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12 Get Your Heart Racing!

22 Flights of Sexual Fantasy 26 Extreme Adventure Activities in Andalucía 34 Celebrity Fetishes 38 The Secret of Good Sex

The News 14 Films 16 Latest DVD Releases 18 Book Releases 20 CD Releases

The People 32 Colin Firth 36 Muireann Gaffeny of Mundo Fitness

The Trend 40 Cars: The Bugatti Veyron Super Sports 42 Titillating Sex Aids

The Chic 44 Instant Design by Daniel Libeskind 54 Décor News: Mood Lighting for Lovers 56 Top Gardening Tips 58 Fashion: Custo Hippy Chic 64 Fashion News

The Spa 68 Contrast Hot and Cold Treatments 70 Beauty News 72 The DASH Diet for a Healthy Heart 74 The Mediterranean Diet 76 Health News 78 Health Profile: Conor Corderoy, NLP therapist

The Vibe 80 What’s Up and Who’s Who on the Local Social Scene

The Pro 86 Enterprise – Local Business News 94 Business Profile: Goldfingers Marbella 96 Finance: 2010 Review

The Traveller 98 Romantic Retreats in Spain 104 Hotel: The Hydros Boutique Spa & Wellness

The Gourmet 109 Güey 111 Grill del Puerto 112 Food News 114 Chef’s Profile: Juan Sepúlveda of Los Bandidos 116 Wine Feature: Avant Garde Red Wines 118 Listings

The Blog 126 Kids Zone 127 Pet News 128 What’s On in February 130 Your Stars for the Month Ahead

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Pump up the Volume

This month, get ready to feel your pulse throb with our special edition entitled ‘Get Your Heart Racing’, fittingly timed to correspond with February’s Valentine’s Day when our thoughts are tuned to love and romance. That central organ that’s so important to our well being, our heart, comes under focus in this issue as we strive to stress the importance of keeping yours healthy.

Sexual attraction, love and lust all have a big effect on our hearts as do physical activity, thrills and excitement and they are all covered in these pulsating pages. We set the tempo with our lead feature on sexual fantasies which is a real eye-opener in terms of the contrasts from the male and female perspectives. Continuing in the same vein, we profile heart-throb Colin Firth, visit a variety of sumptuous romantic retreats in Spain, get in the mood for love with sensuous lighting and suggest some sexy bedroom toys to spice up the action!

In terms of sheer adrenalin rush, we bring you a whole host of extreme adventure activities available here in Andalucía guaranteed to do the job, and take you on the exhilarating ride of a lifetime aboard the Bugatti Veyron Super Sports. For anyone interested in keeping in shape, check out our interview with Muireann Gaffeny, the dynamic owner of new Golden Mile health emporium Mundo Fitness, and don’t miss the ultimate in hippy chic from Custo of Barcelona.

For those in the mood for romance come Valentine’s day, you will find lots of ideas for that special dinner or overnight stay. Rising once again to the challenge, we also give you a full complement of articles designed to keep you in the picture, after all, this is what is really all about.

See you again next month with another groundbreaking issue.

¡Dale Caña a Tu Corazón!

Este mes, prepárate para sentir latir tu corazón con una edición titulada ‘¡Sube tus pulsaciones!’, perfecta para el mes de febrero, cuando los amantes de todo el mundo celebran el día de San Valentín. El corazón es tan importante para nuestro bienestar, que le damos toda la importancia que se merece e intentamos buscar nuevas maneras de combatir el estrés y mejorar la salud.

Nuestro corazón late por la atracción sexual, el amor y la lujuria y también por la actividad física y la emoción, y encontrarás un poco de todo esto en esta edición.

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Empezamos con un reportaje sobre las fantasías eróticas, que nos sorprende por la diferencia entre las fantasías masculinas y femeninas.

También hablamos con un objeto de deseo mundial, Colin Firth, visitamos un montón de lugares románticos, nos bañamos bajo una iluminación sensual y sugerimos unos gadgets sexys para subir el nivel del placer en el dormitorio.

Para descargar un poco de adrenalina, os ofrecemos un reportaje sobre las actividades de aventura más populares en Andalucía, y nos montamos en el veloz Bugatti Veyron Super

Sports. Si el fitness es lo tuyo, no te pierdas nuestra entrevista con Muireann Gaffeny, dueña del nuevo emporio de fitness, Mundo Sport, en la Milla de Oro. Y te enamorará la ropa de la nueva línea de Custo de Barcelona.

Para los que quieren sentirse más románticos en San Valentín, tenemos muchas ideas para esa cena o noche especial. Una vez más, descubre las últimas tendencias, para manteneros informados como siempre. ¡Nos vemos para la edición ‘revolucionaria’ de marzo!

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Studies have shown that it can protect your heart, up your levels of youthful hormones and even lower your cholesterol. Love may have its ups and downs but, from a purely medical perspective, it’s worth it. Hence, this month’s theme is packed with healthy ideas to set your heart racing, erotic fantasies and sex toys included!

Many studies have emphasised the benefits of making love but it’s more than just ‘sexercise’. Simply being in love increases levels of the anti-ageing hormone DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) while, just before orgasm, it spikes to levels threeto-five times higher than usual. One study carried out over 10 years found that men of all ages who had sex at least twice a week were half as likely to die as men who had sex less than once a month. Regular intercourse also promotes prostate health by reducing the likelihood of fluid buildup in the organ. For women, love-making increases oestrogen levels, which keep the heart healthy. Both partners also benefit from emotional intimacy during sex, which eases stress and fosters an overall sense of well-being.

One study of 10,000 men showed that those with heart risk factors (such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure or diabetes) but who felt loved by their partners experienced half the angina symptoms as those in loveless relationships. Feelings of love increase oxytocin levels (called the love hormone), which increase blood flow to the

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“Love is the best medicine, and there is more than enough to go around, once you open your heart.”

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heart and body and lower blood pressure.

Another recent study showed that regularly writing down feelings of affection can help to reduce cholesterol levels, although researchers have yet to establish why.

The overall death rate is significantly higher in the single and never-married.

Those in committed relationships require fewer doctor appointments and have shorter than average hospital stays. Kissing is another relationship benefit. It increases saliva, which reduces the incidence of gum disease and saves expensive trips to the dentist.

Feelings of love can also help lessen symptoms of depression and therefore reduce risky behaviour like substance abuse. A study conducted by Harvard University researchers found that married women are 20 per cent less likely than their single friends to die of stress-related causes like heart disease, suicide and cirrhosis of the liver, while married men are 100 to 200 per cent less likely to die of these causes.

But it’s not only romantic love that can improve your health. Simply hugging reduces levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which can suppress the immune system. Care and concern for others in the community can also provide health benefits.

The Institute for the Advancement of Health conducted surveys involving 1,746 people who did volunteer work. Results showed that their altruism promoted relaxation and endorphin release, offering relief from pain related to stress-sensitive conditions such as multiple sclerosis and headaches.

Even if you don’t have that special someone to share Valentine’s Day with this year, take time to appreciate the relationships you do have, and the attendant health benefits. We are social beings and benefit greatly from a connection to those around us. If you are unhappy with the relationships in your life, it could be time to branch out and make some new connections. Your body, mind and soul will thank you! e

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Barney’s Version [Genre] Drama [Director] Richard J. Lewis (The City) [Actors] Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman Barney’s Version, based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Mordecai Richler, is the story of a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. Barney narrates the most important points in his life, which take place over a 40-year period. He is, in a way, giving his own version of his life since he has just found out that an enemy is about to publish a revealing tell-all book about his corruption in his profession, his three failed marriages and the mysterious disappearance of his best friend, Boggie. Barney is the primary suspect in Boggie’s disappearance but throughout the film it is easy to forgive him, owing to his intelligence, charm and kindness. Not only is he an incorrigible romantic, he is also capable of performing acts of great generosity which reveal that he has a heart of gold.

Inside Job [Director] Charles Ferguson (No End in Sight) [Genre] Documentary [Narrated by] Matt Damon Inside Job exposes the terible truth about the 2008 world financial crisis, a tragedy that has cost billions of dollars and spelt disaster for many families who have lost their jobs and their homes.

Through a series of interviews and investigations, Inside Job exposes the rise of a dishonest industry that has corrupted politicians, regulating bodies, and academics. The movie was filmed in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China.

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark [Genre] Thriller [Director] Troy Nixey (Latchkey’s Lament) [Actors] Bailee Madison, Guy Pearce, Katie Holmes Sally Hurst (Bailee Madison), a shy, withdrawn little girl, moves to Rhode Island to live with her father, Alex (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend, Kim (Katie Holmes) in an impressive 19th century mansion they are in the process of restoring. Sally explores the house and discovers a hidden basement which has been locked up since the strange disappearance of the original builder, over a century ago. Sally unwittingly sets a variety of diabolical creatures free, which aspire to drag her into the hidden depths of the mysterious house. The little girl will have to convince Alex and Kim that she’s telling the truth if she is to save herself, and her entire family, from doom.

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My Name is Khan [Genre] Drama [Director] Karan Johar (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai) [Actors] Shahrukh Khan, Kajol Devgan Famed Bollywood director Karan Johar brings us his latest gem: a romance centering on the characters of Rizvan (Shah Rukh Khan) and Mandira (Kajol Devgan), who form an unlikely couple and prove the extent to which love transcends issues of race, creed and circumstance.

Rizvan is a young muslim whose life is marked by Asperger syndrome (suffered by Dustin Hoffman’s character in Rainman). Despite his condition, Rizvan is taught by his mother to embrace life as though there was nothing wrong with him. When she passes away Rizvan, who is unable to exteriorise his pain, travels to the United States to reunite with his brother. There he meets beautiful hairdresser Mandira, a young single mother who falls in love with him and marries him. Life for Rizvan could not be better until an ugly racial incident provokes a tragedy that affects his wife’s sanity and his own understanding of the world. Rizvan goes on a quest to meet the American President, to tell him one thing: “My name in Khan and I am not a terrorist.”

Director Johar enlightens us, “My Name is Khan is an epic tale of love between two people who have a singular way of looking at the world. In each of my films I try to explore the many ways that two people can fall in love and stay in love, despite the challenges and obstacles that life throws in their way.”

When In Rome [Genre] Romantic Comedy [Director] Mark Steven Johnson (Ghost Rider) [Actors] Kristen Bell, Danny Devito, Jon Heder, Dax Shepard, Josh Duhamel Kristen Bell plays ambitious yet jaded New York museum curator Beth who, while on a trip to Rome, throws some coins into “an absurd fountain of love” and inexplicably arouses the passions of a strange group of suitors: a sausage magnate (Danny Devito), a street performer (Jon Heder), a painter (Will Arnett) and a narcissistic model (Dax Shepard). To confuse her even more, a delightful journalist (Josh Duhamel) crosses her path, prompting her to step out of her shell and embrace the love she has always wanted to find.

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The Cove [Genre] Documentary [Director] Louie Psihoyos (The Singing Planet) [Narrated by] Matt Damon The dolphin is one of the most intelligent animals on the planet, and one of the most loved species.

Nevertheless, a small village on the Japanese Coast, apparently characterised by its love for marine animals, hides a big secret. A group of activists led by renowned dolphin trainer Richard O’Barry embarks upon a dangerous secret mission to reveal what happens in this apparently harmless haven. Richard certainly knows his business. In the 1960s he captured and trained the five dolphins that were used in the television series Flipper but the close relationship he formed with them forced him to change his views. He realised that these sensitive, intelligent creatures, so well adapted to life in the sea, should not live in captivity. This core belief led him to Taiji in Japan, where fishermen carry out secret expeditions to capture and sell dolphins for the entertainment industry, as well as for their meat which is contaminated with mercury.

The Cove is an ingenious blend of investigative journalism, eco-adventure and beautiful imagery which illuminates the cruelty these beautiful animals are subjected to. It is film that should not be missed by all those with a love for animals and the environment.

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BOOK REVIEWS Report belinda beckett

Love and Survival: The Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy by Dean Ornish The doctor who proved that symptoms of heart disease can be reversed by a low-fat diet, exercise and stress reduction concentrates on the less tangible aspects of a healthful life. Using dozens of scientific studies, Ornish demonstrates that all the elements that make up what we call ‘love’ are as important to our physical condition as to our mental health, helping us to make better lifestyle choices, giving us stronger immune systems, better cardiovascular functioning and longer life expectancies.

Love, Lust & Faking It: The Naked Truth About Sex, Lies and True Romance by Jenny McCarthy New York Times bestselling author Jenny McCarthy returns to her comic roots in this wise and witty look at relationships.

Some chapters are just for laughs, others are more serious as she tackles everything from first love to STDs, boob jobs to bootie calls, masturbation to abusive relationships. She shares some of her own outrageous personal anecdotes, too, from becoming a Playboy Miss October and meeting Brad Pitt to dating a man resembling a Teletubby because she thought he’d treat her well.

The Day I Shot Cupid

by Jennifer Love Hewitt

Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy With the insight, humour and compassion that is her stock-in-trade, Binchy relates the story of family, friends, patients and staff who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old and the new Ireland. Dr. Clara Casey has the thankless task of establishing the underfunded clinic while juggling two difficult daughters and the unwanted attentions of her ex-husband. Love and relationships are central themes in most of Binchy’s novels. She says: “Most people read a love story long before they ever know what true love is like, so we remember the great passions that we read about when we were young.”

Falling Hard: 100 Love Poems by Teenagers, edited by Betsy Franco

As one of Hollywood’s most notorious serial daters, actress/singer Love Hewitt is entirely qualified to write a book on ‘love-aholism’. It’s also comforting to know that a woman who has received countless accolades for her sex appeal still has relationship problems. Here she explores the landscape of modern dating through her own experiences and offers a wide range of practical tips, from text flirting and instant messaging to what men and women really want in a relationship.

Compiled mostly by email from teenagers of many different backgrounds and sexual orientations, all youngsters suffering from first love fall-out will relate to this gritty anthology. Written in free verse, the poems are honest, explicit and creative and cover everything from being gay to sex, break-ups, flirting and jealousy. The teen poets knock greeting-card clichés even as they celebrate their romance and give vent to their hurt, anger and longing. Just the teens’ names and ages are given but their writing reveals a wide diversity of race, sexual identity, maturity and lifestyle.

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Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans My other male artist is also from the Hawaiian islands, Honolulu to be precise. Doo-Wops & Hooligans is the debut studio album from Mars´s production team, The Smeezingtons. Its title refers to doowop music and was chosen to reflect simplicity, as well as to appeal to both males and females.

Just the Way You Are was the first single while the second, Grenade, has charted in the top ten in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US. The catchy elements in this album are not entirely my cup of tea but this is music of the 21st century which we featured in our Album Hour in January. You can’t ignore it and, I have to admit, it’s stimulating, original and completely relevant.

Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – Somewhere Over The Rainbow – The Greatest Hits Even if you can pronounce this artist’s name correctly, it won’t provide the slightest indication as to the identity of his music! In fact, he died at the age of 38 and for those of you who have never heard of him, he was a Hawaiian musician who became famous outside his homeland when his album, Facing Future, was released in 1993. His medley of Over the Rainbow and What a Wonderful World was subsequently featured in several films, television programmes and commercials.

This album is a celebration of the man and with the single re-release of Over the Rainbow featuring on many playlists – including BBC Radio 2 and TRE – his memory lives on in his magical vocal warmth and larger-than-life presence (his massive bulk directly contributed to his death). His music lives on too, and a wider audience is now benefitting from this renewed interest.

Allan Tee presents the Music Review show every Saturday at 11am on Talk Radio Europe. 91.9 FM. All albums featured in this column receive airplay on Album Hour, every Saturday at 11am on Talk Radio Europe. www.talkradioeurope.com

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Adele – 21 Her first album was simply entitled 19. Chasing Pavements, her debut single, has become an urban anthem and this young talent has certainly found that magic ingredient: sustainability! In musical terms, Adele has progressed well. Her recent TV appearances over the festive season saw a confident singer who is enjoying her craft and producing very good material. The single, Rolling in the Deep, adequately shows off her quality in an album that is far from conventional: 12 tracks with both soft ballads and production numbers, thoughtful lyrics and dream melodies. Two years of waiting has most certainly produced the right result here.

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iven that the human brain is our largest sex organ (under-endowed men, rejoice), it’s no surprise that almost everyone indulges in erotic fantasy. Although some people refuse to admit it because they think it’s pervy, these days it’s considered to be a perfectly healthy part of our sexuality. No one needs to ‘lie back and think of England’ anymore. Even if your lover looks like Nora Batty or Quasimodo, you can close your eyes and pretend they’re Sharon Stone or George Clooney.

In sexual fantasy, there’s no such thing as gender equality. Men like a cast of thousands; being more visual creatures stimulated by what they see, the more of it they see the better. For women, emotion and romance are key factors. And – sorry ladies – according to research, while women’s fantasies tend to involve their husband/partner, men’s are more usually based on sex with strangers.

There are no surprises, either, that men’s fantasies quickly get down to the sex act while women’s involve more foreplay. Women’s focus more on the relationship dynamics between characters; men’s are generally more impersonal ‘sexcapades’. In fantasy, as in life, while many women enjoy pornography as much as men do, they are not aroused by explicit images unless their emotions are also engaged. There needs to be a storyline.

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X-rated, can induce sexual desire, maintain arousal and trigger orgasm.

They can provide a satisfying solo sexual experience for those without a partner, or spice up a sex life that has become routine. Novelty can get lost in a long-term relationship but, while it might be impractical for a lover to dress up as Tarzan and swing from the chandelier, mentally there are no limits. While she is making love on a coral island beach with Brad Pitt, he can find heaven in the back seat of his Cadillac, sandwiched between Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears.

Fantasy also comes in handy when the stress of real life threatens to intervene – such as suddenly thinking, while in flagrante delicto, about a problem at work or what you’re cooking for supper. Projecting a more exciting visual image onto your mental movie screen to help chase away intrusive thoughts so you can concentrate on the job in hand, so to speak.

THREE’S NOT A CROWD According to most studies, group sex with two or more women is by far the top male fantasy. In one survey by sexologist Glenn Wilson, author of The Great Sex Divide, 31 per cent of men listed it as their favourite scenario, compared to only 15 per cent of women though today more women are owning up to being turned on by the idea of having two hot men at once, or perhaps a man and another woman.

Same-gender sex is a more common female than male fantasy among heterosexuals.

Norman Mailer went so far as to say that, “There is probably no sensitive heterosexual alive who is not preoccupied with his latent homosexuality.” Conversely, heterosexual sex ranks highly among the fantasies of homosexual men and women.

Voyeuristic fantasies, primarily of a sartorial nature – stockings and suspenders, leather, nurses’ uniforms – are also high on men’s wish lists though few women said this kind of fantasy turned them on. Other visual male fantasies relate to the physical attributes of a partner, (breast size, length of hair, race, age) and the type of sexual activity engaged in.

Only very occasionally did women specify physical characteristics such as member size, hairiness or ethnic origins – although firm buttocks always appeal!

In the same survey, only 14 per cent of males admitted their wives or current partners into their favourite fantasies, compared to 21 per cent of women for whom this was top priority, followed by location.

Romantic settings such as islands, beaches, forests, fields, flowers, waterfalls, moonlight, space and heaven were cited more often than raunchier settings, such as in a back alley in the rain à la Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger in Nine & A Half Weeks. Only four per cent of male fantasies included romantic settings.

FANTASTIC STATISTICS (Taken from Brett Kahr’s Who’s Been Sleeping in Your Head?)

Z 90 per cent of adults fantasise about someone other than the person they’re having sex with Z 41 per cent imagine sex with someone else’s partner Z 85 per cent of couples have never shared their deepest fantasies Z 28 per cent of women fantasise about sex with two men, 58 per cent fantasise about sex with two women Z 18 per cent of men and 7 per cent of women fantasise about spanking someone Z 11 per cent of men and 13 per cent of women fantasise about being spanked

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Enjoying sexual fantasies is as normal and healthy as going to the cinema. However, just as men and women often have different tastes in films, so there is a sexual divide in our favourite, X-rated mental movies Report belinda beckett

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Another common female fantasy, Glenn Wilson’s study revealed, is force – being ravaged by a dominant Alpha male. However, that male was generally either the husband/current partner or somebody already trusted and desired. A much smaller proportion of men said they would like to be totally submissive to a female partner. Erotic humiliation, ranging from spanking or being spanked to darker activities, is a more extreme version of this fantasy.

THE PYSCHOLOGY OF FANTASY Sexual fantasies say a lot about the fantasiser. Some psychologists claim that the classic group sex fantasy reveals a deep need for ego massage, as in ‘I am the star, and they all want me’. Weak men tend to fantasise about being aggressive in bed while men who like to be dominated are nearly all successful and dominant in everyday life.

In Who’s Been Sleeping in Your Head?

The Secret World of Sexual Fantasies, psychotherapist Brett Kahr reveales that many people fantasise as a way to fulfill unconscious psychological needs. Case studies included a building contractor whose strip-poker fantasy signified hostility towards women, tracing back to a father who quickly remarried after his young wife’s death; a heterosexual woman whose lesbian fantasies were a reaction against her abusive parents; conversely, a happily married costume designer who turned unpleasant memories of sexual abuse by a learning-disabled older brother into a highly arousing experience with her husband.

TEN TITILLATING FEMALE FANTASIES (Taken from Internet surveys)

1— A bit of rough: Being forced into sex by a desirable hunk.

2— Professional perversions: Acting the role of stripper, lap dancer or prostitute.

3— Two’s company: In bed with two men.

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4— Submissive Miss: A variation on a bit of rough but while some women like to surrender to their master’s demands, others prefer to play naughty girl and disobey them.

5— A star is born: Having an audience while engaging in sexual acts with a partner.

6— Strangers in the night: Meeting up with a mystery man for a wild night of uninhibited sex without knowing each other’s names.

TEN TITILLATING MALE FANTASIES

(Taken from Internet surveys)

1— Double helpings: Sandwiched between two women intent on his pleasure.

2— Coitus interruptus: Getting down to it on his desk after office hours, knowing that the cleaner could walk in.

3— On location: Swimming pools and supermarkets figure highly.

4— Turkish delight: He’s the only fella in a happy harem.

5— Fancy dress: French maids’ outfits/nurses uniforms. The short skirt and suspenders combo is deeply embedded in the male psyche.

6— Peeping Tom: Watching two women make love.

7— Forbidden fruit: À la Alan Clark, sex with the two daughters of his mistress. Variations on the theme include bonking his boss’s wife while on the phone to him.

8— Mrs Robinson: A mature sexual tutor teaching him a thing or two.

9— Brief encounters: Being ravished by a total stranger.

Planes and trains feature highly.

10— Over to her: Relinquishing all sexual power to become her sex slave.

7— Girls together: Bedding another woman while her partner watches.

8— Role reversal: Being the man for the night with him (including strap-on gear).

9— Dominatrix tricks: Specifics include making him beg for what he wants and having him suck on their stiletto heels or some other phallic object.

10— The more the merrier: Group sex – more often in the company of husband/partner.

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Many of our erotic fantasies stem from early memories of arousing images: your mother’s lingerie hanging on the clothesline, your father spanking you. Freud was right on the money when he theorised that Oedipus and Electra complexes and other types of fantasy permeate the secret spaces of our erotic minds, even though we would probably never enact them.

One of the most striking differences between male and female fantasy, according to Glenn Wilson’s study, is that men who indulged in it a great deal had no partners or were, in some sense, sexually unfulfilled while women who engaged in it regularly tended to have a satisfying sex life with a loved partner. Thus it seems that men’s fantasies often signify sexual frustration while women’s are liberated by sexual activity.

DARE TO SHARE? With such differences between male and female fantasies, surely sharing them with a partner is inviting trouble? Nevertheless, most sex therapists advocate doing so as a means of building greater intimacy and trust in a relationship. The dangers lie where a fantasy compromises one partner’s morality or self-imposed limits, or where it involves other real people (for example, his best mate or her sister). Except amongst the most stable of couples, the reaction to hearing a partner’s most kinky fantasy can often be jealousy, distrust or even disgust. Consequently, if the fantasy seems too personal, threatening or taboo, it may be better to be economical with the truth.

Glenn Wilson’s survey noted that there was “an interesting difference in the connections between fantasy and reality. Most women who wanted to had no trouble acting out their fantasies while men were less successful. Supply and demand in the sexual market-place works in such a way that, for women, an activity is little sooner desired than done, whereas men often have to settle for pornography and masturbation as outlets for their redundant libido.”

FROM FANTASY TO REALITY Which brings us to the question – should you enact your fantasies?

In today’s more sexually open society, it’s certainly easier to do so. Check out the ‘Relax’ section in Sur in English’s classified pages, where ads for threesomes, swingers and S&M fetishists abound. The Internet has played a large part in allowing people to fulfil many of their erotic daydreams in virtual reality, through porn sites and sex chat rooms. A survey by America’s ABC News Primetime Live reported that men are more than three times as likely as women to have looked at a sexually explicit website and participated in sex chat rooms. Women are more likely to regard either of these activities as ‘being unfaithful’. The same survey revealed that 57 per cent of adults had experienced outdoor sex in a public place. Although you can still be arrested for it, dogging (engaging in or watching sexual acts in a public place) is a growing trend facilitated by the Internet and SMS text messaging.

In most cases it can be fun to act out fantasies with a trusted partner. However, just as it is possible to become addicted to alcohol or drugs, there is a danger of becoming so obsessed with the desire to enact fantasies that moral lines can become blurred as participants seek more extreme forms of pleasure.

Many men and women report ‘unusual’ sexual fantasies that they would never enact because they seem dangerous, illegal or outside their value system. In that case they’re probably best left that way – as fantasies. As many of us know from experience, lying on a comfy bed pretending to make out in the woods/your car/one mile high in the w.c. of a plane can be far more erotic than the real thing! e

Fantasy Triggers

Fun tips for turning each other on Z Sexy Snapshot: Surprise your lover by slipping a naughty photo of yourself into a coat pocket, briefcase or where they (and no one else) will discover it during their day. This suggestive token of affection will have your lover thinking sexy thoughts about you all day, a great form of virtual foreplay.

Z Lucky Dip: Write down your favourite sexual fantasies or positions on separate pieces of paper – including things you’ve never done sexually with a partner but have wanted to try. Have your partner do the same. Fold them up and put them away for when you two are in the mood – then pick one out and play!

