Most foreigners have enough Spanish to recognise the second word in title as an offensive name corresponding to a male bodily appendage… or is it?
Almuñécar
news and views from Almuñécar, Costa Tropical
Changes to the Church Street
by Martin Myall •
The steep hill leading up from the town-hall square (Plaza de la Constitución) to the main church is to have some work done on the stone steps, which have caused a few slips and bumps for the unwary.
Three Kings in Almuñécar
by Martin Myall •
A dozen floats took part in the Almuñécar 3-Kings Parade, which set out just after six in the evening and took three hours to work its way round the thronging crowds of awe-struck kiddies.
The Imserso Cushion
by Martin Myall •
Many hotels on the Costa Tropical manage to keep going through the winter thanks to Imserso, which is a state-subsidized, pensioners’ holiday scheme. However, this winter, like the swallows, they’re staying elsewhere.
Distant New Year
by Martin Myall •
Whilst many foreigners were spending their Christmas and New Year in Almuñécar, one Almuñequero was spending his in the Antarctic.
Carlos Cano is a naval rating on board the Spanish, oceanic-research ship, Hespérides, which is carrying out an expedition code-named Malaspina and has taken the crew and ship around the world during its 7-month voyage.
Almuñécar Hangliding Day a Success
by Martin Myall •
The penultimate day of the year marked the 25th anniversary of hangliding here in Almuñécar, and to celebrate the occasion, 65 paragliders took part in the meet on Velilla Beach, next to El Tesorillo.
Almuñécar Girl Makes National Team
by Martin Myall •
María Barnes, who is the goal keeper for the Almuñécar handball team, has been chosen for the Spanish national team to play in Switzerland on the 14th and 15th of this month.
Almuñécar Seeks Private Backing
by Martin Myall •
Almuñécar has three tourist-orientated, public enterprises that are dead in the water owing to a lack of funds, which is why it is putting out feelers to private companies to run them.
Palms Relocated
by Martin Myall •
Locals in Almuñécar will have noticed that Town Hall workers from the garden and parks maintenance department have taken away a number of full-grown palm trees along Calle Pablo Iglesias. The reason for this is because they are literally destroying the pavement, thanks to their ever-increasing girth.
Almuñécar Negotiates Hotels
by Martin Myall •
The new municipal administration is working on modifications to its urban-development paperwork in an attempt to get the Junta de Andalucia to allow the 5-star hotel in Santa Cruz, Sebastian to open. The Hotel Cercado de Santa Cruz has been inactive for the last four years, although 75% complete, owing to terrain-qualification irregularities.