Costa del Garraf is the southern coast of the province of Barcelona.
Costa del Garraf is charming by its beautiful scenery and great climate, There is a lot of attractions for travelers, because it perfectly combines the rich past with the achievements of the modern resort industry, that creates the special conditions for both the mass and elite rest. Sitges is the Center of the coast. It’s one of the most popular seaside of the resort.
This center, located at 36 km from Barcelona, has become known thanks the great Spanish painters. Many admirers of art come here to worship Rossignol, Dali, Casas and Nonelyu, who chose this city as their creative summer residences. Throughout the year, there are many cultural and sports festivals of international importance and economic forums in Sitges.
Many wealthy Spaniards chose Sitges for their summer villas and residences. The old quarters, arches and narrow streets of the historic city center are amazingly beautiful. Here you can see the ancient churches and palaces, which have survived since the Middle Ages. Today in the historic part of town, which is the favorite place for walking tourists, cozy restaurants, bars, cafes and shops accommodated. Sitges is also considered to be "blue" capital of Europe. Gay tourists come here even from North America and Australia. Sitges offers everything: from the small and friendly bars and cafes to grand discos and first-class gay restaurants.
Costa del Garraf
Costa del Maresme
Today I'll tell you about the Costa del Maresme one of the oldest and most picturesque resorts of Spain, which has attracted tourists for many decades.
The ancient seaside town of Malgrat de Mar is located on the border of the provinces of Barcelona and Gerona. In the last 10 years it’s become one of the most modern and affluent resorts of the Costa del Maresme. Huge sandy beaches washed by the clean calm sea, stretch along the city waterfront and beyond for many miles
City is divided into two parts - the historical part, preserved in its original form, known as the "old town", and the modern part, built by numerous hotels and entertainment centers, called "new town". Waterfront Passeig Maritim connects the old town with the newest tourist area, smoothly blending into the next resort of the coast - Santa Susanna. Along the waterfront, serving the favorite place for walking of tourists, the modern hotels are built, interspersed with the staggering array of bars, cafes, nightclubs, discos, souvenir shops offering all kinds of fashionable clothes, expensive jewelry and perfume.
Travel Center of Santa Susanna (55 km to Barcelona) offers the most modern hotels on the Catalan coast. The charming old Catalan town of Santa Sussan is known as one of the most developed tourist resorts of the Costa del Maresme. Its spacious, sandy beaches are less crowded than the beaches of the larger resorts and are ideal for families with children. The historical part of town is situated on the picturesque hills covered with dense plants. Here you can see the majestic watchtower of the 16th century, and the renovated castle Castell de Can Rates. Now its territory is the cultural and artistic center. Near the old town the beautiful park Parque Natural de la Font del Boter is situated.
After reading about this resort and looking photos immediately falls in love with it. But to really enjoy its beauty, you need to come here.
Costa Brava - Bank for the brave!
It is translated one of the most picturesque resorts of Spain, which stretched from Barcelona to the border with France. The descending cliffs alternate with beautiful sandy beaches and pinewoods.
Costa Brava is the coolest coast with very mild climate. The beach season lasts from June to October.
When you arrive to the Costa Brava, you certainly worth to visit Lloret de Mar. This is the tourist capital of the Costa Brava. There are a lot of bars and discos, so noisy and merry holiday is guaranteed for you. The famous aqua-park Marineland and mini-zoo Aqualeon will delight children.
You can easily get to Barcelona, Girona, Figeyras from any town of Costa Brava. Barcelona - capital of Catalonia, founded by the Romans more than 2000 years ago. One of the most impressive places of the city is the Gothic Quarter, built on the ruins of the ancient Roman settlement. Here is Gothic cathedral, famous for its acoustics and stained glass windows, the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar. Other Barcelona attractions that are worth to look – are the Picasso museum, zoo, castle Montjuic, singing fountains, the square of Spain and much more.
Annually each town of the Costa Brava celebrates the saint angel feast - fiesta mayor. The holiday usually lasts several days. At this time craft fairs, concerts, attractions for children, fireworks are organized in the town. The festival ends with the parade ofBengal lights.
