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Call for volunteers to watch over turtle eggs on Cabopino beach

Héctor Barbotta

A local environmental group is calling for volunteers to help protect turtle eggs buried on Cabopino beach before they hatch in October. When a loggerhead turtle laid her eggs on busy Los Boliches beach in Fuengirola in early August, there was ... little chance of their survival and them hatching successfully. In keeping with environmental practice, officials moved the 60 plus eggs to the beach by Cabopino port with the help of the Pro Dunas Association, which campaigns to protect the coastal

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Cabopino shooting horror as one man is killed at point-blank range in latest attack on Costa

A. F. / J. C. / C. M.

The evening calm of Cabopino, east of Marbella, was shattered on Tuesday by the latest fatal shooting to hit the Costa del Sol. In this week's attack, a 60-year-old French man was approached by two masked men as he got into his car in the area by ... Cabopino campsite, alongside the A-7 motorway, where there are also some popular restaurants. A witness said that the attackers were waiting in a blue Renault Megane for the victim to come to his car. The Megane fled the scene immediately, driving up ... Cabopino attack. The 29-year-old male has Dutch nationality, is about 1.8m tall, has an Arabic complexion and beard, and is very thin. Police and authorities were quick to stress this week that the incidents in recent weeks are not related to each other

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"We used Cabopino - Puerto Banús was too busy"

...some scenes set in Puerto Banús were actually filmed in Cabopino Port. He said: "We used Cabopino as we couldn't film down at Puerto Banús; it was just too busy. Because we were filming 1995, it was impossible to shoot there with all the cars."

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Around 100 people respond to ProDunas' call to clean Cabopino beach in Marbella

ANDREA JIMÉNEZ

Last Friday, around 100 people congregated on Cabopino beach, next to the Artola dunes, with a common cause: to look after the environment. The ProDunas association organised a clean-up day which brought together Marbella's firefighters, Civil

Sport

Countdown begins to the Costa del Golf Tour grand final

ALEJANDRO DÍAZ

...at Cabopino. Cabopino golf course owes its name to the wide-canopy conifers that line its fairways and these, alongside the excellent conditions, meant that the around 100 competitors particularly enjoyed what was the last day of the competition ... Francisco Quintana guaranteed their progress to compete for the top honours in what is fast becoming Andalucía's top amateur tournament. Awards presentation The intense day of golf on Sunday was followed by an awards ceremony. Cabopino manager, Eliat ... Pérez, and SUR's commercial director, Jorge Artero, whose responsibility it was to announce winners, were both present. Costa del Golf Tour collaborator, Grupo Da Bruno, organised a traditional feast in the Da Bruno Cabopino restaurant, where attendees

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Possible drug cargo boat found at Cabopino

SUR

The Guardia Civil are investigating the appearance of a boat on the Cabopino beach in the Marbella district of Las Chapas which looks similar to those used for drug trafficking. It was discovered on Monday morning, and although no cargo was found,

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Body found floating near Cabopino port

SUR

A body found floating near Cabopino port in Marbella on Monday belonged to a man of sub-Saharan origin, emergency services have confirmed. A member of the public dialled 112 on Monday afternoon to report a sighting of a body in the sea around 200

Sport

The Costa del Golf Tour hits halfway point at Cabopino

ALEJANDRO DÍAZ

Almost a hundred amateur golfers took to the greens at Cabopino in Marbella on Saturday to participate in the second leg of the Costa del Golf Tour, organised by SUR and its publication Costa del Golf. José María Gil Osorio and Pablo Ortega ... accompanied by a light breeze throughout the morning and afternoon", said the tour's sporting director, Francisco Gómez. The fine state of the facilities at Cabopino were applauded by participants who are now looking forward to the next stage of the

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Licence to run Cabopino marina goes to previous holder for now

