During the 28th, 29th and 30th of October, the company Hotel Salobreña has organised the Gastronomic Sessions Kilometre Zero,, which is dedicated to spreading the wide variety of products in our area and discovering new trends, recipes and ways of preparing these products.
Features
editorial columns by feature writers
Romeria Photo Gallery
by Editor •
The Romeria del Sur took place in Salobreña with 48 highly decorated floats/carts taking part. There were no incidents with the horses, as they were denied access to the beach area, as mentioned in the previous Seaside Gazette article on the event.
Alfacar Archery
by Editor •
Alfacar, just outside Granada, has just held the IX Encuentro Internacional de Tiro con Arco, or in other words, the international archery championships – within the world archery fraternity, Alfacar is most definitely on the map!
Medical Musings
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Axel and I have frequently written about the sense and nonsense of treatments, but hardly about tests. Tests are neither a magic wand to keep you healthy, nor to detect illness. For example everybody agrees on fasting blood sugar testing, but what does a normal result say? Everything and nothing. As a single test it may be useful to screen for diabetes, but a normal test does still not exclude it entirely.
Economy Feature
by Dave Janssen •
As everyone, he worries about the Greek misery. Obviously they invented the tragedy and perform it in a very living way. The contamination to Italy and Spain however, is his heaviest sorrow.
Ley de Costas
by Maria Teresa Velasco •
Back in the early eighties the need to protect the Spanish coastline from an overly aggressive building industry, pushed the Spanish government to launch a series of measures intended to regulate constructions on the seafront.
Wonky World – October
by David Darby •
A collection of strange, quirky or just plain weird stories from around the world.
AECC Charity Run
by David Darby •
As always, the race saw many entrants running for our, much-loved, local, cancer charity, AECC (Asociacion Española Contra el Cancer). These local residents all gave up their time, not just during the run, but also obtaining sponsorship and training for the day. Some ran just a couple of K’s, while others ran the entire 14… with some respectable times we might add!
Seven Star Hotel Project
by David Darby •
The following is a letter from a concerned resident of Punta de la Mona, La Herradura, about the proposed ‘Seven Star Hotel Project’ and the potential impact the project would have on the local community and coastline:
Salobreña Celebrates the International Day of Tourism
by Editor •
Dear Visitors and Friends, I’m honoured to thank you for the service given by your company to Salobreña visitors. September 27th we celebrate the World Tourism Day, and how tourism could be essential for Linking Cultures. Thanks to the group of people involved in the tourism services, thousands of visitors from different cultures enjoy Salobreña.…