Costa Brava is famous for its wines and liqueurs, which are relatively cheap here.
I recommend you visit this resort. You will be satisfied and your holiday memorable.
Spain is the dreamland.
Spain is the wonderful country. This is the small paradise on the earth. And I want to share it with you. I'll tell you about Spain and its major resorts.
Spain is the sunny country, which is located in south-western Europe and covers most of the Iberian Peninsula.
Cosmopolitan cities, beaches and historical sites make Spain the ideal place to travel.
Holiday in Spain is the great opportunity to discover the rich heritage of monuments of the country, to see traces of different civilizations, which have been preserved under the sky of Spain, to get acquainted with the customs of people.
Spain is the diverse country: it’s very hot in summer in the south especially in July and August. In summer the climate is dry and hot, and winter - cold. North - wet, this part of the country can be visited all year round.
Spain has so many tourist destinations, that you will need months to see everything. If you want to visit the major cities - three or four weeks will be enough.
Regions of Spain differ significantly from each other. Only one thing unites them: all the Spaniards love to drink and have fun, no matter where, in Madrid, Seville or Barcelona.
But the main reason for visiting Spain is the local cuisine. After tasting Spanish cuisine, you feel like a real Spaniard.
Spain offers to visit the main resorts:
- Costa Brava
- Costa del Maresme
- Costa del Garraf
- Costa Dorada
- Costa Blanca
- Costa del Sol
- Canary Islands (Tenerife - Puerto de la Cruz, Los Cristianos, Las Americas, Gran Canaria
- Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Ibiza).
In my next blogpost l'll tell about each resort separately. You'll love Spain as I love it. And coming here, you'll never want to go home.
Real estate for everybody or what we can expect in Spain.
The Government of Spain has taken absolutely all attempts to give new breath to the real estate market and return it to the level of 2008. Accepted, perhaps, the most loyal laws in Europe regarding the real estate, banks lower mortgage rate from 6 to 3%, the procedure for obtaining credit for the purchase of housing has never been so easy. Even the service involved in processing transactions donated part of their fee and everything is to revive the property market and return to Spain the status of pearls.
Now, because of the huge supply market of Spain can offer property for every taste and every budget. It will satisfy even the most discerning buyer.
Real Estate Portal Top-Casa, as one of the major players in this real estate market, has decided to clarify the situation and give an idea of what you can get for your money in Spain.
We’ll try to characterize the prices in the major segments.
1. The most expensive house.
The most expensive property can be called the luxury villa in the Balearic Islands (Islas Baleares) executed in the style of 18th century cost €18 million. The house has 10 bedrooms and 3ha area.
2. The most expensive apartment.
If you want to sell the flat quickly, it certainly should attract the buyers by status, conditions, and of course price. Undoubtedly the most expensive apartment provided by Top-Casa, is flat in the prestigious district of Barcelona worth €4.5 million. With its impressive size of 421m2, it will emphasize the status of any businessman.
3. The cheapest house you can buy, costs from €145 000 on Tenerife La Matanza. The house is equipped by everything necessary and satisfy European standards.
4. If your budget is limited, but you are trying to solve the problem of housing, you can have just €45 000to become the owner of the apartment in Torevieha, Alicante. This is small but very comfortable apartment, with 35m2. It’s suitable for young family.
5. Rent.
The price range varies from €32 000 per month in the most prestigious district of Barcelona and €350 on Tenerife. Therefore, even students can afford to rest in Spain and rent the small flat.
Prices for Spanish property are impressive, but comparing with Moscow's prices, they really correspond with "price-quality” ratio. The real estate market of Spain offers high-quality real estate for the loyal prices. So, everyone can find exactly what he needs and what corresponds to his purse.
In conclusion, the real estate portal Top-Casa is not the speculative organization, therefore it gives the reasonable estimate of the real estate market and shows exact prices, represented by the owners.
Spanish real estate market booming.
On the conference minister of the Spanish Government, Beatriz Corredor told that now it’s the best time to buy real estate.
Is this so? Is it the best time to purchase real estate now? Minister Beatriz Corredor argues that it’s so, though, her predecessor, Maria Antonia Trujillo says the opposite. Earlier she was in solidarity with Beatrice and said the same. Who is right?
