Archive for March, 2008

Reasons to Buy a Clover Villa in Spain

(We recently received this very nice email from one of our clients about their reasons for buying their Villa in Spain repeated below for you to read, Karla)

You recently asked me to let you know of the reason why I decided to purchase a Clover Estates Villa and move to Limaria.

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Semana Santa - Easter week Spain

Spain celebrates Easter Week like nowhere else in Europe, with the most luxurious and extravagant Semana Santa or ‘Holy Week’ celebrations being held in Seville, Andalucia.   The religious spectacle takes place between 16 and 23 March this year, starting on Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday) and ending on Domingo de Resurrección (Easter Sunday), so is already upon us.  The Semana Santa in Seville draws huge crowds of  spectators numbering upwards of one million for the climactic scenes.

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Andalucian Election Results

The elections to the regional parliament of Andalucia took place on 9 March 2008 and the outcome is now known.  Although the status quo was largely maintained, there was a marked shift in voting which sets up the prospect of an historic win for the opposition in the not too distant future if they can consolidate and build on recent progress.

There are a total of 109 parliamentary seats in the chamber, representing the people of Andalucía’s eight provinces. Each province is allocated a minimum of eight seats, with the remaining 45 seats distributed amongst the provinces in line with population figures.  More than 6.2 million people were eligible to vote in the 2008 regional election and, although slightly down on last year’s figure, turnout was high at 73.65%.

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Feedback from Property Exhibition A Place in the Sun

Place in the Sun Live Spanish Property Exhibition

I previously reported that Clover Estates were going to attend the World’s largest exhibition of overseas property, appropriately titled ‘A Place in the Sun’, on Friday 29 February 2008 - Sunday 02 March 2008. Now that the event has completed, I thought it an opportune time to provide some feedback from our sales consultants who attended the show.

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Healthy Living in Andalucia The Mediterranean Diet Part 2

Continuing my blog about the Mediterranean Diet

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