The mayoress of Manilva, Antonia Muñoz, along with the councillors for Infrastructures and Works, Mario Jiménez and the Sports Councillor, Diego Urieta, recently met with representatives of the construction company Vera y Gea 21, to discuss the progress of the Sabinillas sports complex.

Following recent meetings and the passing of local ordinances regarding the identification, naming and numbering of the municipality’s streets and buildings, works are proceeding to fix street signs and numbering with the intention of solving the major problems affecting the local postal system.

Manilva’s Foreigners’ Department is organising a trip to the Andalucian capital of Seville on Saturday, 17th November.

The trip will leave at 7.30 am, returning 5.30 pm taking in La Giralda, the Cathedral and Real Alcazar and will cost 47 euros per person.

Call 952 890 406 or 665 384 160 for more information and to book your place.

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Manilva's Councillor for Tourism, Augusto Gil, along with a number of owners of various hostelries in Manilva have arranged a programme of gastronomic events entitled 'Ruta del Tapeo'.

The official inauguration took place on Wednesday, 31st October, of the newly created Plaza de la Igualdad in Sabinillas.

The ceremony was attended by the Mayoress, Antonia Muñoz, the Councillor for Gardens and Public Works, Mario Jiménez, along with other councillors and the general public.

This inauguration concludes the improvements which began in response to protests by neighbouring residents about the decrepit state of this plot which was overgrown and full of vermin and rubbish

The new square, which is situated just off Avenida Miraflores, is intended as a place of recreation and relaxation for the residents of Sabinillas and is equipped with a fountain, benches, trees and flower beds.

Over one hundred of Manilva’s foreign community attended the first of a series of ‘Dias del Tapa’ to be held in local bar and restaurants.

Manilva’s Councillors responsible for the beaches and tourism departments, Diego Urieta and Augusto Gil, respectively, visited Seville this month to recieve three awards, on behalf of Manilva, for Tourism Quality.

The Culture Department are offering Latin and Ballroom Dancing classes at the Colegio Maicandil school, in Sabinillas.

Learn the Rumba, Foxtrot, Jive, Tango, Waltz, Quickstep, Samba, Cha-Cha and Paso Doble on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 pm to 7 pm. Cost is 30 euros a quarter.

For more information call 692 385 960. English and German spoken

Earlier this month the Councillor for Tourism, Augusto Gil, held a meeting with the owners of various hostelries in Manilva to finalise details for the forthcoming programme ‘Ruta del Tapeo’.

The Councillor for Infrastructure and Public Works, Mario Jiménez, has announced that the major project to improve the Peñoncillo road connecting Manilva Town with the coast by Pueblo Mexicano is to begin on Monday, 22nd October.