Sophia and Matt – Friday, 29th May 2015
SOPHIA & MATT
Friday, 29th May 2015
Hi everyone
As you know our history is not perhaps the most conventional one An American girl with roots in El Salvador finding love with a British boy with roots in Belgium, over a plate of steaming dumplings in Beijing, then moving to Germany, and now on to London Along these various journeys individually and together, we have amassed a great network of people from all corners of the world. So we thought what better way to celebrate our union than to bring them all together in a warm and lively place to spend some time all together We really hope that you are able to join us for our special day on 29th May, and hopefully for some of the week leading up to it from the 24th May. We will stay in the villa until the 31st – we will be organising a pre wedding BBQ for all who can come and a hangover curing brunch on the 30th, as well as the main event on 29th afternoon (times to be confirmed)
We have found a wonderful location for the venue about an hour away from Malaga airport. Nestled in the mountains it is secluded and stunningly beautiful, minutes drive from the ancient walled town of Casares, and a short drive from the beach. It’s an amazing villa called Villa Bermeja and you can see details and lots of photos on the website www.villabermeja.com
FLIGHTS
Malaga airport is the main airport, about an hour’s drive away from the venue, with all the major airlines operating into it from most destinations.
Gibraltar is an alternative airport and is frequented by airlines such as Easyjet (www.easyjet.com) from Gatwick, Monarch (www.monarch.co.uk) from Luton and British Airways (www.ba.com) from Heathrow (all London airports), ‘although remember that if you fly into Gibraltar, you will have to cross the border into Spain.
ACCOMMODATION
We would recommend a lovely 4* hotel in Estepona called the Fuerte Estepona Suites” www.fuertehoteles.com/en/hotels/fuerte-estepona-suites and have negotiated the following rates which include VAT:
- 94.20 € night in double/twin room, with buffet breakfast included
- 75.36 € night in double single use room, with buffet breakfast included
3rd person sharing a twin room 30% discount
To book, please email Raquel at promocion@fuertehoteles.com and state that you are guests of Sophia & Matt’s wedding on 29th May 2015 The rates above are valid until 31st’March 2015.
Another recommendation is a charming 3* hotel in Sabinillas, not far from the venue called the Hotel Doña Luisa You will find information and good rates on www.booking.com‘This is a good site for all accommodation and below are another couple of online booking sites that you might find useful:
TRANSFERS/CAR HIRE
Malaga – Transfers
Malaga Transfers have a variety of different sized vehicles.
They have quoted us the following prices for transfers from Malaga airport to Estepona and Sabinillas:
To Estepona:
- In a standard car with capacity for 4 people + 3 medium suitcases. 90€
- In an executive car with capacity for 4 people + 3 medium suitcases. 109€
- In a people carrier up to 7 people + 4 – 7 suitcases: 120€
- In a microbus for 12 people 160 €
- In a microbus for 19 people: 189 €
To Sabinillas:
- In a standard car with capacity for 4 people + 3 medium suitcases. 110€
- In an executive car with capacity for 4 people + 3 medium suitcases. 130€
- In a people carrier up to 7 people + 4 – 7 suitcases: 150€
- In a microbus for 12 people 182 €
- In a microbus for 19 people: 218€
These are all one way prices.
Email: ‘sales@malagatransfer.co.uk
Tel:’ +34 952 962 710
Contact: Anabel – when you email please say that you are “guests of Sophia & Matt’s wedding on 29th May 2015” to receive these rates.
Malaga – Car Hire
We would recommend a company called Holiday Golf. They will collect you from the airport terminal, drive 5 minutes to the car depot and have your car will already be waiting Our contacts at Holiday Golf are Miguel & Antonio and their contact details are as follows Again please quote that you are guests of our wedding to get favourable rates;
info@holiday-golf.com
Tel:’ +34 952 40 24 11
Another good website for cheap and reliable car hire is www.malagacars.com‘We used them when we were in Spain and found them very reasonably priced.
Gibraltar – Transfers
If you are flying into Gibraltar the transfer company we would recommend you use would be Calypso Travel.
The smallest minibus they have is a 22 seater and by law there needs to be a minimum of 8 passengers on the minibus so this would only really be ideal if there were a number of you all travelling on the same flight.
A transfer from Gibraltar Airport to the venue would be £100 per mini bus.
Should you wish to book a transfer please contact either Leroy or Tanya on;
Tel: +350 200 76226
Gibraltar – Car Hire
There are many hire car companies that operate from Gibraltar airport and below are links to a couple of sites with various options where you can get a quote;
www.economycarhire.com/car-hire-spain/gibraltar-airport.php
www.globalairporttravel.com/gibraltar-airport-guides/gibraltar-airport/car-hire/
LOCAL TAXIS
Radio Taxi Estepona +34 952 802 900
Auto Taxi Estepona +34 633 365 024
Taxi 7 Casares +34 646 671 159
We would recommend that you ask your hotel reception to order you a taxi as they will have the most reliable and local contacts.
THINGS TO DO
For tourist information on the Costa del Sol and Casares and Estepona in particular, please have a look at the following links:
www.visitcostadelsol.com/municipalities/facts-about-towns-and-villages/estepona-p9661