Z Fruity Phone Calls: Desire can be induced mutually throughout the day with a text or phone call to say, “I’ve been thinking of your wonderful body” or, “You won’t believe what I want to do to you tonight.” Just make sure you don’t do a Bridget Jones and ring when he’s with an important client or she’s with the boss.

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If skydiving is the ultimate adrenalin rush, canyoning is one of the most visually stunning activities since it takes you to the heart of beautiful, hidden waterfalls, fabulous landscapes and imposing cliffs. The sport involves descending into canyons using a variety of techniques including walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling and/or swimming. Team Xtreme offers different tours corresponding to different levels, with kids aged six to 16 having the time of their lives as they descend into canyons and bathe in rivers located in the Guadalmina and Río Verde areas.

Babak tells me one of their older canyoners is aged 67, a mighty fine age to improve fitness, breathe in the healthy open air and prove that you’re still up to challenges. Don’t worry if you have never undertaken this sport before: courses are adapted according to level and you’re guaranteed a safe experience, thanks to help from professional guides who will teach you new skills and enjoy cooling down with you in the pure river waters.

Escape2Marbella is another top activities company organising canyoning adventures also along the spectacular Río Guadalmina in Benahavís, where everyone, even beginners, can have the time of their lives. The organisers invite you to marvel at the unspoilt beauty of spectacular waterfalls, crystal clear pools and beautiful rock passages, cut and sculpted by water over millions of years.

In addition, located on the outskirts of Marbella at the foot of the Sierra Blanca are a series of caves, their beauty and accessibility making them perfect for those looking for an initiation into the sport of caving/potholing, providing an adventure which borders on science as much as it does sport. For the more experienced canyoning and caving participant, Escape2Marbella offers other more challenging locations throughout Andalucia. All activities are conducted under the supervision of expert guides, with quality equipment provided, along with insurance and permissions from the local town halls and authorities.

Quad Biking Whether you’re a beginner or long-time quadder, you’re guaranteed to experience one of the best days of your life with Quad Mountain Adventures, a company creating “extraordinary adventures for ordinary people”. The guides, who boast over 25 years’ experience in off-road riding and driving, boast a keen knowledge of local trails and promise you an adventure that encompasses an exhilarating ride as well as some breathtaking scenery.

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Report Marisa Cutillas Photography Courtesy of Team Xtreme, Escape2Marbella and Experience Box Spain

Valentine’s Day is coming up. You’re thinking of the perfect gift for your partner and the usual ideas come to mind: a box of chocolates… a dozen roses… a cute card featuring a hairy monkey in love on its cover? If you’ve lasted over five years with your partner and you’d like to last a further 50, my advice is as follows: dump these stock ideas and think of something more adventurous. What could be more exciting than jumping out of a plane 4,500 metres above ground with the woman you love, or taking in the picturesque site of the Ronda gorge while floating in a hot air balloon? The good news is that Andalucía is the perfect place to pursue your passion. With its great weather, professional activities companies and varied natural sites, it’s easy to get your heart racing with one of these top choices.

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“Puenteee!,” you yell as you try the seemingly daftest but most exhilarating stunt of your life: jumping off an 80-metre bridge!

Experience Box Spain invites you to head for Tablate, close to Lanjarón.

There, after a briefing on security and process, you will jump all by yourself, from a bridge, safely supported by pendular system jump ropes. Most people who take their first jump simply cannot stop at one, so be prepared to make a full day of it with your family and friends.

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One of the best things about a buggy ride is that it can be enjoyed by the whole family (even kids!), all the while feeling rough, rugged and exciting. Buggy riding is a great way to take in some of the Costa del Sol’s most spectacular sites, as you trail through romantic woodlands and valleys. The adventure part comes when you make a splash through brooks and shallow rivers, speed up to the top of a mountain or look down on forests and gorges from dizzying heights.

Take your pick from two fantastic local companies: Buggy Safari Marbella and Sol Buggys.

White Water Rafting: Spring is just around the corner and soon, wet and wild adventures will be all the rage once again. Start planning your aquatic adventures now and get a group together for some white water rafting, offered by Experience Box Spain. Take a two-hour ride along the Río Genil in Andalucía on a six-person raft, and make sure to wear clothes you don’t mind getting wet! The ride is easier or harder depending on the speed of the water, but don’t worry, an experienced guide will take you through the harder spots and you’ll breeze through the easiest ones. This activity is particularly recommended as a team-building activity, since it is as fun as it is challenging. The entire descent takes place over one-and-a-half hours along the Genil River in Benamejí.

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Few things are quite as exhilarating as defying gravity, be it only for a minute. Skydiving is one of the most sought-after activities offered by new company Team Xtreme, founded by Babak Almoridian who won this year’s Costa del Sol Business Award for Best Young Entrepreneur. Babak, who has always been into fitness, got his kicks from wrestling between the ages of six and 26. He moved to Marbella to work in the real estate sector and, after seven years, decided to open his own business, centered on his passion for sport. “There are never enough days in the week for me to do all the sports I like,” he says. The solution: mixing business with pleasure. Team Xtreme offers organised activities divided into six different categories: land (including caving, paintball and mountain biking), water (including canyoning, kayaking and kite surfing), winter (including skiing and snowboarding), air (including paragliding and hot air ballooning), engine (including race track driving) and other activities (such as martial arts).

The skydiving activity takes place in Seville and can be enjoyed by individuals or groups. Says Babak, “For corporate clients, we offer team building activities that combine learning exercises with adventure activities. We work with professional motivational coaches who help us offer the perfect corporate package.” Jumps are taken in tandem, with the instructor, from 4,500 metres in the air and offer the thrill of free fall for one minute. According to Babak, nobody has chickened out yet. “Once people see others landing safely, they decide they can do it too.” Skydiving is only for those seeking the ultimate thrill since, for many, jumping out of a plane is one of the scariest things they can think of. Yet that one minute of freedom, as you move through the air at lightning speed and wish the free fall would never end, is definitely worth every minute of nerves beforehand. You only live once!

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Horse Riding Anyone who knows the sheer bliss of galloping over meadows on a thoroughbred horse probably lists horse riding as one of their biggest addictions. This sport gets your heart racing in a blissful, non-threatening way as you begin to feel at one with the horse. We featured Alexandra Julia Muhr, owner of the El Dorado Riding School, in a recent report and, having visited Julia and her horses, we can only suggest trying the experience yourself. Alexandra gently schools both children and adults in the skilful art that is horse riding and, once the basics are learned, she is able to take riders on a scenic trek through stunning countryside.

Once you’ve mastered the skill of dressage, you may take it a step further and start show jumping. Alexandra, a professional jumper herself, will be able to lead you through the ins and outs of this challenging sport. Top local events company, Escape2Marbella also offers horseback riding, near the Sierra de las Nieves National Reserve, featuring spectacular views of the serene landscape. E2M also offers a wide range of fun activities including 4x4 jeep tours, canyoning, caving, potholing and go karting.

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Whether as Mark Darcy, ‘total sex God’ in the Bridget Jones movies or the more dashing period Fitzwilliam Darcy in Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice, Colin Firth epitomises the quintessential English gentleman: sensitive, noble and dead sexy with it. Belinda Beckett profiles the actor in his 50th year.

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hink of an actor who runs his own political activism website, is an Ambassador for Oxfam International, a campaigner for Fair Trade and a champion of asylum seekers and indigenous tribes and Colin Firth might not instantly spring to mind. Yes, THAT Colin Firth… the one who had grown women swooning when he emerged from a lake in thigh-clinging wet breeches (‘like a male Ursula Andress’, as one critic put it) in the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice; he of the sincere smile and self-deprecating humour who, when asked whether he was still trying to shed the Darcy legacy after 15 years, replied: “People increasingly ask me about Mr Darcy as if he’s dandruff. My memory isn’t good enough to have any real feelings on the matter but I imagine people with dandruff are also blissfully unaware of what they’re carrying around.”

Criticised for a career ‘lacking gravitas’ for roles in frothy fare like Love Actually, Nanny McPhee, Mama Mía and Bridget Jones (who can forget those endearing reindeer and snowman sweaters), his mantelpiece has been equally lacking in acting trophies. Then last year came his sensitive portrayal of a gay college professor planning suicide after the death of his partner in A Single Man, finally winning him the respect he deserves: a BAFTA and a Best

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Actor at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. This year, he is strongly tipped for Oscar success for his latest quintessential English role: George VI, complete with stutter, in The King’s Speech which garnered him a Golden Globe and BAFTA last month and a Best Actor award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Screened at the Toronto Film Festival on the day he turned 50, the film received a standing ovation which the actor called his “best 50th birthday gift”.

Next year he has another serious role in Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of John le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Away from the spotlights this is one serious, globally-minded guy, as the same mantelpiece bears witness. For although there are, as yet, no Oscars to dust, there’s plenty to keep the cleaner busy: the EU’s 2006 European Campaigner of the Year trophy, The Hollywood Reporter’s 2008 Philanthropist of the Year trophy and the 2009 Bafta/LA Humanitarian Award, won for his work in fighting poverty and injustice.

He downplays these achievements with genteel English modesty. “My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I’ve sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people.

There’s no virtue in it, it’s the way one is raised.

We also travelled a great deal which helped give me something of the perspective of the outsider. My mother campaigned for the rights of refugees, some of whom were guests in our house. You can’t dismiss people as a political problem once you know them.”

Always a reluctant sex symbol, he recently shattered the illusions of women everywhere by asserting that the classic English gentleman he epitomises is a fabrication of fiction and film.

“It’s true, I’m very associated with this English stereotype but I don’t think that exists, except in the roles I play,” he told The Hollywood Reporter magazine in a pre-Oscars special. He added, “My mother grew up in the US and I spent a year in high school in Missouri. Growing up, I felt almost American in lots of ways.”

Firth also spent part of his early childhood in Nigeria where his father taught. Today he splits his time between Hollywood, a home in London and, since his 1997 marriage to Italian film producer Livia Giuggioli who has given him two sons, a second home in Italy. However his roots could not be more British. He was born in the idyllic Hampshire village of Grayshott, studied at the Drama Centre London and began his career as every good British thespian should, treading the boards. At 23 he landed the lead in a West End production of Another Country, making his film debut in the screen adaptation opposite Rupert Everett. Roles alongside actors of the calibre of Sir Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Branagh followed and Firth was soon linked with the new tribe of up-andcoming British actors collectively known as ‘the Brit Pack’.

His first starring film role in Milos Forman’s 1989 Valmont triggered a haitus in his career when he had a son with co-star Meg Tilly and moved with her to Canada for six years.

Although he continues to perform his fatherly duties overseas, when the relationship ended he returned to London where his casting in Pride and Prejudice lit the touchpaper to his career. Even today, when asked who are the women in his life, he cites “My mother, my wife, and Jane Austen”.

The Fitzwilliam Darcy role made him the natural choice to play his modern namesake, Mark Darcy, in the Bridget Jones movies, something of an in-joke that continued in St. Trinian’s where Firth’s character accidentally kills a dog called Mr Darcy. Kudos from the role continued to rub off when producer Judy Craymer was casting for Mamma Mia! and knew exactly who her middle-aged female fanbase wanted to see as Meryl Streep’s old lovers: “James Bond and Mr Darcy, who else?”

According to Craymer, the contrary Firth loved

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the fact that his repressed English Romeo ended up in the arms of a Greek boy (although she had to cut those scenes short for fear of upsetting her audience).

Yet although his career has included gems such as Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) and When Did You Last See Your Father? (2008), Firth has yet to star in a big-budget blockbuster. “I work with the options I have in front of me and my reasons for choosing a job can vary enormously, depending on the circumstances,” he says. “Sometimes it’s a group of people I’m dying to work with or it can be a desire to shake things up a bit and not to take myself too seriously. A life of serious, po-faced films would drive me nuts. I need – and I’m fortunate to have – a fairly varied menu in that respect.“ Behind the scenes, Firth has campaigned on many social issues, something he puts down to “adolescent indignation. I’ve never grown out of it. To me it’s just basic civilisation to help people.

I find it incredibly painful to see how we dismiss the most desperate people in our society. It’s easily done. It plays to the tabloids, to the Middle-England xenophobes. It just makes me furious.”

A long-standing supporter of Survival International, he has campaigned against the Botswana government’s eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen from their ancient lands and supports Oxfam’s global Make Trade Fair campaign, becoming a director of the Progreso Fair Trade coffee shops and co-opening an eco shop in London. He also campaigned to stop the deportation of a nurse to the Democratic Republic of Congo where she faced almost certain death.

In 2009, Firth and his wife launched Brightwide, a website showcasing political cinema, supported

by Amnesty International, Oxfam and the World

heard. I detest the fact they have to use celebrities to do the jobs for them but, if that’s what it takes, then that’s what I’ll do.”

In his private life, he cites playing the guitar, listening to Mozart and writing as his hobbies, velvet jackets as his “guilty pleasure” and giving his kids a fatherly cuddle as his favourite way to greet the day. Honest about his failings (“impatience and an obsessive need for precision”), modest about his success (“Nothing yet. It’s an ongoing thing”) he is probably close to the mark when he says he’s “no ‘stereotype’ of the model English gentleman”. For, with apologies to Jane Austin’s Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy, Colin Firth is the real thing! e

Wide Fund for Nature. It was born from the success of their 2007 documentary, In Prison My Whole Life, which questioned the trial proceedings against former Black Panther member, Mumia Abu-Jamal, on death row for the 1981 killing of a Philadelphia police officer. Explains Colin: “The extraordinary response to that documentary made it all too evident that a 90-minute film had the power to motivate people but there was no satisfactory way to harness that motivation.

NGOs often rely on slogans, posters and celebrity campaigners but Brightwide allows one to facilitate the other. The likes of me can shut up and let the stories speak for themselves.”

Even in a good cause, Firth is a reluctant celebrity. “I’m accorded a voice because of the celebrity factor, so I felt I should start to use it,” he says. “But it’s a great responsibility.

There are so many more qualified voices than mine who don’t have a chance of getting

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THEPEOPLE HOLLYWOOD HYPERBOLE

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What’s Your Fetish?

Rupert Bluff, our reporter based in Hollywood, gives us the lowdown on some of your favourite stars’ fetishes

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Bruce Willis has been all flowers and puppies since meeting the second love of his life, his new wife, Emma Heming. Love seems to be steamier in their bedroom than in most of ours, however, if we are to glean any insight from a recent photo shoot for W magazine, featuring the couple in raunchy S&M poses and lots of shiny black leather.

Angelina Jolie: S&M

Bruce Willis: Bondage King?

o you like being spanked? Do you like to be dominated in the sack or do you secretly house a risqué bondage outfit in your wardrobe, complete with ‘headless horseman mask’, whips and handcuffs? Are you dying for a bit of alone time to try on your wife’s fishnet stockings and high heels? Here’s the rub: you’re not alone! In a world that is struggling under the unbearable weight of problems like pollution, cruelty to animals and financial crisis, what you do in your bedroom (so long as it is consensual) is surely the spice of life. It’s a pity that it is often a taboo subject among friends and family, and this censorship is even more rife in the celebrity world where pleasing middle America is everything. Even so, we’ve managed to dig out a few self-confessed fetishists, who openly state what turns them on. Are you willing to be so brave?

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Quentin Tarantino, often so honest and blunt, is rather shy when it comes to admitting he has a foot fetish, owning up only to having “a liking for female feet”.

Uma Thurman, however, goes a step further, saying that during the filming of Pulp Fiction Tarantino was so obsessed with feet he spent many hours filming hers, and those of other females, whenever he got the chance.

Indeed, close-ups of feet appear in many of Tarantino’s films, including Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and Grindhouse. Most foot fetishists love kissing and sucking toes, thus giving rise to the term ‘shrimping’. Tommy Lee, outrageous drummer of Motley Crue and ex of Pamela Anderson, is more vocal, claiming, “My mother was Miss Greece in 1957. She’s gorgeous and she’s got beautiful toes. That’s one of the reasons I have a foot fetish today.

When I was a kid I’d massage her feet.” Hip hop star Ludacris, meanwhile, gives feet a top priority in courtship: “Nice feet. That’s definitely one of my criteria. A woman’s toes have to be pretty or else I can’t mess with her.”

rights tal crusader and human Angelina Jolie, environmen ker dar the ut abo est eshingly hon activist, has always been refr ing hav to d itte adm has past. She side to her personality in the kinkiest the for ly sad , but lity xua enjoyed S&M, cutting and bise d,” over. “Since I’ve been with Bra of our readers, these days are or ) men (wo t tha for longer a place says the vixen, “there’s no S&M in my life.”

Alex Reid: High Heels Anyone?

Amy Winehouse: Hanky Spanky

Madonna was playful with her song, Hanky Panky, which talked about spanking during sex but Amy Winehouse seems to be seriously into the matter… that is, if her ex, Johnny Headlock, is to be believed.

Headlock told London’s The Sun: “She made a lot of noise and loved being spanked on the ass. It was really rock ‘n’ roll.”

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Quentin Tarantino, Tommy Lee and Ludacris: Celebrity Shrimpers

Katie Price’s cage figher boyfriend may look tougher than nails but he has been reported to enjoy cross-dressing. He isn’t worried about the social repercussions, stating, “If I go out and wear a dress, so f*** what?” He says that he and Price “like to push the boundaries in everything, not just sex.”

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Muireann Gaffeny

Muireann

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Belinda Beckett meets a glamorous new fitness guru who is dedicated to ensuring that Marbella remains the home of the ‘beautiful people’ – in mind, body and spirit.

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ith her svelt figure, porcelain skin and shining mane of blonde hair, Dubliner Muireann Gaffeny is a walking (or make that running, skipping and spinning) advertisement for her new Marbella business, Mundo Fitness. Looking at least a decade younger than her 48 years, her toned appearance alone could tempt fashionable ladies who lunch to get back to the gym … and the guys right along with them!

Passionate about fitness, the dynamic Muireann (pronounced Mu-ran) is also a shrewd businesswoman who established her Irish company, Art of Fitness, during the gym membership boom of the early 1990s when the economy in her homeland was more solid than an Olympic weightlifter’s

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abs. At one time she had 30 projects underway for government-funded hotels and leisure centres in Ireland, as well as prívate commissions from Irish celebrities like U2, Westlife, Def Leppard and – something of a feather in her sales cap as he seems such an unlikely candidate –‘Van the Man’ Morrison.

2011 brings exciting new contracts, among them the largest tender awarded in Ireland for five years to re-equip University College Dublin, Ireland’s largest sports and athlete training facility. Now Muireann sees Marbella as the perfect European launch pad for her new brand of lifestyle fitness.

Hip workout music emanates from her stylish emporium on the Golden Mile, the coast’s first one-stop wellness boutique for home fitness equipment, accessories, nutritional supplements and sexy designer workout wear. Labels like Otomix and Nadia Fassi show Muireann’s origins as a fashion buyer and, according to her equally svelt manageress Marlina (a qualified dance instructor and mother with the figure of a teenager), “These outfits even look good worn with stilettoes in the high street”. In this Aladdin’s Cave for fitness fetishists you’ll find all kinds of fascinating aids to a healthier lifestyle, from skipping ropes and fitness sticks to protein shakes and the

latest answer to weight training: heavy metal spheres painted in sunshine yellow and fruity orange that go by the name of Kettlebells.

With the try-before-you-buy policy, customers will have great fun testing the Life Fitness cross-trainer which takes centre stage in the shop and is available with an array of optional gizmos such as a heart rate monitor, virtual trainer, workout landscape and iPiod connectivity. The Ferrari of equipment marques (as used by Colin Montgomerie, Tiger Woods and the rest of the Ryder Cup Team at Ireland’s prestigious K Club), Life Fitness is part of the same Fortune 500 company that makes Sunseeker boats and, as exclusive agent on the Costa del Sol, this will be Muireann’s core business. These state-of-the-art gym systems can be found in five star hotels and leisure centres the world over; and, if Muireann achieves her goal, in Marbella’s hotels and health clubs too, as well as in private villas where it’s her aim to make a Life Fitness gym as much of a ‘musthave’ as a Poggenpohl kitchen or a Bang & Olufsen home cinema. And, because as Muireann states, “You wouldn’t buy a Ferrari before taking it out for a test drive,” she has contracted the Alonso of personal trainers to show customers how the equipment works in the muscular form of fitness professional

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Mark O’ Callaghan, as seen on Ireland’s TV3 getting Irish celebrities ‘red carpet ready’.

“People have told me I’m mad to start up a business now, in the middle of a recession and post the construction boom but I’m convinced that many villa owners here who bought a few years back inherited a gym that was not of their choice. We can offer a trade-in on their old equipment and create, replace or update it to a specific budget, with 3D visuals of the project and a personal trainer to take clients through their fitness regime step-by-step.”

Although her own company experienced 25 per cent sales growth for seven successive years, Muireann doesn’t see herself as “a sales person pushing metal”. In fact, she started out in the fashion business, qualifying as a Pilates, yoga and fitness instructor in her own time. It was only after she became exclusive agent in Ireland for the Pineapple Dance Studio clothing range that she started selling fitness equipment to customers who asked for it. Although far more knowledgeable today, she doesn’t blind her customers with science and subscribes to the philosophy that “the best machine is the one you will most enjoy using”.

“Fitness is my life and although it’s nice to make money, the best reward is hearing people say that they feel better than they did 30 years ago,” she says. “A sensible diet and excercise regime can make such a difference to people’s lives; stress is reduced, confidence grows, you have a better self-image and it’s easier to stay mentally well-adjusted, never more crucial in these times of economic turmoil.”

Thus, although the price of a Life Fitness treadmill or cross-trainer starts at four figures, Muireann promises that all her customers can get results, whatever their budget, and can put together a home gym for €100! “Yes, honestly,” she replies to my look of disbelief, pointing out some cool Casall fitness accessories including a strength training resistance band at €20, a €49 hula hoop and ankle weights for €29. “Ten minutes of exercise with these weights on is like an hour of walking, helping you burn up to 25 per cent more calories. You can even wear them under your clothes,” she says triumphantly.

She regularly travels to America to keep abreast of market developments and the products she stocks reflect the new trend for shorter, faster workouts to fit with people’s busier lifestyles. “A 30-minute workout three times a week incorporating high intensity interval and fat-burning training is all that’s needed to make a difference and now you can do that at home,” she says. “Whatever your level, we are happy to design you a fitness programme, and we are specialists in keeping your motivation high.”

There was a time when a gym membership card was the ultímate fashion accessory, yet market research shows that the average member tended to lapse after three months. Muireann believes in retaining loyalty by incentivising members with motivational happenings and this is her aim at Mundo Fitness. Later this year she will head up the first of many events: a four-day fat loss challenge at a retreat in the Marbella campo, offering fitness, yoga, hiking, nature walks and fat incinerating circuits.

Busier than ever during the post-Christmas lull (“Did you know that the average person puts on 10lbs of body fat over Christmas, consuming at least 7,000 calories, equivalent to four packs of butter?”), that’s all grist to Muireann’s treadmill as she confesses to being a bit of an adrenalin junky. “I’ve been coming on holidays to my apartment here for the last seven years but I get restless after a few days so Mundo Fitness is the

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perfect excuse to do what I love best – working – in a wonderful climate. My flight from Dublin was cancelled yesterday due to snow but this morning I found myself here, running on the beach in December; you can’t beat it!”

For those curious to learn the secret to Muireann’s own sensational figure, it’s discipline.

She gets up every morning at 5.30, drinks a glass of hot water and lemon juice and excercises daily for at least an hour before work. “My work is fastpaced and so is my exercise programme; it might be Pilates, spinning, resistance training, weights or a run. But although I’m one of those people who is very motivated to exercise, when I work out with a personal trainer like Mark I can double the results.” She eats regularly but carefully: oatmeal for breakfast, perhaps, an omelette for lunch, chicken and broccoli for supper. “I gain weight quite easily but thanks to Mark I now eat 250 calories every three hours to keep my body like a fast fat-burning furnace which really works

for me, as without fuel for energy I start seeing stars.”

“You’re never too old, too fat or too ill to get fit, it’s totally reversible,” she enthuses. “My mother is 86 and recovering from cancer which took her down to six stone. By making small changes in her diet and lifestyle she returned to a healthy weight, her hair has grown back and she’s looking and feeling great. Another of my heroes is Tosca Reno, the fitness model and columnist for Oxygen magazine who says she now has a better body, at 50, than when she was 28! If it’s achievable for her and my Mum, it’s achievable for my customers too!”

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nother of those marvellous surveys has apparently ‘proved’ that Latin men are not all they’re notched up to be on the bedpost of life. The Italians and the Spanish spend 19 hours 36 minutes and 22 hours 30 minutes a year, respectively, making love – less than one whole day – while the French, sacré bleu, manage it even less often. The British come top (well, it was a British survey) although don’t get excited… they have sex 1.1 times a week: six times less often, in fact, than the average healthy person has a bowel movement.

It’s doubtful that nationality makes one millionth of a sperm count’s difference to a man’s staying power, although it can have considerable bearing on a relationship. Whoever said French guys were Romeos got the wrong hero; Narcissus would be more apt for the type of Gallic charmer who’s so up his own Calvin Klein-clad derrière he has love bites on his mirror. And though I’ve never dated a South African man, I’m not likely to if an S.A. ‘acquaintance’ of mine is representative of the species, because any guy who talks about looking for “a burrow for his womb ferret” doesn’t bring out the bunny girl in moi. As for Americans, I never could fall for the type of man who hugs trees (unless he’s a lumberjack) and harps on about getting in touch with his essential masculinity. I’ve rarely known a man who could keep his hands off his essential masculinity, anyway.

These are extreme cases but I’ve come to the conclusion that, sexually-speaking, women really would be better off living apart from men, whatever the origin of their passport. Not in total isolation – even though women can now make babies without them – but at a distance, under separate roofs, so that we are not a constant reminder to each other that we are only human with all that implies… from nocturnal nasal noises to other unmentionables. Love may be knowing when to say you’re sorry but lust is knowing when to say, “See you next week”. This way, HE can turn up on HER doorstep shaved and groomed, champagne in hand, having ironed his own shirt and spent the obligatory hour in the toilet with a newspaper, leaving the seat up when he’s finished and not bothering to spray any air freshener. And SHE can cut her toenails and wax her bikini line while eating profiteroles and watching Gone With The Wind without shattering that fragile illusion upon which the whole ethos of romance is delicately balanced. Familiarity rarely breeds content. As Albert Finney so aptly put it, you know romance has flown out of the window “when a woman asks a man to remove his pyjamas because she wants to send them to the laundry.”