Mónica Pérez

The company that has been operating Cabopino marina, at the eastern end of Marbella municipality, without a formal agreement has been told by the owners, the Junta de Andalucía's port authority, that it can have an official contract for the next ... contract was drawn up in December in favour of Marina de Cabopino, the company that held the licence up to 2016. That firm has agreed to pay a fee of 110,110 euros a year and fought off competition from two other bidders, including the operators of Puerto ... first licence for Cabopino port, issued in 1976, expired in 2016, and Marina de Cabopino, which held the licence as it expired, presented plans for an overhaul of the marina. However bureaucratic delays and the need to modify elements of the plan delayed

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Dredging at Cabopino marina allows bigger yachts in at last

Mónica Pérez

After years of waiting, the current operators at Cabopino marina have been given an eight-year permit to dredge the entrance channel to allow bigger yachts and leisure craft to enter. The gradual silting up had reduced underwater clearance to as

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Marbella council misses the boat on Cabopino port

Mónica Pérez

Bureaucracy continues to blight the upkeep of Cabopino marina despite Marbella council's wish to take over running the port. Only basic upkeep is being done while the Junta de Andalucía, which owns the site, sets up a tender process for a new

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Marbella council sets sights on running Cabopino port

Mónica Pérez

Marbella council has asked the Junta de Andalucía's permission to take over running the marina in Cabopino, which has been without any formal management for two years since the last licence agreement expired. Currently the previous licencee is

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Measures to stop cars parking near the Cabopino dunes are proving ineffective

Nieves Castro

The security barrier which Marbella council installed to stop vehicles parking and driving in the area closest to the Artola dunes at Cabopino has not exactly proven effective. This part of the coast has an extremely high ecological value and has

Local

A right royal beach cleanup

Jennie Rhodes

...was in 1972 when she was a princess. Other coastal cleanups also took place on Saturday in Gibraltar and Cabopino in Marbella. Volunteers at Cabopino beach in Marbella last Saturday. C. Webb Mi Moana and Diving with Nic organised the Gibraltar ... Plastic Free Seas Worldwide cleanup at Cabopino in Marbella. Founder Craig Webb said, "Our team is committed to keeping the Costa del Sol clean and free from plastic waste." The next event is on 17 October at Laguna beach.

Sport

The Costa del Golf Tour is back

alberto gómez

...players can register for one, two or all three legs, with the chance of playing in the final in each case. The second leg will be at Cabopino on 30 June, and the third will take place on 7 July at El Paraíso. The grand final will be at Guadalmina, on 28 ... Gibraltar and Africa. The second leg of the tour will be at Cabopino, on the eastern side of Marbella, opposite the marina of the same name. It has 18 holes, is more than 5,000 square metres in size and was designed by architect Juan Ligués Creus. The ... course at Cabopino has stunning views of the Mediterranean. The third leg will be held at El Paraíso, with its wide fairways surrounded by palms, pines, oleanders and olive trees, with streams and two magnificent lakes. The par 71 course extends for

Sport

Costa del Golf Tour to take in four of the best courses in Andalucía

ALBERTO GÓMEZ

...is scored in relation to its par strokes. Second leg. The next stage takes place at Cabopino, on the eastern side of Marbella, on 30 June. Third leg. The third leg of the golf tour will be at El Paraíso on 7 July. Grand final. The ... best-classified golfers in the different categories will go through to the Grand Final at Guadalmina on 28 July. The second leg will be at Cabopino on 30 June, and the third will take place on 7 July at El Paraíso. The grand final will be at Guadalmina, on 28 ... Gibraltar and Africa. With the special Oferplan discount, all three courses can be played for just 149 eurosThe second leg of the tour will be at Cabopino, on the eastern side of Marbella, opposite the marina of the same name. It has 18 holes, is more

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Marbella town hall orders urgent removal of invasive plants in the dunes

MÓNICA PÉREZ

Malagueña Forestal, has started the eradication process in the Marbella ecological dune reserve and in the natural dunes of Artola-Cabopino. In Río Real, where the situation is the worst, the team is removing canes, weeds, acacia, yucca, agave and castor ... oil plants; in La Adelfa, they will carry out the vital pruning of 63 pine trees and 57 broom shrubs and moving of further acacia shrubs, and El Alicate will see the removal of further cane plants. Finally, in Artola-Cabopino, canes and acacias will be

