The Almeria Focus - April 2025

The Almería Focus

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What a Lot of Rain!

March

20th this year was the Spring Equinox and astronomically speaking it is the first day of Spring. The same day, ‘Aemet’, the Spanish Meteorological Department, issued another of their “yellow” weather warnings for fifteen communities including Andalucia. They forecast heavy rain, high winds and high seas, caused by the storm ‘Martinho’.

Unusually, during March, there have been frequent showers and various very heavy downfalls that are not typical for this time of the year. In March last year the restrictions on using potable water were put in place designed to save water! Apart from the inconvenience to residents and businesses from heavy rain, gardens love it and reservoirs have gone up substantially. This means there will be more renewable energy electricity generated from hydro-electric dams. Forecasts for summer are that it will be very dry and hot with prolonged periods of drought!

President Donald Trump and his tariff wars are bad news, and on April 2nd he planned to announce individual tariffs for a large number of countries including Spain, other EU countries and the UK. The EU have suspended their retaliatory tariffs until mid-April giving them time to consider their approach, and we comment on this in our “In the News” section.

Suspended on January 22nd and backdated to January 1st, there is still no MOVES III scheme that gives subsidies for buying an electric or plug-in hybrid car and an income tax allowance. An extension or a new plan is promised, and the EU want a “shock plan” to boost sales that will apply to all member states. We comment on the other reasons for stagnant sales in an article. April 2nd is the date when people in Spain can submit their income tax declaration, known as ‘La Renta’ for the calendar year 2024, but the closing date is Monday, June 30th. It defines what tax is due, and what refunds can be claimed. It is possible to obtain an appointment to visit the

tax office for our area in Huércal-Overa, obtain information on-line and submit the declaration, or use accountants and ‘gestors’ who deal with Spanish paperwork and will do this nearer the deadline. We list people and companies that you can ask to do the return for you in our directory section. A tax return done by a professional may totally offset their cost when all the ins and outs are taken into account. They will advise you as to whether a joint declaration for a married couple or for a legal ‘pareja de hecho’ partnership is a good idea or not. For 2024, some maternity and nursery costs can be included and the tax relief for buying an electric car and installing charging points. Also the income tax threshold before tax was due was increased in 2024.

As we move towards Easter, the week leading up to Easter Sunday, “Domingo de Resurrección”, is known as “Semana Santa” (Holy week), and “Jueves Santo” is the Spanish name for Maundy Thursday in the UK. This year, it is April 17th, a fiesta day in Andalucía but not in the rest of Spain as “Día de San José” (Spanish Father’s Day) on March 19th, was swapped with Jueves Santo in Andalucía. “Viernes Santo” is Good Friday and is a fiesta date in all of Spain. During Semana Santo there are lavish processions when statues of Jesus or the Virgin Mary are carried through the streets from inside churches, and there is a strict timetable in Almería city. Thursday, May 1st is a national fiesta, “El Día del Trabajador”, the Day of the Worker.

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Trump and EU Tariffs

Spain, along with France, is very worried about the threat from President Trump of a 200% tax on alcohol coming from the EU and the uncertainty of what he might announce in April. Andalucía includes Almería province and Juanma Morena, the President of Andalucía, is very concerned that tariffs will affect the economy. At a meeting with various heads of industry he referred to overcoming the pandemic, dealing with inflation when prices went up, the negative effects of the war in Ukraine and now the very serious price wars, not yet not fully detailed. He is concerned that these will mean growth estimates for 2025 may have to be downgraded. Fortunately, only 5% of all exports from Spain go to the US and 74% go to the EU but out of the 5%, all exports from Andalucía to the US last year totalled 40 billion euros including wine, olive oil, agrifood products and aircraft components, with Andalucía and Catalonia exporting the highest amounts. Spain exported 67 million litres of wine to the value of 360 million euros last year and olive oil exports from Andalucía, including from our province, amounted to 476 million euros. Trump put an import tax on olive oil in 2018 that cut exports substantially. Juanma Moreno stated that it was vital to find new markets in Asia or expand them. Last year a delegation to China came back with an agreement to send more goods there, and a visit to Japan is planned as they have a very good purchasing power.

Funding for Calar Alto

The Junta de Andalucía have allocated 1.68 million euros this year to continue the scientific research at the Calar Alto Astronomical Observatory, the main observational astronomy infrastructure in continental Europe, located in the Sierra de Filabres at Gérgal. The Junta is a 50% co-owner together with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Improvements will be made to the 3.5 metre telescope that is several times larger than ones usually found at other observatories. New regulations have just been approved to limit light interference at night, principally from street

lights, sports centres, beaches and illuminated signs, as these are a big problem. Non-essential lights will have to be turned off and timers put on other lights. This affects 72 municipalities in our province and there is a two-year period when improvements and modifications have to be in place.

Most Beautiful Villages in Spain

The association with the same name now has 122 villages in Spain that have received their awards and puts them on a publicity footing. In Almería province this applies to Mojácar, Níjar and Lucainena de las Torres. There are 19 in Andalucía that between them attracted 7.8 million tourists and 2.3 million of them, 30%, were non-Spanish. Níjar had just over 2 million tourists, followed by Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz), with 1.5 million and Mojácar with 1.13 million. Mojácar and Níjar have the most visitors during July and August but other ones inland see the highest numbers in October and May. The aim of the association is to promote small municipalities, preferably rural ones, chosen as achieving a high quality attraction combined with cultural events and activities.

UK EU Travel Authorisation

It is compulsory from Wednesday, April 2nd for non-UK nationals to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to enter the UK. It has been a requirement since last year for visitors from countries including the USA, Canada and Australia and almost 1.1 million visitors have been issued with ETAs so far. GOV.UK state that “applying for an ETA is quick and simple through the UK ETA app and as the vast majority of applicants currently receive a decision automatically in minutes, spontaneous trips to the UK should still be possible. Prospective visitors can also apply on GOV.UK if they do not have access to a smartphone. Applicants have to provide their biographic and biometric details and answer questions on suitability and criminality. Once an applicant has successfully applied, their ETA is digitally linked to their passport. While most applications are approved quickly, it is still recommended to allow up to 3 working days

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to account for the small number of cases that require an additional review”. An ETA currently costs 12 euros via Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, or Google Pay and allows multiple visits to the UK of up to 6 months over a 2-year period, or until the holder’s passport expires, whichever is sooner. The UK Border Control have indicated that the cost may go up to 19 euros “in a few months”. The authorities stress that the ETA authorisation is not a visa, it is a digital permission to travel. If nonBritish people are in transit at an airport and stay in the airport, they do not need the ETA.

The 10 Best Restaurants

The ‘Macarfi Guide’ is not quite as prestigious as the Michelin Guide, but they publish lists of restaurants in Spain that they consider are the best ones. In their 2025 guide, in Almería, two local ones are in the list of the 10 they have chosen. In second place is the Juan Moreno restaurant in Vera, that gets a score of 7.7 for food, 7.2 for décor and 8.0 for service. It is also number 95 on their list of the best 100 in Andalucía. The Terraza Carmona in Vera is in fourth place with a comment that they have been open for 75 years, with three generations of the family who run it. Their score is 7.7 for food, 6.8 for décor and 7.5 for service. Number one is La Costa restaurant in El Ejido along with one in Agua Amargo (La Villa), four in Almeria city, one in San José, one in Rodalquilar, and one in Adra.

Debt Cancellation

There are 17 autonomous communities in Spain and ours is Andalucía. Between 2009-2013, the hardest years of the financial crisis, they ran up combined debts of 109 billion euros. This was made worse by the pandemic with added debts of 29 billion euros. Central government has proposed that 83 billion euros is written off and each community would receive a payment based on their population, geographical and demographical characteries. Andalucía would be the largest beneficiary in absolute terms (18.8 billion), followed by Catalonia (17.1 billion), the Valencian Community (11.2 billion) and Madrid (8.6 billion). The PP party (roughly a conservative party) have mixed views

regarding the proposal by the PSOE party (roughly a labour party) in government and think that the whole system of financing needs major changes. However, when the bill is presented in parliament it is extremely unlikely that any of the communities run by the PP, which includes Andalucía, will vote against it.

“Cold Calling” Phone Calls

Some people may decide only to accept phone calls from immediate family or friends, or ones on their contacts list. Other people may not answer phone calls from a number not in their contact list, fearful that these are “cold calling” unsolicited calls by companies who are trying to sell you goods or services. Article 6.1 of the Regulation (EU) 2016 / 679 prohibits these unsolicited phone calls to mobile phones or landlines from any country including the home country. This came into force in Spain from June 29th, 2023. The only exceptions are if you have contacted a company and asked them to call you back, or the call is an emergency one from bodies such as the Guardia Civil police or the ES “alert” system warning of some crisis, sent to all mobile phones in a particular area. The Spanish Agency for Data Protection (AEDP) will mount an investigation if cold calling phone calls are being made and reported to them. They can take legal proceedings against these companies or individuals and will issue fines if is considered appropriate.

Another DGT Scam

The Department of Traffic (DGT) are issuing warnings relating to scams where a text message is received claiming a traffic fine has to be paid immediately to avoid a sanction. This is called “smishing” and the latest ones are that a 50 euro fine has to be paid very soon for exceeding the speed limit in a 30km urban zone and stop an increase in the fine if it is not paid. This message asks you to make a phone call to a number that is a premium number with a high tariff, so very costly, or to access a link on a fake website. The scam is purely trying to obtain money through fraud. The DGT stress that these cybercriminal fraud SMSs

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should be ignored, recipients should not ring the phone number or click on the link. The DGT remind people that they never contact a person who has been caught speeding by a text message or an email. A certified letter is sent to the registered address of the vehicle owner or, if the driver is registered with the Electronic Road Address (DEV), they will receive a notification via text message or email that there is the existence of a fine in the electronic DGT mailbox. If there appears to be an unpaid fine, this can be checked on the Traffic Penalty Bulletin Board (TESTRA) where all fines are registered and this is free. Alternatively, there is an app ‘mi DGT’ that gives access to all details regarding the vehicle that can be obtained by registering. If you are stopped by police and asked for driver information, this app lists all the details of the vehicle and owner and will be accepted. Fines sent through the post or issued on the spot have a 50% discount if paid within 20 days. If not, the fine has to be paid in full within 45 days and if not, there is a surcharge of 20%. Fines can be paid 24/7 by ringing 060 which is an automated service allowing you to pay by a credit card, by using the app, or at post offices, Caixabank branches or their ATMs, and in person at the ‘tráfico’ office in cities (but not by cash). If you are stopped by Guardia Civil police and they issue a fine on the spot, you can obtain the 50% discount immediately and pay the other 50% with a credit or debit card.

The Mojácar Health Centre

The President of the Junta de Andalucía, dignitaries, the mayor and other councillors, officially opened the new medical centre in Mojácar on March 4th. He pointed out that it had cost 5 million euros and along with the new bus station alongside this highlighted the willingness of the Junta to invest in Mojacár. He pointed out that it has 30 professionals, an emergency service, three family doctor consulting rooms, three nurses, paediatrics, dentistry and minor surgery facilities and a large parking area. He stated that it allows rapid evacuation of patients to the hospital in Huércal-Overa (after a new roundabout had to be built!). Originally, when the location was announced

it was stated that it was midway between the playa and the village. To date, the village health centre with one doctor and a nurse during some surgery hours is still in operation.

The Algarrobico Hotel Saga

In our December magazine we commented on all the twists and turns relating to the 421 bed El Algarrobico hotel in Carboneras where building started in 2003 but was suspended in 2006. The final aim is the demolition. In February, Central Government announced that they were expropriating the land that has 40% of the building on it and infringes on the maritime boundary of 100 metres, and they have started to put this in motion. They asked the Junta de Andalucía who own the land of the other 60%, to start their own expropriation so demolition can be undertaken “in a few months”. The Junta don’t want to do this as they say it was discounted in 2009 and they consider it will result in more legal proceedings for years. They are also concerned about compensation that they might have to pay to the promoter Azata del Sol who are asking for 70 million euros, from an independent valuation of the 95% completed hotel. The Junta consider that the only way forward is for Carboneras town hall to annul the 2003 building licence, that could then be followed by a demolition order. A court judgement in 2022 was that the hotel was “plainly legal” until the licence was revoked. Despite repeated requests, a lot of pressure, and the threat of weekly fines (that Greenpeace are asking for) Carboneras town hall do not want to be sued by the promotor

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for revoking the licence that they consider was completely legal in 2003. They are afraid that the 70 million “or more” in compensation may have to be paid by them. The mayor, Salvador Hernández, points out that their 2025 budget is only 15 million euros, they only have 8,200 inhabitants and they could never pay the compensation. Azata del Sol have asked the Andalucía High Court to rule that if the building licence is revoked, they are entitled to receive the compensation from someone!

