Lovely, cheap two bedroom ground floor property for sale in Torrevieja, Spain Lovely, cheap two bedroom ground floor property for sale in Torrevieja, Spain This lovely two bedroom, one bathroom ground floor apartment is for sale in the popular Altos del Limonar urbanisation in Torrevieja. The property is located on a secure, gated community which has beautifully manicured gardens, a nice communal swimming pool, and an open area for tennis, football, or … Read More
Cycle Tour on Pre-Tour Tour Champion cyclists are working their way around the country at the moment, stopping off far and wide for photo calls, all as part of a promotional campaign to make sure everybody knows the importance of this year´s cycling tour of Spain, La Vuelta. This year, the race is even more important for the local area of Torrevieja, as the event … Read More
New Exhibition Opens This Weekend A new exhibition opens this weekend, on until July in Torrevieja. A new exhibition at the Vista Alegre hall in Torrevieja will showcase the work of Alejandro Carpintero. Entitled, “El verano precintado”, the inauguration takes place on Friday 10 May, 2019, at 8 p.m. and will be a feature at the centre until 7 July. Alejandro Carpintero (Madrid 1981), holds … Read More
Specialists recommend consuming traditional dishes albeit with controlled use of fat Not eating food at home or excess protein in diets jeopardise the very basis of the Mediterranean diet Spain has become the healthiest country in the world, as showcased in the Bloomberg Healthiest Country index, and much of the success is due to the Mediterranean diet, according to this organisation. “The reason why our diet is considered to be the … Read More
2019 Red days and Local Holiday list For the 2019 working calendar in Spain, there are eight working days which will be considered national holidays, including two which will form a “bridge” around a weekend, as both November 1, All Saints Day , and December 6, Constitution Day, fall on a Friday, These are the national holidays of course, known as “red days”, and therefore we also … Read More
Kiko López and Paco Guillén will lead the CD Torrevieja first team Club Deportivo Torrevieja has reached an agreement with Joaquín López Martínez (Montpellier, 1971) better known as Kiko López, to become the new coach of the first team. López has strong ties with the neighbouring municipality of Los Montesinos as well as with our city, and he comes highly recommended by the Club’s sports director Juanjo Fernández. As a UEFA PRO … Read More
Which is the Cheapest Supermarket where You Live? A consumer association, the Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios, or OCU, has released its annual study that looks at the prices of everyday products sold in supermarkets and hypermarkets across Spain. The aim of the report is to compare prices, partly to show an unfair balance towards the consumer, but more importantly perhaps for us, … Read More
Tourists Continue to Enjoy Torrevieja The councillor for tourism, Fanny Serrano, detailed various aspects relating to the data collection in a press conference, which, amongst other things, show how the tourist information offices have received a total of 11,265 visitors, and water consumption indicates a population equivalent to almost half a million people during the summer months. Serrano said that the number of inquiries that … Read More
Eight Injured in Kamikaze Collision A total of eight people were injured on Saturday night after a kamikaze driver, travelling in the opposite direction, collided with other vehicles on the M-30 in Madrid. According to the preliminary investigations, which are ongoing, the driver allegedly travelled on the M-30 from kilometre 2 as far as kilometre 21, where the vehicle collided … Read More
Child Rescued from Locked Car as Dad goes for Tapas The Police in the Madrid town of Alcorcón, rescued a child who had been left in a car during the hottest time of the day, whilst the father had gone for tapas. The incident occurred on Saturday when the 15-year-old had been locked in the car, with the windows closed, and “in full sun”. … Read More
Bus Driver in Dramatic Bridge Crash Rescue Fire fighters in Madrid rescued the driver of a bus when his vehicle crashed through the safety barrier and was left suspended off a bridge. The bus was working a shuttle service from the Mad Cool Music Festival when it crashed on the M-11 motorway in the early hours of Sunday morning. The incident occurred … Read More
Brit Arrested in Torrevieja in Child Porn Network Investigation A British resident of Spain was arrested in Torrevieja, and is amongst 24 people detained across Spain as part of a National Police investigation into the distribution of child pornography. Arrests have taken place across Spain, including 4 in Madrid and 3 in the Alicante province, as reported by the Ministry of the Interior on … Read More