Local

New life on the beach in Marbella

Héctor Barbotta

Cabopino beach in Marbella under the watchful eye of the privileged volunteers who attended the birth. Not long after they hatched, experts from the Junta de Andalucía arrived to collect them and take them to Algeciras, where they will remain in care for a

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ProDunas association publishes guide to Marbella's protected dunes in three languages

Héctor Barbotta

...nine areas of dunes featured are on the coast between Río Real and Cabopino.

Local

New 24-hour coastal bus route from next week

H. BARBOTTA.

A new coastal bus service, which will run 24 hours a day, will enable passengers to travel from San Pedro to Cabopino without changing, following an increase in demand after the introduction of the free service for residents. The service will not

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Lifeguard service until December

Mónica Pérez

Pinomar and Cabopino beaches between 11am and 7pm. The two play areas at La Bajadilla in Marbella and La Salida in San Pedro Alcántara will also be open at weekends until December.

LifeStyle

"It's like Only Fools and Horses meets Scarface"

...used Cabopino - Puerto Banús was too busy" Andrew Loveday Director "Nigel didn't want to be in the film as he is a born-again Christian and his wife would kill him, basically, but his son (Conor Benn) jumped on it, and when you see him, he does

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Marbella updates entire bus fleet and introduces new routes

Mónica Pérez

...existing ones and the possibility of calling upon "reserve" vehicles at times of high demand. One new route will now see Cabopino served by buses for the first time, while there are new routes between La Cañada and El Ángel and Puerto Banús-San Pedro-El ... Salto. There is also a new circular route in San Pedro and two nighttime routes (La Cañada-San Pedro and Cabopino-Marbella) will operate with the option for solo female passengers to alight where you like. Free travel for residents The launch

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British gangster movie shot in Marbella to premiere at local festival

Ash Bolton

...the UK. "We used Cabopino - Puerto Banús was too busy" "It's like Only Fools and Horses meets Scarface" Billed as Britain's answer to Narcos, the movie was filmed around locations including Cabopino Port, La Quinta Hills in Benahavís, Aloha

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Lifeguards to work longer hours on Marbella beaches

NIEVES CASTRO

Bathers on beaches in Marbella will benefit from increased lifeguard surveillance throughout the months of July and August, it has been announced. The timetable has been extended and around 60 lifeguards will ensure safe bathing from Cabopino to

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Municipal police forces call for more protection to be able to help fight organised crime

ÁLVARO FRÍAS / JUAN CANO / HÉCTOR BARBOTTA

Guardia Civil] forces. For example, nobody told us about the shooting in Cabopino (Marbella) when they killed a Frenchman on 3 December. We only got a call that there was a car on fire near to Mijas quarry, where the hitmen abandoned the vehicle after

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Easter beach safety stepped up in Marbella

N. C. / H. B.

April, from 11.30am to 7.30pm. On Cabopino and La Venus beaches, as well as in the centre of Marbella and San Pedro, new life jackets and 'puntos naranjas' (orange points), a harness linked to a rescue sling or float, have been installed.

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Crisis in Costa fishing fleet as Asian seaweed invasion spreads

ANDREA JIMÉNEZ

...but it's now got as far as Cabopino, the only area that was still free of it." Gradually more boats have stayed away, and now all 28 that use fishing techniques near the surface have been forced to stay in port in Marbella and over 20 more in

Sport

The Costa del Golf tour makes its second stop

alejandro díaz

Africa. On 21 July, the Costa del Golf Tour will stop at Cabopino in Marbella, at the easternmost end of the town. It has a par 71, 5,170-metre course, designed by the architect Juan Ligués Creus. It offers spectacular views of the Mediterranean, as well

