It’s strange that a coast that boasts over 300 days of sunshine a year with temperatures than never go below zero, more than half of its hotels close their doors at the end of the high season.
Costa Hotels Close for Winter
by Vivienne Hughes •
Tag Archive for winter
IVA Cut on Gas
by Martin Myall •
Spanish PM, Pedro Sánchez, has announced that he will bring down IVA on gas from 21% to 5% from October to at least the end of the year.
A Waste of Time
by Martin Myall •
Today spring enters our lives with the equinox and with it the day that the clocks change – yet again – for summer time approaches; i.e. the 27th of March.
9-Year-Old Runaway Found
by Vivienne Hughes •
An off-duty policeman managed to locate a runaway, 9-year-old who had gone missing eight hours earlier on the 7th after having an argument with his mother.
Sunny Spain?
by Martin Myall •
There are many people abroad that imagine this stereo type of Sunny Spain, Ole Fandango and pass the sangría, failing to realise that Spain can get very cold.
Winter’s Here!
by Martin Myall •
It’s about as ‘wintery’ as it gets on the Costa Tropical, i.e., single-figure temperatures at night, wind & rain. It’s Inland Granada that’s getting a real winter, though.
Vikings to The Rescue
by Martin Myall •
(GIL) According to tourism forecasts, this winter on the Costa Tropical is going to be a bumper one, thanks to the growing influx of Nordic visitors.
Winter Relapse
by Martin Myall •
April waved goodbye with a blanket of snow in the Almijarras, leaving the mountain tops with a fast disappearing snowcap.
Flu Times
by Marianne Lindahl •
The winter cold has arrived to our tropical paradise. In this time of the year I sometimes wish I were nearer the North pole, feeling warm and cosy inside and avoiding to step outside unless absolutely necessary. In our old house on top of the hill in Taramay it is nearly as chilly inside as outside, in spite of some energy-devouring electric appliances. All kinds of influenza viruses are hitting the good people of Almuñécar.
Olympic Insider
by Mette Owens •
Unless you watch no TV whatsoever, you can’t miss the coverage of the Winter Olympics taking place in Vancouver as I write this.