Since now a year, the webcam on the beach, in front of the Ultima Ola is out of order
Almuñécar
news and views from Almuñécar, Costa Tropical
Reader’s Letter – Recycling bins
by Editor •
Dear Ed I pay for my rubbish collection & I appreciate that this is collected every night outside my door. I have tried to separate paper/plastic/bottles etc but I have watched it all going mixed up with the rest. There are recycling bins out of town, but if you don’t have a car & are…
New Tapa Bar in the Village
by Editor •
Chef, Miguel Castilla, proprietor of Almuñécar’s Restaurante Reina Sofía, has opened a tapas bar in front of Hotel Almijarra in Edificio Bahía Jardín, with the name Sacacorchos (Corkscrew) .
The XXIV Costa Jazz Festival
by Editor •
The summer has come around again, bringing with it the highly popular summer jazz festival now in its 25th year!
Four Found Guilty
by Editor •
Nothing like starting off a section with a bit of judicial retribution, so let’s start with the blighters that have received 6-month suspended sentences for starting a fire!
Police Camera Stolen
by Editor •
Still on a judicial note, a man has been found guilty of stealing a Guardia Civil surveillance camera that they had set up to monitor the sale of drugs.
Springfield Arrives in Almunecar
by Editor •
Good news for the youthful fashion-junkies as Cortefiel S.A. is opening a branch of their Springfield in Almuñécar; in fact, it should already be open for business, because the launch date was set for the 24th of June.
80 Missing Packages
by Editor •
The Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera (the briny branch of the Guardia Civil equivalent to Customs and Excise) has been busy looking for 80 parcels of hashish that was thrown overboard by smugglers during a chase just off Almunecar.
New Fire Engine
by Editor •
The Almunecar fire service will be receiving another toy to their vehicle collection, which is a 3,000-litre bowser/fire engine.
Just Not Cricket
by Editor •
Nobody could have failed to notice the new street flower displays; large square, chest-type affairs that line Avenida de Andalucia, for example. Well, all those different flowers and plants have obviously been too much of a temptation for many, because as soon as the plant boxes had been decked out with an array of flowering shrubs they disappear,