TV has much to answer for. Apart from relegating sex to Saturday night when there’s never anything decent worth watching, good sex as seen on screen bears so little resemblance

to the reality, with its tendency to depict lithe bodies moving sensually together on silken sheets, rather than Robbie Coltrane and Dawn French lookalikes wrestling on floral polycotton.

No wonder most women prefer a good book to a mediocre bonk; a good book is more likely to have a gripping climax… or they prefer going shopping, something Germain Greer once called ‘orgasm by purchase’. According to a survey likening shopping to sex, women’s penchant for browsing before buying mirrors classic mating behaviour in the animal kingdom. No wonder they call it retail therapy. “While women are happy to shop till they drop, men get bored with it after 72 minutes”, states the survey’s author, Exeter University psychologist Dr. Tim Denison.

Yes, that figures. “Men tend to adopt a more ´smash and grab’ approach and the highlight is ‘the kill’, their heart rate quickening as their target is spotted and purchased. Women display a more sophisticated behaviour, and four out of five prefer to window shop until something catches their eye.”

But for me, if buying and bonking can be compared at all, it’s more like an unsatisfactory one-night stand. During the decision-making process you fret over whether you should take the white, the brown or the black; then you discover, when you get it home, that it’s far too small anyway! e

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CARS

Nick Hall test drives ‘the Great White Shark of the automotive world’

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s the Bugatti Veyron Super Sports heads interminably towards the 300kph mark on the digital speedo and the traction control fights to rein in 1200PS of pure fury behind my head, I know it cannot get better than this.

This is a rare, exquisite taste of perfection, with a living, breathing eight-litre quad turbo-charged work of art snorting in my inner ear. Suddenly speeding fines, prison, even the €1.6 million asking price, become ‘little people’ problems.

In fact, it costs €1.95 million for one of just five black-and-orange World Record editions and the naked blue carbon-fibre car I am given the key to will set you back €1.8 million. This should be terrifying.

I should drive like a doting grandmother.

But then they do say that absolute power corrupts, and I just have experience a car that hits 100kph in 2.5s, 200kph in 6.7s and 300kph in

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14.6s. This is the fourth Veyron I have driven, which makes me something of a veteran, but there is no way to get used to the outrageous power and every time I lift off the throttle the sound of my own childlike giggles fills the cabin. Because, when you floor the throttle, both time and space just disappear, the car roars, the windscreen simply arrives at the next bend and there’s a sharp intake of breath from the engine and driver as the near stupidity of the last second’s events hit home.

This is 1200PS (1183bhp) and 1016lb/ft of torque unleashed through four long-suffering Michelin tyres that somehow work to defy the laws of Physics and stay straight. It does not squat, it does not wriggle, it just explodes down the road with pure, perfect, teutonic efficiency. It is scary fast but also perfectly controlled. It’s a strange dichotomy that turns anybody, even a grandma, into the fastest driver on the road, any road. Traffic is cleared in moments, a downchange, a squirt of throttle and they’re a speck in the rear view. And that reserve of power means any visible road is a clear overtaking opportunity.

There’s nowhere on Earth you can use full bore acceleration for long is the sad reality; it’s too much car for the public road if we’re truly honest and that extra 200bhp is like throwing a match on a nuclear blast. But then the whole point of the car is that it can do ludicrous speeds, not the fact that it will. I didn’t even get near Bugatti test driver Pierre Henri

Raphanel’s best because he stormed past 431kph on a closed course and retook the production car speed record that was stolen for the shortest time

by SSC’s Aero.

On a pure driving front, the Veyron is all about the acceleration and braking, the mind-numbing power that requires responsibility and can only be enjoyed in short, quick spurts… unless you like the food in Alhaurín.

Bugatti carefully chose the route to take in broken tarmac, tight hairpins and the kind of surface that would seriously hurt in a lesser car.

Here I don’t even tense fingers on the wheel as the car just squashes this topographical nightmare, the seven-speed gearbox sits in ‘Drive’ and the car lopes effortlessly down the lanes.

We’re doing stupid speeds for such confined tarmac but the car is utterly imperious. Somehow it tucks two tonnes of weight away in the bends, too, and just disappears as this compact hypercar dives to the apex. There’s no driving the Super Sports sideways on the public road; the only time the fourwheel-drive system feels even questioned is when all four turbos come on song at about 5000rpm and the engine does its best to melt all four tyres simultaneously as 1200PS kicks in.

That didn’t happen in the old car, but this is a rawer, more aggressive machine from the moment the key turns.

There is a new aero set-up, including extended rear cowl over the exposed engine bay, NACA ducts

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in the roof and a new front end treatment to get more air to the 10 main radiators.

Under the skin the car gets four bigger turbos, revised cooling to cope with the W16, quad turbocharged furnace mounted in the middle, a new exhaust and trick suspension with a bypass valve that improves the ride quality on highfrequency bumps. Even the monocoque is revised with a lighter, more expensive variety of carbon-fibre. Small changes then, but they add up.

And that shape is still unique, this is a total rethink of the supercar genre and the Veyron remains as fresh as the day VW first unleashed it upon the world in

2005. It is still the apex predator, the Great White Shark of the automotive world, and SSC simply cannot steal its thunder.

The only criticism, if we can call it that, is that when the original Veyron went on sale the customers thought they had bought the landmark car. It was the epoch, the limit, and any supercar manufacturer attempting to top its brilliance would be jumping the shark on an epic scale.

And now that’s all changed. Suddenly the ‘standard’ Veyron has lost its bragging rights and could come second in the juvenile game of real world Top Trumps that will take place at La Zagaleta’s most

exclusive house parties. Bugatti has beaten itself.

Many owners have already fixed the problem and put in an order for the Super Sports. They know that euphoric sensation of planting the throttle in a Veyron and they know that the Super Sports will take them to a higher plane.

It is, quite simply, the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be. For the driver it is the chance to feel elemental, spiritual power and, with the 30 or possibly slightly more Super Sports taking up the final allocation of 300 cars, they will know that it cannot get better than this. This time. e

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icture the scene: you’re hosting your first dinner party in your new home and you let slip that the architect was none other than Daniel Libeskind, the master planner commissioned to rebuild New York’s emblematic World Trade Centre site. They are impressed. You walk to a control panel on the wall and touch a few buttons: the lights dim, the curtains close and ambient music floods the house. You explain to your guests that not only is this a ‘smart’ home but one that conforms to the highest environmental and energy-saving standards. They are even more impressed.

Then you tell them that, less than a year ago, the space they are sitting in was just a field. You bought the house off the peg and it was assembled on site, from scratch, in around half a year. They don’t believe you!

And yet this scenario is entirely possible since leading Marbella real estate company, Diana Morales Properties,

was appointed as exclusive representative for the Daniel Libeskind Villas Project on the Costa del Sol. Of course, when your dinner party guests realise you weren’t spinning them a line, they’ll all want one too… except that maybe they can’t have one, as Libeskind Villas are a strictly limited edition, with regional exclusivity and a maximum of 30 available for worldwide distribution.

Libeskind Villas are the first luxury properties of their kind that can be shipped anywhere in the world and assembled on site by a team of professionals within a time frame of six-to-eight months. They have been conceived according to the highest standards of sustainability, with copious wood and glass, and are so grounded in nature that the architecture takes on the appearance of a multifaceted crystal geode protruding from the earth. But a Libeskind Villa doesn’t just pay lip service to environmental

INSTANT At night, the villa resembles a multifaceted crystal geode protruding from the earth © Frank Marburger

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principles. The exterior is enveloped by a standing-seam zinc façade, enabling the use of 21st Century technologies like solar heating and rain water harvesting, classifying the design as as a low-energy structure that complies with some of the world’s toughest energy saving standards (such as Germany’s KfW40 code, which indicates a thermal energy consumption of less than 40 kWh/m2a). Thus, the design fulfils Libeskind’s intention of providing homeowners with comfort and a high living standard in a sustainable, eco-friendly manner, proving that exceptional architecture can work hand-in-hand with efficient use of natural resources. Says Libeskind: “This is really the first time I’ve taken on the issue of doing something which is a limited artistic edition

of a new space, of a new way of living. It’s really designing a total work of art.”

The villa prototype in Dortmund showcasing premium materials and precision German craftmanship is a magnificent, sculptural living space that awakens the senses. Light floods through glass expanses, clean lines invite calm, elegant halls and staircases offer seamless transitions. Symbolically and physically, the villa’s connection with nature is uninterrupted, offering ample natural illumination and open spaces.

Built to two storeys rising 10.5m above ground level to provide 515m2 of floor space in total, the ground floor comprises a Grand Room of 95m2, a fireplace room, guest room, foyer and office.

There are three further bedrooms on the upper floor, including the master suite, with its own terrace. And this is a villa dedicated to the wellness of the owners as well as the planet: a full basement provides another 200m2 of floor space occupied by a stunning sauna and wellness oasis. Also on this level is a pantry, laundry, wine cellar and a flexible, multipurpose space for the owners to make their own mark. Many other optional features can be included, such as a swimming pool or garage.

To achieve the contemporary look, a trio of interlocking architectural bands envelop the villa at striking angles, creating an asymmetrical interior of two-story peaks and smooth transitions to secluded terraces. The entrance hall leading to the Grand Salon highlights the geometric nature of the interior space while design details showcase style and functionality: a balcony adjacent to the master bedroom is adorned with elaborate metalwork; light wells direct daylight into the basement sauna; recessed wardrobes streamline dressing spaces.

While not apparent from the exterior, the villa is largely constructed of wood, a renewable resource that is making a strong comeback as a key building material for the 21st Century due to its

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Grand entrance: a stainless steel staircase connects the ground and first floors, separated from the foyer by a glass wall © Screen ID

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carbon-storing capabilities. The wooden core offers high thermal insulation, with more than 360mm of recyclable wooden fibres and a heat transition coefficient of 0.11 W/m2K. The villa employs onsite renewable energy sources for heating, electricity and water, including a geothermal heat pump system and a solar thermal system invisibly integrated into the façade. Electric power can also be generated by photovoltaic modules (optional), while rain water can be harvested from the rooftop for use in the garden’s irrigation system.

The villa is also equipped with a multifunctional heating, ventilation and cooling system. Underfloor heating provides gentle radiant heat across all floor levels and can also transport refreshing

cool water to living quarters on hot summer days. The ventilation system provides fresh, pollen-free air at adjustable temperatures, and also recycles air to pre-heat the incoming air at a heat recovery rate of 90 per cent.

All building technologies are monitored and controlled via an electrical home control system which allows homeowners to programme custom lighting scenes, operate sun shades, regulate room temperatures, ventilation and household devices and monitor the security system. Various communication media can be accessed throughout the house, such as internet, telephone, radio and television.

The villa’s exterior zinc cladding is available in two hues that resemble naturally aged zinc: pre-weathered blue-gray and graphite-gray, both made by leading German zinc manufacturer Rheinzink. Large floor-to-ceiling windows create displays of sunlight and transparency inside the house. The aluminum façade, adorned with slim mullions and concealed fittings, offers high thermal insulation, noise reduction and weather resistance. There is a choice of double or triple low-E glazing, as well as different face colours and finishes.

The interior decoration of the villa is available in a choice of two distinct concepts: warm, natural Casual Style and cool, sculptural Libeskind Style. Smoked parquet flooring, slim stainless steel staircases and soft, bright manufactured stone in the bathrooms distinguish the Casual Style, evoking a womblike sense of comfort.

Intimate lighting and warm colours create a striking contrast with the exterior architecture. Libeskind Style is marked by stark white, epoxy polished flooring, sculptural bathroom décor and clear, sharp forms, bringing the cutting edge exterior look indoors and lending an airy, open feel to the sun-drenched living spaces.

The optional kitchen ensemble, situated off the Grand Room,

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can be made in either stainless steel or manufactured stone. The design boasts built-in, push-to-open cabinets and a custom-made island designed by Libeskind – an attractive focal point for cooking, dining and entertaining.

A villa dedicated to the wellness of the owners as well as the environment, the Master Suite bathroom showcases a large handcrafted Jacuzzi tub and a monolithic rain shower which rises four meters above ground level to provide a mix of water, mist, light and fragrance, perfect for soothing the senses and quietening the mind. Wellness is also at the heart of the basement level, where a

fitness oasis features a sauna and other state-of-theart amenities.

Other design features include terraces with Bankirai wood flooring, sound-absorbing doors with handles designed by Daniel Libeskind, a built-in fireplace, a stainless steel staircase connecting the ground and first floor, separated from the foyer by a glass wall, and a subterranean staircase leading to the basement wellness area. Bathrooms are fitted with Dornbracht’s latest collection which mimics stylistic elements of the villa’s architecture. Heated towel rails are another luxury feature while, for that extra wow factor, TV screens (completely invisible in off-mode) are installed behind bathroom mirrors to connect busy homeowners with world affairs at the touch of a button.

Although most of the materials come from Germany, with only some sourced locally (such as concrete or pavement materials which are not economical to

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The entrance hall leading to the Grand Salon highlights the geometric nature of the interior space © Frank Marburger

transport) amazingly this is not a ‘flat pack’ house. There is little pre-fabrication aside from the wall segments which come in pieces measuring around 1.8m x 3/4m or more (without zinc or interior plaster board).

The company in charge of delivering and installing the villa is Proportion Gmbh of Berlin, founded in 2007 to bring contemporary architectural systems to the private homes market. Order-to-completion time is around six-to-eight months, depending on building permits. The villa is delivered in close cooperation with a select number of experienced construction partners, all leading players in their respective fields. During a brief study and planning phase, Proportion and the home owners will jointly identify the conditions necessary for the delivery of the villa on site, and advice will be given on

The stunning Libeskind Villa prototype in Dortmund © Frank Marburger

the selection of all materials, fittings and technologies.

By now you have probably fallen in love with the idea of ordering your own Libeskind Villa, so the next step is to contact Diana Morales Properties, a company with many years of experience in real estate on the coast which is an exclusive affiliate of Christie’s Great Estates for the Costa del Sol and now, also exclusive representatives on the coast for the Daniel Libeskind Villas Project. Commented company partner Pia Arrieta Morales: “We have been seeing the urban landscape of the Costa del Sol change in favour of modern architecture over the past few years and we look forward to seeing one of the 30 villas brought here. Luckily, there is an increasing awareness in construction, to use environmentally friendly materials and renewable energies, and the Daniel Libeskind Villas Project is an example to follow in cutting-edge eco-living.”

Daniel Libeskind: Architect Extraordinaire

Master architect, Daniel Libeskind © Michael Klinkhamer

Daniel Libeskind is a multi-award-winning urban architect whose soaring designs have enhanced the skylines of major cities worldwide. His practice extends from museums and concert halls to convention centres, universities, hotels, shopping centres and residential projects. His prominence was underscored in 2003 with his selection as the master planner commissioned to rebuild the World Trade Centre site in New York, the most significant, complex, politically- and emotionally- charged American architectural project in decades.

Considering he didn’t complete his first building until the age of 52 and now has over 40 projects to his name, he is highly prolific. However his work is far from the 21st century box filled with objects; his architecture conveys messages of such cultural significance that the buildings themselves become destinations and generators of new culture. He achieves this while embracing the new technology integral to creating exciting new institutional identities.

Born in Lódz, Poland in 1946, Libeskind was a virtuoso accordion player at a young age before giving up music to become an architect. Today he

is universally acknowledged for his multidisciplinary approach to urban design, creating architecture of spiritual and ethical resonance and introducing concepts that have influenced a new generation of architects.

The Jewish Museum in Berlin, the Denver Art Museum, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester are among his designs. He has also worked on other master plans including the Orestad Downtown Plan, a five-kilometre development zone in Copenhagen, and the redevelopment of the historic Fiera Milano Fairgrounds in Milan. In 2001, he became the first architect awarded the Hiroshima Art Prize, given to an artist whose work promotes understanding and peace. In 2003, he was appointed the first Cultural Ambassador for Architecture by the U.S. Department of State. He has taught and lectured at universities worldwide and resides in New York City with his wife and business partner, Nina Libeskind.

Libeskind’s architecture has a unique signature that inspires anything but indifference, serving rather to propel the discourse on space and form into a new dimension. e

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5— Named after the colourful marine creatures it was inspired by, touch the Jellyfish Mood Lamp to select your preferred ambience from a spectrum of 16 million colour combinations. i www.yantouch.com 6— The Senses EYES light series, available as either a floor or table lamp, incorporates touch-free interactive LED technology, allowing users to become virtual composers as they orchestrate their own room lighting. i www.spirit-of-senses.ch 7— The fire-resistant Mood Flame silicone tea light holder, available in four evocative colours, is perfect for creating a romantic, candlelit atmosphere. i www.royalvkb.com 8— Kreaton is a modular lamp system whose shape and colour can be varied, like Lego, allowing the user to create a look to suit the mood. This month, hearts are trumps. i www.nttdesign.com

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DESIGNS FOR GREAT OUTDOORS

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He will answer any questions or design enquiries via rvwhaley@gmail.com Tel: 676 331 700.

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oes gardening get your heart racing, fill you with dread or indifference? Is your garden a place of your dreams or a nightmare?

Does your garden meet your lifestyle or does it have a life of its own?

It is my aim, in this new column, not only to advise on a monthly basis on what should or can be done in gardens but also to introduce new technology, new ideas and thinking in design and new techniques in planting and easy maintenance.

I will introduce you to new ecological ideas and equipment; for example, a water-wise approach that still offers the possibility of verdant lawns, and lush, colourful flower beds; also the latest lighting technology, water features, gadgets and a great deal more.

Whether you’re an enthusiastic gardener, one of the many disinterested or downright agnostic, it’s my mission to make your garden, and the whole gardening experience, sexy! Even if you have contractors looking after your garden, I hope to give you some inspiration to enhance your maintained garden or even stimulate you to get off the lounger and get involved!

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Gardens are ‘outside spaces’ or ‘rooms’. Along these lines we can deconstruct the landscape into their appropriate function. In this way we can also apply monthly tasks, look at other possibilities for each space, or even think about complete makeovers. I will not forget the many that live in apartments, as even the smallest balcony can be made into a personal Nirvana.

Gardening is not just about plants, planting and the knowledge thereof but a whole landscape of possibilities, and how it fits into your lifestyle. Outside spaces should be rooms that suit your needs and desires. They should be both functional and pleasing to the eye.

Gardening is not only about flowerbeds or vegetable patches.

It’s also about architecture, whether it’s just a patio, terrace, pool surround or something far grander; think designer raised beds, intricate walks, steps to a hidden area and other trickery that creates the feeling of space and depth, such as a cooling Brazilian cabaña over a sunken sitting area with a fire-pit. The possibilities within outside architecture are only

restricted by one’s imagination, not the construction. Architecture in the garden can also be created by plants through a walk of peach trees or palms leading to another room or view.

I’ll explode the myth that small gardens need small planting. On the contrary, a small garden planted with large trees, palms and shrubs creates the illusion of a far larger space. I’ll also be touching on pool design, grottos and planting around or in them. I’ll also discuss pool makeovers.

In Spain we often crave shade; a cool and quiet spot to read or get over a boozy lunch! These ‘rooms’ can be created by cabañas or the like but sitting under a large false pepper tree, (Schinus Molle), with the breeze rustling the leaves is always a cooling, peaceful, and exquisite experience.

All the above I will illustrate, and cover comprehensively over the coming months.

For this first column we’ll take a brief look at tasks to be done in February, as it is the month where the cut back and clean up should have been done.

Z It is a good time to split perennials and transplant them alongside the parent plant to create a mass effect, or to another area.

Z The red palm weevil tends to travel in the warmer months, and enjoys newly trimmed palms. So if you haven’t had your palms trimmed, now is a good time to have this done whilst there’s still a chill in the air.

Z Seeds for flowering annuals and vegetables need to be started in trays of seeding compost so that they are ready for planting out in May.

In the months ahead I will write a far more comprehensive ‘task list’ alongside planting suggestions, and plant do’s and don’ts.

There is so much I wish to share with you. However, In the meantime enjoy your outside spaces. That’s why we live here! e

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Basically, hot water alone causes the arteries and veins to dilate. This has beneficial effects (more nutrients can enter your tissues, the central nervous system is relaxed) but negative ones as well, since more water enters the tissues than normal, and less toxins and excess water can leave (causing inflammation and water retention).

This is where a cold shower comes in handy. Cold water constricts the lymph and blood vessels, which leads to the elimination of excess water and waste products.

When hot and cold water are combined, the contrast between the two leads to a vigorous pumping action that speeds up the metabolic rate and promotes a feeling of alertness and vitality. Many athletes also resort to contrast temperature therapy for pain, since heat helps relieve aching

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For many of us, an ideal swim in winter takes place in a warm indoor pool or Jacuzzi, with water that envelops our bodies with its delicious temperature and invites us stay for hours on end.

Just the thought of the sturdy Scandinavians plunging into icy cold water in the middle of December makes us shiver, yet if intense experiences (with ensuing health benefits) are your thing, you might consider trying a contrasting temperature treatment with water. Contrast showers and baths have been used for thousands of years by Nomadic tribes from Norway, Scandinavia and Central Asia, and are still highly recommended by physiotherapists, beauty therapists and doctors. Subjecting the body to notable changes in temperature may initially seem as appealing as being hit by a gang of paintball fanatics but the following benefits could just convince you to take the plunge.

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muscles, while cold reduces swelling and numbs pain. There is also a physiological effect when contrast therapy is used; to put it simply, the differences in temperature distract the brain from sending or receiving messages related to pain.

As beneficial as contrasting temperature therapy is, it comes with a big proviso: it should be avoided by those with conditions including diabetic neuropathy (where a person has very little capacity to feel pain), heart disease, kidney problems, rheumatoid arthritis, peripheral vascular disease, respiratory problems, Reynaud’s disease, etc. Hot and cold treatment is not indicated for those with metal implants either, since metal reacts differently to extreme temperatures. Please get the go-ahead from your doctor before trying this treatment.

Contrasting hot-cold therapy is usually undertaken in one of three ways: 1—

Contrasting Showers: This begins with a warm shower which you should turn to hot when you can, for around three minutes or until you feel nice and warm all over. Next, turn the shower to cold for around 20 seconds, focusing first on the back of your neck. Go back to hot for three minutes. Repeat cold for 20 seconds. Repeat this cycle three more times. Only go as hot or cold as you are comfortable with.

2— Focusing on a part of the body in pain (such as a foot, hand or arm): Fill one large bucket with very hot (but not scalding) water, and another with icy cold water. Immerse your painful extremity in the hot bucket for one or two minutes, and then in the cold bucket for 20-30 seconds. Repeat five

to 10 times and end on cold. Do twice a day.

3— In the spa: Most top spas in Marbella are ideal for contrasting therapy, since they have a wealth of aromatic steam rooms and Finnish saunas, as well as crushed ice rooms, cold plunge pools and even a snow cabin (the latter is unique to the Finca Cortesín spa). The spas have handy guides to specific circuits that make for a relaxing and very beneficial visit. A circuit might involve various cycles involving 10 minutes in a steam room or sauna, followed by a dip into a cold plunge pool.

This final cold splash may be only for the very bravest (I personally prefer to have a quick lukewarm shower following a relaxing visit to the hammam) but, if you can stand this icy thrill, your body, skin and mood will thank you for it. A cold shower is definitely useful for more than you think! e

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THESPA Heart disease is one of the biggest killers in the world and its main causes are high blood pressure and high levels of bad cholesterol. The worst thing is that most of us don’t even know we’re in danger, since hypertension often presents no palpable symptoms, often turning many of us into walking time bombs.

The first step to a healthy heart is obviously to have a check-up. If your doctor tells you that a dietary change is in order, ask them about the possibility of following the DASH diet. DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) is the buzzword when it comes to nutrition, following a recent study by the prestigious John Hopkins University which indicates that those who follow it reduce their risk of having a heart attack by almost 20 per cent. The best thing is that results come quickly; you could lower your blood pressure in as little as two weeks!

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Reduce Your Risk of a Heart Attack by 20 Per Cent

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he DASH eating plan aims to limit two things: fat and cholesterol, and increase the intake of foods rich in nutrients known to lower blood pressure (including potassium, calcium and magnesium), protein and fibre. It involves an increased intake of fruit and vegetables and fat-free or low-fat dairy products, and a reduction in the consumption of red meat, sweets, salt and all products containing high levels of sugar, such as carbonated beverages.

Although caloric needs vary according to age, sex and lifestyle (athletes will obviously need more), the generic framework of the diet goes something like this: for a 2,000 calorie diet, you should consume: X Grains: 6 to 8 servings daily (1 serving = 1 slice bread, 28 grams cereal or 1/2 cup cooked rice or pasta) X Vegetables: 4 to 5 servings daily (1 serving = 1 cup raw leafy vegetables, 1/2 cup diced raw or cooked vegetables, 1/2 cup vegetable juice) X Fruits: 4 to 5 servings daily (1 serving = 1 medium fruit, 1/2 cup dried fruit, 1/2 cup fresh, frozen or canned fruit, 1/2 cup fruit juice) X Fat-free or low-fat milk or dairy: 2 servings daily (1 serving = 1 cup milk or yoghurt, 40 grams cheese) X Lean meat, poultry, fish: 6 servings daily (1 serving = 28 grams cooked meat, poultry or fish or 1 egg) X Nuts, seeds, legumes: 4 to 5 servings weekly (1 serving = 1/3 cup nuts, 2 tablespoons peanut butter, 2 tablespoons seeds, 1/2 cup cooked legumes X Fats and oils: 2 to 3 servings daily (1 serving = 1 teaspoon margarine or vegetable oil, 1 tablespoon mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons salad dressing) X Sweets and added sugars: 5 or less a week (1 serving = 1 tablespoon sugar or jam, 1/2 cup sorbet or gelatin, 1 cup gelatin)

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When you start the DASH diet, try to incorporate some exercise into your daily routine. Aim for at least 30 minutes of physical activity, and if you need to lose weight, embark upon a weights routine as well. Muscle consumes more calories than fat, so not only will you look fitter, you will also shed unwanted pounds more easily.

