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Locals at war with upmarket polo club and its aristocratic owner for ‘plundering water’ and ‘driving his Mini Cooper at horse riders’ on Spain’s Costa de la Luz

A NEW battle of Trafalgar is brewing between the aristocratic owner of an exclusive polo club and locals who insist his property is illegally syphoning

23 Feb, 2026 @ 15:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Environment·Green·Lead

Oasis of calm: Once simply farmland, Sotogrande has blossomed into Andalucia’s largest privately owned residential development

A HAVEN for the discreetly wealthy and famous, Sotogrande stands as a beacon of luxury on the Cadiz coast. With a scene-stealing location and near-perfect

11 Aug, 2024 @ 13:27

Olive Press Travel

Santa Maria Polo Two Players Credit Santamariapoloclub Com(1)

Spain’s Sotogrande is centre of the polo world this summer

Thousands (55,000 people) will descend on Sotogrande for one of the biggest events of the World Polo Tour circuit. The tournament started on July 25

30 Jul, 2022 @ 14:00

Lead·Sport

Police seize bumbags, football shirts and Calvin Klein underpants in huge fake clothes bust in Spain’s Andalucia

“When summer arrives sales without licenses increase and that is when we are more attentive because of the fraud that can occur”

2 Aug, 2019 @ 11:33

Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead

Horsing around: At Sotogrande’s polo club

Panama hat? Check. Gladiator sandals? Check. Iona Napier is chukka-ed in at the deep end at Sotogrande’s world famous polo club

24 Aug, 2015 @ 13:07

Cadiz·Travel News

Inside the secret world of Sotogrande

Shhh and say it in sotto voce...Iona Napier demystifies the enigma of the discreet enclave, where royals rub shoulders with, well, decent down-to-earth folk

22 Aug, 2015 @ 11:47

Cadiz·Travel News

Suspected German paedophile murdered in Sotogrande ‘acted as a personal assistant’ to model Katie Price

Sandro Rottman joined Katie Price when she launched her Polo clothing range in Sotogrande

11 Feb, 2015 @ 18:22

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Cooler than the mint with the hole!

That’s polo at Sotogrande, writes Belinda Beckett, aka Mistress of Sizzle

5 Sep, 2014 @ 09:00

Belinda Beckett: Mistress of Sizzle·Columnists

Sports, stars, and Sotogrande

The area has a lot to offer tourists and residents alike

7 Aug, 2014 @ 10:05

Travel News

James Hewitt moves in with mum

Stress of failing business sends Hewitt home to mum

13 Nov, 2013 @ 11:14

Malaga

Outrage over ‘safari’ plan to turn one of Spain’s most valuable protected estates into millionaire’s polo and shooting playground

Critics slam government plan to convert valuable hunting estate - one of Spain's largest - inside the Alcornocales Natural Park, near Cadiz

29 Oct, 2013 @ 17:12

Cadiz·Environment·Lead

The Sotogrande season

It’s two parts old money to one part nouveau riche with a dash of blue blood, shaken and stirred by the gladiatorial sport of polo.

8 Aug, 2013 @ 08:24

Belinda Beckett: Mistress of Sizzle·Columnists

Gwyneth Paltrow is a no-show at Spanish charity polo match

The American movie star stood up the event, after she said she'd be appearing

20 Jul, 2013 @ 08:31

Celebrity

How to spend your money wisely in Sotogrande

Elizabeth Gould explores the hidden charms of Sotogrande’s shops

22 Aug, 2012 @ 12:35

Cadiz·La Cultura·Other News

sports and activities sotogrande special

A fun-filled getaway in Sotogrande

Jon Clarke discovers that Sotogrande is more about activities and sports than hobnobbing with the upper classes

18 Aug, 2012 @ 14:40

Other News·Travel News

Have a stomping good time in Sotogrande

Polo tournaments attract plenty of well-healed, colourful characters, particularly at the Gold Cup at Santa Maria club in August

10 Aug, 2012 @ 21:00

Cadiz·La Cultura·Other News

A pucker escape to Sotogrande

Jon Clarke takes a look around southern Spain’s most exclusive resort, where the likes of the Cartier family and Prince Charles play polo and sail

11 Aug, 2011 @ 12:00

Other News

It’s grand in Sotogrande

It’s where the British royals take their hols and Eddie Jordan, Glenn Hoddle and Genesis’s Mike Rutherford have homes. Is it any wonder that the

11 Oct, 2010 @ 09:00

Other News

Between a rock and a hard place

Why everyone should take a butchers inside the privileged world of the Bishop’s Avenue of Andalucia, where the average house price is 1.5m euros, writes

28 Oct, 2009 @ 20:09