Vélez de Benaudalla

news from Vélez de Benaudalla on the Costa Tropical

Vélez Benaudalla Book Fair

Héloïse Nolan, who used to write this section, tells us that Viv Packer is starting up a book fair in Vélez de Benaudalla on the 3rd Saturday of every month between 11 am and 2 pm. Good quality books in all languages. For more information Viv can be reached on 958 851 273 or 676…

Municipal Pool Completed

The good folk – together with the bad ones – of Vélez de Benaudalla can now boast a municipal swimming pool! Woo-hoo! They already claim to have a beach – better-said a ‘strand,’ which really is a very nice place to spend a hot afternoon in the shade of the riverbank trees.

Hydro Plant for Motril

Anybody that has driven along the A-323 as it passes through the canyon below Vélez Benaudalla cannot have failed to have been distracted by the manmade waterfall called Cañizares, which plummets down from a water channel above, before disappearing under the road – it is quite spectacular.

Vélez Benaudalla

The first time that I ever ventured up to Vélez Benaudalla was in 1982, when the main road through the canyon had only been open for six years.

The Canyon Route

Anybody that has travelled up to Granada cannot have failed to be impressed by the gorge or canyon of the Azud de Vélez, which is just below, Vélez Benaudalla.Anybody that has travelled up to Granada cannot have failed to be impressed by the gorge or canyon of the Azud de Vélez, which is just below, Vélez Benaudalla.