Combatting Drug & People Barons

March 8th was the third anniversary of the ‘Campo de Gibraltar’ initiative, a major beefing up of the operations to catch drug and people smugglers. Until December this year there is also a sum of 36.9 million euros allocated to provide more land, sea and aerial surveillance by helicopters and more modern technology. In our province, but not just ours, Guardia Civil Police and Customs agents have boats that cannot go as fast as the narco-launches. New boats made of aluminium with a much faster speed are on order but trying to stop the smugglers at high speed on the high seas is described as “suicidal”. Narco-launches are frequently seen in coves off the Gabo de Gata coast where they wait out bad weather, collect fuel and disembark immigrants. The 2022 amended operations were to break up the gangs, seize various forms of transport, freeze bank accounts, and find and stop people providing fuel. It has been very successful and in our province since March 2022 a total of 2,304 operations have been carried out by the State Security Forces. This figure is even higher because the Ministry of the Interior’s balance sheet ignores operations by 50 landbased Customs Surveillance officers. 43 tonnes of drugs have been seized, mostly cannabis resin and hashish from North Africa, marijuana plantations in Almeria province, and cocaine shipments from other parts of Spain and from Latin America. 309 means of transport have been captured and confiscated including high performance cars and SUVs, 40 narco-boats, recreational boats including jet skis, trucks, vans, one tractor, and computer equipment. 80,000 litres of fuel (44,000 in 2024)

have been withdrawn from the ‘auxiliary industry’ of fuelling the launches, and 1,814 people have been arrested.

The Cost of Gas Bottles

The government regulates the price of a 12kg bottle of butane gas every two odd numbered months, mostly based on the market price of liquified gas. In January 2022 it was the highest price ever costing 17,50 euros but in June 2022 it peaked at 19,55 euros and the government put a cap on the price of 20 euros. This January it was 16,64 euros and as all reviews are done on the Tuesday of the 3rd week of the month, the next one was March 18th. It went up to 17,67 euros, a rise of 6.19% until it is reviewed again in May. Previously, the rise in price was capped at 5% but on March 4th it was raised above 5% “temporarily”. People with butane gas appliances are required to have them inspected every five years which involves looking at the regulator, the expiry date of the tubing, and the performance of the appliance. This has to be done by an authorised technician. There are sometimes complaints that a company with several workers have come to a particular area, where they are not normally based, and may charge extortionate amounts of money for changing a regulator and the tubing but they don’t normally check the appliance. The best advice is to use a local technician to carry out the checks rather than people who are going to every property door by door, even though they say an inspection is necessary and that you have to have it done by them.

Employment and Unemployment

February is not normally a month in Spain when employment rises and unemployment falls, as it is between Christmas and Easter. Figures for this February however, showed that 100,340 more people started paying into the Social Security system, so legally in work, taking the total to 21.2 million well above the 20.7 million in February 2024. This is the highest number in February since 2007. Unemployment went down by 6,000 to 2.6 million, the lowest for 17 years, and in February 2021 it

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was 4 million. The service industry including hotels and catering, construction and industry showed a rise in employment and in absolute numbers, the Valencian Community had 6,074 less unemployed, Catalonia 2,318 and Andalucía 2,268. Madrid community employees went down by 4,172, the Canary Islands 1,328 and Castilla-La Mancha 801. In total, unemployment decreased in nine regions of Spain but it grew in eight. Figures for March usually show a rise in employment because of Easter.

Combating Obesity

Obesity amongst school children and people in further education is put at 36%. To get this down there are proposals that vending machines, cafeterias and canteens in schools cannot sell sugary products, such as industrial pastries or soft drinks, as well as energy drinks. The fine print has a ban on the content of five grammes of sugars per packaged portion, or those that have high fat or salt content. It also affects energy drinks, and health experts say that young people should never drink these. As regards cafeterias and school meals there has to be less fatty foods, the use of virgin olive oil, and more fruit and vegetables in the menus. Every two years, the Ministry for Social Rights and Consumer Affairs carry out a study to measure overweight in Spanish children aged six to nine. Spain has been maintaining worrying rates of excess weight, that includes overweight and obesity, and since 2011 it has often exceeded 40%. In the latest study from 2023 and 12,000 schoolchildren, the figure has dropped to 36%, although this is still very high.

Processionary Caterpillars

This is the time when processionary caterpillars leave their nests in pine tree, come down to the ground and set off one behind the other, hence their name. If they fear an attack, they release their hairs that can cause hives or allergic reactions in humans and can be fatal for pets. Advise is not to remove nests on your own, with gasoline, insecticides, shooting with a shotgun to break them, or cutting the branches where they are located, as this can affect people’s safety or

health. The best thing to do is to contact your town hall as many of them use experts to kill them. In Catalonia, the caterpillar is controlled every year over about 20,000 hectares (77 square miles) of forest areas between October and November, when the larvae are in their first stages, using a biological spray from light aircraft or helicopters.

A Higher Tourist Tax

Catalonia is going to double the nightly tourist tax this year and at least 25% of the revenue will be used for housing initiatives. The modification raises the rate to 2 euros (campsites and basic establishments) and 7 euros (five-star hotels) per day in Barcelona and between 1.20 euros and 6 euros in the rest of the community, but there is no tax for day-trippers. This collected in 85 million euros in 2023 and more than 90 million last year. They anticipate that this year with the projected very large rise in tourists it may be close to 200 million euros.

Endesa Profits

The electricity supply company Endesa made a profit of 1.9 billion euros last year, up 154% on 2023. The steep rise was after they had to pay the Qatar Energy company 530 million euros in 2023 for a gas contract that was in dispute. A spokesperson commented, “We have delivered outstanding results for the year, providing us with strong cash flow and supporting sound financial metrics. As a result of all this, we have raised the dividend we plan to distribute this year to 1.32 euros, which is 32% more than in 2023 and 10% more than the target we had set ourselves. They pointed out that 86% of the electricity produced in Spain last year came from “non-emitting CO2 sources, mostly from renewables and nuclear sources”, which is 6% more than in 2023. Renewable generation grew by 25%, thanks to a rainy year that increased river flows and electricity from dams. The total capacity generated last year increased by 200 MW (1 MW is 1 million watts) to 17,200 MW.

The Valencia Dana Investigation

A court in Valencia is hearing evidence at to

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what happened on October 29th, the day of the devastating Dana flooding. The President, Carlos Mazón, has consistently refused to resign, but he attracts boos and claims that he is a liar whenever he appears in public which is now very infrequent, even in Alicante. Effectively, he stays in his office as there have been a considerable number of large demonstrations calling for his resignation. At a Vocational Training Congress recently, he was booed and could not start a speech for nearly 10 minutes, and the same thing happened when he left. Journalists crowded round him and demanded to know the truth about the afternoon and evening. He had already admitted, after initial denies, that he was having a long three-hour lunch ending at 6pm, with a journalist regarding offering her a job. He has stated that he was in frequent contact with emergency personnel during this time, but the journalist says this was not frequent and he showed no concern or inclination to cut short the meal. He then went to his office for reasons that are not entirely clear and he made at least a couple of unrelated phone calls, but he is refusing to reveal where his official car was during the afternoon and early evening and the log of the journeys he made. The judge wants to know why the 29 member ‘Cecopi’ emergency committee did not meet until 4.45pm. Carlos Mazón initially maintained that he arrived at the crisis meeting at 7.10pm, but it has transpired that he did not arrive until 8.28pm as video cameras show him entering the building and briefly chatting with a security guard. He claimed that the delay was “because there was a lot of traffic” on the way to the meeting, but this was 13 hours after the first AEMET (Weather authority) severe “red” warning at 7.31am. The “ES Alert” warning to mobile phones was not made until 8.11pm and the person responsible for issuing the alert has told the court that she didn’t know exactly how it worked. After homes and businesses were devasted and many people had already died, the alert was only that people should not travel in the area, and the proposed message that everybody should go to the first floor of buildings and certainly not go down to basements and underground garages,

was not sent “to prevent panic”. The judge has observed that the time the alert was sent was “remarkably late”. The head of the 112-emergency service told the court that they received 19,800 calls during the day and 76% were before the alert message was sent and 50% during the morning. In all, 225 people drowned or were killed and three people have still not yet been found. Carlos Mazón is trying to claim that the experts who should have reported the danger to him did this too late and they are responsible for the disaster, not him. Logs of emails, phone calls and the exact times from various bodies contradict this. He is a PP party President and the central PP party has not openly called for his resignation but as more details emerge, this support is wavering. Politicians have prepared a list of the people who might be appointed in his place if he does finally resign!

Olive Oil from Andalucía

The World Olive Oil Exhibition (WOOE) is the largest fair in the world dedicated exclusively to olive oil and the 12th annual event was held in Madrid in midMarch. Andalucía had the largest exhibition space of all the participating autonomous communities, with a total of 387m2 out of the 633m2. One of the aims was to penetrate new markets, in case Donald Trump reintroduced a hefty import tax. Andalucía is a world leader in olive oil production with more than 1.6 million hectares of olive groves, 62% of the national total and 15% of the world area. In 2023, the production and marketing of oil

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and olives generated 3.9 billion euros and in 2024 exports reached a record value of 4.6 billion euros, 39% more than in 2023. The olive sector generates around 20 million daily workers which represents 40% of agricultural employment in the community. Its processing industry has 850 oil mills, 17 refineries, 225 pressing machines, 772 bottling plants and 116 olive oil packaging plants. Almería province produces a very large percentage of the olive oil.

Almería Post Brexit

In our province, exports to Germany were about 1.5 billion euros last year, followed by France with about 600 million euros and the United Kingdom was in third place with exports worth 522 million euros. This was 25% of all exports from Andalucía and up 1.6% over 2023. The vast majority referred to agri-food products and 74.5% were vegetables, plants, roots and food tubers worth 411 million euros. 30 million euros came from edible fruits or melons and 1.5 million from prepared vegetables, prepared fruit and fruit juice. The second large group were from manufactures of stone, plaster, cement and asbestos totalling 56 million euros, and meat products worth 19.1 million euros, both up on 2023. Luxeapers is a large company in Almería that export a wide range of pickles and olives to 115 countries. With a turnover of 500,000 euros five years ago, this has now gone up to 1,7 million. Sergio Viñolo, their CEO, says that Brexit has had no effect on their exports and they have gone up each year. He states, “When you have a consolidated market and there is no special tariff pressure to aggravate it, and you have good relationships with your customers, they will continue to place orders and increase turnover volume, as has happened to us with regard to the UK and other countries.”

Almería Airport

In 2024 Almería airport recorded 786,205 passengers using the airport as an arrival or departure point, but in 2019 it was 979,406 and the highest number was in 2017 with 1,007,446. From March 31st until October 27th there were 15 international routes and 8 within Spain. The air

authority AENA have published a league table for this period and the Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez airport handled 206,398 passengers, which is 19.4% of the total. Barcelona-El Prat followed on with 100,164 passengers at 8.4%. Manchester International was the busiest foreign airport, with 77,038 passengers, followed by Gatwick with 48,460 passengers, Melilla with 47,773, Seville with 32,998, Stansted with 32,372 and Birmingham with 24,558. Not all routes increased their passenger numbers and Gatwick flights saw a sharp drop of 43.8% and Birmingham ones went down by 33.4%. The occupancy on flights went from 71% to 88% that applied to Madrid flights.

The Brexit Survey

January 31st was the fifth anniversary of Brexit coming into force. YouGov have published an extensive survey in which 55% of Britons said they regretted leaving the EU. The very prominent discontent is that 75% of young people, who were not old enough to vote in the 2016 referendum, blame the decision as having made major problems that affect their future. In 2011, according to data from the United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics, almost 400,000 Britons between the ages of 15 and 49 had lived for more than a year in a country in the Schengen territory, where the freedom of movement of EU people was no problem. From 2021 it is no longer possible to travel to Schengen countries for more than 90 days, and only as a tourist, without the possibility of studying or working. Faced with the coming to power of Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, after 14 years of bitter battles with previous Conservative governments, the EU thought it was time to give young people a chance. They proposed a “Youth Mobility Scheme” that is a similar plan to the one the UK already has with other countries, such as Australia. It would allow those under 30 to live, study and work on both sides of the English Channel for a period of four years. To date, believed to be because he is fearful of the possible reaction of the populist right Reform Party led by Nigel Farage, Keir Starmer has categorically rejected that proposal, despite his expressed willingness to

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promote a restart of relations with the EU. Sadiq Khan, the London Mayor, is very much in favour of adopting the new plan. He says, “When someone comes to London and stays here to work or study for two, three or four years before returning to their home country, they develop a love for London. And when they end up becoming a senior executive or an investor, they remember their love for this city. They are also young, they don’t abuse public services, are normally healthy, and we benefit from their contribution to the growth of the city thanks to their work.” The survey reveals that many young people wishing to study abroad are going to the US because it is much simpler, when they can’t come to Europe. A spokesperson from the Association of Universities consider that if a person with a degree then wants to study for a Ph.D degree and they choose to go to the US, it is unlikely that they will come back, so this is another very unfortunate “brain drain” of talented people.

