A water mains underground pipe breakage during Saturday night (17th March) has caused closure to part of the roundabout area near OpenCor at Riviera del Sol, Mijas Costa on the Costa del Sol.

Work is already underway to find the extent of the damage but it may be some time before the work is completed.

The authorities have done well to minimize disruption to local businesses and traffic, and they have already put in place a system to allow access to Riviera, in both directions, via the underpass.

However, if you are travelling from Fuengirola direction you will need to pull off at the Miraflores entrance or turn round in Calahonda and come back on yourself and enter Riviera using the underpass.

It is still possible to walk the whole strip on the pavements and the section of the road which is closed to traffic is mainly in front of residential properties.

We will keep you updated on the progress as we hear about it.

Market lovers out there will be really pleased to hear that, finally, the market in Calypso (in between Calahonda and Riviera del Sol on the Mijas Costa in Malaga) has now re-opened.

It is held in its original place in front of the Valdepinos Commercial area (which has shops, banks, restaurants etc.) on a Thursday morning.

There are approximately 70 stalls selling a very wide range of produce including ‘Made in Mijas’ items, fruit & vegetables, olives, spices, nuts, ceramics, shoes and much more.

It is welcomed back by both local residents and tourist in the area.

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The Mijas Local Police have opened an Information Office in Rivera del Sol with the aim to bring their work closer to the neighbours that reside in the large urbanization in this area of the Municipality.

This office, situated on Avenida del Golf, will be open from 9 pm to 2 pm, Monday to Friday. Attending the office will be a Local Police Agent and occasionally volunteer interpreters will be there to help foreigners place statements and other complaints.

The Local Government considers that this office will help “the local police to be closer to the neighbours of the Town and also improve the security” and this office will serve as a base for the services that the agents carry out in this area of the municipality.

The opening times are from Monday to Friday from 9am to 2pm – telephone 952 93 22 10

If you are interested in collaborating with the interpreter volunteer project that the Mijas Foreigners Department coordinates, please contact our office on 952 58 90 10 or via email frd@mijas.es  Volunteers are needed to cover the above service on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am until 12pm.

This information has kindly been supplied by the Mijas Foreign Residents Department.

Since we specialise in property sales in the areas of Riviera del Sol, Calahonda, Miraflores and Torrenueva we thought it would be nice to set up and run some facebook pages for each area.

These pages have been created for people who live, work or play in the areas (past and present) and would like to be in touch with other people with shared geography and similar interests.

They are a place for people to talk to each other, ask questions, keep up to date with local events and promote their business, however people want to use them really.

Please check them out by clicking on the below names and if you like what you see, please like our pages!

Calahonda – Costa del Sol

Riviera del Sol – Costa del Sol

Torrenueva – Costa del Sol

Miraflores – Costa del Sol

We have just launched the FM Estates company blog.

So what can you expect to find on our blog?

Company wise we will be writing posts about what we are up to and of course you will be able to see information on the properties we have just listed, but we plan to have more on our blog than just a list of the properties we have for sale….

We will be writing about general Costa del Sol news and information, with particular focus on the areas we specialize in (Riviera del Sol, Torrenueva, Miraflores and Calahonda) as well as other local areas within Mijas Costa.

We will try to keep you up to date on local events, good places to go and eat, fun for the family and more.

As a family run business I am hoping everyone in the family will be writing blog posts, which should give you a good range of opinions as we not only range in age (29 – 69) but also in what we look for from our lives in on the Costa del Sol (as near retired to parents of a 2 small children).

To find out more About Us and who we are please click here.