East Coast

Costa Tropical east of Motril

Fatal Biker Accident

There was an unusual, fatal accident involving a motorbike in Gualchos on Thursday after the vehicle collided with a mountain goat that wandered onto the road.

Floating Body Had Been Shot

In a recent article (published on the 13th) we reported on a body that was retrieved from the sea under the cliffs in Calahonda (Cala Zacatín) on Friday the 19th after being reported around 12.20h.

Blocked Storm-Water Passage

The trouble with the Rambla de Vizcarra (which runs under Calle Aurora) when reaches the urban area of Calahonda, it is channeled beneath the road surface and it fills up with silt, choking it.

Large House for 62,500

It’s tough getting a mortgage for a house, especially a young couple, with the average price per square metre in Spain costing 2,355 euros, so when an offer for a 5-bedoom dwelling on the Costa Tropical comes up for 62,500 euros…

Noisy Moped Campaign

Gualchos-Castell de Ferro Town Hall has launched a campaign to crack down on noisy scooters and mopeds, which tear around the villages, many with defective bafflers on their exhausts.