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House of the Week: Detached house for sale in Santa Eulalia del Río (Baleares)
6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, Area Lot 5,400 m2, Built area 450 m2, Area useful 450 m2, Swimming-pool, Resale, In Rural Area
Charming house in a fincastyle in the countryside of St. Eulalia and close to Azaro, 5400 m2 of plot, 450 m2 surface, roofterrace with nice countryview, several terraces, individual guesthouse, matured garden, mains water with 12. 000l of water stored.
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Costa Cálida, Costa del Sol and Canary Islands are the hottest destinations
According to statistics, the destination which has come down in price most is the Costa Cálida (Murcia), where it is now possible to rent a house for an average of 24 euros per person per day, which is 40.56 per cent less than the 2011 prices.
These declines have also reached the Canary Islands, with rents falling by 38.85 per cent. Rental prices on the Costa del Sol (Malaga), dropped by 31.51 per cent, and on the Costa Tropical (Granada) rental prices have fallen by 23.22 per cent in 2012.
At the other extreme, in the Costa Blanca (Alicante), the price per person per day reached an average of 47 euros, an increase of 18 per cent compared to 2011. On the Costa de la Luz (Cadiz and Huelva), prices have increased by an average of 13.3 per cent and in Valencia they have risen by 4.57 per cent.
The Balearic Islands, meanwhile, remains the most expensive destination with regards to renting, with an average price of 54 euros per person per day, although this figure still represents a reduction of 21.6 per cent compared to 2011 data.
Overall, El Mundo reported that revenue from Spanish beach rentals showed a decline on average of nearly 17 per cent between the summers of 2011 and 2012.
The Palaces of Alhambra are one of those places you need to visit at least once in your life
The Nasrid architecture marked the end of the glorious period that started with the Umayyads in Cordoba in the 8th century. The architects of the Cordovan mosque, which was built a long time before the Alhambra, did not influence this architecture. It includes some of the typical elements of the andalusian architecture, such as the horseshoe arch with sprandel (square wide frame which envelopes the arch) and the arch scallops (arch scallop of triangular shape), as well as its own special elements such as the capitals of the columns of the Alhambra.
The greatest concern of the architects of the Alhambra was to cover every single space with decoration, no matter the size of the space. No decorative element was enough. Most of the interior arches are false arches, with no structure; they are there only to decorate. Walls are covered with beautiful and extremely rich ceramics and plasterwork. And the coverings have wooden frames that have been exquisitely carved, etc.
Just a hint of the uniqueness of the place. The Alhambra was built with its own special type of column, which is not used in any other building. This column has a very fine cylindrical shaft, the base of which has a big concave moulding and is decorated with rings on the top part. The capital is divided into two bodies and the first one, cylindrically shaped, has a very simple decoration and a prism with a rounded-angled base and stylised vegetal forms as decoration.
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House of the week: Vacational rental house in Ibiza (Baleares)
We have selected an exclusive house for vacational rent in Ibiza.
Lux House first sea line, very exclusive, 14 bedrooms 15 bathrooms, pool, chil, disco capacity 100 people, fantastic view, treatment.
| Seasons | Date | Prices | |||||
| From | To | Day | Week-end | Week | Fortnight | Month | |
| TEMPORADA | 01/06 | 30/09 | -- | -- | 35. 000,00 | -- | -- |
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Eurovegas is expected to attract 11 million visitors in 15 years
Sheldon Adelson, the man who wants to establish a Eurovegas casino, hotel and leisure park, has now said that there is nothing solid about the project as yet.
Last month he said it was 90% complete and all he had to do was to choose between sites in Madrid and Barcelona, but now it seems he is getting cold feet, linking the project’s viability to the future of the Euro.
The President of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation said, ‘It’s not a Spanish project, it’s a project for all of Europe. If something happens to destabilise the Euro we still have time to take a positive or negative decision’.
If built Eurovegas is expected to attract 11 million visitors in 15 years who will spend some 15.5 billion €, according to the company.
The Mosque of Cordoba is one of the most precious architectural wonders in Spain
The Cathedral within the Mosque of Cordoba is located in the historic center of the city and shows a mixture of different architectural styles, as it was built and modified over nine centuries.
