Taxi rank in Rincón de la Victoria.
Taxi rank in Rincón de la Victoria. (SUR)

Taxis in Rincón de la Victoria can be ordered via WhatsApp

The eastern Costa del Sol town's taxi driver association has launched the new system to facilitate communication with passengers and to fight against private hire apps

José Rodríguez Cámara Rincón de la Victoria
  • Plans to open Costa del Sol castle to the public advance
    A visitor reads an information panel about the history of the castle in Torre del Mar. (E. Cabezas)

    Heritage

    Plans to open Costa del Sol castle to the public advance

    A report has been approved which gives details of the project to convert the old castle in Torre del Mar into a visitor centre

    Eugenio Cabezas |
  • Costa del Sol residents reject plans for private desalination plant
    Digital visualisation of the site where the desalination plant would be built in Vélez-Málaga. (SUR)

    Water crisis

    Costa del Sol residents reject plans for private desalination plant

    People in Torre del Mar have presented objections to the Junta de Andalucía highlighting the environmental and social impact of the facility and have called on the central government to speed up the construction of the planned publicly funded plant

    Eugenio Cabezas |

The Bottom Line

Get thy own house in order

The bleak housing situation for young professionals on the Costa del Sol has reached the point where people feel they need to uproot their lives from friends and family and move 400km away comments contributor Neil Hesketh

Neil Hesketh

The Music Maker

Game of cards

Columnist Peter Edgerton finds himself coiled like a viper in a midnight battle of wits against the Spanish bureaucracy’s digital gatekeepers

Peter Edgerton

The Euro Zone

Cooking the books

Columnist Mark Nayler looks at how Spain's misuse of EU recovery funds came under the spotlight

Mark Nayler

Food and drink

Free tapas?

The rule book about living in Spain has a chapter referring to Spanish bars, with a prominent subsection headed Tapas

Andrew J. Linn

A Look at La Liga

Pérez in the spotlight

Florentino Pérez's bizarre press conference leaves Real Madrid with more questions than answers

Rob Palmer, commentator ESPN