Tag Archive for Almuñécar

Avenida de la Alpujarra

As Vanessa has mentioned above, the road works on Lanjarón’s main street continues to drag on in waterlogged obstinacy. The barrage of rain is an obvious reason for this delay, although if rain stopped work in a place with a climate like the UK, nothing would ever get built there, would it?

Grupo PMJ

If you are located in the Almuñécar or La Herradura area and are in need of assistance with construction, maintenance or any type of reformation of your home, (painting, electrical work, bricklaying/masonry and so on), Grupo PMJ is the business to contact.

Bed Solutions

How’s your back? Do you sleep well, or are you a tosser and turner? Are you on the large side, and maybe find it difficult to get comfortable. Or maybe you are just due for a new bed.

Autovía 2013? (Part I)

The completion of the coastal dual carriageway, so that we will be able to drive along the Costa Tropical from one end of the province to the other and beyond is something that our politicians hold out to us as imminent.. always imminent, yet the long-awaited moment constantly recedes.

Autovía 2013? (Part II)

It was in 2005 when the then Minister for Public Works, Magdelena Álvarez, announced that the A-7 coastal autovía would open in 2008. We could go back 20 years, if we wanted to retrace the first steps of the autovía, but let’s keep things within recent memory.

XIV Solidarity Campaign with Baracoa

The XIV Solidarity Campaign with Baracoa (Cuba) enjoyed some sunshine, thank God, as there was a worry that recent rains would spoil the fund-raising event, which, by the way, will be using some of the funds obtained to help the people of Haiti.

Hotel Sackings

There has been quite an uproar over the sacking of eleven permanent staff from the Hotel Playa (originally Sol Meliá), which is situated on Playa San Cristóbal, next to Río Seco.

Rising Watertable Problems

One of the problems produced by the constant rainfall is the rise in the water-table, which has flooded out basements in Almuñécar and La Herradura, one of which is the Aquarium, which had to be closed down for about a week to pump the encroaching water out.