It’s surprising that we still get hill fires in winter, which was the case on Monday, breaking out in the Órgiva area of the Alpujarra.
Tag Archive for Bérchules
Motril Wants Junta To Ease Off
by Editor •
The Mayor of Motril, Luisa García Chamorro, will ask the Junta de Andalucía to ease restrictions in the Southern-Granada Health Area.
Granada Takes a Sad Lead
by Martin Myall •
Granada has become the province in Spain with the most current covid cases: in the last two weeks the number reached 1,204 per 100,000 inhabitants.
Burglar Steals Guard Dog
by Martin Myall •
Alpujarra Infection Count
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Seaside Gazette provides news for inland areas of the province of Granada, as well as for the Costa Tropical, so here are the figures for La Alpujarra.
Arrested for Mushroom Picking
by Vivienne Hughes •
The Guardia Civil in Bérchules (Alpujarra) have confiscated 198 fruit boxes of illegally picked níscalos, with a combined weight of 990 kilos.
New Year with a Difference
by Louise Powell •
You don’t have to wait until the 31st of December to celebrate New Year because on the 1st Saturday of every August, Bérchules in the Alpujarra holds its own one.
Foreigner Population Decreasing
by Martin Myall •
The Province of Granada has lost 5,231 inhabitants in the last two years and a good part of them are foreigners.
New Year in August
by Vivienne Hughes •
What began life as a disappointment has turned into a tourism success for Bérchules in the Alpujarra.
Just in Case
by Vivienne Hughes •
A Belgian millionaire has allegedly built four bunkers up in the Alpujarra just in case the world ends the day after tomorrow, Friday the 21st of December.

