Queen Fabiola of Belgium has been exciting Motril again with a visit to her house, Villa Astrida, in Playa Granada (near the golf course) during October.
Motril
News, views and information from Motril
Food Bank Raided
by Héloïse Nolan •
Ruthless robbers recently ransacked the premises of the Food Bank organization here in Motril. They got away with 200 kilos of foods and two computers.
Hospital Pay-Out
by Héloïse Nolan •
Motril Hospital has got itself into the news in a rather unhealthy manner and has now to make a payment of 10,870 euros to a patient known as E.M.M.
Kinépolis To Go Ahead
by Héloïse Nolan •
The Kinépolis retail park which we reported on several years ago seems to be coming to fruition at last, well … December 2010, if we are lucky.
New Motril Writer
by Editor •
Héloïse Nolan has returned to write the Motril Section, with her very Gazette-humour take on things and informative insight into living in Motril.
Motril Port Moves Forward
by Héloïse Nolan •
The Port of Motril is on the verge of taking a great leap forward with the arrival of the German shipping line OPDR, represented by Mediterranean Erhartd here in Spain.
Flea Market Mystery
by Héloïse Nolan •
Rumours have been floating around Motril that a car boot sale opened in the summer on the Avenida de Los Alamos next to the Mercadona supermarket…
Avenida de Salobreña Chaos
by Héloïse Nolan •
Just when we thought it was safe to scoot around Motril free of roadworks earlier this year, we suddenly had the Avenida de Salobreña cordoned off without much prior warning.
Bizarre Cable Support
by Héloïse Nolan •
A most bizarre way to hold up some pretty heavy electrical cabling was spotted outside a fruit warehouse on the outskirts of Motril last week…
Tanatorio Controversy
by Héloïse Nolan •
Motril tanatorio (funeral parlour), which was opened in 2008 to the east of Motril, going towards the village of Puntalón, is in the news again.