CO2 Emissions

A report ‘InfluenceMap’ compiled in the UK looking at 2024, has calculated the level of emissions since 2014. The latest report shows that 20 companies are responsible for 40% of all CO2 emissions worldwide, and 16 of them are state owned. The study tracked the climate footprint of oil, gas, coal and cement producers. The company with the most emissions was Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s stateowned company with 4.4%. It is followed by Coal India 3.7%, the Chinese CHN Energy company 3.7%, National Iranian Oil Co 2.9%, Jinneng Group 2.8% and Gazprom 2.3%. As regards cement producers, the China Cement company was responsible for 2.8%. All these are controlled by governments, which accumulate almost 20% of the carbon dioxide emitted from the fossil fuel sector. The worst private equity company ExxonMobil is in 14th place, followed by Chevron, Shell, TotalEnergies and BP. These five oil companies in total, produced 4.9%. Spain’s Repsol company emitted 0.2% of CO2 and is 89th in the list. Emmett Connaire, an analyst at InfluenceMap and co-author of the study, said in a statement that this analysis reveals that “despite global climate commitments, a small group of

the world’s largest fossil fuel producers are significantly increasing production and emissions.” It also highlights “the disproportionate impact that these companies have on the climate crisis”. But he also warns that some of them are beginning to face “legal action in the United States.” So far, ‘Climate responsibility’ laws have been approved in New York and Vermont.

The EU ‘Vehicle Action Plan’

On March 5th a draft of a “shock plan” European Automobile Industrial Action was unveiled by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. It covers the pooling of the different incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles that member states have launched in recent years, the creation of a European alliance for autonomous vehicles and promoting the development of driverless vehicles. A key feature to encourage sales of electric cars is purchase aid with a European aid plan common to the entire EU. In this regard, Ursula von der Leyen explained that the Commission will begin “without delay” to work with member states to share the best incentives and lessons learned in the last few years, so that aid is equal throughout the EU. To give an example, in Germany, while the subsidies were in force (they are currently suspended), the buyer took the subsidy at the dealership, whilst in Spain with the expired Moves III scheme, the purchaser has to wait an average of between 12 and 24 months to obtain the grant. She announced that “This work will identify a toolkit with options for incentive schemes that are designed to be economically efficient and fiscally sustainable and adapted to the maturity of the markets concerned, and explore pathways for potential incentive schemes at EU level. These discussions will be incorporated into a Commission Recommendation, which will also identify sources of EU funding with which Member States can support such incentives.” In addition, the Commission has indicated that one of the priorities is to allow European manufacturers to reduce their dependence on external countries, especially China, that completely dominate the production of batteries and their key components,

as well as the extraction of key minerals. The EU’s goal is to ensure that by 2030 more than 50% of the vehicles value is European. The draft states that in addition, Brussels will study the possibility of financing the start-up of European production lines, with direct financial support. “As for electric car charging points, one of the common complaints in the sector is the difficulty in setting up public charging points”. (This is a process that in Spain can take up to three years due to the lack of homogeneity between what each distributor requires to energize the charging points and the administrative obstacles). She announced that “The Commission will send recommendations to Member States on reducing these waiting times to connect to the electricity grid and will publish by the summer, guiding principles identifying the conditions under which advance investments in grid projects should be granted”. The Commission also proposes the implementation of “affordable loans” so that people with low resources can access zero-emission vehicles. “The EU’s objective is to democratise electric mobility and at the same time boost the sale of this type of car. In addition, the Commission continues to work on a law to electrify

business fleets, without imposing an unnecessary financial burden.”

Wait A Few Seconds

Advice to motorists in winter is to start your car and wait a few seconds for the oil to lubricate the engine. This is because in winter the oil is thicker and more time is needed for it to circulate and reduce wear. Also, in the first few seconds the battery stabilises and starts to recharge slightly. Setting off too soon can result in a voltage spike. Also, waiting a few seconds allows the engine to start to reach a temperature that is more suitable, improving combustion efficiency and reducing the emission of pollutants. Antifreeze liquid added to the radiator water lowers the boiling point and is a good idea, even in Spain.

BCC Moves to Almería

BCC is the parent company of Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar bank and they have announced that they are moving their registered office from Madrid to Almería to the Cajamar financial centre at the Almería Scientific-Technological Park (PITA), where there are 1,500 professionals from Grupo

In the News

Cajamar and subsidiary companies that provide technological and other services. The Financial Centre occupies an area of 76,800m2 and has more than 30,000m2 of landscaped areas. There are common spaces and collaborative work areas, a wide variety of meeting rooms, a visitor centre, an auditorium, a cafeteria, corporate restaurant, a nursery, gym and outdoor sports facilities.

2025 Emission Plan Extended

We have previously explained that the automobile industry in the EU has to come up with some very strict reductions of CO2 emissions as part of the ‘CAFE’ “Clean Air for Europe” project down from 115.1 grammes of CO2 to 93.3 grammes, with heavy fines if they don’t. They can balance the emissions on conventional fuelled vehicles with the zero emissions of electric and plug-in cars, but most manufacturers complain that sales of zero emission vehicles are almost stagnant and to do this they will need to reduce the number of sales of conventional fuelled ones. The EU President, Ursula von der Leyen, announced on March 3rd that “Companies will have three years to meet the standards instead of being required to comply annually, to provide the industry with more breathing space and clarity, without altering the agreed targets,” but she asked the manufacturers to do all they could to reduce emissions as soon as possible. She explained that the European supply chains for cars, particularly batteries, must become more robust and resilient. The EU Commission will explore direct support for EU battery producers and gradually introduce European standards for battery cells and components. “Of course, we will continue to reduce bureaucracy,” von der Leyen added. The automobile industry, including manufacturers in Spain, has breathed a huge sigh of relief!

The Booming Stock Exchange

The Spanish stock exchange, like many others, is an indication of the state of the country commercially and financially. In 2023 there were fears that the economy would not improve much during 2024 owing to the uncertainties of inflation, interest rates and the geopolitical situation, but this was far from the truth. Companies had to submit their

balance sheets for 2024 by February 28th and the results show that profits were 73.1 billion euros up, 20.9%, on 2023. The Ibex 35 was 13,300 points on March 1st, a high number not seen since 2008. We have previously commented on banks recording large profits of 31.8 billion euros, but all the large companies together achieved profits of 62.9 billion euros, up 23.6%. Smaller companies reported profits of 10.2 billion euros up by 6.3%. The 102 companies on the stock exchange generated sales worth 847.3 billion euros up 4.2% and international sales improved by 7.3% to 373.6 billion euros. The two electricity supply companies Endesa and Iberdrola made profits of 1.9 million and 5.6 billion euros respectively but they have not announced that energy bills will come down! Good profits allow companies on the stock exchange, or in general, to hire more staff and the total number at the end of 2024 came to 1.1 million, up 3.28% on 2023. Banco Santander employ nearly 201,000 people and the fashion group Inditex employs 153,000. The Bank of Spain have stated that the 2024 results are “very encouraging”. A percentage of profits are used to pay dividends to shareholders, so this increases the amount of money in circulation. Hopefully, similar results will be a feature of 2025.

More Cruise Ships

Almeria welcomed the MS Hamburg at the beginning of March, the first cruise ship of the season, with more than 400 passengers and 150 crew. During their stopover in Almeria, cruise passengers were able to enjoy various organised excursions to Mojácar, Almería, and the Alpujarras, and explore the cultural heritage and tourist offers in the province, although the weather was not very kind. The “Almería Cruise Friendly” is an organisation that has been reactivated from February. The objective is to offer cruise passengers a range of shops and restaurants that open on the days that cruise ships arrive, serve them with multilingual staff, particularly English speakers and a tax-free service. With the arrival of the MS Hamburg, the port of Almeria kicks off a cruise season that has experienced significant growth in 2025 with 40 scheduled stopovers, twice as many as in the previous season.

So Now You Know...

Wind Turbines

Estimates are that wind turbines, particularly at sea, kill between at least 10,000 and up to 100,000 birds each year in various countries. This is not good, but far more birds die from being attacked by cats or flying into building and power lines. When wind turbine farms are proposed there has to be an environmental survey that includes establishing if they are in the path of migrating birds, and if so, they have to be sited elsewhere. It was discovered that painting one of the blades of a wind turbine black can reduce bird deaths by 70% as this improves visibility for the birds, but modern wind turbines have bird sensors that shut them down.

Red Football Kits

Colour psychology is a field of study that examines how colours can influence human behaviour and emotions. Football teams wearing red kits play better and one of the reasons is that the colour of clothes can affect not only how you feel, but also how you are perceived by others. Red is often associated with power, dominance and aggression, so football teams wearing red kits can be perceived as more threatening or formidable by opposing teams. Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal who all play in red, are the three teams that have won more Premier League and First Division titles than any other team with a different colour.

Ginger Cats

Most ginger cats are male and there are roughly three ginger male cats to one ginger female cat. This is because the ginger gene is found on the X chromosome, meaning female cats would require two copies of the gene to become ginger, whilst males only need one. Ginger cats are known for their distinct coloration which comes in varying shades of orange, red, and gold. They are also “tabby” cats that refers to a specific coat pattern that involves a colour combination of stripes, swirls, and spots. With their tiger-like appearance and their friendly personalities, ginger cats are some of the most popular cats around.

LEGO Bricks

Because of their shape, LEGO bricks withstand compression better than concrete. An ordinary plastic LEGO brick is able to support the weight of 375,000 other bricks before it breaks. This, theoretically, would let you build a tower nearing 3.5km in height, and a column of approximately 40 billion LEGO bricks would reach the moon. The Lego Group began manufacturing the interlocking toy bricks in 1949 and annual production averages approximately 36 billion, or about 1140 bricks per second. It is estimated that there are over 4 hundred billion Lego bricks in the world which is 62 bricks for every human being.

Dogs

Dogs tilt their heads when you speak to them to better pinpoint familiar words. Your dog is tilting its head when you speak to it to establish where noises are coming from quicker. This is done to listen out for familiar words such as “walkies” and also helps them to understand the tone of your voice better. If a dog doesn’t tilt its head this is often because breeds with shorter muzzles have to rely less on sound and more on sight. Barking is a common form of communication for dogs, and it can have various meanings depending on the situation. They alert owners to potential threats or they express excitement or playfulness.

Dreams

Dreaming is part of a healthy sleep and is a normal activity of our brain. Research suggests that if you sleep badly and wake up multiple times throughout the night you will be more likely to recall the content of your dreams. If people wake up whilst they are dreaming, they can remember much more of the dream. Many people who lost sight later in life can still see images in their dreams and dream visually like those with perfect vision. Those who were born with blindness may not see in pictures but they can still experience sounds, touch and emotions. Your brain will remember strange images and facts because they stand out.

Spain Forging Ahead

In our ‘In the News’ section we comment on the record number of people paying into the Spanish Social Security System during February, which was 21.2 million, and the lowest unemployment figures for 17 years of 2.6 million.

Many international economic analysts are pointing out that Spain is unique in the EU, and is the best EU state in terms of growth. In 2024 it was 3.2%, four times the EU average, and although growth forecasts this year are very slightly down at 2.6%, this may go up as the year progresses, as it did last year. Previous images of Spain being badly affected by the real estate bubble, the economic crisis and lack of growth during the COVID-19 pandemic are now things of the past.

“Spain is now teaching all its critics a lesson” was a recent headline in an editorial from Le Figaro, France’s most widely circulated newspaper. A month earlier, this was stated in a report in The Economist, a publication that is highly respected. Their headline was “What a booming economy can teach the rest of Europe” that pointed out that Spain had the most advanced economy in the EU with the best performance of 2024. Jason Furman is a professor of economics at Harvard University, the other side of the Atlantic. He agrees that “Spain has become the engine of growth in the European Union.”

Taking GDP (Gross Domestic Product) as being a figure equating to 100 in 2019, last year France was at 117, the Eurozone was 121, Spain was 123 and although the UK was slightly higher at 126 it is stagnant at present. Growth estimates for 2026 are that Italy will grow by 0.9%, Germany by 1%, France by 1.1%, the Eurozone by 1.4%, the UK by only 0.75% and Spain by 1.8%. In 2020 the Spanish debt was 119% of GDP which has dropped steadily to 104% last year. The EU are telling Spain that there is still room for improvement and the money obtained by putting diesel fuel up by 11 céntimos per litre should be used to reduce the debt.

