The Costa Press Club meets on average every two months at different venues on the western Costa del Sol, usually with a dinner and sometimes with guest speakers or special events. Guests and potential new members are welcome (contact any committee member). If you have an idea for a venue or guest speaker, please let us know. Details of the next scheduled meeting are outlined below.
Our next meeting will be the CPC Summer Party 2025.
SUMMER KICK OFF: Open Mic with Dinner at El Faro Playa, Mijas Costa
Monday, 30 June. Meet from 7.15pm to start dinner at 8pm.
At El Faro Playa restaurant between Fuengirola and La Cala. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Google Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/PqYZcq3HyNwK4swFA
The Party
As well as a delicious meal - reduced in price as ever for members - with a room with sea views, we also have one of our popular Open Mic sessions.
Format:
We will meet from 7.15pm at the beach level bar at El Faro Playa (known as Charcón Beach) for a drink (not included) and to catch the vibes by the waves and sand.
At 8pm, we move upstairs a few metres to El Faro restaurant for a traditional Malaga-beach-style menu with three courses and all drinks included in a private area.
See the menu options below for the meal – please note that we need to know your choice for main course and dessert beforehand.
Open Mic
These Open Mic sessions are always a great success. We are looking for around five to six members (or more) who either wish to say a few words (5 minutes maximum) about a current project they are involved in (or have finished) that would be of interest to members, or share a view on a subject that is close to their hearts or simply running through their mind.
Just let us know ahead of the evening that you wish to say something so we can reserve your slot.
Confirm by:
We need your confirmation of attendance and your choices of dishes (main and dessert) by end of Thursday 26 June. To email info@costapressclub.com
Guests are welcome (up to 2 guests per person initially due to size of space)
Price for the evening: Members €30 (including subsidy); Guests: €40.
Pay on the night or in advance by 26 June (bank details below)
INTERESTING NEWS: You can pay on the night in cash or now with Visa or Mastercard as the Club now has its own credit card machine: we’ll be trying out for the first time so bear with us!
Late cancellations and no shows will be charged the full amount.
Dress code
Please wear something bright, summery or beachwear; prize for the best look as usual!
THE MENU
White or red wine, beer, soft drinks and water included from 8pm while meal is served.
Starter plates to share (no need to say in advance unless vegetarian).
- Boquerones Fritos Malagueño Style
- Calmar Frito
- Mejillones en Vinagre
- Ensaladilla Rusa
- Ensalada Mixta
(Vegetarians will have an individual, fuller salad if specified)
Choice of mains (please tell us your choice in advance)
- Rosada a la Plancha
- Pinchos de Cerdo (and pepper or cream/onion sauce choice on the night)
- Filete de Pollo (and pepper or cream/onion sauce choice on the night)
All the above are served with Patatas a lo Pobre and Mixed Vegetable garnish
OR: Seafood Paella
OR Spaghetti with Homemade Pisto Andaluz (vegetarian). Vegetarian Paella is also an option but only if 2 people min. want it.
Choice of freshly made desserts (please tell us your choice in advance)
Natilla (Custard)
Flan
Arroz con Leche
How to get to parking at El Faro
The restaurant is at the familiar El Faro exit off the A-7 between La Cala and Fuengirola, close to the lighthouse. Parking is on the landside of the motorway and the restaurant/beach is reached easily by a foot tunnel.
If driving, to get to the parking place, from either direction on the motorway leave the A-7 and head inland(!) from the motorway for a few metres to the first T junction at start of Urb. El Faro. Turn left (signed for info as "Los Amigos Beach Club") and a few metres on the left after turning, in the Arroyo El Charcón dip, is the car park surrounded by a wooden fence.
Walk through the tunnel (beach/flatter shoes better as a little uneven/sandy) 25 metres to Charcon Beach bar where we will start the evening.
By train/taxi: the restaurant is about 5-10 minutes in a taxi from Fuengirola train station.
For lesser mobility visitors:
Passengers can be dropped off if coming from the La Cala direction only at the restaurant door as you leave the A-7 and there may be some parking free there by the road. If not, head over the motorway bridge to the parking as described above.
Between the restaurant (above) and the beach level bar (below) there is a ramp and a few shallow steps.
Google Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/PqYZcq3HyNwK4swFA
Bank Details as needed:
Banco Sabadell
Asociación Club de Prensa de la Costa del Sol
ES61 0081 7452 8500 0183 9891
BIC: BSABESBB
We look forward to seeing you there! Don't forget ideas for the Open Mic!
Costa Press Club Committee
