Like most towns in Spain Manilva holds an annual Romeria, or pilgrimage. The Romeria in honour of Ntra Señora de Fátima (Our Lady of Fatima) will be celebrated this year on the weekend of the 17 and 18th of May, at the San Adolfo Chapel by the Baños de la Hedionda Roman baths.

The local business association ACEMCE - Asociacion de Comerciantes y Empresarios de Manilva, Casares and Estepona will be officially launched at a party to be held on Friday, 16th May, at the Castle in Castillo de la Duquesa, Manilva.

The evening starts at 7.30 pm, with the presentation at 8.00 pm.

There will be music during the evening, provided by local music society ASABAM – Agrupacion Musical de Amigos de Sabinillas as well as light refreshments. ACEMCE is also sponsoring an exhibition of art and crafts which will also be inaugurated on the same evening and will run from Monday, 19th to Wednesday, 21st May inclusive.

The latest addition to the Paseo Maritimo in Sabinillas is the installation of two fitness zones, complete with exercise equipment.

The aparatus is specially designed for outdoor use and allows residents and visitors alike to include a workout whilst taking a stroll on the promenade.

These fitness zones are situated at either end of Sabinillas: one at the La Noria end next to ‘The Last Resort’ bar; and the other at the La Colonia playground.

Manilva’s Councillor for the environment, Emilio Lopez Berenguer, has held preliminary talks with the President of the animal welfare charity ADANA, Paul Agius, with a view to collaborating on animal welfare issues in the municipality.

Every May the Cordoba Patio Festival gives the green-fingered people of the city an opportunity to show off their hard work and creativity when they throw open their private homes, gardens, balconies and of course patios to the public.

People come from all over the world to enjoy this unique event and to marvel at the ingenuity that turns Cordoba into a riot of bloom.

Viajes Transandalucia are running two trips to Cordoba during the Patio Festival, one on the Thursday, 8th May and another on Thursday, 15th. The Resident newspaper and Manilva Life have arranged a special price for our readers, so instead of the regular price of 60 euros you can travel to Cordoba on these two days for only 50 euros with children under twelve at 34 euros.

So hurry and book now and don’t miss this great opportunity to visit this splendid festival.

 Don’t forget that to receive our special discounted rate you must mention ‘The Resident’ when booking.

For more discounted trips and excursions see Day Trips and Excursions

The I Manilva Bookfair, held on the Paseo Maritimo in Sabinillas,  will get underway this Friday, 25th April, at 5.00 pm and will run for three days finishing at 10 pm on Sunday, 27th (fair opens at 11 am).

The Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, Spain’s Met Office, is to install a weather station in the Manilva area.

Up to now the nearest station has been in Los Pedregales park in Estepona, which enjoys slightly different weather conditions due to its proximity to the Los Reales mountain.

The met station will feature instruments to measure wind, precipitation, temperature, humidity and sunlight and will be set up on land adjacent to the cemetery.

This station will be part of the large network of unmanned weather stations throughout the country.

So at last we will have accurate figures for the weather conditions in the Manilva area.

After a number of delays, the Iglesia Nuestra Señora del Carmen church in Castillo de la Duquesa was finally officially opened today Sunday, 20th April.

At a press conference on Monday, 14th April, the Manilva Town Council presented the project to build a Palacio de Ferias y Congresos in Manilva.

L to R: Belli Muñoz, Vanesa Toro Muñoz (1st prize), Diego Diez

A ceremony was held at the offices of the Foreign Residents’ Department at Villa Matilde last Thursday, 4th April, to award the prizes for both the Foreign Residents Logo competition and the Painting Competition.