This year sees the XXXI Festival Internacional de Jazz en la Costa in Almuñécar from the 17th to the 22nd of July in the Parque Majuelo, starting each day at 22.30h.
Almuñécar
news and views from Almuñécar, Costa Tropical
Post San Juan Clean Up
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Almuñécar beach-cleaning crews picked up between 80 and 90 tonnes of rubbish and litter after San Juan, whilst in Motril another 20 tonnes were collected.
Almuñécar 5-Star Doomed
by Vivienne Hughes •
In an Extraordinary Plenary Meeting of the Almuñécar Town Council the debating went on for hours – they were voting on the 5-star hotel licence.
German Tourist Rescued
by Vivienne Hughes •
A German tourist had to be rescued by the Fire Service in Almuñécar after he became stuck on a cliff whilst out on a walk with his father.
Almuñécar Budget Approved
by Martin Myall •
Almuñécar’s 2018 Budget was approved towards the end of last month but only at an initial level and already well behind schedule.
San Juan Almuñécar & La Herradura
by Martin Myall •
While Salobreña started their San Juan fiesta yesterday – it’s the patron saint there – Almuñécar and La Herradura start theirs tonight.
Almuñécar Cocaine Bust
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Motril-based Policía Nacional arrested a 39-year-old Almuñécar man, on suspicion of distributing and selling cocaine.
Summer Rubbish Collection
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Almuñécar Town Hall would like it known that from the 22nd of June through to the 15th of September rubbish collection times will adapt to summer hours.
The Majuelo Swamps
by Martin Myall •
The Almuñécar archeologist, Elena Navas, has responded so doubts cast on the accumulation of water in the fish-salting pits in the Parque Majuelo.
Clobbered by a Strelitzia
by Hugh MacArthur •
A couple had the fright of their lives whilst they were eating ice cream on bench on the Paseo del Altillolast Sunday – a tree fell on one them.