Travel

Sandy shores that take your breath away

vanessa wales

...can get pretty breezy there, so check out windguru.com for information on when the ‘Levante’ is passing through. Playa de Cabopino (Marbella, Costa del Sol) The famous holiday resort of Marbella has 27 kilometres of coastline for its thousands ... of tourists to choose their spot on. Cabopino is perhaps one of the quietest, lying in one of the area’s few non-urbanised stretches of coastline. The beach is backed by an area of natural sand dunes, known as Dunas de Artola, which have been granted ... protection due to their environmental value. With a section reserved for naturists, Cabopino is a pleasant change from the more crowded beaches lined with busy promenades and large hotels, so typical of other resorts on the Costa del Sol. Playa de la

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Councils step up operation to remove invasive seaweed

Nieves Castro

Cabopino,” stated the Fishermen Association representative. In Marbella and Estepona, a total of 40 boats are trapped as a result of the accumulation of Rugulopterix okamurae. The central government has initiated the process for the urgent inclusion of this

Sport

A great end to the Costa del Golf Tour

ALEJANDRO DÍAZ

...a fantastic performance by the players who took the top three places, Javier Mezquita Zurutuza, Fernando Guitérrez Torres and Álvaro Fernández Molina, respectively. Los Arqueros, El Paraíso, Alcaidesa Links and Cabopino Golf had hosted the

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Three beaches in Marbella to get rescue equipment to help save lives year-round

Nieves Castro

...beach also automatically call emergency services once they are activated. They will be installed on La Venus, Cabopino and San Pedro beaches. Some other Spanish beach resorts now also have the devices.

LifeStyle

Try something new, make a splash

SUR IN ENGLISH

Marbella there are four marinas: Puerto Banús, Puerto Deportivo de Marbella, Cabopino and Puerto Deportivo Marina. The coastal towns of Manilva, Estepona, Fuengirola, Benalmádena and Vélez are also proud of their marinas and in Malaga you will find the ... kitesurfing has become popular too. However, the Costa del Sol offers several kitesurf spots that can compete with the conditions in Tarifa. You can find them in Estepona, Marbella (San Pedro, Los Monteros and Cabopino), La Cala de Mijas, and Guadalmar in

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Marbella's younger generation goes green

MARÍA GONZÁLEZ

...met." Around 100 people respond to ProDunas' call to clean Cabopino beach in Marbella These three are the main managers of Generación Verde Marbella, a project that goes beyond just cleaning the waste from the town's public areas. "We want to make

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Citizens' council to advise on best way to run Marbella's beaches

M. PÉREZ / N. CASTRO

...coastline from Cabopino to San Pedro. The contract, worth two million euros covers two years from March/April to October. As the tender has gone out later than planned, this Easter a temporary provider of lifeguards will be contracted in the meantime.

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Marbella's medieval towers chosen for university study

Mónica Pérez

...as far as the fourteenth century. This is the case for Torre Ladrones in Cabopino and Torre del Duque in gardens behind Puerto Banús. The towers were built when the area was under Muslim rule to protect the coast from advancing Christian troops.

Sport

The Costa del Golf Tour makes first its stop

ALEJANDRO DÍAZ

...professional holes with spectacular views of the sea, the Rock and Africa. On 21 July, the Costa del Golf Tour will stop at Cabopino in Marbella, at the easternmost end of the town. It has a par 71, 5,170-metre course, designed by the architect Juan Ligués

Sport

Guadalmina plays host to the Costa del Golf Tour's grand final

ALEJANDRO DÍAZ

...four hosting courses (Alcaidesa, Cabopino, El Paraíso and Guadalmina), Andalucía Golf Select, Copyrap, Golfriends and FC&CO.

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Torremolinos and Marbella beaches awarded coveted 'Q' for quality status

Tony Bryant

...excellence of our town." Marbella wins too Marbella received distinctions for its beaches in La Venus, El Faro, Nueva Andalucía, Puerto Banús, Cabopino and San Pedro Alcántara, with an extra recognition from the International Organization for