Godiva opens a shop selling chocolates, pralines and ice cream in Puerto Banús The history of this chocolate all started with the praline. A mix of almonds or hazelnuts and finely ground caramelised sugar that was added to chocolate in Belgium to create what is known today all over the world as “Belgian chocolate“. In

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Marbella has become a fashion reference this weekend with the first edition of Marbella Fashion Week. The Puerto Banús catwalk presented the latest trends from national and international designers like Stefania Pinyagina, Hamza Ben Sabih, Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada and Jesús Segado and Javier Alcántara, both from Malaga. The Tourism Councillor, Javier Porcuna highlighted

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The actor Carlos Bardem will receive the International Projection Award at the event, and the Goya Theatre has been chosen as the meeting point for the Spanish and international film industry for the first edition of the Marbella Film Festival Series like ‘La Embajada’ that was shown on Antena 3 last year and films like

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The PP councillor, Jose Eduardo Díaz, condemned the “situation of abandonment, insecurity and disdain affecting all the Puerto Banús area” this Thursday, and demanded that the tripartite implement an urgent plan of action to improve the area’s image this summer. The government team hit back and defended the investments it has made in the area

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The Municipal Office of Public Works has replaced the street lights along the promenade from Puerto Banús and the Río Verde pedestrian footbridge to make them more energy efficient. Fifteen of the street lights have been replaced with LEDs, and this will reduce consumption by 2650 kilowatts per year and allow for savings of €450

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The statue is a donation from the artist Víctor Fernández in tribute to the Peruvian writer Marbella City Council will erect a statue in Puerto Banús to honour the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Mario Vargas Llosa, stated Rafael Piña, the Councillor for Education and Culture at this month’s plenary session last Friday.

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Business owners see the installation of a video surveillance system as something positive to deter crime, especially in areas attracting a lot of tourists like Puerto Banús, Ricardo Soriano and the Promenade Business people and retailers in the municipality are 100% in favour of installing video surveillance cameras in certain parts of the city, especially

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