The most impressive is certainly its Moorish architecture, one of the most beautiful examples of this art in Spain. When one approaches the modest facade one hardly can imagine to find in its interior one of the greatest monuments of all the country. British author Gerald Brenan wrote: it is the most beautiful and original building of all Spain.
With an extension of 23.000 square meters it is the third-biggest mosque in the world. Its construction started in the year 785 and initiated the so-called Califal style, which combined Roman, Gothic, Byzantine, Syrian and Persian elements. This style dominated all the Moorish-Hispanic architecture of the centuries to come, up to the Mudéjar-style of Moors living in Spain after it was reconquered by Christians. Works took 234 years, so the original Gothic style is combined with Baroque and Renaissance elements Remarkable are the Cardinal's Chapel and its treasure, including a monstrance of Enrique de Arfe, an ivory crucifix of Alonso Cano and important sculptures and paintings.
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House of the week: Apartment for sale in Valencia
This property has been reduced 500.000 euros. Definitely worth seeing!!
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, Resale
Found Valencia Property is delighted to offer a selection of bank owned Stunning luxury properties for sale in the heart of Valencia city. The location of these properties is central to all amenities within walking distance.
This Apartment is a modern 4 bedroom with 3 bathrooms. This property benefits from access to an internal comunal terrace.
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Oropesa. Espegel-Fisac Arquitectos
Oropesa del Mar, in Castellón, Spain. It's hard to believe there's still good Architecture projects going on in Spain under this crisis. What follows is a good example of one of those current few modern architecture projects. Archdaily describes it:
"The building is organized in two pieces, shaping an L that defines the access square opened to Plana Avenue, being the natural way to the roads that are approaching from the urban center. The access from the square is common to the official buildings and housing, setting up one only entry point. The square is paved and gardened with palm trees.
One of the pieces accommodates the official buildings; the other, more complex, the housing. Both are joined by an exterior vertical communications core, formed by lift and stairs, and working as the access to the high level housing and also as an alternative and emergency way for the official part.
The residential part gives its back to the square, looking for the sun. The familiar houses are organized in the two low levels, two separated lines by an opened access corridor. Each house is disposed as an L, generating a private courtyard to which views and ventilation are directed to, with a southeast orientation".
...continue reading "Modern Architecture in Oropesa del Mar"
The Bank of Spain had chosen two consultants so that they value the Spanish banks’ assets.
The purpose of this evaluation is to “increase transparency and definitively dispel doubts about the valuation of bank assets in Spain”, Economy Ministry sources said.
The independent consultants selected are the German Roland Berger, and Oliver Wyman of the United States. Oliver Wyman has a dark point on his curriculum as he classified Anglo Irish Bank as the best in the world in 2006, just two years before this bank was nationalized.
Economy Minister Luis de Guindos refused on Monday any further serious regression in home loan defaults.
The performing loan ratio for mortgages currently stands at 2.8 percent, compared with 21 percent for credit to the real estate sector. The banking system’s loan portfolio is currently around 1.76 trillion euros, of which 656 billion is in the form of mortgages to individual homeowners and around 310 billion to property developers. In a decree approved earlier this month, the government increased provisions for loans to developers to up 45 percent of the value of the credit.
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Penthouse brand new, upmarket, spacious in first line
Penthouse brand new, upmarket, spacious in first line, with a beautiful view to the sea and the mountain located on the famous beach d´en Bossa, with design furniture, only 20 m from the beach and 5 minutes from the Centre of the city and the airport.
Exclusive reception customer tourist guide to the island. It has an area of 140 m 2 and has 3 wonderful terraces; one in main room of 40 m2, another in living room with large dining area and relax of 60 m 2 and a solarium of 110 m2, with a large chill out covered area.
It consists of 2 double rooms and a main bedroom with en-suite bathroom with jacuzzi from which you can see spectacular views of the mountain. It also has another bathroom with walk-in shower. Kitchen equipped with all kinds of appliances, satellite TV, DVD, stereo/Home Cinema equipment, air conditioning cold/heat with digital control, motorized blinds. It has swimming pool for adults and another for children, garage and also boasts a supermarket in the same building, very práctico.
A house exclusive, comfortable and practical, with all the means at its disposal located in one of the best areas of Ibiza and the beach, to spend an unforgettable vacation in the magical island of Ibiza.
