Buying a homeRenting out your home: the holiday-let licence in AndalusiaHoliday lets in Andalusia need a regional registration, a planning check and, in some buildings, a community vote. Here is the order to do things in.News & Lifestyle
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Buying a homeRenting out your home: the holiday-let licence in AndalusiaHoliday lets in Andalusia need a regional registration, a planning check and, in some buildings, a community vote. Here is the order to do things in.
Buying a homeYour NIE and a Spanish bank account: the first two stepsHow foreigners get a Spanish NIE, what the certificate of non-residence is, and why you need both before you sign.
Buying a homeWhat a month on the Costa Tropical costsWhat a month costs on the Costa Tropical: market, lunch, bills, car and healthcare, with the figures we could check and where to ask around.
Buying a homeWhat buying a home here really costs on top of the priceOn a €300,000 resale home in Andalusia, the transfer tax is €21,000 and the other costs add several thousand more. Here is the full picture.
Buying a homeWhy buy a home on the Costa TropicalSix reasons people buy on the Granada coast, from the winter sun to the drive to Granada, and what to weigh up before you do.
Buying a homeCosta Tropical property prices in 2026: the numbersAsking prices per m² for Almuñécar, Salobreña, Motril and Nerja in October 2026, set against Marbella, Málaga city and the wider averages.Costa Tropical
The towns, beaches, weather, food and sport of the Granada coast, and how to get here.
Costa TropicalAlmuñécar beyond the beachBeyond the beach: Almuñécar's Roman fish factory, aqueduct, San Miguel castle and El Majuelo park, plus La Herradura next door.
Costa TropicalThe weather on the Costa Tropical, month by monthWhy the Sierra Nevada keeps our coast mild, what the terral, autumn storms and summer heat feel like, and how warm the sea gets.
Costa TropicalSalobreña: the white town on the rockThe white old town under its castle, El Peñón, the sugar-cane plain, the beaches, market day, and what living here is like for buyers.
Costa TropicalGolf on the Costa Tropical and next doorThe courses within reach of the Costa Tropical, from Motril to the Málaga coast, with par, winter prices and what to check before you book.
Costa TropicalUnder the surface: diving and snorkelling from La HerraduraDiving and snorkelling off La Herradura: the Maro-Cerro Gordo cliffs park, Punta de la Mona, what lives below and when the water is warmest.
Costa TropicalTasting the year: mangoes, avocados and chirimoyas on the coastWhat the coast's mangoes, avocados and chirimoyas taste like through the year, when they are picked, and what owning a finca with trees means.
Costa TropicalThirteen beaches, west to east, from Cantarriján to CalahondaThirteen beaches from Cantarriján to Calahonda: what each is like underfoot, who it suits, how to get there and the 2026 Blue Flags.
Costa TropicalMálaga, Granada or Almería? Flying to the Costa TropicalMálaga, Granada or Almería? Our honest take on drive times to Almuñécar and Motril, who flies where, and the bus, train and ferry options.Granada
The Alhambra, the Sierra Nevada, the Alpujarras and the valleys between the city and the sea.
GranadaGuadix: living in a cave, an hour from GranadaThe Barrio de las Cuevas in Guadix: about two thousand cave houses, rooms that hold 18 to 20 °C, and the Geopark badlands nearby.
GranadaA year of fiestas in Granada and on the coastGranada's holidays and the Costa Tropical's fiestas, month by month: the 2 January holiday, the May crosses, San Juan on the sand and the July boats.
GranadaThe Lecrín Valley: orange blossom halfway to GranadaHalfway between the Costa Tropical and Granada, the Lecrín Valley has orange groves, white villages and a cable railway most people have forgotten.
GranadaGranada from the coast: the Alhambra and a day in the cityThe A-44 gets you from the coast to Granada in about an hour, and the Alhambra needs booking ahead. How we plan a day in the city.
GranadaThe Alpujarras: white villages on the Sierra Nevada’s south faceThe white villages of the Alpujarras: Lanjarón, the Poqueira gorge, Trevélez, the drive from Motril and a weekend plan.
GranadaSki in the morning, swim after lunch: a Sierra Nevada daySki at Pradollano in the morning and swim in Almuñécar by late afternoon: the drive, the lift pass prices and a 15 °C winter sea.Málaga & the Axarquía
Nerja, Frigiliana and the eastern Costa del Sol, twenty minutes along the coast.
Málaga & the AxarquíaTorrox: the climate claim, the promenade and the village aboveTorrox's best-climate claim, what the MeteoGroup study compared, and the seafront, Roman ruins and village above the coast.
Málaga & the AxarquíaNerja: the Balcón de Europa and the town around itThe Balcón de Europa, the Cueva de Nerja, Burriana and the Chíllar gorge, and how Nerja compares with Almuñécar.
Málaga & the AxarquíaFrigiliana: the white village above NerjaFrigiliana is a Moorish hill village about six kilometres above Nerja, with tiled history, cane honey and a festival of three cultures.No story matches that yet. Try a town name, or .
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