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Fallen Punta Trees

The Punta de la Mona is probably one of the most well known natural assets that the municipality has, together with Cerro Gordo, with its timeless pines, some over a hundred years old, but the concern is over the dead ones.

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.

Drug Smuggling Arrests

The Guardia Civil and the Tax Agency’s Customs Surveillance Service arrested six people in a joint operation as alleged perpetrators of smuggling, more precisely, piloting the drug refuelling RIBS.

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.

New Entrance via Vega?

Not tiring of the tactic, valid or not, Almuñécar’s PSOE has once again put on the table one of its strategic proposals regarding mobility and infrastructure: the creation of a new road access to La Herradura through the sports pavilion area. 

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.