Previously, northern states were considered to be industrious and southern states lagged behind, portrayed as being “the frugal north and the wasteful south.” Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain were referred to as the ‘PIGS’ countries lagging behind. Now, Germany and France are experiencing growth problems whilst apart from Spain leading the way, figures in Italy and Greece are improving. One of the keys to Spain’s recovery is the high number of tourists, 94 million last year up from 85 million in 2023. The injection of EU funding has helped as the postpandemic recovery grant for Spain was 79 billion euros, with the last stage payment in 2026. In 2024 the trade surplus with EU states reached 30.3 billion. The next largest surplus was France with only 20.8 billion.

Spain’s big push for renewable energy is one of the elements that analysts underline to explain the resilience of the economy and the best way out of the energy crisis. Covid, an unspeakable tragedy in terms of human lives, has not caused permanent damage to the activity as was once feared. Innovative migration policies are another factor that stands out. Strong immigrations compensate for the ageing of the population and preventing the labour market from suffocating.

One big worry is the tariff war between the USA and EU states. This will affect the geo-political situation and trade. In 2024 a total of 20% of exports from the EU went to the USA.

Buying Property

Obtaining a mortgage is a large factor in the lives of ordinary people. As we have mentioned previously, a large number of property purchases were for cash last year, either the full property purchase price or a mortgage deposit. There were 199,000 donations recorded at notaries, an alltime high. 23,000 were for the complete purchase price and mostly parents and grandparents were the ones who provided the money.

Obtaining a mortgage depends on various factors such as the ‘Euribor’ (an interbank lending rate) that also affects fixed term ones, and the willingness of banks to lend money. When interest rates from the Central European Bank come down this reduces the Euribor, so mortgages are cheaper. On March 5th the interest was reduced down to 2.5%, the lowest since February 2023, with further cuts during the year not ruled out. In October 2023 the Euribor was 4.16% but estimates for later this year are that it could fall to 2% or less. We commented in our March magazine that 2024 saw record profits for all of the banks in Spain. Consequently, banks have funds available for people wanting a mortgage.

At present for fixed-rate mortgages, Banco Santander offers 3.07%, the lowest percentage. Normally, borrowers have to sign up for a package with their wage or wages paid into a current account, with some banks home and life insurance and a minimum use of a credit card. Fixed-rate mortgages have the attraction that payments are the same every month for the whole mortgage term. Banks have now introduced mortgages with a fixed-rate for 5 to 10 years and the Euribor plus a percentage for the remainder. With the obligatory package, Banco Santander charge 2.75% for 10 years and then Euribor plus 0.84%.

One analyst says that published interest rates are not the full picture. Banks do a “solvency test” taking into account various factors. They like mortgages with 80% financing, monthly incomes of more than 2,500 euros and spending of around

30% of the salary for mortgage payments with low financial commitments for other things. These parameters will result in a personalised quote. The higher the loan, the more the interest rate can be negotiated, as banks seek long-term profitability.

To understand the impact of the fall in interest rates, an example is a mortgage of 150,000 euros at a fixed 3%, to be paid over 30 years, so a monthly payment of 629 euros. With 2% interest on the same terms, payments are reduced to 553 euros, that is an annual saving of 912 euros. In addition, this drop in the interest rate allows access to higher-priced homes. With a salary of 1,700 euros per month, the 30% of income is 510 euros and finance of 80% at 3% would allow for a property purchase price of 150,000 euros. With a 2% rate, the maximum purchase price would increase to 172,500 euros.

Some experts advise against delaying too long in applying for a mortgage because house prices in Spain continue to rise and this will almost certainly continue this year. This is the “Catch 22” that we have referred to before. Alternatively, waiting for the Euribor to drop may be worthwhile, even though the property you finally purchase is not quite as good. With banks starting to be more aggressive to get mortgage customers to sign up with them, this is a good time to obtain competitive interest rates from various banks. Advice from financial analysts is that recent borrowers should go back to their bank and negotiate a reduction, or the other option is to change banks.

More Electric Car Sales?

TheSpanish government, manufacturers and dealers hope that in 2025 there will be a big boost in the purchase of electric vehicles. In 2024, sales of plug-in hybrid and purely electric cars stayed at 12%, well below the European average of 22%. Similar countries, such as France and Germany, have 25% and 24% market penetration respectively. It is not just a question of income, Greece had sales of 14% and Portugal with a lower income per person achieved 32%. Italy is worst with sales of 9.2%. Álvaro Sauras, from the Spanish Association of Electric Vehicle Users, states that looking at the total cost of owning an electric vehicle over a number of years, with charging costs and repairs, electric cars win hands down.

There are a variety of reasons for poor sales and one of them is that with prices of around 25,000 euros there can be a substantial difference of up to 7,000 euros between electric and conventionally fuelled models. It is less at the 30,000 euros price range but European manufacturers are struggling to close the gap. Now, cars manufactured in China, including the Dacia ‘Spring’ and the Cupra ‘Tavascan’, have very hefty EU import taxes designed to protect European manufacturers.

Another problem is “fake news” on the internet and from some influencers. Typical incorrect statements are that batteries only last for five years, electric cars catch fire, and they are only a passing fad and will eventually die out. Batteries don’t stop working after five years and fires of electric vehicles are very rare, but it is a very damaging myth. Partly because of these untrue statements, sales of non-plug-in hybrid cars continue to rise, although they are among the least efficient. However, in the last six months of 2024, sales of plug-in cars slightly exceeded diesel cars for the first time.

Geography comes into the equation as Spain is a large country. Holiday journeys of 600-700kms

are often made, and buyers think that they have to buy models with a range of at least 500kms that will often cost about 40,000 euros. There are large unpopulated areas without sufficient charging points and although France and Germany are large countries there are more populated areas and more charging points. In total, there are 38,700 public charging points in Spain which goes up slightly every month but only 3,250 are ultra-fast ones. One problem is about 20 different apps, although people can pay with a card at petrol stations. In Portugal there is a universal payment system at all charging points.

Another problem in Spain is that almost 65% of the population live in apartments, a very high percentage. In many cases, particularly with older apartment blocks, there is no underground garage so no easily accessible charging points and not enough ones on the street.

The MOVES III scheme in Spain gives a maximum of 7,000 euros off the price if a car older than seven years is scrapped. Last November it was announced that it was being extended until June 30th but is currently not available whilst the government decide to extend it or introduce a new scheme. Also, it can take 12-24 months for the purchaser to obtain the grant depending on the autonomous community. Dealers want the discount to be available immediately, at the point of sale. There is a reduction in income tax in Spain of 15% of the price, but in Portugal there is no IVA (VAT) on the sale of zero-emission vehicles and subsidised road tax from 0% upwards as emissions increase.

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Emergencies (Multi-lingual) ......................112

Emergencies:

Life Threatening Emergencies ....................061

Other Health Emergencies .......902 505 061

Guardia Civil ............................................................062

Local Police ...............................................................092

Coast Guard .................................................900 202 202

AIRPORTS

Almeria airport .....…...............…902 404 704 / 950 213 700

Alicante airport …...............……913 211 000 / 966 919 000

Corvera airport …….............................................….913 211 000

BRITISH EMBASSY

Madrid ...........................................................................917 146300

BRITISH CONSULATE

Málaga (for this area) ........................................952 352300

UK PASSPORT INFORMATION

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EMERGENCY UK PASSPORTS

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CREDIT CARDS 24hr EMERGENCIES

4B(Visa/Mastercard) ….........902 114400 / 913 626200

American Express …................................................900 814500

Diners Club ….............................................................902 401112

Mastercard ….............................................................900 971231

Servired (Visa/Mastercard) …...........................902 192100

Visa ….............................................................................900 991124

ELECTRICITY

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Galasa Enquiries: ..................................................950 391200

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Gestagua (Albox) ....................................................950 120649

GAS

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Repsol, information ...........................................901 100100

ITV (Spanish M.O.T. Centres)

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Central number …………….......................................959 999999

TRAINS

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HACIENDA (TAX OFFICE)

Huércal Overa .....................950 470209 / 950 471013

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Albox (Funerarias Teruel) ................................950 430122

Huércal Overa (Colly Fer) ...........................950 616161

Garrucha (Funerarias Funerga) .....................950 460295

Mojácar (Funeraria Pérez) .............................950 478102

Vera (Funeraria Ntra. Sra. de las Angustias) 950390884

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Huércal-Overa, La Inmaculada .........................950 029000

Almería Torrecárdenas ......................................950 016000

Almería, Virgen del Mar (Private) ...............950 217100

Virgen del Mar Emergencies :.......................950 217240

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Asesoría Forte (Vera) ........................950 395778 / 682 372196

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Asesoría Torres (Mojácar) ...........................................950 472748

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Gestoría Salvador (Mojácar Playa) ............................950 473192

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Rodriguez Paris (Antas) .............................................950 619039

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Villalba Asesores (Albox) ..........................................950 431720

ACUPUNCTURE

Acupuncture Antonio Herrero ......................................670 099725

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AA Parking (Almería, Murcia, Alicante) ......................639 081067

Aqua-Car (Alicante) ……………....................................966 790 011

Coastline Alicante Airport Parking .............................661 517890

Plane Parking S.L. …………..........................................966 840 289

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Andy Lake - Williams Electrical ............................…..677 741366

Bédar Directo ..............................................................689 702916

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Electrotorres ........................................677 530410 / 610 750771

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Richard Hayes ...........................................................603 567676

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Prosegur Alarms ...........................................................900 822097

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Antonio Martinez de la Casa .....................................950 092094

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BeniHomes (Albox) ......................................................950 500410

Blas Haro Morales (Mojácar).......................................639 317429

Daniel González Aranda (Vera) ...................................686 846 624

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MiPassiveHome (See p.27) ........................................634 007659

Néstor Fábrega (Mojácar) ......................................670 363125

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Adolfo Prado .................................................................950 472668

Alison ..............................................................................630 833873

Anushree Krementz ...................................................672 721096

Caz (art classes) ………................................……….607 444034

Dee Butler (Albox) .................................................….663 341904

Delfos Gallery (Mojácar) ….........................................647 163681

Evie Fox ....................................................................603 624659

Fran Fajardo (murals) .....................................................634 4499500

Isabel Raths (Bedar) ................................................677 034957

Jeremy Fox-Rayner ...............................................0044 7549667172

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Living Design (Albox) ...............................................678 308073

MarianMay Simpson …...........................………..……629 113436

Melanie ......................................................................638 495784

Michele Winfield (Purchena) ..................................711 063271

Miki ...........................................................................628 458491

Pink House (La Concepción)................ 622 288750 / 681 095096

Roberto Lombardi ................................950 930757 / 671 800317

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Curtains with Style (Interior blinds) ...950 069032 / 678 811125

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Coverbox (Albox) …................................................…615 992007

Cristalería Omega (Mojácar) …..........950 478137 / 670 500711

Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196

PersiVera 2005 S.L. ......................................................627 978635

Screenmasters (See p.37) ...….…...........................677 152911

Sol Shaders S.L. (See p.37) .....................................627 907207

Speedyfit ......................................................................600 006032

Toldos Farrago (Vera) ...................................................667 567564

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Cornish Pride (Albox) …...................................………666 618933

BARS

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ABS Steve Ennis ..........................................................687 846016

Ana Rodríguez (Huércal-Overa) ..........950 939154 / 606 784598

Cerrajería Jara (Las Buganvillas) ……………………..950 109986

Cristalería Omega (Mojácar) …..........950 478137 / 670 500711

Dorothy Baños (Albox)..................................................661 463842

Enrique Aguirre S.L. (Garrucha) .................................950 460028

Homes & Beyond (Garrucha) ....................................950 132458 Mojácar Home Improvements ...................................950 473104

S.Willems Bathroom renovation ...................................641 192429

SpeedyFit (Screens) ..................................................600 006032

Toldos Farrago (Screens)(Vera) .................................667 567564

BEAUTY

See Hair, Health & Beauty

BEDS & BEDDING

Colchón San Gines (Huércal-Overa) ........................950 809519

Me & Mrs Jones (Mojácar) (See p.25)........................634 364795

Sleepcentre (Albox) (See p.5) ..........868 931872 / 671 715294

Sleep Tight (Albox) (See p.29) ..............................711 066171

Unicraft (El Real, Antas) (See p.95) .............................692 176 069

BED & BREAKFAST

Casa Barranca (Huercal Overa) ..............................648 250699

Casa Blanca B&B (Oria) ..........................................711 053679

Casa Caballito De Mar Boutique B&B (Bédar) ........950 095956

Casa Montes Guesthouse (Arboleas) .......................686 400331

Castellón (Bédar) ........................................................642 435909

La Casa Gallardos ....................................................611 318709

BEREAVEMENT/WILL SERVICES

C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) .............950 634388 / 627 635514

