Sotogrande

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For more than 50 years Sotogrande has been favoured by the more discerning property investor looking for a family home

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One characteristic of property on the Costa del Sol is that it is a market dominated by apartments, penthouses and

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Sotogrande has long been regarded as the jewel in the Cádiz crown. The realisation of an American-Filipino dream, this 20-square

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Whilst the beaches of Sotogrande are among the most popular leisure spots in Europe, there are other fabulous discoveries to be made by venturing off the beaten track and escaping the crowds. Travel east from Sotogrande and the coastline of Casares has some surprising wonders to uncover.

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When Julius Caesar was governor of southern Spain during the middle period of the first century BCE, he liked to visit La Hedionda valley behind Manilva, where he bathed in a natural sulphur spring known for its curative powers. Today, you can visit and bathe in what became – thanks to the Romans building a bathhouse — known to the Spanish as Los Baños Romanos de la Hedionda. This translates as ‘The Roman Baths of the Stinking Place’. Sulphur is smelly, but it’s an important mineral for people.

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Ian Bateman, the man who founded Holmes Sotogrande, is retiring and handing over the reigns to a new generation. As someone who helped to shape the future of his adopted home he can look back at an exciting and varied career.

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For an enchanting break away a weekend in Tarifa, less than an hour along the coast, is like stepping into

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It was back in 1997 that the Costa del Sol was first monikered the Costa del Golf, after Sotogrande’s world famous Valderrama Golf Club played host to the Ryder Cup battle between teams of European and American professional golfers. Local hero Seve Ballesteros led the European team to victory, creating a surge of interest in the course (that continues to challenge golfers from all around the world) and Sotogrande, which has grown from strength to strength in the intervening years as a holiday, golfing and residential destination.

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San Roque, originally founded by residents fleeing the Anglo-Dutch forces that seized Gibraltar in the 18th century, is a typical

For those with a passion for putting or a longing for long irons, the idea of living on the edge

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Although the snow is a bit thin on the ground on the streets of Sotogrande at this wonderful time of

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While the weather outside is far from frightening, there’s no mistaking that there’s a festive feeling on the streets of