The councillor for tourism, Fanny Serrano, showed off a new booklet at a press conference this week, a guide that offers information about the various guided routes that can be enjoyed throughout the winter season. The guided routes have been more popular than ever this summer, resulting in an extension to their contract, and now, throughout the winter, Torrevieja is …

Torrevieja´s Municipal Commission of School Absenteeism, chaired by the mayor, José Manuel Dolón, held a meeting this week in which final approval was given for an innovative project which aims to reduce school truancy. The councillor for education, José Hurtado, explained that October 30 is the date when the project will begin, and will, hopefully, reduce absenteeism rates. The councillor …

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 …

The councillor of beaches in Torrevieja, Javier Manzanares, has highlighted “the speed and solvency with which the beaches in the town have been fixed”, after heavy rain, “caused serious damage, both in the loss of sand and the furniture on the beaches,” he said. The councillor also wanted to highlight that the main reason for such prompt action was that …

For many, the equinoxes are just a passing of time, when one season turns to another, but for many others, they are a spiritual time, one where a higher state of consciousness brushes the past away and clears a route for the next chapter in the story of life. Whatever your feelings on this shifting time, where better a place …

A family-run drug supply business has been shut down in Torrrevieja, with a 61-year-old grandmother being the eldest, along with her 16-year-old grandson and her daughter (mother of the 16-year-old boy). The boy was the face of the operation, first selling drugs to his classmates, then expanding his sales network to other young people in the town. The investigation began …

Overnight storms that continued into the morning caused significant surface water, which peaked at its problematic stage a little before 8:00 in the morning. Five vehicles became trapped on the road between the Carrefour supermarket and Aquopolis water park in Torrevieja, all rescued by fire fighters based just down the road. Across the region, there were 30 rain-related incidents that …

Now in its sixth year, the ‘Conference of Alternative Leisure of Torrevieja, ComarCON18’, will be held on September 15 and 16 at the Palacio de los Deportes in the town. Torrevieja´s councillor for youths, Víctor Ferrández, presented details of the event at a press conference this week attended by the coordinator of the university headquarters of the UA in Torrevieja, …

Torrevieja´s councillor for older residents, Fabiana Ibarra, has presented a range of courses and workshops especially aimed at the more mature, which this year introduces a new program of free introductory swimming workshops. Inscription already began in July, but many international residents were not aware of what was available, and so the town hall is trying to remedy that by …

Torrevieja will host the final phase of the fourth International Congress of Residential Tourism on Saturday, with a round table of discussions to explore domestic opportunities. The councillor for Tourism, Fanny Serrano, chaired a presentation, accompanied by the Professor of Sociology of Tourism at the University of Alicante and coordinator of the Congress, Tomás Mazón, and the coordinator of the …

A total of 11,227 students continued their educational journey in Torrevieja this week, enrolled in the 2018/2019 academic year calendar. Councillor for Education, José Hurtado, who was joined by the representative of the School Councils, Carmen Sempere, provided data on the enrolment, whilst also emphasising that classes have begun with “total normality.” In the 12 infant and primary schools, 1,842 …

In the latest meeting of Torrevieja´s council, the tender for the contract for the maintenance of the town´s traffic lights was approved, which will see the town´s signals receive a much needed overhaul. The four-year contract, which has an option for it to be extended, is valued at a total of 626,380 euro for the duration. The traffic signals were …