
Like Motril and Salobreña, these two most westerly towns of the Costa Tropical also had their flooding problems – again!
part from being Columbus Day, Thanks Giving and El Día de la Hispanidad, it was also the local fiestas in Almuñécar’s Torrecuevas.
The rain over the weekend didn’t manage to dampen the fiesta and the planned activities went ahead, especially the religious procession on Sunday the 12th, which left the chapel at 19.00h.
The annual local fiestas for Torrecuevas in Almuñécar from the 10th to the 13th with plenty of activities for kiddies and adults.
The fire that started around 17.30h on Friday the 5th to the north of Torrecuevas was finally declared extinguish at 08.30 Saturday morning.
It was back in 1951 when Venta Luciano started to take shape. In those days it was just an inn but they started holding verbenas (open-air dances) at Christmas, etc.
The III Romería de San Isidro went off well with around 50 decorated cart/floats and dozens of horse riders.
The Almuñécar Town Hall has asked permission from the Junta delegate in Granada to be able to repair the aqueduct in Torrecuevas.
So you might have thought that the UK and the USA had the monopoly on Harvest Festivals … well, you’re wrong!