beachURGENT(-ISH)Málaga bans swimming at three city beachesMálaga has banned swimming at Pedregalejo, Baños del Carmen and El Palo over contamination. The sea remains free; the swimming, temporarily inadvisable.SUR in English →
THE WIRE
Dispatches from the coast. Their news, our eyebrow. Sources linked, always.
Thursday, 23 July 2026
weatherSEASON CLASSICThe province maps the heat; the heat winsTemperatures are soaring and the province is being mapped by degrees of discomfort. The €120 sunbed does not come with shade.SUR in English →
townMijas commissions two new car parksMijas has awarded design contracts for two new car parks. Parking spaces on this coast fetch €495,000 — Mijas may be onto something.SUR in English →
townBenalmádena's cable car goes free for residentsBenalmádena residents ride the cable car free until February 2027. The first genuinely free thing on this coast since the public beach.SUR in English →
coastONLY ON THE COSTAFuengirola scratch card pays out €1mA Fuengirola local has scratched their way to €1m on a ONCE card. Enough for a garage in Banús, with change for the sauna.Euro Weekly News →
coastAGAINGibraltar grows into disputed waters; Madrid watchesMadrid stands accused of 'tolerating' Gibraltar's expansion into disputed waters. The waters: disputed. The expansion: apparently not.SUR in English →