had been attending Pilates lessons at the Maspalomas Golf Club, and he felt that his health and physical well-being had gained much by them. We had already heard something about the method, so Antonio and I did go and started taking lessons [...]
The Canary palm tree
Gran Canaria has plenty of astonishing sights to offer, some of them very impressive to the eye. I particularly like this one, a Canary palm tree (miraculously spared by the fire in the summer 2007), which actually takes its roots from a large stone underneath. It can be seen along a lovely mountain road on [...]
Should one purchase a property in the name of the children?
Every now and then some of our clients have expressed the wish to buy the property under the name of their children, mainly to avoid inheritance tax /death duties upon their death. That is a decision that should be duly weighed and considered. First of all the inheritance tax is not as high as many [...]