Even a small amount of weight loss goes a long way towards lowering blood pressure and stress on other organs. If you’re reticent about sweating it out with all the glorious bods at the gym, just take a 30 minute brisk walk… doctors claim the latter is enough to avoid going on medication if your blood pressure is only moderately elevated.

Don’t make radical changes to your diet as, if you’re not used to eating fruit

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In addition to eating listed foods, it is important to make a concerted effort to consume less salt.

High levels of sodium are the main causes of high blood pressure and are often hidden in unsuspected items such as baked goods, some cereals, soy sauce, MSG, baking soda and some antacids.

Avoid items prepared in the following manners: pickled, cured, smoked. Avoid products containing soy sauce or broth.

Look at the nutritional labels of the foods you normally buy and compare them with healthier alternatives. Did you know that the average can of diced tomatoes contains 150mg of sodium, compared

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Beware of the terms ‘unsalted’ or ‘no salt added’. This does not mean that the product does not contain sodium; just that no extra salt has been added to it.

If you are concerned about the way the meat industry treats animals, it might be a good time to go vegan. The average vegan cholesterol level is 133 (compared to 210 for meat eaters) and you’d be hard pressed to find a person who has suffered a heart attack with a cholesterol level of under 150! Vegans are also almost ten times less likely to be as obese as meat eaters and have a 60 per cent lower cancer rate. Consuming animal products can also lead to many other illnesses, including obesity, osteoporosis, arthritis, allergies, diabetes, etc.

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Sheep and Goat Dairy Products: Fish:

Fish is a key component of Mediterranean cuisine. However there are some health and environmental issues with farm-raised fish, which dominate the market year-round. These fish are fed with pellets made from ground fish, flour and oil, which makes them grow fat quickly. The fish are fed antibiotics against disease. They concentrate waste, can pass disease and parasites onto wild fish and can damage the environment. More and more people are opting for wild fish, which is rich in omega-3 fatty acids.

To preserve the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, we should avoid deepfrying, cooking or mixing the fish with saturated fats like butter and cream.

Studies show that those who regularly consume fried fish and fried food prepared with butter and other animal fats, show signs of hardened arteries and other heart problems. Consuming fried foods can also lead to high levels of cholesterol.

Nowadays, dairy products originating from cows are linked to all sorts of problems including obesity. These products are contaminated by antibiotics, hormones and other chemicals. Unpasteurised milk and cheeses are beneficial to our health, yet the majority of milk is pasteurised and homogenised for the mass market. The healthiest calcium sources are green leaves, vegetables, fruits and all sorts of beans.

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he Mediterranean diet is not really a diet at all but, quite simply, a healthy way of eating. Rather than being a cure for particular conditions, it is an entire way of life treasured by people from Mediterranean countries, for whom food is a vital part of their culture. It is also one of the healthiest diets in the world, whose proven medical advantages help protect us against chronic diseases. If the constraints of modern life lead many people to opt for convenience foods, the Mediterranean invites us to enjoy fresh, seasonal food, free of refined grains, sugar and salt, which I call ‘white toxins’.

Instead of shopping in a supermarket, why not visit a local market or organic shop? If you cannot afford organic fruits and vegetables, at least make sure to wash produce well and peel it before consuming it raw. The following can be considered the key ingredients of the Mediterranean diet:

Olive oil:

This staple food has been an integral part of life in the Eastern Mediterranean from the first stirrings of civilisation, its popularity subsequently spreading throughout the Aegean Islands and other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Olive oil is the heart and soul of many recipes in the Mediterranean diet but while it is beneficial for the heart, it should be used in moderation. The best olive oil is sold shortly after harvest, as fresh as possible. It is an authentic olive juice with an excellent taste, smell, aroma, color and cloudy texture. Low levels of acidity are a sign of freshness and indicate that the oil should be used for delicate flavouring, not for cooking.

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Legumes:

Legumes (all beans) are a valuable part of a healthy Mediterranean diet, a good source of protein and a healthy substitute for meat which has more fat and cholesterol. To reduce flatulence, cook the beans with spices and herbs such as fennel, anis, turmeric, allspice, cumin, dill, bay leaves, oregano, thyme, rosemary or cilantro. Soak them overnight in cold water, then cook them without salt on a low heat for two or three hours, leaving them to simmer until they are very tender

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Spices make meals more exciting and add fantastic flavour to food. They are a great source of antioxidants though sometimes they contain additives and chemicals. The health benefits of the

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Nuts and seeds:

These are a great source of protein and Omega-3 essential fatty acids.

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Dried fruits (without added sugar):

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How To Avoid Colds This Spring

Just when the cold weather is starting to ease up, nothing can be worse than once again having to succumb to a bout of the dreaded flu, the consequence of the changing seasons. If you have kids it can be even worse, since a small cold can quickly lead to infection, sleepless nights and soaring temperatures. Anti-ageing guru, Dr. Mehmet Oz, recently published a list of tips to remain cold-free throughout the cold months. These are his essential steps:

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Take plenty of Vitamin D, which is known to stimulate the production of a protein that kills viruses. Dr. Oz recommends taking 2,000 IU daily.

Exercise: It both boosts your immunity and your circulation.

Drink more tea: It contains a potent anti-oxidant called quercetin, which stops viruses from replicating.

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He recommends an anti-viral medication such as Tamiflu, which should be taken in the first 48 hours of the first symptoms appearing for maximum effect.

Stay clean: Wash your hands often and sterilise the areas in your home where germs tend to populate. These include fridge handles, remote controls, door knobs, water taps, etc.

Stock up on Grandma’s chicken soup: It has been found to have an antiinflammatory effect and its hot vapours help to clear up the nasal passages.

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The Map is Not The Territory

Marisa Cutillas talks to Neuro-Linguistic Programming therapist, Conor Corderoy.

“It is important to understand that the feelings of depression and pleasure, happiness and joy are not produced by external elements; they are produced by us, in our brains. All you need in order to start feeling happy, is to change the patterns and habits that your brain has formed.”

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oday may have started just like any other day; you got up, brushed your teeth and got dressed, took your car, arrived at work and greeted your colleagues. It all seemed pretty real to you but what would you say if someone told you that none of it may have been real?

The statement cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am), espoused by René Descartes, summarises what could be defined as the root of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). All we know is that we are a thinking entity but we can never know how much of what we perceive through our senses (sight, sound, taste, feelings, etc.) are accurate renditions of reality. This idea may shake our sense of confidence in who we are, even tumble the foundations of what we perceive to be our essence, our life, the people around us but it is actually a groundbreaking idea; it is liberating to understand that much of the pain and difficulty we feel results from the way our brain processes the information we receive. Wouldn’t it be amazing if, instead of resorting to years of psychoanalysis or the mindaltering substances often prescribed by psychiatrists, we could find a quick, practical solution to our problems simply by rearranging our neural networks? This is what NLP practicioner Conor Corderoy does; he changes his patients’ inner reality, “so that it stops hurting”.

When I first met Conor, I was a bag of questions; as a former English teacher I had come across the term NLP, which is all the rage among the most revolutionary language teachers, yet I was hard pressed to find information on how it functions. Talking to Conor, it became clear that NLP may be a simple, practical solution but it has a complex body of knowledge behind it, and it takes precise training in order to apply it correctly.

NLP was discovered in the 1970s by philosopher and psychologist Richard Bandler, then a student at

the University of California, Santa Cruz, and linguistics professor John Grinder. Bandler and Grinder decided to take a look at the mind from the linguistic perspective, realising that people ‘think in language’. “Most of us speak to ourselves while we’re driving, working or not speaking and, no, that doesn’t mean we’re going crazy; it just shows how important language is to the way we experience the world,” says Conor, adding, “Bandler and Grinder were disappointed with psychology and its often unpredictable success rates. It seemed that most patients suffering from depression, for instance, were never really cured. They were either taught how to manage their depression (by psychologists) or they were prescribed drugs (by psychiatrists) which simply numbed the pain without solving the real problem, which is the way the individual was processing their experiences.

Because psychoanalysis and other psychotherapies give such unpredictable success rates, Bandler and Grinder decided to observe and analyse successful therapists (including family therapist Virginia Satir). They found that these therapists had one thing in common: the way they used language. This led to the development of NLP, which works in conjunction with hypnosis.”

“The Map is Not the Territory,” a statement by the ‘Father of general semantics’, Alford Korzybski, very much encapsulates what NLP is all about. Conor explains: “A map is simply a representation of a place. Sometimes people get so involved in their map (i.e. their daily experiences), they forget that it is simply a representation of reality. Some people have a very impoverished, limited map of the world. An NLP therapist helps people enrich the map by changing their perspective. Once that happens, reality as they know it changes too.”

Conor, also a UK registered barrister and novelist,

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is a perfect example of how NLP can change you. He says, “There are no limits to NLP. It has completely transformed my own life several times.” His interest in hypnotherapy led him to NLP and he is one of the few therapists in Spain actually trained by Richard Bandler.

He has successfully treated a plethora of problems, including addictions (smoking, eating), obsessions, chronic depression, anxiety, procrastination, eating disorders, indecision, etc.

Sometimes, all it takes is one session of NLP to cure issues and phobias, which may be stopping you from doing the things you’ve always wanted to do – such as going to a shopping mall, hopping on a plane or speaking before an audience.

Smoking is another problem Conor describes as “easy” to fix.

A first session with Conor often involves studying the favoured representational system of his patient. A person will normally process experiences predominantly through one of the following three systems: visual, auditory or kinesthetic (Conor can tell which one by the language the patient uses). Conor will then apply NLP techniques, such as subtle mimicry, to bond with his patient before leading them into hypnosis. His use of transformational language

includes asking questions. A patient will often utter generalisations such as, “I can’t do it” or “Nobody likes me” and Conor will ask questions such as, “What about it can you not do?” or “Who exactly does not like you?” This encourages patients to look at their apparent inabilities from a different perspective. Under hypnosis, Conor will often ask the patient to look at an issue using a different representational system, to reduce the size of the problem, or its proximity, so the patient can get a larger perspective of how a person, issue or fear is limiting their map of the world. “It is not true that conditions such as depression are incurable. All you need to do is to go into a person’s brain, rearrange the neural networks and make them smile,” he says.

My meeting with Conor made palpable the extent to which he builds rapport with people.

His voice, gentle and soothing, and his affable, down-to-earth manner make him a joy to listen to as well as to share one’s experiences with. He has an impressive list of case studies, published on his website, which show how he has been able to make life worth living for people of all ages with all sorts of issues, from over-eating to depression and anorexia. Unlike Bandler and Grinder who shun psychoanalysis, Conor often begins treatment of a patient with a bit of the latter because “psychoanalysis helps me determine the root problem that I need to work on.” One patient, for instance, turned to Conor after battling with anorexia for so many years she had lost partial use of her limbs and speech. Conor explains, “Through psychoanalysis, I discovered that her anorexia was related to guilt from having a relationship that was too intense with her father.

In classical Freudian mode, as soon as she hit puberty her anorexia began.” Through hypnosis, he was able to break down the neural network that held her in damaging relationships. At the same time, he says, “I subliminally planted the idea in her head to forget to remember not to eat.” Since the patient’s primary representational system was visual, he encouraged her to adopt a kinesthetic representational system, reminding her of the wonderful taste, smell, texture and feelings that good food was capable of arousing in her.

Conor also spoke of a boy who was brought to his consultancy by his mother because he had put on quite a bit of weight since his parents

had divorced and his father had left the family home. The mother was convinced that the boy was overeating to compensate for his father’s abandonment; yet, when Conor talked to the boy, he found out that his father had actually been physically and psychologically abusive to him. After hearing the series of abusive incidents inflicted on the boy, Conor told him, “Patient, you are not eating compulsively because you miss your father, you are celebrating the fact that the son of a bitch has finally left!” Although his mother had brought him in for his weight gain, Conor decided to treat the issue of his relationship with his father, since this was what the boy wished. Conor used NLP to help the boy view his father with clarity and perspective, and to disassociate the father from the pain he had caused. The boy then confronted his father to tell him of his feelings of resentment, anger and pity for him. Conor then began to deal with the boy’s repressed anger and weight, telling him to buy a punching bag and, under hypnosis, making him aware of “the vast amounts of anger and rage that were flowing in his body like molten lava.

I made him see himself pounding the bag and burning inside. I anchored the pleasure he felt at the release and connected it to the pounding of his fists; this gave the punch bag an almost addictive attraction for him and channelled his anger into a useful activity. I also gave him a mantra to repeat while punching the bag, and this was to tell himself over and over that he was the master of his own fate.” The boy was eventually able to obtain the support of his father, and had lost a significant amount of weight by the time of his last session with Conor.

Conor’s list of successful cases are countless and definitely worth a read if you are considering NLP. The best patients, says Conor, are those who have come to the end of their tether and are determined to make a change. We think we know our defects, weaknesses and fears but isn’t it wonderful to know that they can become so tiny and so distant, we can barely perceive them?

It’s all about re-programming reality as we know it, so we begin to live more in the territory and less inside a map that is getting us nowhere.

My interview with Conor definitely left me more fascinated by NLP than ever and very eager to have at least one session with him. After all, we all deserve to smile. e

g Conor will be present at his own stand at the Living Well event, which is taking place at the Hotel Puente Romano in Marbella on February 5 and 6. He is also scheduled to give a talk at the conference. Please contact him for precise details.

C/ Jaén 11, Benalmádena. Tel: 951 106 835/ 644 023 999.

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WHAT’S BUZZING essential magazine has been out and about all month following

the most important and glamourous events taking place in the Marbella area. From car launches through tennis championships to charity galas we bring you the latest happenings. Did you miss out this month, or can you spot yourself?

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TO HELP THE CHILDREN Adan, held their ‘Toys up, headed by Esther Gro eer unt nt, Vol t Lis h The Wis Country Club. A fun eve at the Marbella Golf and ty par e, s ma raffl rist and Ch w All’ sho n For stylish fashio us lunch, live music, a n ldre chi ed leg rivi which included a delicio er-p d to buy gifts for und use s wa ich wh 0 ns .50 loo €4 bal raised over end of the lunch, 120 local charities. At the sunny represented by various ed into the beautiful nch n’s wishes were lau symbolising 120 childre sky. afternoon Costa del Sol

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Ausbanc Forum: How To Reinvent Beach Tourism Ausbanc recently held a conference at the Hotel Guadalmina, centred on the important subject of how to improve standards of beach tourism on the Costa del Sol. The event gathered some of the most important figures in local business, including Pepe Navajas (Director of Onda Cero in Marbella), Antonio Souvirón (Provincial Delegate of Tourism, Commerce and Sport in Marbella) and Ricardo Arranz (President of the Federation of Urban Developers and Residential Tourism in Andalucía), as well as an audience of over 500 business people and investors. It was agreed that the focus should be on cleaning up all municipalities by 2015 and preventing the disappearance of wide stretches of beach. Many interesting ideas were presented, including innovations in residential tourism (it was put forward that home owners should only pay costs such as the IBI and security during the months they were actually living in their homes). Offering competitive prices was also defined as a key strategy to attract tourists to the Costa del Sol. g www.ausbanc.com

AEHCOS awards Fourth edition

AEHCOS, the association of Costa del Sol hotels, held its fourth awards ceremony at the Hotel Barceló in Málaga and also simultaneously celebrated its 33rd anniversary (AEHCOs is the oldest association of hotels in Spain). Prizes went to Luis Callejón for Best Tourism Professional (for having dedicated over 50 years to the hotel industry); to AENA (Málaga Airport) for Best Company in the Tourist Sector (for promoting the Costa del Sol as a top destination); and to baritone Carlos Álvarez (who took home the Top Personality from Málaga prize). The awards were attended by important politicians and dignitaries, including the Mayor of Málaga, Francisco de la Torre. g www.

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Concordia Lets Loose Balloons

on International AIDS Day Concordia recently commemorated International AIDS day with a symbolic act in which a big bunch of balloons was let loose into the sky above the Plaza de los Naranjos in the Old Town. The act, attended by Marbella Mayor Ángeles Muñoz, paid respect to those who have passed away from this deadly disease.

Concordia also set up 25 tables in the Estepona, Marbella, Mijas and Istán areas where volunteers handed out vital information on AIDS. g www.

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Prestigious Russian Watch Maker at G贸mez y Molina

Moscow-born watch maker Alexander Shorokhoff was an official guest at G贸mez y Molina in Marbella, where he presented his 2011 collection of watches dedicated to the greatest Russians of all time, including Dostoyevsky, Pushkin and Tolstoy. The watches, made in Germany, bear the stamps of luxury, fine craftsmanship and technology associated with the Alexander Shorokhoff brand. At the event, guests were able to marvel at the watches, which have all been tested for 500 hours to ensure precision. The line is currently being distributed in Spain by CI&R. g Avda.

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New Marbella Application for your iPad

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records show at Da Bruno RESTAURANT Daniel Katzenberger, the actress, model and singer from Germany, recently chose Da Bruno at Cabopino as the backdrop for her TV show, which airs every Tuesday night in Germany. Katzenberger, who enjoyed a fine meal at Da Bruno with her crew, expressed her love for the Costa del Sol and thanked the restaurant staff for their hospitality and excellent cuisine. g CN 340, km 194.7 (Cabopino

exit), Marbella. Tel: 952 831 918. www.dabruno.com

The iPad is one of the most popular gadgets on the current market, owing to its ability to entertain and inform. Marbella residents and tourists on the Costa del Sol will be pleased to learn that there is a brand new and totally free Marbella application, which invites you to learn more about interesting places to visit, read recommendations from other users and access a digital guide listing all the hotels, restaurants, hospitals and other useful contacts in the Marbella area. g www.appmarbella.com

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Say goodbye to

flat tyres with PunctureSafe PunctureSafe, a product which stops tyres from ever being punctured, is now available in Spain where it is exclusively represented by Simon Jordan.

The product, which is endorsed by Royal Mail in the UK, is an organic permanent tyre sealant and tyre life extender installed in the air supply of each tyre by a qualified technician. Simon Jordan recently sponsored the courageous ladies from cancer charity Two 2 Timbuktu, introducing PunctureSafe into the tyres of their quads. He is currently working on setting up a network of distributors in Spain and Gibraltar. g Tel: 952 569 559. www.puncturesafe.es

Libertad Couso Gallery opens in Marbella

A new space dedicated to art and culture has opened in the centre of Marbella: the Libertad Couso Art Gallery, directed by artist Gabriela Libertad Couso, who has been at the forefront of the artistic scene for over 30 years. At the gallery, art lovers will find a wealth of works by both recognised and new talents, at affordable prices. Gabriela tells us, “I’m not merely interested in selling art but in providing a sense of satisfaction and confidence to clients, who are able to purchase works which increase in value over time.” The gallery stocks paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs and will be holding regular exhibitions. g Avda. Miguel Cano 6,

Marbella. Tel: 625 321 294.

El Camino Pilgrimage Saving the Children at Aloha College

The pupils of Aloha College, always active in community aid initiatives, recently took part in a charity race in aid of Haiti. Over €2.000 was raised for the Save the Children Fund to improve refurbishment work in this still-devastated Caribbean country. The children’s enthusiasm for the event is certainly inspirational to all. g Urb. El Ángel, Nueva

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to Santiago de Compostela

If you love your animals and you want all the world to know about it, why not join the El Camino Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela alongside fellow animal lovers? The event, organised by Planeta Animal, aims to raise awareness of the plight of animals. El Camino is a walk along the St. James trail, where walkers and their four-footed friends share a spiritual journey that inspires others to think more about animal rights and how they are violated on a daily basis throughout the world.

The pilgrimage will be taking place from March 19 to April 19. Planeta Animal will provide all the infrastructure needed by human and animal travellers, with guides, accommodation (in pilgrim lodgings, rural houses, hotels, etc.), food and water, transport of baggage, etc. Volunteers who want to take part can do so in periods of one to six weeks, choosing the most attractive week of the route and making sure of a realistic distance for their own animals. The organizers need a double horse trailer so if you’d like to help out, please contact them. g Tel: 699 316 394. www.planeta-animal.org

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Give a tree, give a future 2011 has been declared International Year of the Forests by the General Assembly of the United Nations and it is no wonder; the lives of over 1,600 million people depend directly on the survival of our forests, and the flora and fauna that live within them. Maderas Nobles has organised a useful campaign in which you can choose to plant 12 autoctonous trees in degraded zones to absorb 12,000 kilograms of CO2, or plant one tree used for wood (such as oak), thereby contributing to the sustainable production of certified wood and preserving the current state of tropical forests and natural reserves. g For details on how to become involved, contact Alejandro on Tel: 675 882 055.

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Made in Italy Gala

at the Gran MeliĂĄ Don Pepe Marbella society gathered at the 25th edition of the Made in Italy Gala, held at the Hotel Gran MeliĂĄ Don Pepe, in support of the Cesare Scariolo Foundation, which helps hospitalised and seriously ill children and their families. At the gala, the Congress of Italian Representatives presented an award to Elizabeth Thompson for her promotional work as an Italian businesswoman abroad.

The chic gala also featured a presentation of creations by jeweller Marco Valente, known for designing for John Galliano and Richard Mille, and for his work as distributor for Christian Dior. g www.cesarescariolo.org

New Offices for Business Development Group The Business Development group recently inaugurated its new offices in Fuengirola with an interesting event featuring a presentation on Urbytus, creators of cutting edge websites. The Business Development Group is composed of Electronbox & PC Doctor, Urbytus and Business Development itself. At the new offices, clients can enjoy top quality service in the areas of computers, Internet solutions and telecom services. g Avda. Alcalde

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New Maternity Unit

for the Parque San Antonio Hospital in Málaga The Parque San Antonio Hospital in Málaga has a brand new maternity unit, with three new birthing/dilation areas, a new surgery for obstetrics and gynaecology, as well as a new emergency area, foetal monitoring room and breastfeeding area. The aim is to convert Málaga and the Costa del Sol into a reference point for top notch mother and infant care, with cutting edge technology and excellent service from experienced staff. g Avda. Pintor Sorolla 2, Málaga. Tel: 952 121 100. www.parquesanantonio.nehos.com

Marbella Town Hall fights violence against women

Marbella Town Hall recently celebrated the International Day for the Elimination of Gender Violence with the reading of a manifesto by journalist Joaquín Escriña, calling for zero tolerance for violence of any sort directed against women. The Delegate for Equal Rights, Mariana Álvarez, said, “Men need to get involved in the fight against gender violence and any behaviour which attacks the dignity and security of women and their children.” The event ended with the presentation of a book about the liberation of women called Tengo Pies (I Have Feet), by Guadalupe Eighelbaum. g

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The Invisibles:

Film by Gael García Bernal at FNAC Amnesty International has organised an important event at FNAC La Cañada on February 2, at 8pm: a showing of The Invisibles: a film by Marc Silver and Gael García Bernal. The film focouses on the tens of thousands of men, women and children who travel through Mexico with no legal papers. As ‘invisible’ immigrants, they head for the United States border, hoping to make a new life and leave poverty and destitution behind.

Their journey is one of the most dangerous imaginable.

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Xanit International Hospital hires 10 new heads of department

Xanit International Hospital is proud to announce that it has hired 10 new heads of department, for the following areas: Oncology (Dr. Alba), Neurosciences (Dr. Campos), General Surgery (Dr. Gandara), Digestive Tract Surgery (Dr. Sánchez Campos), Thoracic Surgery (Dr. Fernández de Rota), Traumatology (Dr. Narvaez), Hematology, Emergency (Dr. Moya), Paediatrics (Dr. García) and Paediatric Surgery (Dr. Pérez Rodríguez). Some 27 additional specialists also form part of the new Xanit team, whose experience and vocation are crucial to the hospital’s success. g Avda. de los Argonautas s/n, Benalmádena. Tel: 952 367 190. www.xanit.net

ASPANDEM turns 30

Marbella Ladies Golfing Association

announces ambitious fundraising plans The Marbella Ladies Golfing Association has been combining a love of golf with a passion for giving back to the community since 2007. Last year, they raised over €4.000, which was donated to Cudeca Cancer Care Hospice and the Málaga orphanage Cuidad de los Niños. The association has even more ambitious plans for 2011, with a targeted goal of €8.000 to aid charities. The group’s Founder, Beatriz Crawford-Carse, told the press: “The Cudeca Cancer Care Hospice is battling to stay open and care for its patients and Cuidad de los Niños has many children relying on them for accommodation, food and education, so it’s vital that they can count on regular donations. Rather than simply focus on our large charity events to fundraise, we will now be adding a small donation to the cost of each event we run. As we negotiate such excellent discounts with the courses, it will still cost less for our members, but we can build up a fund throughout the year. We also hope the business community can help us via sponsorship and that golfers will give generously.” g

ASPANDEM, the foundation which aids disabled children and their families on the Costa del Sol, recently celebrated its 30th anniversary at the Palacio de Congresos in Marbella. The event, attended by ASPANDEM President Manuel Osorio and the Director General of Disabled Persons, Gonzalo Rivas Rubiales, featured interesting talks from representatives of disabled people along the Costa del Sol. Those who attended discovered what it was like to live day-to-day with a disability, and reacted to the many touching stories with sentiment as well as humour. The event was attended by Marbella’s Mayor, Ángeles Muñoz, who called ASPANDEM “the champion of love and affection”.

ASPANDEM also recently held its annual Christmas lunch at the Hotel Meliá La Quinta, in which the children enjoyed a sumptuous lunch with their family and friends. g Avda. Príncipe Asturias s/n,

Marbella. Tel: 952 787 650. www.aspandem. org

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t’s popular to say it with flowers but in Marbella, this Valentine’s Day, you can say ‘I love you’ with gold and it needn’t cost much more than a dozen red roses. Meet Petra Pletz of Goldfingers Marbella, who is rapidly becoming known as the Girl with the Midas Touch, as she can turn almost anything you like into the 24-carat stuff.

Petra is a qualified metallurgist; like the alchemists of old, she has mastered the technique of turning base metal into gold almost like magic: a tarnished piece of jewellery, a treasured family heirloom, your mobile phone, his lucky golf club, even the taps on your hot tub can be transformed before your very eyes into a precious possession to treasure forever.

