In yesterday’s blog I spoke about the success of Malaga Airport and the increase in visitors this year.

Two seperate airlines have just released new destination flights from Malaga Airport. Excitingly, the Big Apple is now a destination choice, directly from Malaga with Delta Airlines releasing a 5 times weekly service from Malaga to JFK Airport on the June 2nd 2012.

A Granada based airline, Helitt have launched a flight from Malaga to the North African enclave of Melilla once a day except on Saturdays with prices from €43 return.

Malaga Airport has maintained its position as 4th busiest in Spain when it was used by 1.53 passengers in August 2011. The airports authourity has stated that 22.8 million passengers flew to or from Spanish airports in August this year of which 15 milllion came from abroad. This is an increase of 7.4% on the same time last year so there are clearly more visitors heading to Spain; only Madrid, Barcelona and Mallorca airports came ahead of Malaga. This is fantastic news for Spain as a whole and of course for our area of Duquesa. The links to this area are getting better and better with the improvements to Gibraltar and Malaga airports and the new motorway that has opened in Malaga improving links to Granada, Cordoba and Seville. Due to a high demand by holiday makers, Barrington Holidays is increasing its portfolio of holiday rental apartments this year and so if you have any property in the Duquesa area that you would like to have listed with us please contact us. The developments that we need properties in are: Los Granados, La Noria, Marina del Castillo, Marina Duquesa and La Perla de la Bahia.

Exciting news has come to my attention recently about more investment by the Junta de Andalucia in the Manilva area. The Plan Qualifica and Casares Town Hall are to invest €400,000 to link the municipalities of Estepona, Casares Costa and Manilva with a new Paseo (promenade)

Work is to begin on Playa Chica in Casares and the plans include a 32 metre long bridge over the Manilva River and a coastal “garden” next to the Jordana Stream in Casares.

The Manilva coastal area is of outstanding natural beauty with views to Africa, Marbella, the mountains, Gibraltar and the beautiful Mediterranean Sea. To hear of more investment only qualifies our own thoughts at Barrington Homes, that the Duquesa and Manilva area is a fantastic place to live and invest in.

If you are looking for a property in Duquesa, property investment or a home in Duquesa, Manilva or Casares Costa, Barrington Homes in Duquesa are listing new Manilva properties all the time and at now at heavily reduced prices with 100% mortgages available. We update our Barrington Homes web site everyday so you can rest assured that the information you see for each and every property for sale in the Duquesa area is clear and current. You can register your details on the Barrington Homes site and you will recieve all the new Duquesa, Sabinillas, Manilva and Casares property listings as they happen or contact us at Barrington Homes directly with the details of the Costa del Sol property that you are looking for and we will do our utmost to find the right property for you, at the right price.

The smoking ban that has recently taken place in Duquesa and the whole of Spain is one of the strictest in Europe. Smoking has been banned in all bars and restaurants in Duquesa, Sabinillas, Manilva and Casares Costa areas and smoking will also be prohibited on television broadcasts, near hospitals or in school playgrounds.

The law tightens anti-smoking restrictions that were introduced in 2006 and came into effect on the 1^st January 2011. The anti-smoking rules introduced in 2006 outlawed smoking in the workplace, but let bar and restaurant owners choose whether or not to allow it. Most chose not to impose any ban and only large restaurants and bars were obliged to provide a smoke-free area.

Duquesa, Sabinillas and Spain in general have a strong cafe culture this is one of the joys of being in Spain either as a visitor or resident and I believe that this is a huge step forward for the Duquesa area. The whole of the Manilva and Duquesa area is now far more family friendly and holiday makers, visitors and residents of Duquesa can rest assured that they and their children are in a smoke free environment when they take them out to eat and socialise.

Happy New Year to you all and wishing you all a happy and healthy 2011. 

Here we are at the beginning of another year and who can believe that another 12 months has flown by. January not only welcomes in fresh beginnings and resolutions but also the sun. Duquesa is basking in wonderful temperatures that those in the UK can only dream about during their big freeze.

Barrington Homes and Barrington Holidays have been very busy since returning to the office on the 3^rd January. Our holiday rentals department is already taking bookings for the summer season. We have beautiful properties available to rent in the hugely popular Marina del Castillo, Marina de la Duquesa, La Perla and many more wonderful urbanisations. If you fancy a winter sun break or a summer holiday in our beautiful Duquesa area, contact Barrington Holidays or browse through our long let and holiday let properties at www.barringtonholidays.com.

In the sales and marketing team at Barrington Homes we are very busy preparing for the year ahead. We are increasing the marketing and visualisation of our vendor’s properties by creating partnerships with UK agencies and introducers.

We are now on Facebook where all our properties will be listed, we are tweeting on Twitter regularly and throughout the year we will be introducing to our sites, videos of the Duquesa, Manilva, Casares Costa and Sabinillas areas, the local urbanisations and selected properties that we have for sale.

If you are considering selling your property in Duquesa contact us here at Barrington Homes or come along to our office in Sabinillas and we will offer you the best advice and guide you through the selling process in Spain.

If you want to take advantage of the great property prices available in Spain at the moment and you are considering purchasing a home or an  investment, take a look at our property listings page, we are adding new properties all the time and offer a complete aftersales service from furnishing your new home to managing your new investment.