In her interview to «El Pais» Beatriz Corredor said that now is the best time to buy housing in Spain. "We have the huge choice of real estate, interest rates are reduced to the minimum, and the procedure for registration of the mortgage is easy now. Tax and financial situation is such that now it’s the best time to buy. Although, this question was concerned with houses, not resort estate. This caused excitement among the public and potential investors. The real estate market has reached its bottom and shows the clear trend of growth. It is demonstrated by the gradual increase in prices.
Looking for the property in Spain? We'll find it for you.
If you clearly have decided that you want to buy the property in Spain or simply going on vacation and looking for the place where you can stay. The most visited and largest real estate portal in Spain TOP-CASA is happy to help you and save valuable time. The site contains approximately 130 thousand ads all over Spain. The base property is updated every day, and detailed searches will always find the best real estate answering your criteria. If you won’t find anythung, you can make an absolutely free online application. And our agents will pick up for you exactly what you are looking for and dreamed about within 3 days. To do this you just need to specify the preferred price and the options for your future home.
- Region (s) which you would like to buy or rent the property (you can specify several cities in the region)
- Price range, which we can offer you
- Type of the property you would like to rent (you can just specify several options)
- The preferred number of bedrooms
- The exact number of lodgers, as well as the presence of domestic animals
- The exact date of arrival and duration of lease
- Your preferences and additional requirements such as (interior, proximity to the sea, the subway station, noise levels, the presence of close-lying beaches, shopping centers, etc.)
We are happy to fulfill your wishes and make your staying in Spain enjoyable for you!
Sincerely portal TOPCASA!
Advantageous mortgage or the chance for foreigners to buy the property in Spain.
While the financial crisis has paralyzed the global banking system. And banks are exerting every effort to return the granted loans. And there is no question to receive the loan, banks have stopped lending completely. The Spanish Gouvernment has done everything possible to revive the property market, and make the purchasing process simple and convenient.
Today anyone can buy property in the resort of Spain for cash or the mortgage. Hearing the mortgage, our people run skin crawl. But a Spanish mortgage is very different from the usual. First of all terms of registration, interest and maturing.
- Spanish banks provide foreigners 50-60% of property value by 3% per annum. Differs significantly from our 17-27%.
- The maximum maturity is 25 years with the possibility of early repayment
- Pay just 10% and the bank begins preparing the credit registration.
And in order to receive the loan, it’s not necessary to run to the all instances and collect hundreds of useless papers. You need provide 4 documents:
1. NIE (the unique number of foreigner).
2. Certificate of employment with the information about length, position and salary preferably write the salary, in which the monthly fee for the loan won’t exceed more than 30%).
3. Form 2NDFL
4. Movement in bank accounts for the last 3 - 6 months.
If the customer is an entrepreneur, he must provide the latest income certificate.
Reading this information, begin to think, that it’s better to buy the qualitative and comfortable property in Spain than buy the flat in the noisy, dirty city and that invest such sum to start live there.
If you are interested in this information, you can always visit the most visited real estate portal in Spain. And choose one from the 130,000 aded exactly what you like. And if suddenly you won’t find anything suitable for yourself, you can always leave a request and within 3 days the agents will find exactly what you dream about!
How to find and buy real estate without any agencies for 5 minutes.
In my journal I always tell you about real estate in Spain, how to buy it, to choose it. Today I want to tell you how to ease it if you don’t know anything about Spain but dream to have the estate on the coast of Spain.
The new service “search by map”is available on our portal Top-Casa. It’s never been so easy and so quickly to find the accommodation. Even if you don’t know Spain, and where you want to purchase the villa. But you exactly know that you want to have the villa on the Mediterranean coast. It enough to click on the map where you want to buy the property and you’ll be offered all the proposals, existing in this province. If you like someone just make the online application, and in some days your dream will come true. You will be the owner of the villa on the sea shore. The agents of the company will make everything for you. Even it is not necessary you to come to Spain to sign or register the property, only give some papers.
All that you’re required is to enjoy your purchase, impressing nature and mild climate of Spain.