Petra works her alchemy with a portable brush electroplating kit and a suspension of 24-carat gold crystals, a chemical process that harnesses the principle of positive and negative attraction to coat the item with a layer of plating using the latest high-frequency-impulse technology. So long as the item is made of a conductive metal (copper, steel, silver and even chrome-plated plastics and synthetics), Petra can achieve this miraculous make-over to transform down-at-heel possessions into objects of desire. She offers a choice of rose, yellow and white gold, platinum, silver and other finishes including chrome, copper, nickel and rhodium. And, for her next trick, she is planning to incorporate Swarovski crystals, diamonds and other gemstones into her designs to create an exclusive look that adds value and will be truly unique.

No item is too large or too fiddly. For example, Petra has gold-plated the base of a king-sized bed to give it that Versace look, and equally the

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nameplates on luxury yachts – not as tricky as it sounds as the gold only adheres to the electricallycharged areas. Other commissions have included gold-plating the metal trim on luxury cars to give them a touch of distinction and creating headturning bespoke gold lamp holders for Harley Davidson headlights. Smaller items can be taken

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away to be transformed in Petra’s workshop while larger or fixed items, such as door handles, can be treated in situ without having to be removed, thanks to her lightweight mobile workshop with ‘brushes’ that come in various sizes to suit the purpose.

Petra is especially excited about her new product, as she says: “No one has worked with 24-carat before, only 18-carat. It’s a great idea for this area as it fits right in with Marbella’s famous luxury lifestyle and the Russians and Arabs are particularly impressed with the technique. When I show them what fantastic effects can be achieved, they want everything gold plated,” laughs Petra, showing me her own mobile phone which now

sports a beautiful gold case, a process which took just 15 minutes and cost only €50. Smaller items such as rings would cost even less. The process takes longer if the item is badly scratched or corroded and, if it is matt to begin with, the plating will also be matt unless it is highly polished first, Petra explains.

For Petra, Goldfingers Marbella is a chance to unite her artistic passion with her metallurgy training for the first time in her career. Born in Siegen, South Westphalia, famous for its metalworking industry, engineering runs in her family so, when Petra left school, it seemed logical that she should also go into the profession and she took a five-year diploma course in metallurgy. However, fate had other ideas and she found herself in Marbella where she has lived for 11 years, working as a personal trainer.

Last year, when a long-term relationship broke up, she decided to start afresh and after taking on a partner in Germany, she returned to launch Goldfingers in Marbella where she has many friends and business contacts. Christmas was a particularly busy time for her and now orders for Valentine’s Day are flooding in.

“I have the mind of an artist so I could instantly see the huge variety of applications this system has, and I’m delighted to be using my qualification at last,” she says. “I love the creative process and I get very emotional about making something that no one else will have and that cannot be bought in any shop. Adding diamonds and Swarovski crystals will allow me to give full vein to that creativity to make items that are truly unique.”

Petra’s work comes with a two year guarantee although one treatment will probably last a lifetime. So, if you’re stuck for ideas for that special Valentine’s gift, let Petra inspire you with her boundless imagination and all that glitters really can become gold! e

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nvestors became less risk averse with regards Provided this happens, we believe equities can to equities as the year progressed and, despite make significant further progress.” fears of a global double-dip recession, the year Perhaps the investment story of the year was was a rosy one for equity investors. This general the rise in commodity prices, but while gold upwards trend masked some sharp falls, as the and oil rose the most and are the highest profile FTSE 100 started the year at 5,412 and finished commodities generally, there were other winners at 5,889 by the end of year, but had dipped such as copper, cotton, corn and cocoa. While below 4,800 as recently as July. As reported in this has stoked inflation and caused food prices to The Sunday Telegraph (19th December 2010), rocket, those who invested directly in commodities the Emerging Markets performed best, with Asia have made good returns. While there are serious unsurprisingly, the next best place you could have fears over a commodity bubble in 2011, demand placed your equity investment last year. Europe from China and India does not look like slowing showed slightly positive returns, but given the and this is partly what is driving prices upwards. shaky currency and the ongoing debt problems, For every winner, there is seemingly a loser. any positive return would perhaps be a surprise to The Sunday Times (December 19, 2010) recently many. Looking ahead, if inflation continues to be reported that more than £5 billion has been wiped a concern for investors, then for equity markets it off the real value of British savings in 2010, the is generally good news as companies can increase only year since the 1990s that average savings their prices to keep pace. rates have not kept pace Ian McVeigh of Jupiter against inflation.

Savers recently commented, “We have been hit with rockthink that equity markets bottom interest rates and in general have substantial rising inflation, with last year upside potential provided that being even worse than 2009, there is a reasonable economic To receive a free guide with banks and building outcome. There are clearly risks covering Wealth Management, societies chipping away at around, principally the ongoing rates and inflation eroding the Retirement Planning or uncertainties in the eurozone Inheritance Tax Planning, value of money. According and the biggest concern of all, produced by St. James’s Place to Moneyfacts (December Chinese inflation. Although we Wealth Management, contact issue), there were just three need to watch the situation in Kevin Hyland, Senior Partner of accounts paying a real return China closely, we are optimistic the St. James’s Place Partnership, on savers’ money, while for that the country can sustain its higher-rate taxpayers there Tel: 0044 115 920 1007, strong growth and, along with kevin.hyland@sjpp.co.uk or was only one. A basic-rate a recovery in the US, continue visit www.hwm-sjpp.co.uk taxpayer currently needed to drive the global economy. an account paying an annual

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equivalent rate of 4.13%, while a higher-rate taxpayer required a rate of 5.5%. The one silver lining is that rates on cash ISAs rose slightly, although the average instant access account was still paying just 0.8%. Looking ahead for 2011, the Governor of the Bank of England is on record as saying he does not expect inflation to fall in the short term, while interest rates look set to remain low for the foreseeable future, with some analysts not anticipating a rise until 2012. Inflation looks likely to continue to creep up as the impact of a 2.5% hike in VAT in January takes effect. This could encourage the Bank of England to increase the base rate by a small margin, but opinions among economists remain divided.

One of the most popular sectors in the investment world in the last few years has been the bond market, with investors seeking income and wary of stock market volatility. The performance of the sector was not as impressive as 2009, and there have been increasing fears of a bond bubble forming, due to the ongoing concern over inflation and the prospect of rising interest rates.

We asked Paul Read and Paul Causer of Invesco Perpetual, for their thoughts. They reported, “In terms of strategy, we continue to favour higheryielding investment-grade names and betterquality high-yield issuers. We believe that with many high-yield credits still offering attractive yields and corporate issuers in a recovery phase, there remain opportunities.”

As always, it is impossible to know which asset class will outperform over the short term or indeed over the longer term with absolute certainly.

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The spa at the ABaC Restaurant & Hotel ©Marco Pastori

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ABaC Restaurant & Hotel, Barcelona Lounge with wow factor at the ABaC Restaurant & Hotel ©Marco Pastori

The sole reason for this Barcelona hotel’s existence was to provide 15 well-appointed bedrooms to accompany its acclaimed, two Michelin-star restaurant but it has many other attributes. Situated on the edge of Plaza John F. Kennedy where the old, wooden Blue Tram starts its climb up to the best views of the city, this is also close to where the heroes of Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s novel, The Shadow of the Wind, first made love! Opened in 2008 and featured in Condé Nast Traveller’s 2009 Hot List, a new crystal pavilion housing the famous restaurant is joined with the century-old original building, recently refurbished to protect its historical and architectural value, although the look is cutting-edge contemporary: a glass elevator takes guests to the subterranean reception, all rooms are of vanguardist design and this is the first Spanish hotel to provide Apple iPADs in its suites.

Bedrooms are dreamily decorated in whites and warm neutrals with splashes of colour and include enormous Bang & Olufsen TVs, remote-control curtains and super-comfy mattresses from Treca de Paris. True romantics should reserve the Attic Room which boasts two chaise longue-style love seats and a wrap-around terrace with a Jacuzzi and shower, so you need never leave the room to enjoy the Barcelona sunshine. The bathroom has a limestone island in the centre with double sinks, and a Jacuzzi bath set up for colour therapy sessions.

The restaurant, overseen by Jordi Cruz who was the youngest Spanish chef to win a Michelin star, is a caprice in all tones of white, offset by stunning lighting. A route marked

by LEDs allows guests to actually cross the kitchen and see food being prepared without interfering with operations, and they can select their own wine from 900 different varieties in the extensive cellar.

The hotel offers luxury city tours in a top-of-the-range Mercedes Benz, as well as the services of a personal shopper. Afterwards, if sight-seeing and retail therapy has left you a little frazzled, romance can be rekindled in the hotel’s state-of-the-art wellness spa. i www.abacbarcelona.com

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t used to be every girl’s romantic idyll: the perfect English wedding set in a beautiful country church under a spreading chestnut tree. However today, a honeymoon-style beach location, complete with flower-woven pergola and swaying palms, is the preferred choice for nearly one in five British bridesto-be. According to research by Mintel, this equates to 51,300 overseas weddings annually, a massive 45 per cent increase since 2003. Apart from reducing the risk of inclement weather raining on their parade, it’s the desire to do something different, to avoid having to invite every distant relative AND his wife and kids, and the resulting cost savings. The average overseas wedding comes in at less than one third of a UK nuptials (£6,585 compared to £20,000). And, with the overseas weddings market worth £376million last year, not counting ‘weddingmoons’ (wedding and honeymoon combined), hotels are keen to attract a market that remains lucrative even in the midst of recession.

Spain, just over a two-hour flight from Britain, and with a reliable sunshine record, is among the most popular choices of wedding locations and, whether couples are hoping for traditional country house nuptials, a stylish city ceremony or even a baronial castle celebration, this country has it all. Here we look at a selection of inspiring hotels with that all-important wow factor that cater for weddings, honeymoons, vow renewals or simply offer romantic weekends for lovers.

LOVE

In A Warm Climate

Belinda Beckett looks at romantic retreats in Spain.

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Your home is your castle

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Gran Hotel Son Net, Mallorca Divine dining at Hotel Gran Son Net

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If you thought Mallorca was all about beaches, bars and boogying the night away you have never stayed at the Gran Hotel Son Net, a magnificently restored old Mallorquin finca set in the rural heart of the island, surrounded by the rugged Tramuntana mountains.

The palatial Suite Pere Margarit at Castell d’Empordá

ean views over the mountains to the Mediterran Pere Suite ial palat the ism, or, for real escap r, an Margarit (named after the original owne bus Colum r explorer who sailed with Christophe was arita Marg Isla after whom Venezuela’s draped named) boasts stained glass windows many and rugs n Tibeta ue antiq silk, n in India treasures dating from the castle’s early days. d One of the numerous battles fought aroun ture minia a in ted depic is the castle’s walls e’s montage above reception, along with Europ rloo Wate of biggest scale model of the Battle touch featuring 2,000 toy soldiers, a whimsical ry. histo y famil own rs’ owne the stemming from i www.castelldemporda.com

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Set for a baronial banquet at Castell d’Empordá

Although only 25 minutes from Palma, it seems a million miles from the wellbeaten tourist track and, with its own small chapel, there could be no more stunning location for a wedding blessing or to renew vows. Manicured gardens give way to far-reaching views over the valley of Puigpunyent; tiered terraces leading down to two pools, a Jacuzzi and private cabanas offer relaxing areas for romance to flourish. Parts of the finca date back to 1672 but modern additions have transformed it into a hip and modern boutique hotel with floor-to-ceiling windows in reception, a quirky fountain made of two-metre high spoons and original works of art by Hockney, Warhol and Chagall. The 31 rooms and suites are all grand (several with four-poster beds) boasting 100 per cent cotton sheets and home cinema packages complete with popcorn! The

150m2 honeymoon suite has dual Queen Size beds, an impressive marble bathroom, panoramic balcony, antiques, medieval armour and a carved wooden ceiling.

The culinary highlight is the Oleum Restaurant, with its centerpiece period olive oil press. The point of reference for fine dining for miles around, the menu offers innovative Mallorcan dishes that apply modern techniques to locally sourced, seasonal ingredients and Gourmet Nights, only in March and April, are the talk of the island.

The Zen Zone beauty centre offers a comprehensive range of treatments that can be enjoyed as couples, as well as gym fitness programmes and personal trainers. For golfers, many of the island’s top courses are near the hotel. i www.sonnet.es

Hotel Gran Son Net lobby and courtyard

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The Hospes Maricel terraces jut out into the Med like the deck of a ship © Hospes Hoteles S.L.

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Hospes Maricel, Mallorca

So spa so good at the Hospes Maricel © Hospes Hoteles S.L.

If your idea of nuptial bliss is being pampered and pummelled, (and your partner needs a break), there’s no more amazing a place to experience it than the Maricel’s spectacular Summer Spa, set in natural caves lining the seashore at Portal Nous. Within these atmospheric hollows carved out by the sea over centuries you can pamper your inner troglodyte to the sound of crashing waves.

Water is a strong theme at this hotel, whose stately exterior belies its sleek interior modernity.

It occupies a converted 16thcentury mansion on the water’s edge with its own lido, bar and

pool terraces jutting out into the Med like the deck of a ship. A more recently-opened annex contains the magnificent Bodyna Spa & Wellness Centre. Linked by an under-road tunnel, it comprises covered and open air swimming pools, sauna, steam baths, terrace-solarium, treatment rooms and waiter service for juices, teas and smoothies. Below this are the hotels eco rooms and suites, clad in the traditional honey-coloured dry stone walling seen across the Balearics since the 13th century.

The open-plan suites are imbued with Zen-like calm, emphasised by sumptuous white beds and

black-tiled plunge pools.

The hotel can organise the nuptials for parties of up to 300 and its ‘wedding breakfasts’ must be sumptuous and spectacular, judging from the regular breakfasts served at the hotel’s Senzone restaurant. Voted Best Breakfast in the World by restaurant critics at the Madrid Fusion Gastronomic Summit, the first meal of the day is a seemingly endless parade of possets and pastries, espumas and escabeches, quenelles and quails’ eggs… a tasting extravaganza running to nine courses, if you can manage it!

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The formal French Garden

GOURMET NUPTIALS Hacienda Benazuza, Sevilla

Fresco fantasy The Sensoria spa at Hacienda Benazuza

Nuptial bliss

There’s no greater kudos than being able to treat your guests to a wedding breakfast designed by one of the world’s greatest chefs: Ferran Adrià of El Bulli, who directs the kitchens at this delightful country finca hotel. With photogenic themed gardens, ornamental pools and courtyards, a 17th century chapel, an elegant 300-seater hall for the wedding reception plus in-house florist, maid and limo service (and the possibility of organising horse-drawn transport, too), the hotel is all set up to take the happy couple to honeymoon heaven. The Major Domo and receptionists look the part permanently, as tailed morning suits are their uniform, a style appreciated by the cream of Spanish society, especially during Seville’s April Fair when the hotel’s helipad and body-guard service are in constant use.

The original 10th Century Moorish hacienda, 25 minutes west of Seville, was transformed into a grand luxury hotel for Expo ’92 and preserves many original features, such as the old olive press in reception. The 44 rooms and suites, each a oneoff, are decorated in the grand style with trompe l’oeil celings and frescoes, precious antiques and original works of art. And, if food is also an art, then this is a culinary Prado. Breakfast is a veritable feast, lunch is a leisurely poolside affair with no menu – guests simply select from photographs of El Bulli dishes contained in a small wooden box. And, if dinner in the two-

La Serena’s panoramic pool terrace

A strikingly modern town house conversion in the old quarter of Altea, a white hillside village on the Costa Blanca, La Serena epitomises its name: a chilled haven from the bright lights of the coast which you can see from the panoramic roof terrace. The restaurant moves out onto this terrace in the warmer months (when the rooftop pool is also in use) and here, the dramatic glass painted panels by local artist Damia Diaz underscore the hotel’s modernist theme, where avant garde objets d’art have found their ideal showcase. In the restaurant interior, shiny chrome tubes hang from the ceiling and the cream and dark grey colour scheme creates the feel of an art

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Michelin star Restaurante La Alqueria is an event, the Menu de Degustacion is a command performance taking a good twoand-a-half hours to enjoy.

Like everything else at this exceptional hotel, the spa is exclusive – a 120m2 suite with sauna, Turkish baths, Jacuzzi, sensation showers, ice fountain, chill-out beds, a fireplace and a range of luxurious treatments to be enjoyed by just one or two people at a time. Romantic retreats don’t come better than this! i www.elbullihotel.com

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La Serena, Valencia

gallery, while the modern Mediterranean cuisine is a work of art itself.

An intimate hotel with only 10 bedrooms spread over three floors, so more of a honeymoon hotel than a wedding venue, all are decorated with head-turning furnishings, including bed covers by Adolfo Dominguez. Lovers should reserve the very special Room 10 on the top floor, a Junior Suite with its own private street entrance and roof terrace with spectacular sea views. Those who still want to connect with the outside world will appreciate the plasma screen TVs and internet access. Mineral water, hot water and tea bags placed on each floor´s landing in the evening for guests’ use is a thoughtful touch. A small salon with a La Serena’s pièce de la résistance is its classic Turkish hammam

working fireplace is a great place to cuddle up with a book (or preferably, a lover) in winter months.

However, La Serena’s pièce de la résistance has to be the Turkish hammam, beautifully designed in classic stone with a vaulted ceiling, an exceptional addition to the old house where couples can recharge their batteries, enjoy a relaxing massage à deux and think beautiful thoughts.

The atmospheric village is right on the doorstep, there are beautiful mountain walks nearby and, for couples who prefer some action outside the bedroom too, the hotel can arrange horse riding, kayaking and quad bike trips. i www.hoteleslaserena.com e Lovers should reserve Room 10 on the top floor of La Serena, with its own private street entrance and roof terrace

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e’re very spoiled in Marbella, with our top notch golf courses, five-star spas and plethora of wellness and fitness centres. However, in Málaga itself, until recently you would have been hard pressed to find a hotel that combines golf centricity, wellness and style. Now, in steps Holiday World, the award-winning resort company headed up by the Peñarroya family which owns four hotels situated between Fuengirola and Benalmádena. Already enjoying success with themed hotels such as Holiday Polynesia and the family-focused Holiday Village, the company has added a new feather to its cap with the Hydros Boutique Spa & Wellness, Benalmádena, opened in April last year with a sweet promise: to pamper your senses of sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing.

The four-star Hydros Boutique Spa & Wellness, with its beach frontline location, is ideal for those wishing to combine a good game of golf with delicious soothing treatments and relaxing experiences that make it easy to switch off from the big bad world outside. Ensconced between the Chaparral, Guadalhorce and Calanova golf courses, the Hydros is small and cosy, with only 28 suites spread out over four floors.

The suites boast an ample terrace (measuring up to 95m2), and a private Jacuzzi, and have contemporary interiors which are, at once, über chic, and delightfully welcoming. The walls, flooring, beds and curtains are in simple, neutral colours, such as cream, black, light and dark grey, given life by unexpected details such as a bright fuschia chair here, a floral papered wall there and touches of dark wood and stone on the floors and walls, exuding class and luxury. The designers quite simply hit the nail on the head when it comes to catering to the modern holiday maker’s tastes, steering away from rustic styles or cold minimalism in favour of a visual experience that is very much welcome when one decides to invest time and money in a short holiday.

There are three suites to choose from: the one-bedroom Suite Biznaga (with a 60m2 terrace and Jacuzzi); the twobedroom Doble Suite Lavanda (with a 70m2 terrace and

Jacuzzi); and the Suite Bouganvilla, located on the top floor with one bedroom, a spacious living room, 95m2 terrace and Jacuzzi. The top floor, fittingly called The Hydros Sky, stands out from the rest since it is a private, independent area with separate elevator access. With its spectacular view of the sea and its romantic crystal terrace, it is ideal for those wishing to hire an entire floor and throw the party of a lifetime.

The Spa is every inch the heart and soul of the Hydros. It measures 500m2 and contains installations expected only of five-star spas, including a Finnish sauna, Turkish bath, Roman thermal area, vitality pool, counter-current pool, oxygenating pool, Dead Sea pool, massage pool, shower circuit, hammam and caldarium. Guests can soothe body and mind with a host of treatments and aromatic rituals, freshening up at the Vichy cabin or bonding with their partner in the ‘Couples’ area. After a delicious hot stone massage or oxygenating facial, what could be better than lying on the warm thermal relaxation beds or falling into a deep slumber in the cosy Shiatsu zone?

On nights when the moon is full, the spa opens its doors to those who wish to experience a bit of magic, gazing at the starlit sky from beneath the spa’s central crystal dome. By day, few things make one feel more privileged than gazing at the Mediterranean from the circuit pool. The sea is, indeed, like a pretty painting which can be viewed the entire length of the spa, which welcomes in floods of light through its clear crystal walls.

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The Hydros also seeks to please the sense of taste with its Honesty Bar, a corner meant for clients to enjoy intimate conversation over a sexy cocktail, and the hotel’s Restaurant Mar y Tierra, also encased in crystal and boasting stunning views over the Mediterranean. There, diners can sample a varied international menu with strong influences from traditional Malagueñan cuisine.

María Francisca Peñarroya, of the Peñarroya Group, very much captured the magic of the Hydros when she said, “With this new hotel, we sought to offer a haven for those seeking a special, enchanted place for couples and friends. We chose to provide a wellness experience in a unique area and offering top quality.” The Hydros Boutique Spa & Wellness, with its impressive installations, pleasing design and fantastic offers in the form of golf and wellness packages, promises to turn Benalmádena into a reference point for luxury, relaxation and wellness. e

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n case you haven’t noticed, there is a new ‘it’ place to dine: a restaurant that re-opened with a bang around Christmas with a party that was the talk of the season. Güey (pronounced ‘way’) has been reinvented with a whole new menu and entertainment which together provide the chic factor normally only reserved for the top restaurants of Marbella’s heyday.

The team is an international bunch indeed, with well-known ‘Latin from Manhattan’ Johnnie B. Gomez putting together cool music, fashion and party-style events; Rahumaan Habib and his team attending to the diners’ every need; Roberto Martinez managing the restaurant; beautiful PR Guilhermina Fragoso dreaming up new events; and Daili Kruusik whipping up mean cocktails at the Skybar. From the moment you take your seat, you are greeted with enthusiasm and ‘simpatía’, which is very much in tune with the restaurant’s name. Güey is a friendly way to address both men and women in Mexico and it literally means ‘brother’.

Touches of Mexican art and tequila displays in the interiors remind you that although the cuisine offered is international, there are also Mexican dishes on offer along with over 70 varieties of tequila, including the renowned Jose Cuervo Reserva de Familia. We tried the Arette Gran Clase Añejo, served at Güey with peppered strawberries and cinnamon

Atmosphere

sprinkled oranges. This brand bears the prestigous Mexican certification of authenticity and the characteristic strong aroma and full-bodied flavour offered by only the finest tequilas, aged in old American oak barrels.

Make sure you don’t miss out on the view of the wine cellar, visible through a half-moon crystal dome on the floor and boasting European and New World wines.

Güey is divided into different spaces to suit your mood. The main dining area, on the first floor, gives way to a stunning outdoor terrace/ chill-out area, similar in look to a luxurious beach club, complete with rattan chairs and white sail shades.

This extends to the upper floor where there is a comfy bar, also stylishly decorated, with a mix of Oriental and contemporary features and boasting a comfy outdoor terrace where smokers can feel welcome.

According to the charismatic Johnnie B, the reason for Güey’s success is that it is easy to incorporate a visit into your daily routine, very much like a gym. There are so many different nooks and crannies in which to enjoy great conversation, a cool cocktail or a light salad or snack, making Güey as much a place for a fun-filled lunch or afternoon drink as it is for a special dining experience; there are also areas for smokers & free WiFi .

The menu reads like a list of most people’s ‘favourite foods’ and includes starters, soups, salads,

sushi dishes, paellas, meat and fish dishes and home-made desserts.

And it’s all thanks to Swedish Head Chef, Dennis Wellerfors, who has created a menu that brings together the best of world cuisine, with temptations such as magret of duck with cherry wasabi sauce and grilled red tuna with lime and ginger sauce. At the end of the evening, as we thanked Dennis, he told us of his interesting and varied life. Dennis used to be a professional motocross pilot, as well as Head Chef at many of Marbella’s most renowned establishments.

On our visit, my husband and I began with the gambas pil pil, plump and spicy and given a special kick

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from a dash of tequila. We also opted for a smooth-as-sin pumpkin soup, served with prawn skewers rolled in poppy seeds and bearing the sweetness and spice of two classic Thai ingredients: coconut milk and cilantro. The main courses were of an equally excellent standard: the rack of lamb glazed with honey and Dijon mustard was succulent and tender to the bite, served with an irresistible parmesan cheese basket filled with ratatouille. My personal highlight of the meal was the turbot ‘Viennoise’, baked with mushrooms and topped with a tomato crust that was fresh and flavourful. For dessert, what could beat the toffee and chocolate pudding, filled with molten hot chocolate with the umistakeably inviting aroma of Baileys liqueuer? Throughout our lovely meal, we were serenaded by the sweet sounds of what can only be described as a multi-faceted musician, who took turns playing a clarinet, trumpet and saxophone, delighting us with old favourites like I Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You and What a Wonderful World.