BICYCLE SALES & HIRE

Aguila Bike (Las Buganvillas) .....................................950 133063

All Bike All Run Sport (Albox) ...............................647 836426

Bikespin (Huércal-Overa) ................. 95027678 / 662 543056

Doltcini (Clothing) (Mojácar) ..............950 092600 / 658 028646

Easy ebike Hire ....................+44 7554 013955 / 634 341196

Lufran Bike Sport …………....................................….607 074753

Rock & Road (Garrucha) ..................850 992805 / 628 263338

Rodeca Bike Zone ..................................................950 132525

Weekend Sport (Las Buganvillas) ..........................950 460738

BLINDS see Awnings & Blinds

BOATS & NAUTICAL

Veramotor S.A. ............................................................950 392552

BOAT TRIPS

Glass Bottom Boat (Villaricos port) ….......................662 604456

Partylevante (Puerto Deportivo Garrucha) .................680 942141

Sunshine Charters (Garrucha) ....................................634 398074

BOOKS

Librería Nobel (Vera) ..................................................950 392642

The Book Box (Albox) ……...............................…….662 585098

The Book People Almería …........……686 817945 / 626 578164

BOWLING CENTRES (10 pin)

Bowlera (Arboleas) …..........................................….662 112170 Indalo Bowling Mojácar ............................................950 473073

BUILDING MATERIALS

(& Sanitary Ware, Tiles etc)

Aridos Mojácar S.L. ……..........................................650 914257

BUILDING SERVICES

Complete Renovations ........................644 389255 / 672 379960

Construcciones Y Excavaciones Petete ....................696 052944

Country New Houses ................................................674 165671

Dan (Almanzora area) .................................................692 596681

Dave Handy Man Services (Vera playa, Palomares) 711 039591

David Croft (Urcal) ………....................................……661 148067

Pritchard Construcciones (See front cover)................662 046497

Elegant Homes S.L. ..............................950 092603 / 687 629777

Elite Constructions .....................................................636 092632

Have Tools - Will Travel ...........................................641 438931

Idomia Project Management ....................................643 582920

J B General Builder ................................................ 687 024884

M13 ...........................................................................657 105084

MD Building Services ..........................628 414861 / 628 414862

Mario the Handyman ................................................642 245017

Mat Murray ................................................................647 841750

MiPassiveHome (See p.27) ........................................634 007659

Michel Cools (Taberno) ...............................................641 814611

Nail It .........................................................................621 252997

PR Building Services ..................................................662 422170

Palmer Project Managemant ..................................744 609364

Paul Acreman (General Builder) ..............……………607 196779

Plasterboard Solutions ...............................................624 961299

Sierra Construcción ...................................................611 028716

The Andalucian Building Company ............................671 971686

TRP Construction .......................................................641 309708

Valoser Obras ............................................................642 016954

BUTCHERS

Juan’s Carniceria (Mojácar Playa) .............................950 478409

CAKES TO ORDER

Alison’s Homemade British Cakes .............................639 028517

Occasion Cupcakes (Velez Rubio) ............................634 329403

The Cake Boutique (Arboleas) ............................+44 7800 892244

CAMPSITES

Camping Los Gallardos .............................................679 970399

Campsite Marion (Vera) .............................................607 316553

CAR HIRE

Al Andalus Car Hire ...................................................664 269440

Auto Corner (Limousines) ...................950 069198 / 667 439671

Caracola (Mojácar) ............................950 473157 / 637 545814

Costa Coches (Mojácar) .......................950 459208 / 950 069272

Costa Rentals Antas ......................... 950 085362 / 662 336439

Europcar .............................,......................................950 615101

Mo-Car (Mojácar) ...............................950 478307 / 626 976973

Solvi Car (Mojácar) ………….......................................950 478151

SRS Vehicle Services .................................................950 449095 CAR WASH

&

CARD SHOPS

CARPENTRY

CARPET CLEANING

CHILDREN & BABY

Baby Basics (Equipment Hire, Mojácar) ..................641 679728

C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) .............950 634388 / 627 635514

Mobility Almería (Mojácar Playa) ..............................634 322475

Meditania, Children’s Activity Centre (Turre) ...........661 751244

Smartie Pants the Clown ..........................................617 815221

The Baby Hire Centre ..............................................615 806126

CHIROPODIST & PODIATRISTS

Clinica Montero (Albox) ................................................647 827793

Clinica Podológica (Garrucha) ...................................950 132768

In-Step (Arboleas) .......................................................634 330067

iPIE (Mojácar Playa) ..........................950 500336 / 623 380187

Kim White (Turre) ………...........................................637 149659

CHIMNEY SWEEPING & REPAIRS

Paul the Chimney Sweep …………..617 150300 / 850 993057

Sammy Sweep ..........…................................…………..619 070839

CIVIL ENGINEERS

Isabel Morales .............................................................617 749105

CLAIRVOYANCY / PSYCHIC READINGS

Anna (Tarot) ………...........................................………670 897832

Beverley Kearns ...........................................................600 796684

Chrissie Cremore ........................................................634 349638

Psychic Karen (Turre) ….............................................663 477658

Tarot readings by Susan .........................................643 960118

CLEANING SERVICES

CLOTHING (Personalised)

Sello Gráfico (Mojácar Playa) ...................................607 424452

Rascals Designs ............................... 950 064665 / 686 582140

COMPUTERS

Androidez (Vera Playa) ....................950 042338 / 661 375489

Advance Digital ........................................................616 506569

Beck Tech Solutions (Huércal-Overa) ......................618 779162

Beep (Garrucha) ……………..................................….950 133059

Connexions (Turre) ....................................................950 479502

C.Y.G. Vera ...............................................................950 393350

Don Robinson ............................................................646 587746

Dynos Informatica (Albox) …………..................……..950 430806

IKamale-on ……………..............................................950 616521

Infordatox (Albox) .....................................................950 633223

Mark Adamou (Mojácar) .....................634 324918 / 634 306799

Mr. Micro (Turre) ......................................................950 479502

PC Playa (Mojácar) ..................................................634 356498

PRYS Informatica (Antas) ........................................617 382511

Reperamos (Albox) ....................................................644 346111

Paul Wieder (Mojácar) ..............................................617 830696

SH Informatica (Albox) ..............................................615 647058

CONSERVATORIES

AA Window Doctor ......................…........................630 231644

Screenmasters (See p.37) ......….…..........................677 152911

006032

COUNSELLING / HEALING

Acupuncture & Massage ...........................................637 120429

Anushree Krementz (Healing / Satsang) .................672 721096

Barbara Clarke ..............................................................637 469937

Chrissie Cremore (Reiki)............................................634 349638

ATC Power & Jet Washing Services ....................672 873618 Amba Cleaners .........................................................697 516955

Charmaine ...................................................................671 198188

Chris ............................................................................627 565049

Cherie’s Ironing & Cleaning (Mojácar) ............………634 301389

Crystal Clear .............................................................637 229464

Daisy Proaño Alcivar (Contract & private) ……...….663 538596

Idea (Mojácar) ...........................................................605 162709

Jan’s Domestic & Builders Cleaning .........................660 868467

Jones Upholstery & Rug cleaning ….........…………661 571939

Limpiezas Cristina ......................................................…660 306695.

Limpiezas Maxlim (Palomares) …....678 567783 / 629 680161

Oven cleaning (Sue Parmenter) ..............................711 080697

SDF Cleaning Services .............................................711 005562

Shine Bright (Mojácar area) ...................................711 068645

Upholstery & Leather Cleaning .................................636 193256

Xtreme Cleans Property Care ..................................634 328911

Donald Mackinnon (Hypnotherapist) ........................628 651022

Emotional Freedom Technique ......................................711 066 822

Eve Morgan .............................................................647 203652

Fred Smithers (Acupuncture) ...............950 930456 / 618 107351

Gill Ballard (Healer/Counsellor) ...........................663 336655

Heaven Scent Holistics ...........................................663 923733

Hypnotherapy (Karen) ................................................663 477658

Dr. Jane Thompson (Psychotherapy)...........................618 920126

Karen Green (Holistic Therapist) .....615 163416 / 850 993150

Malcolm Forrest-Hazell (Counsellor/Psychotherapist) ...693 489725

Natural Health (Mojácar) .........UK 0783 4872273 / 658 638142

Reshmi Purmar (Psychic, healer, spiritual coach) ..634 370903

Shiatsu (Wendy) .......................................................671 851135

Sound Therapy/Reiki/Readings (Bedar) ......................711 096381

Sue Osman (Therapist) ……...............950 473021 / 600 847964

Susan Hales (Tarot) ................................................ 643 960118

VaVa Health & Wellness (Remedial Therapies)(Vera) 642 314316

Dr. Wanda Broeshart .................................................610 243327

CRAFTS

Elaine’s Wools (Arboleas) ...........................................667 273889

R.F. (Marquetry) ...........................................................711 003476

Simply Art (Albox) …...................................................643 563803

CURRENCY

Currencies Direct (Mojácar) ...............950 478914 / 661 373404

Global Currency Exchange (Mojácar Playa) ..............950 615319

CURTAINS & SOFT FURNISHINGS

Cortinas Gredécor (Vera / Huércal-Overa) ..................950 391361

Clinica Dental (Albox) ..................................................950 120732

Clinica Dental, Multicentro (Mojácar) ........................950 478989

Clinica Dental Palomares .....................950 109710 / 670 878427

Clinica Dental, Parque Comercial (Mojácar) .............950 478534

Clinica Dental Saludent (Huércal-Overa) ……………..950 135672

Dentalbox (Albox) .....................................................950 121284

Nadal Pérez, M A (Turre) ...........................................950 479444

Odonto Stetic (Los Gallardos) ...........722 706732 / 950 398993

Puerta de Vera (Vera) ...................................................950 395319

Valero Martinez (Garrucha) ………............................950 132047

DIET

Curtains with Style (See p.21) ........950 069032 / 678 811125 Curtainsandthings .................................................……678 684564

/ 626 319907

CYBERCAFES

Can Connect (Albox) …........................................….....950 121149

Total Entertainment (Albox) ........................................950 121318

Total Entertainment (Arboleas) ...................................634 348902

Total Entertainment (Turre) ...........................................950 468295

Total Entertainment (Mojácar) ……..............................950 615596

CYCLING

Zen Cycle Mojácar ......................................................643 722762

DAMP PROOFING

Pukka Plastering & Damp Proofing (Almanzora area) .692 596681

Southern Spain Damp Proofing .................................652 358672

DENTISTS / DENTAL TREATMENT

Alias Quadros Dental Studio (Mojácar) ....................677 005005

Dental Dr. Cremades (Vera) .........................950

DOCTORS & CLINICS

DOG GROOMING

Anita (5 Bone Kennels)

344734 Berta Ayora (Turre) ....................................................637 395775

Brigbe’s Dog Grooming ...........................................630 557123

Carla García (Mojácar Playa) .................................662 257084

Centro Garras (Huércal-Overa) ............950 616820 / 617 456548

ChuchosChic (Mojácar) ........................950 168778 / 621 231369

Elite Dog Grooming (Albox) …….…...........................617 313587

Luis (Clinica Veterinaria Garrucha) ....950 132200 / 628 663616

Lulu’s (Albox) ...................................950 952940 / 600 046557

Pampered Pooches (All areas)..................................662 344734

Pelitos (Los Gallardos) ..............................................637 286176

Precious Perros Mobile Grooming (Aoife) ..............634 342470

Shampooch professional pet grooming .......................642 276442

SoloPerros (Turre) ......................................................674 509382

Ulti-Mutt (Turre) .........................+44 7894747657 / 634 332578

Vivancos Dog Grooming (Vera Playa) ......................608 178361

DOG TRAINING

Didi Arias ..................……............................................639 724521

DOORS See Windows & Doors

DRY CLEANERS

City Sec (Vera) .........................................................950 390255

DVD & VIDEO

Total Entertainment (Albox) ......................................950 121318

Total Entertainment (Arboleas) .................................634 348902

Total Entertainment (Turre) ...950 468295 ...(Mojácar) 950 615596

VHS to DVD conversion ..............................................647 202599

ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS

Eco1 (Garrucha) .........................................................627 690056

ELECTRICAL GOODS

Centro Comercial Almanzora (Olula del Rio) ............950 442012

Centro Ferretería Lopez Mojácar .............................950 473111

De Pablo S.L. (Vera) ..............................................950 390129

Electro Ahorro (Albox) .............................................950 121069

Electro Hogar Rodriguez S.L. (Garrucha)..................950 460832

Euronics .............. (Albox) 950 430702 (Garrucha) 950 460832

ELECTRICIANS

A1 Services ……….....................................................679 631458

Abbott Electrical ….............................638 010691 / 950 137208

Andy …..............................…................950 438237 / 679 656450

Andy Lake - Williams Electrical ..........................…..677 741366

Baltasar ..........................................................................655 691107

Bédar Directo .................................................................689 702916

