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Not Doing Their Job?

Each summer the Almuñécar fleet of cleaning skiffs plies the waters off the town’s beaches, skimming off floating rubbish and questionable discarded objects.

Grants for Hotels

The Central Government has announced that they will be extending a grant for 6-million euros to two hotel projects; one in La Herradura and the other on Playa Granada in Motril.

Youth Centre for Herradura

It looks like the Mayor of Almuñécar has given up on the idea of replacing the old Estación Náutica with its swimming pool for a block of flats after encountering considerable opposition, so he is going to making into a youth centre.

Nights in Blue

Almuñécar Councillor for Beaches, Lucía González, announced the summer cultural programme, Noches en Azul, which is evening entertainment on the beaches of Almuñécar and La Herradura.

Drone vs Jet-Skis

What’s the biggest nuisance on the Costa Tropical? Jellyfish? No, it’s jet-skis, in some cases putting bathers lives a risk but also in general causing a god-awful din.

Beach Shuttle Service

This year’s regulation for governing access to Playa Cantarriján in La Herradura came into force last month, with little change, if any, to previous years.

Disinfecting The Sewers

Today sees the first day of the blitz on vermin in Almuñécar, or better said, tonight, as pumping insecticide down into the sewer system is a nocturnal operation.

Jet-Ski Intruders

The Guardia Civil nabbed ten jet-skis found off Playa Cantarriján in La Herradura, inside the boundaries of the Paraje Natural Acantilados de Maro-Cerro Gordo. It was the maritime branch of the Guardia Civil that found them, grouped together close to the beach.