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Preparations for the Christmas festivities are in full swing here in Andalusia. Many of the decorations in cities and towns are already in place, including in the historic centre of Málaga. And the fact that work to install the lights is already almost complete can only mean that the opening day for the lighting of all the lights is near. Every year, thousands of people come to Málaga to enjoy the Christmas lights and the special atmosphere it brings with it, together with their families.

There are also more and more activities in the old part of the city, from shows to festivals, concerts, zambombas or the famous stalls in the Paseo del Parque. A good reason to plan a visit in December or January as it really is a pleasure to walk through the city in the evening.

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With autumn approaching, villages in the Axarquía celebrate the country's harvests. These include the (festive) days of grapes and currants (pasas), olives, white garlic (ajoblanco), almonds and so on. When and where you should be for these special braderie-like festivals, you can read more here.

Salares is part of the famous Mudejar route and walking through its streets we can discover its Moorish past. Although traces of other cultures, such as the Romans, are still visible in the village, this civilisation was completely obliterated in the face of the Moorish imprint, which left important elements within the configuration of the village itself, such as the tower of a Mudejar fortress, under the protection of which the village took shape.

With the influence of this past, Salares annually celebrates the festival As-Sharq (the East), a thematic fair on the customs, arts and sciences of Andalusian culture, in which it seeks to convey the cultural richness bequeathed by its multicultural past. More information via the Ayuntamiento de Salares and the diverse social platforms.

It started with a cup of coffee with Malcolm and Caroline to discuss a ´wild´ idea with them for starting a different kind of estate agent. We found each other immediately about what it should be then and how we were going to roll it out: customer-centric, with knowledge, trust and honesty as the basis. Unburdening clients from the introductory meeting to the key transfer at the notary. And, if necessary, even after that.

With these principles, we started in the summer of 2014 with nothing more than a fresh website, well-photographed houses, lots of info on buying a house in southern Spain and, above all, trust in each other. There was no well-defined business plan; this had to grow organically and above all remain manageable and personal, and so it happened. Now 10 years later, there are six of us, Property Finding has become a household name and trust in each other is still rock-solid.

In the 10 years of Second Home Andalusia, we can say that the wild idea has found its customers, whom we still talk to and some of whom have become very good friends. We look to the future with healthy optimism and thank our customers and business partners for trusting us.

Marita en Malcolm