A fantastic day out on a sailing charter, just off the Mar Menor, Spain. A friend has just celebrated his 40-Something birthday, so I couldn’t resist accepting an invitation to join him on a Sailing yacht charter for the day from a small marina on the Costa Blanca, Spain. There was just 4 of us, [...]

Google have finally properly launched their much anticipated free property portal using their map search facility. Most real estate agents are still under the mercy of the old-style property portals who have refused to join the party.  However, you CAN make a difference and get ahead of the competition. These guys, at Realpress, saw the [...]

I’ve been visiting the Almeria region of Spain for over 7 years. When I first drove into Mojacar Playa, I didn’t get the same feeling that all of my friends had. They told me that Mojacar and Mojacar Playa was a wonderfully relaxed, genuinely Spanish, beach resort. They told me that it felt so laid [...]

On one of my recent visits to the Algarve, Portugal, a small bargain property caught me eye. I then embarked on a lengthy search for the best mortgage deal in Portugal for a non-resident. Communicating with the Portuguese banks was difficult as they seem to work in a completely different way, to the way that I’m [...]

Hello All, Life isn´t that bad. There may be a Global recession, but it´s mid January and the sun is shining in Spain. I have the pleasure of visiting many different countries for my work, and the Murcia and Almeria regions of Spain are always a pleasure. You can still visit great places where English [...]