It’ s very convenient and fast way to find your estate. Don’t waste your time for searching the agencies and their senseless promises. Their main goal is to earn as much money as possible. And you’ll have to pay for it. Better enjoy your life and free time, spend it with your family in your new purchase.
Realize your dream about house in Spain with TOP-CASA!
Spain can rightly be called the paradise country. The most pleasant and mild climate in the world, fragrant wines, fiery but at the same time, exquisite cuisine, clean beaches, warm sea, entertaining festivals, rich culture and of course the friendly people - this isn’t complete list of everything that can be said to describe this country. Once you saw Spain on the picture, you want to come here. When you come, you want to live here. Therefore, the mass of tourists buy property here to become a part of this paradise on the earth, and feel like a real Spaniard. In order to change never the place of the rest, to enjoy life and hollidays, arriving their "second home".
Recently, Spanish government’s done as much as possible to simplify the purchase of real estate for foreigners. Local agents joke that the real estate market of Spain has become a kind of "shop on the couch." All you need to go to the site of the real estate agency, and choose "your house". Everything else the company’ll do, you will only need to provide the necessary documents to formalize the deal. And all your dreams come true. You can pack your bags and go to sunny Spain, where the tender sun, fabulous coast and unforgettable emotions have been waiting for you.
Our real estate portal TOP-CASA can help you to realize your dream. It’s really the largest portal in Spain, where the estate applications and proposals are collected. The real estate base can be called the biggest in Spain. You can not only see the real estate proposals here, but to get quality consultation concerning the purchasing of real estate, read the latest news about the real estate market in Spain. Our services ease your choice. Even if you have never been to Spain and don’t have any ideas about it, you can simply click on the map of Spain, on the place you wish. You’ll be shown all the properties presented in this region, from which you can select the one that best fits your requirements.
You really can realize your dream about the house on the coast with portal TOP-CASA!
Benidorm hotels promise to pay their visitors for 200 euros, if Spain lose the 2010 World Cup.
Hotel The Magic Costa Blanca argues that Spain should honor the players regardless of whether they win or not, so every hotel guest will be awarded 200 euros, to celebrate the fact that Spain participates in the World Cup 2010. They will get money just in case, if Spain does not win the 2010 World Cup.
Utility expenses in Spain.
After buying the property owner can relax and enjoy his purchase. But often an unpleasant surprise is coming in the end of the month as the utility bill. Fortunately, the Spanish utility prices are rather humane. The average annual utility bill for a family of three will be around 600 €.
The flat of 100 m2 will cost about 110 - 140 €. It includes electricity, water, property tax, insurance and other services. Invoices for water and electricity are sent every three and two months respectively.
The necessary sum is withdrawn from your account, and you will be sent the receipt, which lists the consumed resources and their cost by mail.
Buying the property, you and the members of your family get the right of receiving Schengen visa with the right of residence in Spain 90 days within six months. Then you should get the visa again.
In Spain, there are special conditions for foreign buyers to become the citizen of the Spain and the EU.
The Spanish Government is doing everything possible to improve the investment climate and the rehabilitation of the property market. Thanks to "humane" mortgage, purchasing the estate on the sunny shores of the ocean becomes available for the middle class.
The portal TOP-CASA has the huge variety of properties from all the regions of Spain and other regions of Europe. Here you can find the accommodations that best fit your requirements. And if you don’t choose anything suitable, leave your request on the site. Our agents will fulfill your order in the shortest time and realize your dream of a house on the beach into reality.
The prices for the real estate in Spain can decrease 20 %.
The Spanish real estate can become cheaper by 20 %. Such forecast was announced by the independent real estate analyst Mark Da-Silva.
According to him, in the Spanish real estate market in Spain there were already the objects which are on sale under the cost price of building, but as a whole on the country «the price bottom» is not reached yet.
The crisis in Spain has not yet ended, so the price of local real estate will continue to fall. According to the analyst, in the next few months, property in Spain will become cheaper on average on the market by 20%.
All the information about the real estate in Spain you can find on our portal TOP-CASA. You will find here the huge catalogue of the estate which fits your requirements.
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