Güey has certainly tapped into a gap in the culinary market, with a venue offering style, top class cuisine and an atmosphere that is as cosy and inviting as they come. Finally, there is a place where families, friends and even those in the mood for the romance will find their perfect spot. e

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Diners come from far and wide for the restaurant’s shareable charcoal-grilled meats whose quality and novel presentation add to Grill del Puerto’s word-of-mouth reputation. Tender Argentinean chateaubriand is lightly pan-seared, sliced at the table and served with an individual charcoal grill so you can cook it to your liking, while T-bone, entrecôte, fillet steak and mixedmeat platters come with a granite stone heated to a sizzling 800ºC, adding an element of DIY fun that everyone can enjoy. Accompaniments include fresh vegetables in winter (salads in summer), rice or potatoes (choose from French fries, jacket, Dauphinoise or mash) and an array of home-made sauces (Béarnaise, mushroom, pepper, mustard, arrabiata, red wine, roquefort) so you could order steak every time and always enjoy a different taste experience. Equally, you could eat here once a week for a year and never sample the same dish twice from the fantastic range, which includes

leg of lamb, chicken kebabs, homemade pastas and was delicious paired with creamy Dauphinoise and a Specialities menu featuring dishes cooked potatoes and piquant mustard sauce. We enjoyed ‘the old-fashioned way’ (e.g. sole and clams with these dishes with a bottle of the excellent Nuviana cava sauce, rabbit hotpot with thyme). A ‘crisis’ house red from Huesca, a smooth, oaky wine that three-course menu for just €16,50 has been tasted like one worth twice its price. The homeintroduced this winter; there’s also a children’s made desserts include Sachertorte, raspberry menu, vegetarian options, daily specials and more mousse and tiramisu and I can also recommend unexpected fare such as salmon sashimi, roasted the cheesecake, made the traditional way with pork carpaccio and crêpes Grand Marnier, served moist sponge and a tangy cheese flavour. hot and buttery in a skillet.

No diner will ever leave the table hungry and A restaurant since 1994 (as one waitresses it’s gratifying to find a restaurant in this worldhere since the outset can testify) the current famous port that serves top quality home-made owners are sticklers for detail, evidenced in the food at fair prices, not fast food at tourist rates. immaculate presentation of every dish on beautiful Local residents know this which is why the Grill del crockery and the fine glassware to showcase the Puerto is usually brimming with diners and a great wide selection of wines, one of their keen interests. ambience all year round.

Being Belgian, they also know how the best French If you have family or friends visiting and need fries and Béarnaise should to please them all simultaneously, be made (to a recipe handed you’ll be voted host with the most down through their family for if you invite them here. Grill del generations)!

Puerto takes large groups in its For starters, my partner and stride and although the cosy I opted for the daily specials 70-cover restaurant was almost (having already devoured full by the end of our meal, the a warm loaf of fresh-baked service never faltered under the Belgian bread): meaty wild boar watchful eye of the super-efficient croquettes, the rich game flavour manageress. The restaurant is complemented by a sticky berry open daily, from 12.30-11.30pm, compôte, served hot, and a especially handy if you like a scrumptious skewer of plump late lunch or feel peckish in the prawns and bacon with onions afternoon when most restaurant and peppers. Our main courses kitchens close for siesta. And, were equally impressive: a if you enjoy it here, you can generous portion (300 grams reprise the experience at newly per person) of top quality Grill del Puerto, refurbished sister restaurant, Argentinean chateaubriand, Rancho Las Chapas, which has Calle Muelle Ribera, exquisitely tender and flavourful, a spacious outdoor terrace set Puerto Banús. and crunchy suckling pig. The under scented pines and swaying Tel: 952 811 686. pork melted in the mouth, with palms that’s perfect for romantic the crackling salty and crispy, summer dining. e Rancho Las Chapas,

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Tel: 952 831 922.

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Bravura: New Personal Chef Service in Marbella James Alexander has set up a new business venture in Marbella, following a successful career in London with Marcus Wareing, Claridges Hotel in Mayfair and some of Marbella’s finest restaurants. James’ new venture is Bravura Services, which offers a personal, private chef for locals who not require a full-time cook.

James has a host of exciting menus to suit every palate and lifestyle, with all dishes made using seasonal, fresh produce. Those seeking to eat healthily, or follow a particular diet, can consult with James for a personalised plan.

One of the best things about a personal chef is that they can do all the work while you party or enjoy bonding time with your friends and family. Bravura offers canapés, bowl foods, barbeques, private dining, convenience foods and yacht provisions.

Nueva Kaskada is a new restaurant offering fine international cuisine and top wines from Spain and France. Diners can select from a host of mouthwatering dishes such as pan fried scallops with wild mushrooms, truffle risotto and pistachio foam, oven roasted marinated rack of lamb with thyme, rosemary and sweet green beans, or grilled red tuna loin with oriental vegetables and cayenne oil. Those with a sweet tooth will marvel at homemade delights such as the cheesecake with toffee sauce and wild berries. At Nueva Kaskada, enjoy delicious quality cuisine at affordable prices. In additional to an à la carte menu, the restaurant also offers lunch and dinner menus, featuring a starter, main course and dessert, at reasonable prices. Open for lunch and dinner every day except Tuesdays. g Urb. La Montua, C/ Chorreadero 39, Marbella. Tel: 952 864 478. www.nuevakaskada.com

El Lago presents the produce of the Valle del Guadalhorce de Málaga Michelin starred restaurant, El Lago, was joined by other top restaurants on the Costa del Sol for an exhibition featuring the finest produce from the Guadalhorce Valley in Málaga. Diners delighted in a fine selection of cheese, honey, fruits, vegetables and cold meats, all grown or made in Guadalhorce in an ecological manner. Paco García, Director of El Lago, told the press, “Our idea is to promote the use of organic produce, obtained only a few kilometres from our kitchens, in haute cuisine.” Participating restaurants included Oyarbide Gastro (Marbella), Buenaventura (Marbella), Med (Torremolinos), Limonar 40 (Málaga), Carolina (Alhaurín) and Abilio (Álora).

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Dani García’s Mil Milagros opens on the Golden Mile The name Dani García is one of the most recognised on the Spanish gastronomic scene and now, the maestro of nouvelle cuisine has opened a new restaurant: Mil Milagros, on the Golden Mile. The restaurant serves bistro style foods such as pizzas, hamburgers, salads and pasta dishes, as well as à la carte dishes, tapas and many of the nouvelle delights García is famed for, at affordable prices. The restaurant opens from Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner and on Sunday for lunch. g CN 340, km 179, locales B4 an B6, Marbella.

Tel: 952 858 958. www.milmilagros.es

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Tel: 952 815 915. www.losbandidos.info

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arbella has been a gastronomic capital for the last few decades but, lately, its reputation has flourished to unprecedented levels with a bevy of Michelin-starred establishments and celebrity chefs adding a touch of flair to what was once a quaint seaside town peppered with tapas bars and chiringuitos. Only a handful of restaurants can lay claim to having laid the foundations for this gastronomic success and one of these is Los Bandidos, recommended by Conde Nast Traveller Magazine. Los Bandidos has always managed to attract the very best in terms of both the tourist and resident market, from Sean Connery (whose golf group ‘Los Bandidos’ (The Bandits) lent its name to the restaurant) to ex-Spanish President José María Aznar, current top-ranked Formula 1 drivers and popular celebrities from all over the world.

One secret of this longstanding success (Los Bandidos is 25 years old) is its founder, Jill Lindberg, the famed restaurateur who grew up in France and Sweden but has lived in Marbella for the past 35 years. Her panache and people skills went a long way towards attracting the crème de la crème of the celebrity world, while her experience in the catering world led her to aim for the very best at Los Bandidos: top quality meat, fish and seasonal, fresh market produce, all sourced from a select list of suppliers.

Jill very much met her match in Head Chef, Juan Sepúlveda. Juan, a pillar of Los Bandidos, has been running the kitchens of the famed locale for the past 13 years. The son of a patissière at

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the renowned Reina Cristina Hotel in Algeciras, he decided to dedicate his life to cuisine as a youngster and, even now, good food is a passion for his entire family. “My wife is an excellent cook, as are my two daughters,” he says, smiling.

Taking me through Los Bandidos’ small but highly organised kitchen, where he directs a staff of 12, he extols the virtues of fine produce, producing a plate of truffles whose beautiful aroma fills the air and whose unique flavour is a star attraction of one of the restaurant’s most popular dishes: the fettuccine with cream, truffles and shaved parmesan. Truffles are a luxury indeed, and Juan tells me that a kilo can cost between €600 and €3.000. He sources them from a truffle picker in Lérida who spends endless days in search of this treasured ingredient.

At Los Bandidos, Juan gives free reign to his passion for the very best, and the menu, made up of Swedish, French and international dishes, is proof of the pudding. Popular choices include suckling lamb shoulder (weighing only 500 grams and taking 20 minutes to produce crisp skin and irresistibly tender meat) and Iberian ham salad served with fried camembert cheese.

The ham of course is not any old Ibérico but 5 Jotas which, along with Joselito (also served at Los Bandidos) is one of the most prized hams in Spain.

Juan is a veritable encyclopaedia when it comes to food; indeed, one of the aspects of his work he most enjoys is sourcing the produce: everything from wild fish from the Atlantic (such

as fresh red tuna and turbot) to suckling lamb from Aranda known as cordero ‘del churro’. As he speaks, one very much gets the impression that he could eulogise for hours about wine, meat, fish, cheese and every other imaginable ingredient. He is, indeed, a lover of the very best Nature has to offer. This season, he is particularly excited about the menu which offers all the old favourites plus a wide variety of seasonal suggestions, such as venison, served with a red cabbage confit.

As Juan leads me through the restaurant, pointing out the plethora of black and white photographs of celebrities and politicians and delighting me with anecdotes about the rich and famous it’s easy to understand how, in the midst of one of Spain’s biggest crises, Los Bandidos is not just surviving but thriving. Here, the dining experience is always a ‘10’. e

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Tel: 952 462 074.

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hese are not good times for winemakers. Around now, they would normally have empty warehouses ready to receive the new wine that will shortly be bottled for shipping out over the next 12 months. But, due to the financial climate, sales have been slower than normal and it’s dilemma-time. What to do with last year’s wine to make room for this year’s? If you are a winery of note that zealously guards its reputation for quality and reluctance to lower prices, you sell the ‘old’ wine for distilling or turning into vinegar or, in the worst of all worlds, pour it down the drain. What a waste, I hear you say; wouldn’t it make more sense to let people come and collect it, gratis, or for a token price?

What all this is really about is marketing wine. Unless you have an established label that sells itself, you have a headache getting rid of the stuff. Unless, that is, you are lucky enough to get an award in one of the multiple wine competitions held in every city from Ulan Bator to Piddle-on-Thames, or some wine guru like Robert Parker decides your wine has a ‘rich dark blackcurrant and elderberry taste with hints of burnt treacle’ and throws a generous 96 points at your wine.

Of course, there is a rather more imaginative solution but there are no guarantees. This involves doing something revolutionary in the wine field, like making a wine with a grape that is unknown in that particular region, or even better, a new type of wine. Regrettably, the controlling bodies in each region (Consejos Reguladores) make the rules and do not allow wines to be made from grapes that they have not approved. While initially this may have made some sense, as far as preserving the native grapes of each zone was concerned, there is no cohesive policy and, while Rioja is very strict, Valencia is more flexible.

When the boycott of Catalan products gained speed (‘Don’t buy Catalan products as the sales tax you pay stays in Catalunya and does not benefit the community where you bought the product…’), wine was one of the first items to suffer. And, since the region is the foremost producer of cava, the boycott combined with the recession took – and continues to take – its economic toll. Unscrupulous intermediaries initially bought unlabelled cava from Catalan wineries and relabelled it as deriving from other areas; but, as a longer-term measure, cava started being made in different regions

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of Spain for the first time ever. There are some very drinkable cava clones currently being made in Extremadura, Huelva, and Castilla. The flaw is that these wines are made for commercial expediency with no real ambition to produce a quality product Those with genuine goals have a hard job inventing something different, above all because there is nothing new under the vineyard sun. One successful example is Dú, a red wine made in Cigales, the foremost Rosado region of Spain. It is made from tempranillo (80 per cent), merlot (15 per cent) and cabernet sauvignon (5 per cent) with 18 months in oak and 21 months in the bottle. Production is miniscule, at 2,300 bottles (and 10 magnums) per year so we are not talking about huge profits for the bodega here; not from this wine, at least, which is actually good enough to win a few competitions and may become a landmark product for the entire region. It will certainly provoke rivalry from other Cigales bodegas.

The Ronda bodega of Chinchilla is also making some interesting blends, such as the tempranillo (60 per cent) and syrah (40 per cent) for its Seis + Seis 07 (please don’t ask me who makes up these names) that sells for around €11. The Nuevo 09 is all tempranillo and, at €8, is a worthwhile buy but, as always, Ronda wines come in at a higher price overall than those from most other regions… although only Bacchus knows why. There is also a Reserva 2006 at €14, and the flagship wine, Conarte, is €20.

BaiGorri is a Rioja bodega that has always been at the forefront of experimentation and, apart from the white wine made from viura grapes, all its reds are made from tempranillo with the occasional addition of local varieties. It is to be found in most outlets and is justifiably well-known in aficionado circles.

Bodegas Enanzo, Navarra, has been in business for more than 50 years. It has an unusually large area of vineyards (1,500 hectares) and sells seven million litres of wine annually. Under its Remonte label there is a red tempranillo at €3,25, ditto for the white viura and the Rosado. Remonte chardonnay €4,50, Crianza €4,65 and Vino de Autor €9. All excellent value for money. e

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Price guide

Per head for a three-course meal with wine

RESTAURANTS

Clericó

AMERICAN

Open every day for lunch and dinner. Avda.

Antonio Belón, 22, Marbella. Tel: 952 765 683.

Under €25

HARD ROCK CAFÉ

€25 – €40

Open seven days a week for lunch and dinner.

C/Ramón Areces, esq. Marina Banús, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 908 024

€40 – €60 €60 plus

Jacks Open seven days a week from noon till late. Puerto Banús, Tel: 952 813 625, Puerto Marina, Benalmádena. Tel: 952 563 673

INDIAN

INTERNATIONAL

RESTAURANTS

New york

GRILLS

Open from 1pm-4pm and from 7pm to 12am.

Ctra. de Cádiz, km.176, 29600, Marbella. Tel: 952 765 533

Yanx

GREEK

Open from 9am Monday to Saturday and Sunday from 11am for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Centro Plaza, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 818 861

TGI Friday’s

FRENCH

Open from 12pm to 12am. Avda. Muelle de Ribera, locales 4-5, Marina Banús, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 815 993

ARGENTINEAN Buenos Aires South

Open daily for dinner except Tuesdays. Puerto Banús (opp. the car park). Tel: 952 812 358

FRENCH Montecarlo

Asador guadalmina Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner.

Urb. Guadalmina Alta, C.C. Guadalmina, Local 3, San Pedro de Alcántara. Tel: 952 883 003

El Carnicero Open daily for both lunch and dinner. Pueblo Viejo Cancelada. Between San Pedro & Estepona. Tel: 952 886 307

Open every day for lunch and dinner. Closed Tuesdays. Avda. Litoral s/n, Estepona, in front of the Palacio de Congresos. Tel: 951 273 994

El Carnicero 2

Nestor

El Coto

Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. Urb. Alzambra, Edif. Vasari, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 929 020

Open daily for both lunch and dinner. Ctra. de Ronda (El Madroñal), San Pedro de Alcántara.

Tel: 952 786 688

Valderrama Restaurant

El Gaucho

Open Tuesday to Saturday for dinner only and on Sunday for Buffet Lunch. Apartado 1, Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 132.2 Sotogrande, Cádiz. Tel: 956 791 200

Open daily for dinner from 7.30pm. Galerías Paniagua. Sotogrande. Tel: 956 795 528

GREEK Red Pepper Open daily for both lunch and dinner. Muelle Ribera, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 812 148

GRILLS Asador Criollo Grill

Open every day for lunch and dinner. Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 176, Marbella. Tel: 952 867 599

el rancho del puerto Open for lunch and dinner every day. Muelle Benabola 4, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 816 252

Grill del puerto Open for lunch and dinner every day. Muelle Ribera 47H, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 811 686

MARBELLA CLUB GRILL Open every night for dinner. Marbella Club Hotel. Blvd. Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe, s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 822 211

RESTAURANTS

AMERICAN

ARGENTINEAN

Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. C/ Virgen del Pilar, 6, Marbella. Tel: 952 779 297

Tango

Open nightly for dinner. CN340-A7, km. 166, Cancelada, El Saladillo. Tel: 952 784 463

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Old Town Grill

Mumtaz

Open Monday to Saturday for dinner and Sunday for lunch. C/ San Lázaro, 3, Pza. Victoria, Marbella. Tel: 952 867 306

Open daily for both lunch and dinner. Casa No.7, P. Banús. Tel: 952 812 090 Open from 7 pm ‘til late night every day. Parque de Elviria, local 7-9, Las Chapas (take second exit, after Hotel Don Carlos), Marbella. Tel: 952 830 146

Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Winter season: closed Sunday and Monday nights.

Ctra. Arroyo de la Miel, s/n, Benalmádena. Tel: 902 102 675

Casanis

puente romano beach club

Taj Mahal

beach club restaurante grill

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Private parking available. Ctra. Cádiz, km 179 (behind Venta los Pacos). Tel: 952 857 670/ 629 244 659

Open every day for lunch. Hotel Fuerte, Castillo de San Luis s/n and Hotel Fuerte Miramar Spa, Plaza José Luque Manzano s/n, Marbella. Tel: 902 343 410

Open every day for lunch and dinner. Hotel Hermitage, Ctra. de Casares, Casares. Tel: 952 895 639.

Open every day for lunch. CN 340, km 177, Marbella.

Tel: 952 820 900

Restaurante Rancho Open daily for lunch and dinner. Ctra. Cádiz, exit Las Chapas. Tel: 952 831 922

INDIAN

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al bacar

Open every day for lunch and dinner. Avda. Duque de Ahumada, Paseo Marítimo 9, Marbella. Tel: 952 820 096

Open Friday for dinner and Saturday and Sunday for lunch and dinner. El Castillo de Monda s/n, Monda.

Tel: 952 457 142

Jaipur purple

AMAPOLA

Open daily for dinner except Tuesday. C.C. Costasol, local 3, Estepona. Tel: 952 888 353

Open Monday to Friday for lunch and dinner and on Saturday for dinner only. Closed Sundays. C/ Ortega y Gasset, Local 87, Marbella. Tel: 952 774 650

khans Open every day for lunch and dinner. Front line Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 814 371

Little India Reopening 20th February. Open daily for dinner from 7pm. Conj. Buenavista, L 21-22, Avda. de España, Calahonda. Tel: 952 931 829

Massala Open daily for dinner. 57, Duquesa de Arcos (Sabinillas seafront). Tel: 952 897 358

Amanhavis Open for dinner from Monday to Saturday from 8.00pm. Calle del Pilar 3, Benahavís. Tel: 952 856 026

Areté Open every day except Sunday for lunch and dinner.

C/ Mediterráneo, Edif. Mediterráneo, 1 (next to Marisquería Santiago), Marbella. Tel: 952 777 334

auld dubliner

Open every day for lunch and dinner. C.C. Diana Park, Marbella. Tel: 952 886 338

baboo lounge and restaurant

beach house Open daily for lunch and dinner. Urb. Coto de los Doles, Carril del Relojero, Elviria, Marbella. Tel: 952 839 458

boulevard Open for dinner from 8pm. Avda. La Fontanilla, esquina Paseo Marítimo, Marbella. Tel: 952 860 583

Brunings Open for dinner Monday to Saturday from 7 pm. Las Palmeras 19, San Pedro Alcántara. Tel: 952 786 156

Calima Open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner. Hotel Meliá Don Pepe, C/ José Meliá, s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 764 252

capitán Open for lunch and dinner every day except Wednesday. C/ Avila, Blq. 5, Local 1, San Pedro de Alcántara. Tel: 952 799 635

Casa mono Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. C/ Calderón Estébanez 19, Marbella. Tel: 952 774 578 Open every day from 6pm except Sundays. C/ Ancha, 8, Marbella. Tel: 952 900 450

celima

cerrado del águila Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Urb. Cerrado del Águila, Camino del Acevedo, s/n, Mijas Costa. Tel: 951 773 521

cortijo fain Open every day for lunch and dinner. Ctra. de Algar, km. 3, Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz. Tel: 956 704 131

Don Leone Open every night for dinner. Puerto Banús, Marbella.

Tel: 952 811 716

Don Quijote Open every evening for dinner (7pm-12am.

Flamenco show on Sundays. Urb. El Rosario, km.

188, Marbella. Tel: 952 834 748

el bistro lounge de pan y mermelada Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. Urb. Marbella Real, Local 16, Marbella. Tel: 952 829 308

El Bolero Open every night for dinner from 8-11pm. The San

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ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL RESTAURANTS

Roque Club, CN 340, km. 127, Cádiz. Tel: 956 613 030

s/n. Tel: 952 861 382

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Finca El Forjador

El Campanario

Open daily for lunch from 1-4pm, Wednesday to Sunday. Ctra. de Casares, km. 10. Tel: 952 895 120

Open every day from 10am until late. C/ Las Violetas 7, Conjunto Andalucía Garden Club, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 815 736

Open daily for breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks. Hotel Villa Padierna & Flamingos Golf Club, Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 166 (Cancelada exit), Benahavís.

Tel: 952 889 150

Finca las brasas

LA biznaga

La Menorah

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Ctra. FuengirolaMijas, between CN 340 and highway. Tel: 952 580 513

Open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner and on Sunday for lunch only. Ctra. Ronda, km. 46, Urb. Las Medranas, local 4, San Pedro de Alcántara. Tel: 951 275 750

Open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner. Arena Beach, CN 340, km. 151.2, Estepona. Tel: 952 792 734

la brisa

Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. C/ Belmonte, Nueva Andalucía, Marbella. Tel: 952 814 145

Open every day for lunch. Open for dinner on Friday and Saturday. CN 340, km. 168, Estepona. Tel: 952 880 126

El Corzo Open daily for dinner. Hotel Los Monteros, Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 187. Tel: 952 771 700

El lago Open Tuesday to Sunday for dinner. Urb. Elviria Hills.

Avda. Las Cumbres s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 832 371

Open from 11am until midnight. Closed Sundays.

Avda Las Palmeras 15, San Pedro Alcántara. Tel: 952 780 927

EL MIRADOR

Güey

Open for breakfast every day. At the Kempinski Hotel Bahía Resort. CN 340, km. 159, Estepona. Tel: 952 809 500

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Plza. de las Orquídeas 4, Nueva Andalucía, Marbella. Tel: 952 929 250

EL OLIVO

hermosa

Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner and Sunday for lunch. At Marbella Golf & Country Club.

CN 340, km. 188, Marbella. Tel: 952 830 500

Open Tuesday to Sunday for dinner from 7pm.

Closed Monday. Local 1A. Puerto de Cabopino. Tel: 952 837 483

El Restaurante del Casino

Herrero del Puerto

Open every day for dinner from 8pm-4am. Hotel Andalucía Plaza s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 814 000

Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner.

Casas de Campos, 1, Málaga. Tel: 952 122 075

Fabiola

hotel marbella club buffet

Open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner and on Sundays for lunch. Cortijo Los Canos, Pueblo Nuevo de Guadiaro, CN-340, km. 132, Sotogrande, Cádiz. Tel: 956 695 114 / 619 694 484

Open every day for lunch. Blvd. Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 822 211

Finca Besaya Open daily for lunch and dinner. Urb. Rio Verde Alto,

120

Galeria San Pedro

KAMPAI Open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner. Urb. Guadalmansa, Edif. Salinas, Local 6, Estepona. Tel: 952 896 495

Open for dinner Thursday to Monday from 7pm.

Kempinski Hotel Bahía Estepona. CN 340, km. 159, Estepona. Tel: 952 809 500

La cabaña del mar Open every day for lunch and for dinner from Monday to Saturday. Kempinski Hotel Bahía Estepona CN 340, km 159, Playa El Padrón, Estepona. Tel: 952 809 500

LA SALA

La Terraza Open everyday lunch and dinner. Golf Hotel Guadalmina, Marbella. Tel: 952 882 211

La Terraza Open daily for dinner. La Cala Resort, La Cala de Mijas, Mijas. Tel: 952 669 000

LA CANTINA DEL GOLF

La Veranda

Open for breakfast and lunch until 8pm. Closed Sunday. Flamingo Golf Club, Cancelada, Benahavís.

Tel: 951 318 815

Open Tuesday to Saturday for dinner. Hotel Villa Padierna, Urb: Flamingos s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 889 150

La Esencia

La veranda lobby bar

Open Tuesday to Sunday for dinner. Hotel Incosol, Urb. Golf Rio Real, s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 831 303

Open every day for lunch and dinner. At the Kempinski Hotel Bahía Estepona. CN 340, km 159, Estepona. Tel: 952 809 500

La Hacienda Open for lunch and dinner Wednesday to Sunday.

Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 193, Hacienda Las Chapas, Marbella. Tel: 952 831 267 / 831 116

La Loggia

La Verandah Open week days for dinner at 7:30pm and weekends for lunch and dinner, closed Tuesdays. Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 136. Playa Guadiaro, Torre-guadiaro, Cádiz. Tel:

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los bandidos Open every night for dinner. Muelle Ribera, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 815 915

magna café Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. C/ Calderón de la Barca, s/n. Tel: 952 929 578

Mc café Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Marbella Club Hotel. Blvd. Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe, s/n. Tel: 952 822 211

Open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner and on Sunday for lunch. C/ Acera de la Marina 4, Marbella. Tel: 952 772 461

passion café Open for lunch and dinner every day. C.C. La Colonia, San Pedro de Alcántara. Tel: 952 781 583

polo house Open daily for dinner from 7pm and Sunday Lunch, with club/dancing. CN 340, Blvd. Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe 11, Marbella. Tel: 952 900 380

Messina

polynesian’s restaurant & cocktail bar

Open for dinner Monday to Saturday. Avda. Severo Ochoa, 12, Marbella. Tel: 952 864 895

Open every night for dinner. Urb. La Alcazaba, CN340, km 175, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 816 100

mil milagros

puente romano beach club

Open Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner and Sunday for lunch. CN340, km 179, Marbella. Tel: 952 858 958

Open daily for lunch. Blvd. Príncipe Alfonso von Hohenlohe s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 820 900

mozaic

Open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner. Paseo marítimo Benabola, s/n. Tel: 952 819 078

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner from Monday to Saturday. Urb. Las Chapas, Marbella. Tel: 952 839 901

Miraflores Golf Restaurant Open daily for Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 199. Urb. Riviera Golf. Tel: 952 931 941

OCHO Open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner. C/ Moncayo 12, Fuengirola. Tel: 952 460 232 / 648 502 822

oyarbide

Relais de Paris

roca tranquila Open every day for lunch and dinner except Monday.

Urb. Torreblanca de Sol, C/ Tortola, Fuengirola. Tel: 952 196 067

Rojo Open every day for lunch and dinner except Sunday.

