The Great Zone Project has now taken a step forward. It’s a plan to develop the area between Salobreña and Motril, with a shopping mall, hotels and all sorts of things that should help the local economy. Local planning permission is on the cards. Early days, although inside information tells me that the nod has…
Salobreña
News from Salobrena, costa tropical, Granada
Avenida Federico García
by Dave Nichols •
Now we have the Furore at Avenida Federico Garcia Lorca; after all the works carried out over the past few months, all the new roads and pavements were mysteriously dug up again. Then the road was re-laid. Ideal reports that the initial works were ‘liable to subsidence;’ therefore it was sensible to dig it all up and start over again.
Publication Update – September
by Editor •
Publication info for the September edition of the Seaside Gazette.
1001st Post
by Editor •
Well, we have just clicked up our thousandth post on the new Seaside Gazette website, making this article the 1001st post, which is not bad, seeing as this online version of the Seaside Gazette has only been going since April 2009 – a little over a year. At the moment we have around 1,700 visits…
British Embassy Newsletter – August
by Editor •
The monthly newsletter from the British Embassy in Madrid with useful information for British residents in Spain
Salobreña Fiestas 2010
by Editor •
Herewith the Summer Festival Programme, which we received just a tad late, surprisingly… Anyway, plenty to offer, so read on! Ah, anybody who missed the classical music concert in La Herradura, where members of the Cologne Philamonic Orchestra played in a chamber arrangement will have a chance to see them again, but in Salobreña at…
Lingwood’s Changes Hands
by Dave Nichols •
It’s the talk of the Monte… and the end of an era! Mike & Margaret Lingwood have sold their highly successful Estate Agency, in the face of what Mike calls, ‘An offer that could not be refused’ (I don’t think any horse’s heads were involved).
New Hotel complex
by Dave Nichols •
The new hotel homplex is coming. Honestly. Long planned for the vega between El Peñon and La Caleta, final approval is drawing near. There are a couple of complications, one of them involving an illegal ‘loft’ building owned by one Sr. Jesus Calvo. Apparently, there should have been a demolition order enforced, which somehow fell through the cracks.
Rumble at the Rastro II
by Dave Nichols •
Well, it’s quite different from the last one, I just like to write that! There’s been a kerfuffle in the Town Hall, wherein Sra. Maria Eugenia Rufino, leader of the opposition PSOE accused the Mayor, his party and the councillor in charge of these things, Sr. Gustavo Aybar of stealing the whole idea from her…
Eco Rastro, Salobreña
by Dave Nichols •
The last Eco Rastro was held on the same day as the local Trade Fair, sponsored by ACESA (Asociación de Comerciantes y Empresarios de Salobreña), just across the road.