DJT Electrical Services (Vera) ...........686 817945 / 626 578164

Damaso .....................................................................647 292966

ElectroTorres .....................................677 530410 / 610 750771

EMI Electrical Installations ...........................................673 502867

Fernando (Huércal Overa) ..........................................677 549247

Francisco Montoya (Mojácar) .........................……….687 466352

N.E.Electrics(Arboleas) ..............................................634 358777

Peace of Mind 24/7 ............................................... 637 974662

Zlatan ................................................630 207864 / 682 277576

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES

CDB Natural ...............................................................950 882237

Mobility Almería (Mojácar Playa) ......634 322475 / 633 629883

Voluta’s Place (Mojácar Playa) …...............................699 975552

ENTERTAINERS

Abbie Lou (Female vocalist) ......................................687 340544

All Skas .....................................................................635 333387

Andy Owen ................................................................634 370388

Ashley Cathcart .........................................................693 486788

Bob Rock ..................................................................666 310251

Brendan O’Dee (Singer/Guitarist) ..............................610 855964

Brian Dee ………........................................................647 897533

Carl Lewis ..................................................................634 364041

Carol George (Female Vocalist) .................................634 285009

D n A Accoustic Duo .................................................634 366372

Debbie Davis .............................................................694 438917

Dominic Doolittle .........................................................634 353525

Driftwood …….............................................................687 672028

Dynamite International Rock Band ............................666 310251

Emma Wild ................................................................642 276385

Flamenco Dancer (English speaking) ............................687 480694

Francisco J. ‘Pasus’ ..........................950 397401 / 699 510966

Free Ride ...................................................................606 127424

Funky Nomad .............................................................643 256459

Geoff Murrell ..............................................................699 462859

GuitarMac (Guitar/Vocals) ............................................634 340476

Harmony Duo .............................................................687 340544

Jack Law ....................................................................689 750176

JJ.Jones (Neil Diamond Tribute and Country to Rock) 684 416833

JuJu Entertainment ............................950 950797 / 697 462746

John Vincent - Sinatra tribute ..................................642 097532

Jools Hirst ..........................................................0044 7754 035724

Kay Frances (Vocalist) ........................950 069288 / 689 404244

Kayleigh Easton (vocals) ...................................... 642 581198

Kev Moore ................................................................600 762856

Kris Kelly (Female Vocalist) .................................. 634 374525

Lady Ellen Sings .............................673 459331 / 677 475268

Last Man Standing (Simon) (Guitar, vocals, karaoke) ...643 195322

Loose Change ...........................................................671 754851

Marilyn Shipley ..........................................................722 300797

Maurice Casanove ......................................................671 386947

Maximum Output Karaoke /Disco .............................697 317557

Melanie Howard-Coles ...............................................607 324624

Mel J (Female Vocalist) .............................................664 111990

Melodeemusic (Backing Tracks & Recording Studio).....610 855 964

Obession Duo .............................................................619 826238

Pedro Clemente .........................................................678 752178

Phil and The Invisibles ..................... 950 475752 / 651 045120

Richard Hill ...................................................................670 243461

Roadrunner (duo) ............................628 122363 / 684 330431

Robin Lamble ..............................................................602 469425

Seldom Sober ............................................................689 750176

Sharna Knight (Vocalist & Entertainer) ...........0044 7340 638513

Sharon-Elizabeth Regan ........0044 7858 459637 / 666 673055

Shirin (bellydancer) .......................................................607 805367

Smartie Pants the Clown ..........................................617 815221

Solo Simon ..................................................................667 989270

Spotlight Entertainment (Karaoke, disco etc.) .........634 311652 Starry Jazz trio/quintet .............................................645 886919

Stiff Upper Lip ...........................................................699 462859 Sue Moretta ............................................................672 543027

Sunset Beach Rock Band ......................................711 004575

The Boyz (acoustic pop & emotional songs) .................611 318709

The Fat Lizard Band .....(English) 651 045120 (Esp) 617 464728

The Buddhas ………………...................................….687 033106

The Geckos ..............................................................651 659109

The Sonny Boy Blues Bans ................................634 311165

The Trippers .............................................................671 163857

Tom Lee ……............................................................671 754851

Tony Matthews (Quiz organiser) ..............................634 391414

Triple Trouble Blues Band .......................................671 754851

Wine Not? Accoustic Duo ........................................678 752178

ESTATE AGENTS

ADC Property (Valle del Este) ..................................672 421884

Alhambra Holdings (Mojácar) .............950 475199 / 629 673450

AlmeríaCasas (Albox) .......................950 169680 / 658 845741

Almería Homes ................................0044 1273 929286 / 950 930 259

Almeria Property Finder (Albox) ................................950 431624

Almería Prop. Investments (Las Buganvillas).950 460874 / 666 260792

Amay (Vera Playa) .....................................................673 352852

Angel Property (Palomares) .....................................950 618054

Antonio Martinez de la Casa (Energy certs)..............950 092094

BMS Huerta Nueva .........................950 615035 / 669 355914

BeniHomes (Albox) ................................,...................950 500410

Blue Sea Villas (Mojácar)(See front cover) ...........950 478643

Calida Homes (Arboleas) ......................950 430763 / 634 302801

Casa y Campo (Lubrin) (See front cover) ..............678 587007

Casas Almería (Huércal Overa) .......950 134434 / 649 777218

Citrus Homes ...........................................................638 849254

Cole’s of Andalucia .............................950 469592 / 659 265907

Complete Holiday Care .....................950 478612 / 610 808631

Cortijos Almería …………........……...........................655 312156

D & D Property Care, Sales & Rentals .....643 335386 / 643 337063

Dream Homes Almería (Arboleas) ............................697 875717

Españarural (Albox) ............................950 102505 / 654 359607

European Property Company (Mojácar) ...................950 285704

Fincas Vera Playa ..............................950 460670 / 639 314767

FW Properties ..................................634 325152 / 634 352285

Grupo Platinum Estates (San Juan) (See p.4) 950 466112 / 666 687251

Holmes for Homes (Arboleas) ..........850 993099 / 664 012024

Home Mar y Sol (Vera) ...........................................646 640663

Homes of Spain (Huércal Overa).........950 616516 / 616 562447

Indal-futur S.L. (Mojácar) ……............950 615156 / 609 026526

Indasol Mojácar S.L. ..................................................950 472200

Inmobiliaria Almanzora ..................... 9501 20406 / 637 251238

InmoTerreros (San Juan) ...............950 096180 / 666 255765

K7 Mojácar ................................................................950 478555

Linnitt Properties (Turre) ..............................................950 479054

Mojácar Estates .........................................................950 478935

Mojácar Homes & Villas ............................................634 330652

Mojacarmar ...........................................950 475891 / 636 903184

Multicasa Aguilas .................................................... 968 493009

Neinor Homes ............................................................900 110022

New Horizon Villas (Zurgena) .................................950 438221

New One Stop (Mojácar) .............................................950 473040

New Wave Villas (Mojácar) (See back cover)950 475800 / 607 146352

Next House Almería (Albox) .................950 500060 / 645 066139

Next Stop Almería (See p.3)..............950 617518 / 678 034651

Nicla Property Consultancy S.L. ............950 133508 / 628 585538

Okisur (Mojácar) (See p.31) .......................................950 472010

Olive Property Sales (Bédar)(See cover) .950 469624 / 687 938466

Paco Parra (Garrucha) ..................................................678 903998

Real Almería Property (Mojácar) .......950 336 769 / 620 368194

Realtors MB Spain .......................................................678 347125

Rural Almería (Mojácar Playa) ..............................…950 472200

SYM Spain (Albox) .................................................951 250574

Sonia Cantalejo Bueno (Energy Certs.)......................608 147640

Spanish Estate Agents (Albox) ……950 431855 / 661 143871

Spain Assured ....................................950 469622 / 634 300020

Spain Property Finder …..............…….......................686 878789

Spanish Property Choice (Mojácar Playa)(See p.7) ...950 615388

Sun Med Properties (Vera Playa) .......................…..950 618209

Vaitier SL (Cabrera) ................................................609 626140

Veritas Homes (Mojácar) ...........................950 472430 / 610 053563

VIP Almería (Mojácar Playa) (See back)..950 472524 / 617 587903

Voss Homes (Huercal-Overa) ...................667 891 741 / 950 616 827

EVENT MANAGEMENT

EXCAVATION

Aridos Mojácar S.L. (Vera) .....................................650 914257

Bob (Mini digger) (Albox) ..........................................642 392922

Construcciones Y Excavaciones Petete ....................696 052944

Diego Ramos S.L. (Los Gallardos) ……..............…..647 841750

El Cano SL )Mojácar) ................................................950 479185

Elite Plant Hire (JCB) ………….................................636 092632

MD Digger Hire & Construction.................................634 375428

Nash Groundworks ...................................................722 546192

EXCURSIONS

Andinas Buggy Treks ..............................................645 984122

C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) .............950 634388 / 627 635514

Costa Almería Tours ..................................................646 760389

Day Tours Almería ............................651 592836 / 645 253155

Mojácar Jeep Tours .................................................611 028716

Mountain Biking Spain …...............……637 831509 / 661 178656

Rancho Luz del Sol (Partaloa) …..........……...……………..642 1185467

FABRICS

Curtains with Style ...........................950 069032 / 678 811125

Hemp Fabric ...............................................................602 004096

Material Girl Fabric Warehouse (Albox) ................633 683872

FASHION

Dandara (Garrucha) ................................................950 617013

Etcetera (Mojácar Playa) ...........................................950 532810

Garabatis (Children’s) (Mojácar Playa) …...………670 035630

Glad Rags (Albox) ………........................................634 313071

H & R Men’s Fashion (Albox) …............................692 682164

Hemp Horizon ............................................................602 004096

Koko’s (Mojácar Playa) .............................................613 026780

Liz Fashion Accessories (Garrucha) .627 970819 / 607 511179

Oasis Fashions (Mojácar Playa) ................................950 473222

Palme (Mojácar Playa) ............................................950 472813 Prins Vitali (Mojacar)

Taylor’s Hats, Caps & Accessories (Valle del Este) ..711 097014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Franks

684094

705502

Legal & Financial (Mojácar) .........950 472504 / 670 215926

Direct (Mojácar) …....……950 478914 / 661 373404 Indalo Partners ............................................................950 472242

Financial Services .....................................678 035992 Offshore Money Management ..........952 830916 / 950 398078

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

Aero Extinción S.L. (Almería) …........………………..950 263565

Extin-Torres S.L. (Mojácar) ........................................950 475067

FIREPLACES

Chimeneas Mojácar S.L. (Turre) ...............................950 472135

FISH & CHIPS

Mojácar Cod ..............................................................950 968745

The Chippy (La Alfoquía) ........................................634 324484

FISHING

Pete Fishing Trips (Mojácar/Garrucha) …..................634 379173

Rio 600 Boat Fishing (Sid & Graham). 647 020929 / 647 803030

FITNESS & DANCE

See also Activities-Clubs-Associations

Alison ..........................................................................666 273168

Club Deportivo Puerto Rey ......................................950 460545

Debbie James (Personal training) (Mojácar) ...........687 619239

Dorothy Rowntree, personal trainer (Mojácar)..........666 815838

Evolution Fitness Club (Arboleas) ............................667 306764

Fitness For All (Bédar) ………........…………………..647 593323

Geoff Oram (Personal Training) ...............................634 362436

Gimnasio Formas (Turre) ...........................................950 468065

Gympower (Personal trainer) (Albox) ......................609 591606

Jova Sport Center (Mojácar Playa) ...........................671 247035

Léonard’s Coaching (Los Gallardos) ..........................611 318709

Platino Gym (Mojácar Playa)......................................950 284845

Sano Centre (Albox) ...................................................610 544306

Sano Centre (Huércal-Overa) ...................................666 021259

Sierra Club Desert Springs ......................................687 599115

Sol Yoga Centre (Arboleas) .......................................686 400331

Unalome Rooms - Yoga (Albox) .................................722 469570

Valle del Este Spa & Health Centre ........................950 548600

VaVa Yoga / VaVa Danza (Vera) ................................642 314316

Young at Heart Fitness .............................................711 032244

FLY SCREENS

Coastal Mosquitoes ...........................606 040462 / 610 000700

Curtains with Style .........................950 069032 / 678 811125

Dave ..........................................................................634 351275

Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196

SpeedyFit ..............................................950 472357 / 600 006032

Toldos Farrago (Vera) ................................................667 567564

FLORISTS

Hortiflor (Mojácar) ....................................................950 478985

Isamy Florist (Los Gallardos) ...................................670 215902

LIS Florist (Garrucha) ................................................950 460901

Persa Floristas (Albox) …….......................................950 120211

FOOD SHOPS

All Asia (Arboleas) .......................................................641 461304

