Viva Manilva Blog

With last summers events being put on hold the local councils of Manilva and Casares have been inventive with the upcoming carnivals and Easter celebrabrations. Instead of people coming together in large groups Manilva has put together a Costume Contest that can be participated from home with some great prizes to be won. The voting […]

Eastern Airways have just announced that it will be launching flights to Gibraltar from Birmingham Airport, after 4 years following the demise of Monarch, flights commence on May 28th Southampton flights begin 24th May, This will be the first scheduled passenger service to Gibraltar from Southampton Airport  in Eastleigh, and will be operated on the […]

At the beginning of 2021, the closure of the sports facilities in the Sabinillas was announced, this was due for necessary small repairs that needed to be carried out and to improve services for users, we were told by Manilva City Council. There was also a change of management after this closure to the company […]

Great news for parents who live in the coastal area of Casares, the council release plans for the College of Casares Costa. The school center will be composed of several buildings surrounded by a large playground. A area of 5.000 square metres will host a childrens primary school module connected to the main building that […]

The Government Team, in a clear bid to ease the tax burden of citizenship and provide aid to the most in need, has amended the tax ordinance governing the real estate tax law, which will mean that there will be discounts paying the IBI. The tax rate applied to taxation was reduced to 0,6 for […]

So we enter a new year and unfortunately we are still in turmoil with the Covid 19 situation, with numbers still on the increase for Manilva and Andalucia in general we don´t seem to be moving out of this worldwide pandemic. Our area of Manilva, Duquesa, Sabbinillas and Casares are having our fair share of […]

The 3 Kings parade has changed this year due to covid regulations, instead of us all going to one location and getting sweets thrown at us we now have to stay at home or see the parade at certain locations. This year the Kings will be putting on some kilometres travelling around Manilva, Sabinillas, Duquesa, […]

In Manilva a new virtual platform website launches today Friday December 4, in order to support and give visibility to local restaurants that offer takeaways and a home delivery service. The purpose of this initiative is to promote the variety of gastronomy offered in the Manilva area, and the establishments that have wanted to join […]

The Andalucian Government made the decision to close non-essential activities in Andalucia as announced by the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno. The president of the Junta de Andalucía, after meeting last Sunday morning with the Advisory Council on High Impact Public Health Alerts (committee of experts) said these measures will remain in […]

Castillio de La Duquesa located in Castillo, Manilva will be getting a new addition archaeological visitors centre to inform visitors about the Roman fish processing factory located just opposite the Castle, this is reported to date back between the 1st to 5th century AD and was a roman fishing village as well as a processing […]