This highly popular yearly event has come around again and will be held on the 17th of June on Playa Granada, Motril. The star attraction this year is the French air force, acrobatics display team, Cartouche Dore.
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News, views and information from Motril
Fox Guarding The Hens?
by Martin Myall •
It was probably the biggest drug burst; certainly the most surprising one, on the Costa Tropical in a long time: a Sergeant in the Guardia Civil and an ex-guardsman have been arrested in connection with consignment of 1.5 tonnes of hashish.
A Home For The Noisy
by Martin Myall •
Having played in a group for a couple of decades, I can say that the most difficult thing to find is somewhere to practice, especially if you’re a rock band. The drums are a major problem; you can’t turn them down.
APAF
by Martin Myall •
In a time when families can’t even feed themselves, pet food in an unaffordable luxury and consequently, hundreds of pet are being left to fend for themselves, becoming strays.
Helicopter Service From Today
by Martin Myall •
The Motril Port Authorities will inaugurate the port-based, privately owned, helicopter service today at 20.00h. The Helipuerto Puerto de Motril-Tropicopter is the first to offer tourist flights in Andalucía and only the second one in the whole of Spain. The helicopter is a Robinson R-66 with a Rolls Royce turbine engine RR300, state of the…
Motril Austerity Measures
by Martin Myall •
The Motril Town Hall is set to cut 8,000,000 euros from its budget in order not to raise municipal taxes or be forced to axe jobs, the Vice-Mayor/Councillor for the Economy, José García Fuentes, explained.
Horses Cruelly Treated
by Martin Myall •
Thanks to the alarm being raised by a foreign tourist in Motril, the suffering of neglected and starved animals has been stopped.
Not Just A Roundabout…
by Martin Myall •
Motril has finished sprucing up its biggest traffic roundabout, which is the one under the N-340, where the port road runs. The Mayor (still) Carlos Rojas never lost the opportunity to have one more photograph of himself taken, this time standing with a suitably triumphant grin over the huge town-shield design, flower bed.
Bolillo at the Market
by Martin Myall •
People from many different countries pass by Jutte Muller’s stall, BioMuller, which is on the 1st floor of the Motril Municipal Market and sell all kinds of organic products, etc, as well as being a small cafetería.
Rojas Rises
by Martin Myall •
The Mayor of Motril, Carlos Rojas, has resigned from the mayoralty to take up a post in the regional parliament. He had hoped to be able to hold onto both posts, but a new law prevents politicians from doing that – as is only logical.