{"id":58,"date":"2026-08-31T19:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skalmalagacostadelsol.es\/historia-de-skal\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T18:54:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T16:54:05","slug":"the-history-of-skal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skalmalagacostadelsol.es\/en\/historia-de-skal\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Sk\u00e5l: there are stories that deserve to be told again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Documents, photographs, places, memories and key figures. The History of Sk\u00e5l is the journey undertaken by Sinergia Sk\u00e5l to piece together a history that began in 1958 and is still being written today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Almost seven decades of history amount to much more than just dates.<\/strong> They leave behind names, photographs, documents, places, encounters, anecdotes and memories that help us understand where we come from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sinergia Sk\u00e5l opens<\/em> open <strong>The History of Sk\u00e5l<\/strong>, a new space dedicated to preserving and sharing our history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-font-size\" style=\"font-size:20px\">Back to the beginning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We want to go back to <strong>1958<\/strong> and find out how Sk\u00e5l M\u00e1laga-Costa del Sol came into being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We want to bring back the international conferences that used to attract tourism professionals from all over the world to the Costa del Sol, and piece together the history of Calle <strong>Sk\u00e5l in Torremolinos<\/strong>, to remember the people who made each stage possible and to follow the path that would ultimately lead to Torremolinos becoming the global headquarters of Sk\u00e5l International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But we don\u2019t want to do this simply by compiling dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-font-size\" style=\"font-size:20px\">Let\u2019s go and find the story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Let\u2019s go and look for it wherever it\u2019s still preserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In archives, photographs, letters, minutes, publications, programmes and personal mementos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will speak to those who lived through it, to those who have kept their documents, and to those who can still help us identify, date and contextualise many images and events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because behind every document there may be a story. And behind every story, there are people who helped build what we now know as Sk\u00e5l.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of these stories will be familiar. Others may have been tucked away for decades in a folder, a drawer or an old photo album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-font-size\" style=\"font-size:20px\">A story we\u2019d also like to build together with you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sk\u00e5l History would also like to hear from our members and readers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have a photograph, a letter, a document, a programme, a pennant or any other memento relating to the history of Sk\u00e5l, <strong>We\u2019d like to hear from you.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps a photograph that, for someone, forms part of a family album might help us to recall an important moment in our history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Little by little, we will piece these fragments together, cross-checking the facts and turning those memories into stories worth sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-font-size\" style=\"font-size:20px\">1958 will be our starting point<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll start by looking into the origins of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/malaga-costadelsol.skal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sk\u00e5l M\u00e1laga-Costa del Sol<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who was there?<br>How it all began.<br>Which documents are kept?<br>What do those who knew the protagonists remember?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And from there, we will continue to explore a history that is closely linked to the development of tourism in M\u00e1laga and on the Costa del Sol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We don\u2019t yet know everything we\u2019ll find.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that, in fact, is part of the adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-custom-font-size\" style=\"font-size:20px\">The story continues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The History of Sk\u00e5l was created to preserve our memories, but also to share them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because <strong>knowing where we come from helps us to better understand who we are.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1958 will be our starting point.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever we come across along the way will be what comes next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/skalmalagacostadelsol.es\/en\/history\/\">THE HISTORY OF SK\u00c5L<\/a><\/strong><br><em>People, places and events that have shaped our history.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coming soon to Sinergia Sk\u00e5l.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Documentos, fotograf\u00edas, lugares, recuerdos y protagonistas. Historia de Sk\u00e5l es el viaje que emprende Sinergia Sk\u00e5l para recuperar una memoria que empez\u00f3 en 1958 y que todav\u00eda contin\u00faa escribi\u00e9ndose. Casi siete d\u00e9cadas de historia dejan mucho m\u00e1s que fechas. Dejan nombres, fotograf\u00edas, documentos, lugares, encuentros, an\u00e9cdotas y recuerdos que ayudan a entender de d\u00f3nde venimos. 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