C/ Granada, 44, Málaga. Tel: 952 227 486

schilo Open Thursday to Saturday for dinner. Hotel Finca Cortesín. Crta. Casares s/n, Casares, Málaga. Tel: 952

937 800

tanino

sentidos

Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. CN 340, km.168, Benamara, Estepona. Tel: 952 883 259

Open every day for lunch and dinner. At Sentidos en Río Real Hotel. Urb. Río Real s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 765 732

shiraz Open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner. Puerto Deportivo, Local 15, Marbella. Tel: 952 778 334

Skina Open for dinner Monday to Saturday. C/ Aduar 12, Old Town, Marbella. Tel: 952 765 277

Small world café Open Monday to Friday for breakfast, lunch and dinner, 9am-2am, Saturday and Sunday for lunch and dinner, 12.30pm-2am. C.C. Le Village, local 15, Ctra. Istán km. 1, Marbella. Tel: 952 771 046

Suave Open every day for lunch and dinner. Paseo Maritimo Rey de España 93, Fuengirola. Tel: 952 866 627

SUite Dinner and afterwards dance to music by resident DJ. Thursday to Saturday. Hotel Puente Romano, Marbella. Tel: 952 820 900

SUMMA Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Avda. Antonio Belón 1, Marbella. Tel: 952 901 274

Terra Sana Open Monday to Saturday for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Nueva Andalucía next to the Casino. Tel: 952 906 205. Golden Mile, Marbella. Tel: 952 777 480.

Marina Banús, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 817 977. C.C. Laguna Village, Estepona. Tel: 951 901 050

The Clubhouse Bar & Brasserie Open Tuesday to Sunday for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Urb. Los Naranjos de Marbella, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 908 844

The orange tree Open every evening from 6:30 pm-11 pm. Plaza General Chinchilla 1, Plaza de los Naranjos, Marbella.

Tel: 952 924 613.

tikitano Open every day for lunch and dinner. Urb. Guadalmansa, CN340, km 164, Estepona. Tel: 952 798 449

zozoï Open every day for dinner from 7.30pm-12am. Plaza Altamirano 1, Marbella. Tel: 952 858 868

ITALIAN

Swing

Al Dente

Open from 12-4pm and 7.30pm until midnight.

Closed Wednesdays. Arena Beach, Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 151, Estepona. Tel: 952 796 320

Open 7 days a week for dinner. Closed on Mondays.

Urb. Jardines del Puerto, local 12, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 906 181

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GOLF CINEMAS SPANISH SEAFOOD SCANDINAVIAN Oriental

Amore e Fantasía

MADE IN SARDINIA

Open every day for lunch and dinner from 7pm onwards. Muelle Benabola, Casa 5A, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 813 464

Open every night for dinner. C.C. Cristamar, Avda. Julio Iglesias, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 906 608

Aretusa

Marco dallis

Open daily for dinner. Front line P. Banús. Tel: 952 812 898

Open daily for dinner. Avda. Fontanilla, Marbella. Tel: 952 776 776

Open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner. Urb. Linda Vista Playa 8, San Pedro de Alcántara. Tel: 952 783 055

Caruso

Metro

Dragón de Oro

Open for dinner from Monday to Saturday 7pm until midnight. Avda. de la Constitución, corner C/ Andalucía, San Pedro de Alcántara.

Tel: 952 782 293

Open every day for lunch and dinner. Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 907 037, Puerto Marina, Benalmádena. Tel: 952 446 460

Open every day from 12.30-4pm and 7pm until midnight. Closed Monday lunchtime.

Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 141, Urb. Hacienda Guadalupe, Manilva. Tel: 952 890 956

Casa Nostra

Open every day for lunch and dinner.

C/ Ramón Areces, local 7, Puerto Banús.

Tel: 952 810 448

golden wok

Open daily for both lunch and dinner. C/Camilo José Cela 12, Marbella. Tel: 952 861 108

Da Bruno

Pizzeria Picasso

Kaede

Open all day. Pasta Da Bruno: Avda. Ricardo Soriano, 27, Marbella. Tel: 952 860 348 – closed on Sunday. Da Bruno Cabopino: CN-340 Km. 194,7. Tel: 952 831 918. Da Bruno a Casa: Marbella Mar, Local 1, Marbella. Tel: 952 857 521 – closed on Sunday. Da Bruno A San Pedro: Avda. del Mar, local 1E,San Pedro.

Tel: 952 786 860 – closed on Monday. Da Bruno Sul Mare: Edif. Skol, Paseo Marítimo, Marbella. Tel: 952 903 318/19

Open daily from 12 noon. Puerto Banús.

Tel: 952 813 669

Open every day for lunch and dinner. At the Hotel Meliá La Quinta. Urb. La Quinta Golf, Marbella. Tel: 952 762 059

Da Paolo

Rosmarino della Piazza

Open everyday for lunch and dinner. Muelle Ribera, casa G-H, local 43, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 816 453

Open Sunday to Friday for lunch and dinner and Saturday for dinner. C.C. Pinares de Elviria, s/n, Elviria, Marbella. Tel: 952 850 148

dalli’s pasta factory

terraza dual

Open Monday to Friday for dinner and on Saturday and Sunday for lunch and dinner.

Second Line Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 815 871 / 952 818 623

Open every day for lunch and dinner. C.C. Marbellamar s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 925 250

MEXICAN

De Medici Open Monday to Saturday for dinner. Urb. El Pilar, C.C. Benapilar, Estepona. Tel: 952 884 687

gold restaurant

ITALIAN

Open every day from 10am to 12 am.

Complejo Benabola 13, Beach Side, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 929 055

la pappardella di estepona

RESTAURANTS

Open every day for lunch and dinner from 1pm to midnight. Puerto Deportivo de Estepona. Tel: 952 802 144

LA pappardella sul mare Open every day for lunch and dinner. C.C. Laguna Village, Estepona. Tel: 952 807 354

portofino laguna village Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. C.C. Laguna Village, Estepona. Tel: 952 808 035

Ristorante Roberto Open daily for dinner. Beach Club, Hotel Puente Romano, CN-340, km 177.5, Marbella.

Tel: 952 820 900

saleto Open Monday to Saturday for dinner. Avda. del Prado, Via 1, local 2, Aloha Golf, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 818 112

sol i luna Open Monday to Saturday for dinner and Sunday for brunch. C/Sierra Bermeja s/n, Urb. Ancón Sierra, Las Lomas de Marbella Club, Marbella. Tel: 952 866 627

Villa Tiberio Open Monday to Saturday for dinner. Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 178, Marbella. Tel: 952 771 799

zafferano Open every night for dinner except Sunday.

C/Gloria II, 11, Casco Antiguo, Marbella. Tel: 952 863 125

MEXICAN

Leonardo da vinci

CHicano

Open every night for dinner. Urb. Doña Lola, Local 21-22, Calahonda, Mijas Costa. Tel: 952 934 667

Open every day for lunch and dinner. Aloha Towers, Avda. de Prado s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 819 240

Lombardo’s Open daily from 7pm. Galerías Paniagua, Sotogrande, Cádiz. Tel: 956 795 924

Luna Rossa Open daily for both lunch and dinner, closed on Sundays. Paseo Marítimo Benabola, local 12, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 810 543

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Oriental Asia Food Open daily for lunch and dinner. Centro Comercial, Pinares de Elviria, Marbella. Tel: 952 850 060

Asiatico Zen

Open every day for lunch and dinner except Tuesday lunch. C/Lirios s/n, Nueva Andalucía.

Tel: 952 817 691

Djawa

Open every day for lunch and dinner. Urb. Marbellamar, Marbella. Tel: 952 866 840

Kaiden Sushi Open daily for lunch and dinner. Centro Com. Guadalmina Alta, Guadalmina 4, local 2, lower floor, San Pedro de Alcántara. Tel: 952 896 508

Kama Kura Open Tuesday to Saturday from 8-11pm. The San Roque Club, Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 127, San Roque, Cádiz. Tel: 956 613 030

meca Open every day for lunch and dinner. C.C. Pino Golf, Don Carlos, Local 1, Elviria, Marbella. Tel: 952 830 365 / 658 646 829

naruto tokyo Open every day for lunch and dinner. C.C. Cristamar 24, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 811 827

Osaka Open every day 13:30-16:00 & 19:30-24:00.

CN-340, km. 166 (Benavista). C.C. Costa del Sol. Tel: 952 885 751

RestaurantE asiático Bangkok Open daily for lunch and dinner. P. de las Orquideas, C/ Iris, 11B, Edif. Excelsior no. 1, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 813 603

Sakura Open every day for lunch and dinner. Avda.

Jardines del Puerto, L.5, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 817 536

Sapporo Open daily for lunch and dinner. C.C. Costa del Sol, upper level. CN-340, km. 166 (Estepona).

Tel: 952 888 710

Sukho Thai Open for dinner from Monday to Saturday.

Centro Comercial Marbellamar. Tel: 952 770 550

Sushi des artistes Open every day for lunch and dinner. CN 340, km 178.5, Marbella. Easy parking. Tel: 952 857 403

Sushi Katsura Open for lunch from Monday to Friday and for

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dinner from Monday to Saturday. C/Ramón Gómez de la Serna, 5, Marbella. Tel: 952 863 193

Tai Pan Open seven days a week for dinner. H. Puente Romano, Ctra. de Cádiz, km. 177, Marbella.

Tel: 952 777 893

Thai Gallery Open seven days a week for dinner from 8pm.

CN-340, km.175, Edif. Rimesa, Bajos, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 818 392

Wok Away Open every day for lunch and dinner. Avda.

Julio Iglesias, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 907 304

Wok Buffet Open every day for lunch and dinner. Urb. El Pilar, 22, Estepona. Tel: 952 887 092

Wok Wang Open every day for lunch and dinner. C/ Camilo José Cela, C.C. Plaza del Mar, planta 0, local 1, Marbella. Tel: 952 925 478

Yuan

Santiago

968

Open daily for lunch and dinner. Paseo Marítimo, 5, Marbella. Tel: 952 770 078

CINESA LA CAÑADA

SPANISH

La Cañada. Marbella. Tel: 902 333 231

cines gran marbella Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 810 077

Buenaventura

cinesur

Open every day for lunch and dinner. Plaza de la Iglesia, 5, Old Town, Marbella. Tel: 952 858 069

C.C. Miramar, Fuengirola. Tel: 952 198 605

Casa de la era

MULTICINES ALFIL Avda. Camilo José Cela, s/n. Fuengirola.

Tel: 952 800 056

Open every evening for dinner. Ctra. de Ojén, km 0.5, Marbella. Tel: 952 770 625

MULTICINES MEDITERRÁNEO

Casa Fernando

PALACIO DE LA PAZ

Open from Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. Avda. del Mediterráneo s/n, San Pedro de Alcántara. Tel: 952 853 344

Recinto Ferial. Fuengirola. Tel: 952 589 349

El Portalón

TEATRO CERVANTES

Open Monday to Saturday for lunch 1-4pm and dinner from 8pm-midnight. Ctra de Cádiz, km 178, Marbella. Tel: 952 827 880

Ramos Marín, 199, Málaga. Tel: 952 224 109

Hacienda

Mijas. Tel: 952 663 738

TEATRO ALAMEDA Calle Córdoba 9, Málaga. Tel: 952 213 412

TEATRO CIUDAD DE MARBELLA Plaza Ramón Martínez, Marbella.

Tel: 952 903 159

Open from 1-4.30pm and 7.30 -11pm. Closed on Sunday afternoons and Mondays. Urb. La Alcaidesa, La Linea de la Concepción. Tel: 956 582 700

TEATRO SALON VARIETES

La Meridiana del alabardero

Veracruz. Estepona. Tel: 952 800 056

Open for lunch and dinner from Tuesday to Sunday. Closed Mondays. Camino de la Cruz, Marbella. Tel: 952 776 190

Plaza Mayor. Tel: 902 220 922

la moraga

Alcaidesa Links

Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. C/ Ramón Areces s/n, Puerto Banús.

Tel: 952 817 448

18 holes, Par 71. Tel: 956 791 0400. www.alcaidesa.com

Cipriano

La Taberna del Alabardero

Open daily for both lunch and dinner. Playas del Duque, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 811 077

Open everyday for lunch and dinner except Monday. San Pedro Playa, Urb. Castiglone.

Tel: 952 785 138. Also at Ctra. de Ronda, km.

167, San Pedro. Tel: 952 786 265

18 holes, Par 72. Tel: 952 595 970. www.alhauringolf.com

Open every night for dinner. Hotel Torrequebrada, Benalmádena Costa. Tel: 952 441 414.

SCANDINAVIAN Skandies Open Tuesday to Sunday from 7pm to 11pm.

Closed Mondays. Avda. Antonio Belón, 26 (behind the lighthouse), Marbella. Tel: 952 776 323

SEAFOOD

El Barlovento Open from 11am-4pm and 7.30-11pm every day except Mondays. Puerto Deportivo de Sotogrande, Cádiz. Tel: 956 790 370

Restaurante La Marina Open every day from 1-4.30pm and 8pm until midnight. Paseo Marítimo s/n, La Atunara, La Linea de la Concepción, Campo de Gibraltar.

Tel: 956 171 531

La Torre Open daily for lunch and dinner. Muelle de Honor, Club de Mar, Puerto Banús. Tel: 952 811 561

Marisquería La Pesquera Open daily for lunch and dinner. Plaza de la Victoria, Old Town, Marbella. Tel: 952 765 170

RestaurantE Eddy & Marisa’s Urb. Coral Beach, The Golden Mile, Marbella.

Tel: 952 824 534

Restaurante El bote Open every day for lunch and dinner. Paseo Marítimo Rey de España, Fuengirola. Tel: 952 660 084

Emancipación 30. Fuengirola.

Tel: 952 474 542

VERACRUZ CINES YELMO CINEPLEX

GOLF GUIDE

Alhaurín Golf

Almenara Golf 27 holes, Par 72. Tel: 956 582 027. www.sotogrande.com

Mesón el adobe

Aloha Golf Club

Open daily for lunch and dinner except Tuesdays. Avda. La Fontanilla, Edif. Balmoral, Bajo 3, Marbella. Tel. 600 003 144

18 holes. Tel: 952 907 085. www.clubdegolfaloha.com

Tragabuches

18 holes, Par 72. Tel: 952 882 812. www.master-hotels.com

Open from Tuesday to Sunday for both lunch and dinner. C/José Aparacio,1, Ronda (pedestrian street between bullring and Parador). Tel: 952 190 291

CINEMAS & THEATRES

Atalaya Golf

Cabopino Golf 18 holes, Par 70. Tel: 952 850 282

Cerrado del águila 18 holes, Par 71. Tel: 951 703 355

Club de Golf La Cañada 18 holes, Par 71. Tel: 956 794 100

AUDITORIO MUNICIPAL MIJAS

El Paraiso Club de Golf

Plaza de la Libertad 2. Mijas. Tel: 952 590 380

18 holes, Par 71. Tel: 952 883 835

AUDITORIO MUNICIPAL TORREMOLINOS

Estepona Golf

Plaza de España, Recinto Ferial. Tel: 952 379 521

18 holes, Par 72. Tel: 952 937 605. www.esteponagolf.com

Finca cortesín golf club

AUDITORIO PARQUE DE LA CONSTITUCIÓN

18 holes, Par 72, Tel: 952 937 883. www.golfcortesin.es

Marbella. Tel: 952 825 035

Flamingos Golf Club

CENTRO CULTURAL EL INGENIO

18 holes, Par. Tel: 952 889 157. www.flamingos-golf.com

Garcia Morato, s/n. San Pedro. Tel: 952 786

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TENNIS Schools GYMS GOLF

Golf Río Real

Mijas Golf

AZTEC COUNTRY CLUB

MARBELLA SPORT

18 holes, Par 72. Tel: 952 756 733

36 holes, Par 70. Tel: 952 476 843

Km171.5. San Pedro Alcántara.Tel: 952 788 315

Golf Torrequebrada

Miraflores Golf

Urb. Riviera del Sol, Mijas-Costa.

Tel: 952 934 477

18 holes, Par 72. Tel: 952 442 742

18 holes, Par 71. Tel: 952 931 960

CENTRO DEPORTIVO EL FUERTE

Avda. Picasso 27. San Pedro. Tel: 952 782 801

Guadalmina Golf

Monte Mayor Golf & Country Club

Av. El Fuerte s/n. Marbella. Tel: 952 861 624

New Concept Training

36 holes, Par 72. Tel: 952 883 375

18 holes. Tel: 952 113 088

CENTRO DE YOGA Y SALUD INTEGRAL

La Cala Golf Resort

Parador Málaga del Golf

Ramón y Cajal 21. Marbella. Tel: 952 773 804

Monte Paraíso Country Club, Camino de Camoján s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 866 843

54 holes, Pars 71, 72 and 73.

Tel: 952 669 033. www.lacala.com

18 holes. Tel: 952 381 255

CENTRO PLAZA GYM

02 CENTRO WELLNESS

Real Club de Golf Las Brisas

Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 817 074

Plaza del Mar. Marbella. Tel: 952 900 420

La Dama de Noche

18 holes, Par 72. Tel: 952 810 875

Cerrado del águila

P-E SPORTS CLUB

9 holes, Par 70. Tel: 952 818 150

Real Club de Golf Sotogrande

Mijas Costa, Málaga. Tel: 951 773 523

La Duquesa Golf & Country Club

18 holes, Par 72. Tel: 956 785 014

CLUB DEl SOL

Urb. Parcelas del Golf, Aloha Gardens, N. Andalucía.

Tel: 952 818 357

18 holes, Par 72. Tel: 952 890 425

San Roque Club

Tennis /paddle classes. Calahonda. Tel: 952 939 595

qi sport

La Quinta Golf

18 holes, Par 72. Tel: 956 613 030

Dynamic training centre

Urb. La Alzambra, Marbella. Tel: 952 907 090

27 holes, Par 72.Tel: 952 762 390 www.laquintagolf.com

Santa Clara Golf

C.C. Le Village, Marbella. Tel: 952 775 021

SATURNIA REGNA

18 holes. Tel: 952 850 111

FITNESS CENTRE NEW STYLE

La Reserva Sotogrande

Santa Maria Golf & Country Club

Amapolas, s/n Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 817 916

Marbella Tel: 952 761 475, Elviria.

Tel: 952 834 835

18 holes. Tel: 956 695 209

18 holes, Par 72. Tel: 952 831 036

Fuerte Gym

SEVEN STARS SCHOOL

La Zagaleta Golf & Country Club

Sotogrande Club de Golf

Avda. El Fuerte, Marbella. Tel: 952 861 624

18 holes. Members only. Tel: 952 695 209

18 holes. Tel: 956 785 012

GIMNASIO ESTADIO

Tai Chi & yoga. Pasaje Estrecho, Estepona.

Tel: 952 923 055

Lauro Golf 18 holes

Valderrama 18 holes, Par 72. Tel: 956 791 200 www.valderrama.com

Trav. Huerta de los Cristales, Marbella.

Tel: 952 828 217

SPORTCLUB ROUTE 66

Alhaurín de la Torre. Tel: 952 412 767

HAPPY DIVER’S CLUB

SPORTING CLUB ATALAYA PARK HOTEL

Atalaya Park Hotel, Marbella. Tel: 609 571 920

CN340, Km 168,5. Estepona. Tel: 952 888 212

HOTEL PUENTE ROMANO

TICKET-TO-RIDE

CN340, Km77,5. Marbella. Tel: 952 820 900

Cristamar, Pto. Banús. Tel: 952 905 082

Los Arqueros Golf & Country Club 18 holes, Par 71. Tel: 952 784 600

Ctra. Mijas, 1.5km. Fuengirola. Tel: 952 461 648

18 holes, Par 72. Tel: 952 815 206

GYMS & SPORTS CLUBS

Marbella Club Golf Resort

ALHAMAR GYM

MANOLO SANTANA RACQUETS CLUB

Vitality studio

18 holes, Par 73. Tel: 952 113 239

C.C. Alhamar, CN-340 km 197. Tel: 952 934 684

Ctra. de Istán, Km2. Marbella. Tel: 952 778 580

C.C. Le Village, Marbella. Tel: 952 902 362

Marbella Golf & Country Club

ATENAS

MARBELLA GUN & COUNTRY CLUB

18 holes. Tel: 952 830 500

Barquilla 1. Marbella. Tel: 952 776 240

Monda. Tel: 952 112 161

Los Naranjos Golf Club

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Aloha College

Tel: 952 799 563

Peter Pan School

Ages 3-18. Nueva Andalucía.

Tel: 952 814 133

Ecos College Ages 1–18. Elviria.

Tel: 952 831 027

Ages 0-3. Bilingual nursery. San Pedro. Tel: 952 782 051 Benalmádena. Tel: 952 562 103

Angela’s School

English InteRnational College

Saint George’s School

Ages 6-14. Marbella.

Tel: 952 823 042

Ages 3–20. Elviria. Tel: 952 831 058/9

Ages 2-8. San Pedro.

Tel: 952 786 606

british school of marbella

Ages 9–14. Manolo Santana Racquets Club.

Fuengirola. Tel: 610 764 439

Ages 18 months-6. Marbella.

Tel: 952 779 264

Fiona Jones School of Dance

Sotogrande International School

Urb. Riviera del Sol, Mijas-Costa.

Tel: 952 934 477

Club deL Sol Tennis/paddle classes. Calahonda.

Tel: 952 939 595

Club de tenis don carlos Hotel Don Carlos, CN340, km 192.

Tel: 952 831 739

Hijas de María Auxiliadora

Ages 2–18. Sotogrande.

Tel: 956 795 902

Calahonda International College

Ages 3-12. Marbella. Tel: 952 771 396

St. Javier’s International School

Ages 3-18. Tel: 952 930 080

III language schools

Ages 1-7. Marbella. Tel: 952 823 457

Ctra. Cádiz, km 173. Marbella.

Tel: 952 813 341

Calpe School

San Pedro. Tel: 952 778 492 Marbella. Tel: 952 822 191 Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 952 908 558 Estepona. Tel: 952 794 059

Stagecoach Theatre Arts School

Club Madroñal

Ages 4-16.

Tel: 952 900 453

Benahavís. Tel: 617 647 223

Sunny View School

San Pedro Alcántara. Tel: 952 788 315

Atalaya, Estepona.

Tel: 952 928 444

Inlingua Language School

Ages 2–18. Torremolinos.

Tel: 952 383 164

Hofsaess tennis academy

Colegio Alborán

the InteRnational SCHOOL of ESTEPONA Ages 2-12. Estepona. Tel: 952 884 789 Laude San pedro international college Ages 2–18. San Pedro. Tel: 952 799 900 Mayfair Academy

Swans School international marbella

Ages 4-18. Atalaya Park, Estepona.

Tel: 952 784 923

Ages 13-18. Calahonda.

Tel: 952 933 249

Monseñor Rodrigo Bocanegra

wendy kindergarten

Ages 3-16. Marbella.

Tel: 952 770 077

Ages 4 months - 5 years. Marbella.

Tel: 952 772 910

Ages 3–8. San Pedro.

Tel: 952 786 029

Childrens placE Bilingual nursery

Ages 3-18. Ricmar.

Tel: 952 839 645

Colegio Alemán Ages 3-18. Elviria. Tel: 952 831 417

Colegio Las Chapas Ages 5–18, girls school. Elviria.

Tel: 952 831 616

Colegio San José Guadalmina Tel: 952 883 858 Estepona.

Tel: 952 800 148

Dolphin Nursery Ages 6 months-5 years. San Pedro.

All ages. Marbella. T: 952 774 942

Performing Arts Academy Ages 3-18. Marbella.

Tel: 952 906 865

Club Internacional de Tennis

Club Nueva Alcántara

Monte Elviria (next to German School).

Tel: 952 835 812

Lew Hoads Tennis Club

Ages 3–12. Marbella Tel: 952 773 248

Ctra. de Mijas, Km 3,5. Mijas. Tel: 952 474 858

TLC Tutorial College

Ctra. de Istán, Km2. Marbella.

Tel: 952 778 580

TENNIS CLUBS Aztec Country Club

Manolo Santana Racquets Club

Miraflores Tennis Club Urb. Miraflores, Km199. Calahonda.

Tel: 952 932 006

Puente Romano TEnnis club Marbella. Tel: 952 820 900

Tenis El Casco El Rosario. Marbella. Tel: 952 837 651

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ANCRAA Giant Donkeys Cuddle a donkey or become a volunteer to help save this humble but threatened animal. CN 340, km 164, Finca los Pajaritos, Estepona. Tel: 952 790 511 Bioparc Fuengirola Go to mysterious Madagascar, Africa and the Far East. Open 10am6pm. C/ Camilo José Cela, 6. Tel: 952 666 301

Black Box Teatro Dramatic Arts School

for all ages. C/ Notraio Luis Oliver 6, Marbella. Tel: 952 779 172. www.blackboxteatro.com Born to be Wild Jeep and dolphin eco-tours for the whole family. Open 9am-8pm. Blue Dolphin Beach Club, Estepona Beach. Tel: 639 720 246 Cable Ski Marbella Water ski cable system and pool. Open 11am-9pm (closed Mondays). Urb. Las Medranas, San Pedro. Tel: 952 785 579

Camelot This fun park in La Cañada allows parents to shop while kids enjoy a wealth of games and activities with qualified child minders. There are a host of special events lined up, including baby and toddler mornings and a baby grow clinic, for mums to be and newborns. Ctra. De Ojén s/n, Marbella. Tel: 952 764 766

Galaxia Children of all ages can have the time of their lives in this fun play centre, which has areas for each age group as well as a mini planetarium.

C.C. Guadalmina, San Pedro de Alcántara. Tel: 952 885 530 Crocodile Park Pose with the offspring of the half-tonne adult crocodiles. Open 10am-6pm. C/ Cuba, 14, Torremolinos. Tel: 952 051 782 El Refugio del Burrito Visit this donkey sanctuary just 40 minutes north of Málaga. Open 11am-7pm. Fuente de Piedra, Málaga. Tel: 952 735 513 Danzzas Kids can learn ballet, modern dance, jazz, tap, theatre craft and hip-hop. Classes are taught at the Manolo Santana Racquets Club and at Plaza Gym. For a timetable please contact Fiona on Tel: 663 646 040. www.danzzas.com Flamenco Classes Children aged 5 to 8 can learn to dance flamenco from Isabel Gil, a professional dancer. Classes are held on Monday and Wednesday at the Nueva Alcántara Tennis Club. Tel: 952 788 315 Funny Beach Kids paradise with go-karts, trampolines, mini-motorbikes, mechanical bull.