Catch of the Day UK Fishmonger ........ 634 301490 / 634 304288

Coviran (La Alfoquía) ..................................................652 827481

Eurowise (Albox) ………………...............................…..950 439801

Gastronomía (Delicatessen) (Las Buganvillas) .......950 132048

Harrison’s (Albox) .........................................................643 518352

Ideal British Supermarket (Huércal-Overa) .........…..950 135222

La Venta de Alfaix Minimarket (Alfaix) .....................950 469660

Las Buganvillas Minimarket ………........................…..635 036408

Manoli (Arboleas) …....................................................627 941654

Price Busters (Albox) .................................................950 951494

Sol Supermercado (Albox) …..................................….711 012006

Spices n’ Herbs in Spain (Albox)...............................689 482694

The Corner Shop (Albox) ………………950 930539 / 680 776791 Typical Gourmet (Mojácar) ..........................................950 472108

Vinoteca Delicatessen (Garrucha) ..............................637 393873

FOOT HEALTH

See also Chiropodists & Podiatrists

Linda Nann (See next page)....................................604 467337

FUNERAL COMPANIES

CollyFer (Huércal Overa) …….............617 456259 / 617 456335

Funeral Homes Robles (Cuevas) ..............................657 921383

Funeraria Ntra. Sra. de las Angustias (Vera) 950 390884 / 607 705672

Funeraria Pérez (Mojácar) ...........................................950 478102

FUNERAL PLANS

Avalon Funeral Plans .................................................865 616550

Golden Leaves Funeral Plans (Benitachell)............. 966 493082

FURNITURE PACKAGES

Homes & Beyond (Garrucha) ....................................950 132458

FURNITURE, RUSTIC/HANDMADE

La Buena Artesania (Mojácar) ....................................950 475508

Prosecco Tables ..................................................0044 7709 244366

The Furniture Doctor ................................................667 989270

FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS

Abodes (Mojácar Playa) (See p.5) .............................697 778355

Ahorro Mueble (Albox) .........................950 120992 / 661 975417

Continental Descanso (Antas) 950 459011 (Albox) ....950 633288

El Rincón de Mueble ....(Vera)950 460867 (Antas) 950 459071

Elegant Exteriors Marble Furniture (Albox) ...............642 495439

Embargos Bestiales (Antas El Real) ......................950 105711

Homecentre (Albox) (See p.5)...........868 931872 / 671 715294 Homestyle (Turre) .....................................................674 514999

Homes & Beyond (Garrucha) .................................950 132458

Ideas del Mueble (Antas) .........................................950 452816

Indalocio Garden Furniture & BBQs (See p.16)..........850 993090

Inspired (Furniture & BBQs) (El Real, Antas)(See p.33)950 147763

Koala Furniture (Antas)....................................….........950 392307

La Lonja (Lorca) (See p.49) ......................................968 443322

Linea Nueva (Arboleas) ……………….620 237529 / 950 120630

Me & Mrs Jones (Mojácar) (See p.25) .......................634 364795

Mueble-Hogar Milenium (Los Carasoles) 950 449013 / 645 947328

Muebles Rodríguez (Los Llanos, Arboleas) …...........950 430778

Muebles La Simona (Garrucha) ...............................950 132443

Oak Furniture Spain .............................622 288750 / 681 095096

Something Special (Turre) .........................................637 159249

Unicraft (El Real, Antas) (See p.95) .........................692 176069

GARDENS

24hr Casaserve ..................................950 466438 / 676 306269

Antas Garden Centre (El Real) ...............................610 243838 Cedar Landscapes …….............……......................…620 112193

Complete Pool & Property Maintenance 634 343541 / 634 891709

Darryl Primo Gardens .................................................643 371630

Indalocio Garden Furniture & BBQs .(See p.16)........850 993090

Inspired (Furniture & BBQs) (El Real, Antas) (See p.33).950 147763

Jardin Natural ............................................................685 478187

L & M Landscapes .................................................670 409538

La French Touch ........................................................607 226269

Lady Muck Gardening ...............................................697 317557

Luke’s Landscapes and Gardens ............................641 684017

Madera Mania (Garden Supplies) …...........................667 562872

Mobile Shredder & Mulch Garden Service .............687 024884

Nash Groundworks ....................................................722 546192

Potty Finca Services ..................……..950 163930 / 616 855294

Riegos y Conducciones (Antas, El Real) .................950 459146

Saxon’s Garden Maintenance ............618 920126 / 968 485729

The Tidy Gardener .................... 0044 7957167633 / 634 318369

Xtreme Cleans Property Care ..................................634 328911

GAS INSTALLATION & REPAIRS

Smith Plumbing (Spanish Authorised).........................950 468041

GIFT SHOPS

Sassy Casa (Arboleas) .................................................627 249462

GLASS CURTAINS

Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196

Screenmasters (See p.37)........….…...........................677 152911

SpeedyFit .........................................950 472357 / 600 006032

Toldos Farrago (Vera) ...............................................667 567564

GLAZING (Supply & Repair)

AA Window Doctor ......................…............................630 231644

Cristalería Mojácar …............................................…..950 475376

Cristalería Omega (Mojácar) …..........950 478137 / 670 500711

Cristalería Rubi (Vera) ………......................................950 390546

SpeedyFit ............................................950 472357 / 600 006032

GOLD & JEWELLERY BUYING

Cash4Gold ...........................................692 596681 / 653 098329

Gold & Jewellery Buying ...........................................616 453813

GOLF COURSES

Aguilon Golf (Pulpi) ......................................………..672 655600

Cortijo Grande ..........................................................950 479176

Desert Springs ........................................................637 861591

Marina Golf ..............................................................950 133235

Valle del Este ...........................................................950 398743

GOLF TUITION

Gareth Edwards (Cortijo Grande) …...........................950 479176

Martin D’Archivio (Mojácar) ........................................635 446460

Neil Evans (Desert Springs Golf Resort) ..............638 531821

Valle del Este (Vera) ...............................................676 256923

GRASS, ARTIFICIAL

Grass 4 U .................................................................638 574145

Greenfingers Arboleas S.L. ..........……......…………629 947633

Nash Groundworks ...................................................722 546192

Smart Grss Spain (La Hortichela) .............................643 011764

Tiger Turf ............................................950 431624 / 635 652745

GUTTERING

Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196

HAIR, HEALTH & BEAUTY

Affinity Beauty Treatments (Turre) ............................678 992093

Amazing Nails ............................................................641 640578

Anavi Estillistas (Palomares) .....................................670 094722

Angela Ellis - Holistic Therapist ...............................642 577637

Avon Co-ordinator (Mojácar) …...................................670 722705

Avon Cosmetics (Arboleas) ………........................….691 987454

Avon Cosmetics (Húercal Overa) …....647 092010 / 950 137208

Avon Cosmetics (Turre & Vera) .................................643 102335

Avon (Total Entertainment, Albox) .............................950 121318

Avon (Total Entertainment, Arboleas) ........................634 348902

Beaches (Hair & Beauty) (Mojácar) ..........................950 473110

Beauty by Betsy .........................................................664 821554

Beauty by Marilyn ......................................................950 398852

Beauty Center (Mojácar) ...........................................687 480694

Blossom (Mojácar Playa) ...........................................641 640578

CDB Natural (Skin care) ................................................950 882237

Carlos Barber Shop (Mojácar Playa)...........................610 575911

Centro Estética (Mojácar Playa) …..................………950 472680

Claire & Inma (Mojácar Playa) ...................................950 147630

Cutting Edge (Hair & Beauty) (Albox) .........................950 633086

Dave Eccles (Mobile Hairdresser) ......950 525790 / 687 033106

Deb’s Mobile Hairdressing .....................................+44 7538809005

Donna’s (Albox).....................................950 930167 / 628 669456

El Rincon de Mary (Mojácar) ................................. 644 505210

El Rincon de Mary (Mojácar) Yasmin ......................656 646257

Elaine Mobile Hairdresser (Coast & Inland).................634 379424

Elegance (Turre) .........................................................634 308877

Etticut (Turre) ..............................................................667 971960

Farrow’s Hair Design (Arboleas) .................................950 634346

Forever Chic (Palomares) ..........................................601 634193

Heaven Scent (Huércal-Overa) ……......................…..663 923733

Holistic Treatments (Ali) ..............................................634 308906

Isabel Castaño (Hairdresser, Bédar) ..666 045552 / 950 469462

Jackie Miles Kirby …..................................………….642 829269

Jean & Co.(Mojácar Playa) ……............................…950 615094

Jenny’s Hair Design (Albox) .....................................620 447858

Kyra Beauty Salon (Arboleas) ...........950 106294 / 643 357906

Jing Nails ....................................................................622 251432

Julian Hair Design .....................................................634 354507

Julie Rodriguez ..........................................................634 338017

Kim White (Beauty)(Vera & Mobile) …….......…...…….637 149659

La Pelu (Mojácar Playa)...............................................664 821554

LU & NA (Valle del Este) ……............................…950 461113

Marcela Torres (Manicure & Pedicure) ....................697 421672

Miki Designe (Villaricos) ..........................................635 867757

Naturalmente Mediterraneo (Skin care) (Garrucha) 655 299494

Nicole Andreano (Las Buganvillas) ...........................675 622216

Oceanic Massage Therapies (Mojácar)...666 710964 / 687 619239

Opulence (La Alfoquía) …..................................…...711 061763

Osteopathy & Acupuncture Clinincs (Arboleas & Galera) 621 209380

Pampered Beauty Centre (Palomares) .650 092766 / 950 618129

Pedicura Gabriela (Garrucha) ......................................692 840315

Pure Natural Deodorant ...........................................950 066163

R retreat (Cucador) ……...........…...............................626 144680

Room 97 (La Alfoquia) .............................................683 479261

Salon de Peluqueria y Estetica (Garrucha) ...........950 133162

Sarah Noble (mobile hairdresser) ...........................692 195500

Shiatsu Centro de Terapia (Huércal Overa) .........671 851135

Stella’s Hair & Beauty (Las Buganvillas) ..................950 699973

Sunlight Spain (Herbal Products) ...............................684 212474

The Salon (Albox) ..............................950 717938 / 685 652222

VaVa Health & Wellness (Remedial Therapies)(Vera) 642 314316

Wacky Barber & Hairdresser (Mojácar) ....................667 961645

HARDWARE OUTLETS

Enrique Aguirre S.L. (Garrucha) .................................950 460028

Ferretería Gonzalez (Mojácar) ……….........................666 471384

Ferretería López (Mojácar) ……..................................950 615026

Ferretería Longo (Albox) ……....................................950 430064

Ferretería Soler (Garrucha) ……..................................950 460073

HEALTH FOODS

Girasol (Albox) …..........................................................639 089170

HEARING AIDS

Centro Auditvo Isabel Egea (Vera) (See next page) ...722 258992

Multiopticas Indalo (Garrucha) ...................................950 460665

Multiopticas Indalo (Mojacar) .....................................950 472285

Multiopticas Indalo (Campohermoso de Nijar) ............950 385082

Opticas Indalo (Garrucha) ..........................................950 133865

Opticas Indalo (Carboneras) .......................................950 130707

Opticas Indalo (San Isidro de Nijar) ...........................950 366200

Salas García (Huércal Overa) ..............950 135081 / 638 010656

HEATING

ABC (A Better Climate) ......................647 247494 / 950 092604

Graham (oil heating) ……….......................................620 112193

Neater Heater ………....................................………….634 312171

HIRE

Baby Basics (Equipment Hire, Mojácar) ..................641 679728

C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) .............950 634388 / 627 635514

Mobility Almería (Mojácar Playa) (See front cover)......634 322475

Expecting a Baby (Almanzora Valley) ....950 436581 / 666 375688

Sound Systems ..........................…............................630 231644

Vera Hire (Las Buganvillas) .....................................629 483776

HOME CARERS see also Nursing

Angels Nursing Care ..........................850 993849 / 711 080462

Committed2ucare ................................645 513477 / 711 017074

Committed2ucommunitycare ......................................684 333442

Consultus Care & Nursing ............................0034 711 060615

Helping Hands Mojacar ...............................................678 590988

Home Care Services by Andreea ..............................645 253397

Indalo Care Group .....................................................634 332824

Michaela Talbot ..........................................................622 015765

HORSE RIDING

Centro Hipico Valle del Almanzora .........................691 241878

Didi Arias (Mojácar) ...............................................639 724521

Media Legua Equestrian Centre (Vera) ..............……667 243561

Rancho Luz del Sol (Partaloa) .................................642 118546 Sanctuary Limaria ......................................................628 239696

HOTELS & HOSTALS

Casona Granado (Nr Lubrin) .....................................950 069077

Hostal Don Tadeo (Villaricos) ..................................950 467105

Hostal El Olivar (Mojácar Pueblo) .........950 472022 / 672 019767

Hostal Muria (Villaricos) ..............................................642 050290

