The owners of chiringuitos along the Costa Tropical continue to chew their fingernails over their future. A positive outcome appears closer, but far from certain.
East Coast
Costa Tropical east of Motril
Sad New Record
by Editor •
Perhaps the classic AC/DC number can best sum up where the A-7 peters out into the N-340… Highway to Hell.
Desperate Arrivals
by Editor •
More or less since the late spring the eastern coast of Andalucia, including the Costa Tropical, has been receiving dozens of illegal immigrants in desperate conditions striving to reach land – undetected.
The Sardine Rocket
by Editor •
When the rocket goes up in Calahonda at midday, it means that the BBQ’d sardines are ready in the Media Luna bar. Anybody on the beach then knows that they will have to be quick if they want an Espeto de Sardinas… como dios manda!
Costa Tropical Hotel Blues?
by Editor •
The 13th of August was the only day, so far, that hotels on the Costa Tropical were 100% full – campsites, however, have been full on the last two weekends at least.
Tragic Day on the Coast
by Editor •
The 11th of August saw two deaths on the Costa Tropical: one in Castell de Ferro and the other in Salobrena.
Carchuna Loses Out?
by Editor •
The Spokesman for the conservative-led Diputacion de Granada, Jose Torrente has strongly criticised his socialist predecessors – the Diputacion, long in the hands of the socialists, has just changed ‘tenants.’
Marina Projects and the POT
by Editor •
Coastal News: The Junta de Andalucia has announced that it will try to develop the resources of the municipalities on the Costa Tropical through its POT (Plan de Ordenacion del Territorio), which is the area equivalent to a municipalities PGOU (General Urban Development Plan).
First Step, First Stone…
by Editor •
Politicians are given to presenting work projects, on site, with a ceremonial first-stone placing – and normally, that’s it, with not much else happening on the project for months or even years to come. Let’s hope that this is not the case with the presentation of the Rules Reservoir pipe connection to the east coast of Granada.
Costa Tropical’s Seaside Gazette
by Editor •
The online version of the Seaside Gazette has been going for two years and already has 1,650 articles, some of them being multiple ones.