Open daily. East side of Marbella. Tel: 952 823 359 Ice Skating Rink and Indoor Swimming Pool.

New sports centre with public ice skating, indoor pool, children’s pool. Avda. García Lorca, Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmádena. Tel: 952 577 050

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Football Academy for boys and girls of all ages, just opposite La Cañada in Marbella. Training is on Mondays and Wednesdays. Call Craig on Tel: 609 310 409. www.intermarbellacf.com Karting Club Málaga Go-kart circuit for kids and adults who feel a need for speed. Open 10ammidnight. Ctra. De Coin, Mijas Costa. Tel: 952 581 704 Kids Multi-Sports Club This club ofers a plethora of sports for children of all ages and abilities, from tennis right through to football, cycling and even skateboarding, as well as parties with games, activities and bouncy castles.

Urb. Parcelas del Golf, Avda. del Prado, Nueva Andalucía. Tel: 656 618 712 Kidz Kingdom Fun play centre and birthday party area for kids, with a mini disco. Urb. Bel-Air, CN 340, km 166.2, Estepona. Tel: 952 925 936 Kidz Kingdom 2 – Space City This ‘out of this world’ play centre offers fun activities and toddler mornings, with visits from friendly characters like Barney and Sponge Bob. Urb. El Rosario, CN 340, km 188.5, Marbella. Tel: 952 839 275 Little Fishes Swimming classes for newborns to 3-year-olds in Marbella, Estepona and Riviera.

Tel: 686 498 561/ 607 875 949. www.littlefishesspain.com Little Gem Swimmers Swimming courses for babies and toddlers in Benalmádena.

Contact Emma on Tel: 628 567 129. www. littlegemswimmers.com Marbella Stage School Kids can take accredited courses in dance, drama, musical theatre and singing after school on weekdays and all day on Saturdays. Tel: 952 906 865. www. marbellastageschool.com

boasts 14 state-of-the-art tenpin bowling lanes as well as great food, drinks and entertainment.

C.C. La Cañada, Ctra. Ojén, Marbella. Tel: 902 232 999. www.megabowlmarbella.com Musical Babes Babies and toddlers aged 6 months to 3 years enjoy singing, playing simple instruments and playing games. Tel: 952 853 027. Los Jazmines 11, Bajo B, Nueva Alcántara, San Pedro de Alcántara. www.brainwaves-spain. com NMA The Nelson Music Academy Kids aged 4 to 12 are introduced to music in its funnest aspects. Classes are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5pm to 7pm and on Saturdays from 11am to 1pm. Edif. Jupiter 44, Local 3, C/ Jesús Cautivo, Los Boliches, Fuengirola. Tel: 952 478 416. www.nelsonmusicacademy.com Original Dolphin Safari Watch, touch and swim with dolphins. Open 10am-5pm. Marina Bay, Gibraltar. Tel: +350 200 71914 Parque La Batería Kids will have fun in this park, built in the civil war era and featuring four replica cannons, underground bunkers and passageways. Urb. Montemar Alto (near the train station), Torremolinos.

Plaza Mayor Family entertainment with multiscreen cinema, bars, restaurants, bowling alley and kids play area. Málaga. Tel: 952 247 580 Scouting Kids will have fun being a boy or girl scout. The programme followed is the same as that in the UK. Tel: 680 870 270 Sealife Centre See 2 metre long sharks. Touch pools and walk-though glass tunnel. Open daily 10am-6pm. Benálmadena Port. Tel: 952 560 150 Selwo Adventure Park Over 2,000 animals, 4x4 tours, plus adventure activities. Open 10am-

9pm. CN340 Km 162.5, Estepona. Tel: 902 190 482 Selwo Marina Dolphins, exotic birds, penguins and virtual reality shows. Open 10am-6pm. Parque de la Paloma, Benalmádena. Tel: 902 190 482 Steam Train Ride Enjoy a steam train ride crossing the Andalusian mountains with a scenic trip from San Roque to Ronda. Tel: 952 931 186 Swim Bebé Swim Swimming classes for under 4’s and AquaNatal classes for mums-to-be.

Tel: 617 520 588 Teleférico Benalmádena Cable car to top of Calamorro mountain, falconry, trekking and horseriding. Arroyo de la Miel. Open 10am-6pm.

Tel: 902 190 482 Tennis Camp Tennis lessons for kids from 4 years on, with professional coaches. Open 10am1pm. Club del Sol, Calahonda. Tel: 952 939 595 The Music House Kids learn, grow and have fun making music. Open to children from 2 years on. Edif. San Pedro del Mar, Blq 7, local 12, San Pedro de Alcántara. Tel: 952 785 515. www. themusichouse.es Tivoli World Biggest amusement park on the Costa del Sol. Open daily from 1pm. Avda. de Tivoli, Benalmádena. Tel: 952 577 016 Trenecito de Marbella Take a relaxing train ride to view the main sights of Marbella. Daily 10am-1pm. Paseo Maritimo. Tel: 639 765 981 Yaina’s Park A fantastic indoor play centre where the staff speak Scandinavian, English and Spanish. Open seven days a week from 10am to 9pm. Children’s parties can be organised and there is a parent’s coffee shop with pool tables, a television and food. Avda. Gamonal 4, Edif.

Hercules, Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmádena. Tel: 622 005 068

Shop while your Kids Play at Camelot Indoor Play Centre

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Leonardo DiCaprio

Celebrity Pet Lover of the Month Not many actors can look this good, act so well and be such a fervent friend to the environment and animals. Leonardo DiCaprio recently made worldwide news with his latest pet purchase: a 10-year-old Sulcata tortoise which could well outlive him, since its life expectancy is 80 years old. We certainly hope DiCaprio doesn’t intend on carrying his new pet around, since it could grow to weigh up to 90 kilograms!

Thank goodness he’s rich enough to be able to feed it for life!

Report Marisa Cutillas

SOS from Sir Paul McCartney

Ever thought of going vegan but never had strong enough reasons for it? We invite you to watch a mind-blowing short documentary narrated by Sir Paul McCartney. The former Beatle, a vegan since the 1960s, presents (in a non-confrontational, gentle manner) the harsh truth behind the way meat gets to our tables and the deplorable conditions most animals in the food industry live under. Did you know that most chickens are kept in coops so small they are unable to spread a wing? Or that many have their beaks cut off with no anaesthetic and live under intense pain through their entire lives? Or that pigs have been proven by scientists to have the intellectual ability of a three-year-old child yet are unable, due to their cramped living conditions, to exhibit normal behavior while they wait to be slaughtered? Or that the meat industry is responsible for 50 per cent of the pollution caused in the world? These are painful truths we don’t like to hear but we cannot afford to turn a blind eye. If we love our pets, then surely we can try to extend this love to all animals and live a healthy, environmentally sustainable life while we’re at it.

i www.meat.org

Exercise Your Dog’s Mind with The Company of Animals Most of us who own dogs manage to get Rex out for some fresh air and exercise at least twice a day but why don’t we ever worry about stimulating their minds? UK dog behaviour and training product company, The Company of Animals, has released three new toys aimed at keeping your dog busy, active and mentally stimulated. The first toy, Dog Finder, is a puzzle that challenges the dog to slide a bone to a wider area of the groove and then dislodge it to access a treat. The second, Dog Twister, is a circular puzzle that prompts the dog to dislodge removable bones and slide the covers off to enjoy the treat. Finally, Dog Casino requires the dog to dislodge removable bones and then pull open sliding compartments to get to the treats.

i www.companyofanimals.co.uk

‘Animal In Need’ Needs Urgent Help Animal In Need is a dog rescue centre in La Línea de la Concepción, founded by the Prodean Foundation (Associación Protectora de Animales Pro-Derecho de los Animales) right next door to the ‘perrera’, the public dog collection centre where dogs are killed if their owners do not come to collect them within 10 days of their arrival. Animal In Need is able to accommodate between 150 and 200 dogs but this number is far exceeded, especially at the end of hunting season when irresponsible owners cruelly dump their dogs there, often without any notification. The shelter needs your help if it is to continue providing this invaluable service, since it has many expenses, including those of the vet who visits all the dogs once a week. Volunteers are also needed to walk, feed and provide affection for the dogs.

g If you have room in your home and are able to adopt a dog, or you’d like to sponsor a dog or lend your time, please contact Tel: 607 742 741. There is also a website with information on adoptable pets, a gift shop and information on adoption, etc. www.animalinneed.com

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Events continued from January

Thursday February 3-24

EXHIBITION – MÁLAGA Juliao Sarmento 2001-2010, retrospective of the last 10 years of this contemporary Portuguese artist’s paintings and drawings, CAC Málaga.

Further information, www.cacmalaga.org

Every Thursday

Until March 6

During February EXHIBITION – Marbella Exhibition of Art & Photography by Marifé Núñez at the new Kasser Rassu Gallery in front of the Marbella Club Hotel on the Golden Mile.

Further information, Tel: 650 463 447 / www.kasserrassu.com

New and regular events Every Monday and Wednesday

LANGUAGE WORKSHOPS – MIJAS PUEBLO Spanish/English and English/Spanish conversation with fellow native speakers, 10am-11.30am.

Inscription/further information, Mijas Town Hall Foreigner’s Department, Tel: 952 589 010/ frd@ mijas.es

Every first Wednesday of the month

EXHIBITION – FUENGIROLA Stephen Howes Artistas, a collective exhibition, Casa Cultura. Inauguration on 3rd at 8.30pm.

Further information, www.fuengirola.org CINE CLUB – ESTEPONA Top films shown weekly in Spanish or original soundtrack, Padre Manuel Cultural Centre, 9pm.

Entry €3. Further information, Tel: 952 802 002/ www.estepona.es

Friday February 4 CONCERT – FUENGIROLA French music and other genres with José Luis Gualda, Casa Cultura, 8.30pm. Tickets €10 from the box office. Further information, www. fuengirola.org FLAMENCO TALK – MÁLAGA Illustrated talk at the Museo Picasso: on the ‘cajón’ Paco de Lucía brought back from America: Manolo Soler, by Fernando Iwasaki, and a performance by El Choro (Huelva). Tickets, Tel: 902 360 295/ www. generaltickets.es and museum box office one hour before the performance. Further information, www.museopicassomalaga.org

CULTURE & COCKTAIL – MARBELLA The Asociación de Arte y Cultura Marbella monthly cocktail party at Magna Café, Magna Marbella Golf. Further information, www.culturamarbella. org/ lorraine@culturamarbella.org

Friday, Saturday, February 4, 5

Every Wednesday TOASTMASTERS CLUB – MARBELLA Weekly meeting of this public speaking organisation, 7.30pm, Aloha Gardens, Nueva Andalucía, above Café El Jardin. Further information, http://theachievers.freetoasthost.org

OLD TYME MUSIC HALL – FUENGIROLA Down Lambeth Way, Salon Variétes Theatre, nightly at 8pm, Sunday at 7pm. Box office, Tel: 952 474 542, open Monday-Friday from 10.30am1.30pm and 7-8pm. Further information, www. salonvarietestheatre.com

Wednesday February 2-24

Every first Saturday of the month

EXHIBITION – FUENGIROLA Paintings by José San Juan Gil, Tenencia de Alcaldía, Los Boliches. Inauguration on 2nd at 8.30pm. Further information, www.fuengirola.org

ECOLOGICAL MARKET – MARBELLA Market stalls promoting healthy, ecological and home-grown produce including organic fruit and vegetables, honey, olive oil, free range eggs and wines, Paseo de la Alameda, from 10am-2pm.

Further information, Tel: 952 483 868.

Every Wednesday & Thursday CINE CLUB – MARBELLA Cine Club Buñuel shows films in their original language, Marbella Instituto Río Verde, 8pm and 10.15pm, entry €3. Further information, Tel: 952 774 638.

SHOW – MÁLAGA Degustación de Titus Andrónicus, Palacio de Ferias y Congresos, Friday at 9pm, Saturday at 8pm.

Friday February 4-9

Saturday, Sunday, February 5, 6 REGATTA – MARBELLA lV Grand Prix Costa del Sol yacht races start 12 noon on Saturday, 11.30am on Sunday from

Marbella Port, organised by the Club Marítimo de Marbella. Further information, www.gpcostasol.es

Every Saturday and Sunday

box office one hour before the performance.

Further information, www.museopicassomalaga. org

KIDS’ CAMP – MARBELLA Aloha Gardens Multi-Sports Club weekend camp for 4-14 year-olds, 10.30am-1pm. Activities include tennis, football, cricket, basketball, hockey, handball, paddle tennis. Further information, Tel: 952 814 086.

Wednesday February 9

Every first Sunday of the month

Every second Tuesday of the month

CONCERT – MARBELLA El Piano Romántico with pianist Rosa Blanco and works by Liszt, Chopin and Albeniz, Les Roches Marbella, Ctra. De Istan, 8.30pm. Tickets, €20, from FNAC La Cañada. Information and bookings, Tel: 689 000 944/ www.musicaconencanto.org

JAZZ – ESTEPONA The coast’s Jazz Appreciation Society meets at Benavista Country Club, 8pm. Classic videos followed by a live jazz performance plus dinner.

To book, Tel: 952 888 106. Further information from Brian Parker, Tel: 669 504 942.

Monday February 14 NADFAS LECTURE – FUENGIROLA Revolting Artists by Lynne Gibson, 4.30pm, Salon Variétes Theatre. For information on other social events or membership, contact Pauline, Tel: 952 382 713/ www.nadfascostadelsol.org

Tuesday February 8

Tuesday February 15

CONCERT – MÁLAGA Cycle of chamber music at the Museo Picasso. This month, The Arturo Serra Ensemble presents Chick Corea’s Children’s Songs Suite (selection) and Fred Hersch’s Songs without Words Suite. Tickets, Tel: 902 360 295/ www.generaltickets.es/ Museum

CONFERENCE – FUENGIROLA Educate Your Mind, cycle of conferences. This month, ¿Cómo controlar el enfado? by Guen Rigden Kelsang, Bhuddist monk and Master of Kadampa Meditation Centre, Casa Cultura, 8.30pm. Further information, www.fuengirola.org

OPEN DAY – MIJAS PAD animal shelter, Cerros del Aguila, welcomes visitors from 12-3pm. Further information, Tel: 952 486 084/ info@padcatsanddogs.org

PARENTS’ SCHOOL – FUENGIROLA Talk for parents on how to help their children with their studies, Casa Cultura, 8pm. Further information, www.fuengirola.org

Saturday February 12

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Every last Friday of the month COFFEE MORNING – ESTEPONA ADANA animal rescue charity coffee morning at Plaza Manilva (outside Longman’s Bookshop) 11am-2pm. Kennels open 10am-5pm MondayFriday and 10am-2pm Saturday, Sunday and fiestas. Further information, Tel: 952 797 405/ 606 274 206/ administracion@adana-estepona.com BUSINESS LUNCH – MARBELLA Marbella Business Institute is an invitationonly lunch club for local and visiting business people, active and retired. The emphasis is on good food, wine and interesting company (there’s usually a guest speaker) and the tone is informal. To apply for an invitation, see www. marbellabusinst.com

Saturday & Sunday, February 26, 27

ILLUSTRATED NADFAS TALK – LOS BOLICHES What is Art? by Lynne Gibson, 10.30am, St.Andrew’s Church Hall. Further information, www.nadfascostadelsol.org

CHILDREN’S MUSICAL – MARBELLA Agrupación Teatra Seuss present Hairspray, 7pm, Teatro Ciudad Marbella. Tickets €10 from the theatre box office. Further information, Tel: 952 903 159.

Every third Tuesday of the month

Saturday February 20

FLORAL ART CLUB – ESTEPONA Meets from 3-5pm for monthly NAFAS demonstrators. Further information and details of this year’s new venue from chairman Marilyn Pemberton, Tel: 952 928 197.

arts and crafts fair – MARBELLA There will be 50 different stalls featuring arts and crafts, as well as food and entertainment.

11am - 2pm at Hotel Los Monteros. Further information, Tel: 952 887 737.

Wednesday, Thursday, February 16, 17

Monday February 21-May 29

CONCERT – MARBELLA Didactic concert, Paganismo y Cristianismo en el Bajo Imperio Romano, presented by the Peña Flamenca Sierra Blanca, 11am. Further information, www.marbella.es

EXHIBITION – MÁLAGA Kippenberger Meets Picasso, one of the most important exhibitions devoted to this late German artist’s work, showing selections from his Untitled series, influenced by Picasso and Kippenberger’s time in Spain during the 1980s, Museo Picasso Málaga. Further information, www.museopicassomalaga.org

Friday February 18 CONCERT – FUENGIROLA World music with Khairkan, Casa Cultura, 8.30pm. Further information, www.fuengirola. org

Friday & Saturday, February 18, 19 CONCERT – FUENGIROLA Toe-tapping music with the New Orleans Jump Band, Salon Variétes Theatre, 8pm. Box office, Tel: 952 474 542, open Monday-Friday from 10.30am1.30pm and 7-8pm. Further information, www. salonvarietestheatre.com

Saturday February 19 CONCERT – FUENGIROLA Teatro Lírico Andaluz presents Antología de la Zarzuela, Palacio de la Paz, 9pm. Advance tickets, €15 and €19, from the Casa Cultura.

CONCERT – MÁLAGA Flamenco guitarist Raimundo Amador in concert, Paris 15, C/ La Orotava 25 & 27, Polígono Industrial San Luis. Further information, www. paris15.es

Thursday February 24 MUSIC DOCUMENTARY – MARBELLA Red Baton/Notes Interdites, a film by Bruno Monsaingeon on musical life in Stalinist Russia, Manolo Santana Racquets Club, Ctra. De Istan, 8pm. Tickets, €5, from the Racquets Club before the performance. Further information, Tel: 689 000 944/ www.musicaconencanto.org

CONCERT – FUENGIROLA The Llantrid Male Voice Choir, Salon Variétes Theatre, Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 7pm. Box office, Tel: 952 474 542, open Monday-Friday from 10.30am-1.30pm and 7-8pm. Further information, www.salonvarietestheatre.com

Monday February 28 ANDALUCÍA DAY – PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN ANDALUCÍA CONCERT – FUENGIROLA Concert by the Municipal Band to mark Andalucía Day, Parque de España, 12.45pm.

SPEED DATING – MARBELLA Learn about Costa Business Club’s forthcoming bi-monthly structured speed networking events at an informal Speed Meet, 11am-1pm.

For full details, time and venue, contact Tess, Tel: 681 359 554, Sasha, Tel: 687 170 273 or email info@costabusinessclub.com

Monthly on different days AMERICAN CLUB – MARBELLA This young dynamic chapter of the American Club Costa del Sol meets monthly for excursions, sports and social events for members and guests.

Further information from am.club.member@live. com/ Tel. 952 772 789/ www.americanclubcostadelsol.com AMIGOS DE LA CULTURA – COSTA DEL SOL Meets at different times/places for lunches, lectures and the best tickets to concerts, ballet, theatre, opera, etc. Further information, Tel: 669 445 809/ smartkidsmarbella@gmail.com

CERVANTES THEATRE HIGHLIGHTS – MÁLAGA

(Until February 12 there are a number of parallel street events, theatre readings and lectures celebrating the 28th Málaga Theatre Festival. See Cervantes theatre website below for details.)

Friday, Saturday, February 4, 5: Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra presents De Praga A Los Alpes with works by Mozart and Strauss, 8.30pm Friday, 8pm Saturday.

Wednesday-Saturday, February 9-12: Chicago, stage version of the hit musical film, seven performances at various times.

Friday, Saturday, February 18, 19: Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates its 20th anniversary with works by Martín Jaime, Sarasate, de Falla and Ravel, 8.30pm Friday, 8pm Saturday.

TEATRO ECHEGARAY HIGHLIGHTS

Friday, Saturday, February 4, 5: Mu Teatro presents Así Que Pasen, a reflection on the meaning of life, death and love, Friday 9pm, Saturday 8pm.

Sunday Februry 6: Children’s musical theatre. Magic 6 presents Escobas, 11am and 1pm.

Friday, Saturday, February 11, 12: Producciones Come y Calla S.L. presents Los Días Felices by Samuel Beckett, a classic work in the Theatre of the Absurd genre, Friday 9pm, Saturday 8pm.

Sunday Februry 13: Children’s musical theatre. Pata Teatro presents Una Casa en las Afueras, 11am and 1pm.

Sunday Februry 20: Children’s theatre.

Miguel Pino presents Tutancartón – Peneque el Valiente, featuring puppets and actors, 11am and 1pm.

Sunday Februry 27: Children’s theatre. Pie Izquierdo presents La Dama Boba, featuring puppets and actors, 11am and 1pm.

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Ticket sales for both theatres from the box office/ Tel: 902 360 295. www.generaltickets.com and other outlets.

Further general information, Tel: 952 224 109/ www.teatrocervantes.com

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ARIES [21 MAR - 20 APR]

LEO [23 JUL - 22 AUG]

SAGITTARIUS [22 NOV - 21 DEC]

This is the time to embrace more of life with lucky Jupiter in your sign until June, which only happens every 12 years. It’s an excellent period for starting new long-term projects and for others to see you in a very positive light. February is a sociable month for you – one in which being part of a team brings you the most success. Share your time, ideas and expertise now.

Networking efforts pay off, higher-ups are pleased with your work and your inner confidence comes shining through.

Relationships are your priority this month, although there can be some conflicts to deal with before you can move forward with a clean slate. Consider higher education options or other forms of useful training at this point in your life, in order to improve your professional skills so that you can better take advantage of the stellar opportunities to expand your career coming in the latter part of the year. You may not be very hard-working this month, as there can be restlessness for new experiences and impatience with routine.

You are entering an excellent period of your life for pleasure, creativity, romance and selfexpression. This cycle lasts until June, so take advantage. It’s a wonderful time for discovering or rediscovering creative hobbies and artistic talents, socialising, partying and romantic attraction. Your confidence in yourself is on an upswing.

February is a month for the pursuit of pleasure, communicating, and learning. Your desire for comfort, personal possessions and entertainment is strong now, and you may be tempted to borrow from the future, so watch for over-spending.

TAURUS [21 APR - 20 MAY]

VIRGO [23 AUG - 22 SEP]

CAPRICORN [22 DEC - 19 JAN]

You’re caring a lot more about your public or professional image in February.

If there are problems with authority figures, co-workers or your reputation, you are likely to take things to heart and this sensitivity might get you in the middle of some conflicts this month. You are bound to be working exceptionally hard and your pride is wrapped up in what you do. It’s a time for showing your competence. Still, the urge for adventure and new experiences is strong and you’re likely to indulge yourself in your time off.

February is a month for energetic work, analysis, re-organisation and fixing problem areas in your life. However, it’s also a time when your powers of attraction run high and others are seeing you for your more charming qualities. The desire for deeper connections is strong now. It’s a good time for implementing health and fitness programmes and for working enthusiastically on projects, but not the best month for financial stability. Try to avoid making quick decisions about your money, particularly when it comes to sharing or lending it.

This month, both career goals and romantic pursuits are clearer. You are attracting positive attention on a personal level, particularly when it comes to love, and on a professional level too, as job offers could surface. Your drive for security is strong in February and you’ll be working hard at making your life more comfortable. You are in a cycle that brings more joy to your home and family life, and this runs until June. It’s a strong period for redecorating, renovating or even moving to a more spacious home.

GEMINI [21 MAY - 21 JUN]

LIBRA [23 SEP - 23 OCT]

AQUARIUS [20 JAN - 19 FEB]

You are entering an exceptionally friendly period of your life. The major key to your success now lies in the expansion of your social circle or network. Sharing your expertise with associates, free of charge, can aid you in furthering your career goals and can boost your personal popularity. You are filled with ideas for future projects and, while some of them are likely to pay off down the road, it’s better not to spread yourself too thin. Instead, focus on just a few projects and give your all to them.

This is an excellent month for romance, pleasure and creativity. Your powers of attraction run exceptionally high this month and romantic feelings are stirred. Some Librans will be entering partnerships in the first half of 2011 and, while you are feeling a little hesitant to throw yourself into something new whole-heartedly through much of February, by the last week your heart is likely to catch up. Artists and hobbyists will have an especially creative and exciting month. Super energy is with you for starting new projects after the 3rd.

February is an excellent month for moving ahead with personal plans, becoming more active and involved, communications, learning, and competitive undertakings.

If you’ve been hesitant about starting a new project or plan of action, which is very likely, you’ll be ready this month to go forward. You are more assertive, energetic and decisive in February, and your personal presence is strong. Others readily back you and have your personal interests, agenda and happiness in mind. Those of you taking courses or studying should have added success this month.

CANCER [22 JUN - 22 JUL]

SCORPIO [24 OCT - 21 NOV]

PISCES [20 FEB - 20 MAR]

You are entering a stellar period for your career and reputation. You may receive recognition for the work you do, as others are admiring your work ethic. Higher-ups are looking upon you very favourably, making it an excellent time for expanding professionally. Your intimate life speeds up in February. There could be some conflicts concerning with money, particularly with a partner or ex-partner. However, your reasoning and negotiating skills step up a notch this month, and this helps you to resolve problems quickly and fairly.

February is a strong month for working on projects around the house, and even on the house. Renovations, redecorating and making improvements that allow more freedom, as well as organisation and comfort on the home front, can have long-lasting results.

There might be some tension with family members this month, so you’ll need to be particularly sensitive. A partner is especially communicative and open. You are now enjoying a cycle in which you find more joy in the work you do, expanded job opportunities and improved health.

For most of February, you are likely to be a little more withdrawn than usual, preferring time to yourself for reflection and rest. It’s not the best time for demanding or competitive activities.

However, the last week of February brings a shot in the arm of energy, dynamism and confidence. If you’ve used your period of rest well, you’ll find that you can push forward with personal plans successfully at this time. Money matters are strong but borrowing from, or lending to, a friend may not be wise just now.

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