Hostal Playa Azul (Villaricos) .............950 467075 / 609 386282

Hotel Al Sur (Calabardina) ...........................................968 419466

Hotel Carlos 111 (Aguilas) ...........................................968 411650

Hotel Carmona (Vera) ...................................................950 390760

Hotel - Casa Rural, Cortijo de la Media Luna (Mojácar) 950 478813

Hotel El Paso (Aguilas) …............................................968 447125

Hotel Family (Agua Amarga) ......................................950 138014

Hotel Madrid (Aguilas) ................................................968 411109

Hotel Mamabel’s (Mojacar Pueblo) .....950 472448 / 663 700542

Hotel Mayari (Calabardina) .................620 629508 / 968 409338

Hotel Overa ................................................................950 470879

Hotel Playa (Mojácar) ..................................................600 350382

Hotel Puntazo (Mojácar) ...........................950 478265 / 950 478 229

Hotel Rural Azabache (Arboleas)..................................690 258813

Hotel Mexico (Puerto Rey) ...........................................950 132061

Hotel Salinas (Cabo de Gata) .....................................950 370103

Hotel & Spa Don Juan (Aguilas) .............................968 493493

Hotel Tikar (Garrucha) .................................................950 617131

Hotel Valhalla (Carboneras) ........................................950 130444

Hotel Valle del Este .....................................................950 398743

Hotel Virgen del Mar (Mojácar) .................................902 472222

La Esperanza (Mojácar Playa) ..........686 906624 / 606 916055

Las Colinas Suitotel (San Juan de Los Terreros) ......950 466353

Parador de Mojácar ......................................................950 478250

HOUSE CLEARANCE

Almeria Castaño House Clearance ........................611 028716

Items For Sale Mojácar .......................694 439275 / 950 478753

Pink House (La Concepción) ..............622 288750 / 681 095096

The Attic (Cucador) ..…….…................672 184354 / 648 250699

HOUSE & PET SITTING

Chris Leek .................................................................642 608805

Linda Pettit .................................................................642 016954

Louise B. (LouB’s) ....................................................664 038031

Sharon Presley ..........................................................648 069200

HYGIENE & FOOD HANDLING

Grupo Sedesa (Vera) ...............................................950 390990

INSURANCE

Adeslas ............................................950 472701 / 633 431900

Albox Insurance .........................................................950 121943

Alhambra Holdings (Mojácar)...............950 475199 / 629 673450

Andrea Venettoni (Allianz & DKV) (Vera) ....................605 218895

ASSSA Seguros (Vera) ...............................……………950 392487

Asisa (Vera) ................................................................950 391950

Axa .....................................................950 478763 / 609 667333

BWI Bryan White Insurance (Mojácar) ......................950 472098

Catalana Occidente (Palomares) ..............................950 618054

Catalana Occidente (Mojácar Playa) .........................950 478307

Edward William (Marine Insurance) ……………….….952 476090

García & Trinidad (Albox) …….............950 120340 / 620 240563

Generali Seguros .........................................................913 422549

Generali Seguros (Turre) ….................950 479568 / 620 179206

Gestoría Salvador (Mojácar Playa) ............................950 473192

Grupo Catalana Occidente (Mojácar Pueblo) 950 478061 / 653 806908

Helvetia .......................................................................673 063798

Ibex Insurance Services Ltd (Mojácar & Albox) ........950 120070

Mapfre (Mojácar) ...950 478151 (Garrucha)................950 617376

Maxine Morgan (Las Buganvillas) ................................669 074996

Mojácar Insurance ......................................................634 323399

San Juan Insurance .....................................................664 643000

Sol Insure ……….............................................………..950 472098

INTERIOR DESIGN

Evie Fox-Rayner ..........................................................603 624659

Curtains with Style (See p.21) .........950 069032 / 678 811125

Deco-house (Ann) ......................................................666 260792

Essential Solutions ……..............................................627 245658

Instant Walls ................................................................624 961299

Lola Barranco ……...…..........................950 086116 / 691 261818

INTERNET CAFES see Cybercafes

INTERNET PROVIDERS

Acaciophone (Mojácar) ......................950 968216 / 900 827209

Albox Online ...........................................................950 091111

Connexions (Turre) …….............................…………..950 479502

Next ...........................................................................950 479369

Plusnet ...............................................744 610389 / 850 992555

GSF Communications ..............................................950 473102

Satcomms ..............................................951 406556 / 622 524335

INTERNET TV

Connexions (Turre) ...................................................950 479502

DCM Digitek Comms (Mojácar) (See p.19) .950 472947 / 670 084438

Europa Digital ......................................950 133233 / 678 332815

Ezetv ........................................................................950 091112

GBTV ...........................................................................616 888058

GSF Communications ..............................................950 473102

IPTV UK ...................................................................603 613918

IPTV Spain UKTV ..............................654 617496 / 699 386277

Mobility Almería (Mojácar Playa) ..............................634 322475

PC Playa (Mojácar) ...................................................634 356498

Revolution Technology (La Alfoquía) ..............................694 440104

UKTV Almería ......................................850 993202 / 694 440184

INTERPRETING/TRANSLATIONS

Alpha Interpreting and Translation ....950 133508 / 677 530690

Andrés (Mojácar) ......................................................679 932632

Antonio García Russell (Mojácar) .............................606 198958

C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) .............50 634388 / 627 635514

Carolina Pérez Gallardo (Sworn Translator) .............647 863745

Carolyn (Mojácar area) ........................950 132905 /

Mata .................................................................629 132529

González-Linnitt .............................................699 067922

....................................................................662 504734

Espanglish Translation & Interpreters .

390037 / 950 392876

Hind (Mojácar - French, Arabic, English) ...............616 605341 Houri Talliss ..................................................................671 067468.

Interpreter/Translator ...................................................633 240315

English, French, Dutch) ...........609 781438

Marcela Chávez Riveros (Mojácar) ......................... 676 951352

Marguerite …….....................................................…..687 814157

Marisa .........................................................................636 179128

Mauro Medina ............................................................639 742127

Michaela Talbot ..........................................................622 015765

Milena (Albox) ………....................……654 359607 / 711 794366

Mojácar Interpreting ...................................................617 830513

Nieves Gómez (Mojácar) ........................................... 622 306389 Paula Similie (Mojácar) ................................................627 423675 Pedro .........................................................................655 510420

Robert Boucher ..........................................................693 618705

Sean Interpreter/Translator (Garrucha) ........................642 572412

Simply Solved ………..................................................663 327091

Susi ..............................................................................617 920 190

Wendy Interpreter/Translator ...................................... 661 194278

Yamile (Written Translations) ........................................626 207575

IRONING

Cherie’s Ironing & Cleaning (Mojácar) ............………634 301389 Pressed for Time ......................................................711 065805

JEWELLERY

Castellón (Bédar) .........................................................642 435909

Jewellery Paula (Albox) ...........................................960 430871

Joyería Pérez (Garrucha) ........................................950 460636

La Luna (Garrucha) .................................................950 132543

KENNELS, CATTERIES &

PET SITTING

Animal Hotel (Águilas) ..............................................639 722197

Boarding Kennels Los Llanos de Rosa (cats & dogs) ..629 448073

Country Kennel (Turre) .........................950 473011 / 627 564640

Dog & Cat Sitter Service …………………..................676 389592

Gail .....................................................693 769079 / 697 500673

Five Bone Hotel (Turre) ............................................630 234556

Kareclif Cattery (Albox) ...........................................677 791165

Paws*A*While (Nr Albox) …....................................…696 562662

Purrfect Paws Cat & Dog Sitting (Nr Albox) .........711 099296

Pet Sitting in Your Home ………….......................…….637 061482

Sharon Presley ..........................................................648 069200

Sleepy Hollow (Huércal-Overa) ….............................617 313587

Stonehouse boarding kennels ....................................638 753479

The Hilton Cattery ..............................950 163489 / 664 565479

Woodhouse Boarding Kennels/Cattery (Arboleas) ….950 930585

KITCHENS

24hr Casaserve .................................950 466438 / 676 306269

Artizan (Vera) (See p.2) ....................…950 390635 / 661 985310

Charlie Fyre ..............................................................686 833444

Cocinas El Real (Los Gallardos) .........639 036051 / 622 232186

Cocinas Puntocom (Huércal-Overa) ...950 921975 / 722 136950

Cutler’s Carpentry .....................................................711 030400

Ergo Küchen (Huércal-Overa) ...................................636 447730

Harlequin Kitchens (Albox) ……........………………….619 584405

Homes & Beyond (Garrucha) ....................................950 132458

J.B. Kitchen Fitters (Turre) .......................................687 024884

KDI Kitchens .............................................................605 163613

La Lonja (Lorca) (See p.27) ........................................968 443322

Mojácar Home Improvements ....................................950 473104

S.Willems kitchen fitting service ....................................641 192429

LANDSCAPING

D & C Landscaping ..................................................634 359082

La French Touch .................. ..................................607 226269

Luke’s

LAUNDERETTES

Bish’s (Mojácar Playa) .............................................711 051400

LAUNDERIES

(Aguilas)

414327 Ivi’s Lavanderia (Las Buganvillas) ............................950 132657

LEGAL SERVICES

See also Solicitors

ALO Services (Zurgena) ....................950 449179 / 667 994682

Almería Documents Direct (Arboleas) ..50 991411 / 616 293334

Asesoría Sánchez Moral (Mojácar) ..........................670 099726

Barbara Caparros Ridao (Vera) …..........................950 390427

CG Legal & Financial (Mojácar Playa) ..950 472504 / 670 215926

Cam Concepts S.L. (Huércal-Overa) …....…………. 950 471357

Cervantes Alarcon Consulting (Garrucha) 950 106490 / 647 863787

Gecko Legal Services S.L. (Mojácar) 950 475949 / 638 264621

Gestoría Salvador (Albox) ........................................950 500401

Gestoría Salvador (Mojácar Playa) ............................950 473192

Kim Clark UK Benefit advice ……..….950 169729 / 663 297568

Mayor Consulting (Garrucha) .......................................950 615185

Mojácar Playa Asesores ……........………...……………950 472710

Pilar Pérez Gestión S.L. (Mojácar) ............................950 478863

MS Legal ..............................................950 479613 / 634 322827

Rodriguez Paris (Antas) ............................................950 619039

Vera Advisors (Vera) .................................................950 390621

Villalba Asesores (Albox) ............................................950 431720

LEISURE ACTIVITIES and TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Bowlera (Arboleas) …..........................................….662 112170

Extreme Adventure Mojácar ......................................687 919840

Indalo Bowling Mojácar ............................................950 473073

Karting (Garrucha) …..........................................……950 460207

Lunar Cable Park (Cuevas del Almanzora) .................665 512873

Nautarium Sea Museum (Garrucha) ………........…..950 139554

Paragliding ………................................635 243539 / 680 358549

LOCKSMITHS

Anteva (Mojácar Playa) .......................850 984888 / 605 179179

Guzman Seguridad (Albox) ..................950 431497 / 617 272885

Locksmith (Dean) .....................................................666 949213

Phil the Pick 24hr (Arboleas) …................................697 243181

LIGHTING

Nuar Home (Vera) .......................................................665 554019

LOGS FOR SALE

Colin & Carlos ....................................660 903158 / 630 455328

Firewood Arboleas .................................................647 932078

Leña Ramos (Arboleas) ….........................................616 044719

Lee (Arboleas) ...........................................................636 092632

Leñas Cazorla (Turre) ...............................................607 827783

Levante Logs ............................................................670 243724

Log-On-Tommy …........................................................619 070839

Palm Deliveries (Albox) .....................950 122416 / 686 966008

Phil (Arboleas) …........................................................634 328779

Potty Finca Services ............................950 163930 / 616 855294

MARKETING

Edela Media (Social Media) (Mojácar) ....................607 146352

Mojácar Business (Social Media) ............................950 680110

MASSAGE

Acupuncture & Massage ..........................................637 120429

Alternativa (Jessica Rippin) ......................................676 284170

Andreea (Therapeutic Massage) ................................645 253397

Anushree (Cranio - Sacral -Therapy) ......................672 721096

Holistic Massage (Ali) ...............................................634 308906

Holistic Massage (Lorraine) ................950 064484 / 687 569113

Jason (relaxing massage) ........................................711 026456

Lymphatic Drainage & Cranio Sacral-Therapy (Gabi) 633 011442

Mike Sheehan (Neuromuscular Therapy) ...................657 050394

Oceanic Therapies (Mojácar) ......................................687 619239

Ray Daniel (Sports massage)………...........................617 741564

Sri Sawang (Thai) .......................................................614 232644

VaVa Health & Wellness (Remedial Therapies)(Vera) 642 314316

Zen Massage (Mojácar & Bédar) .............................643 766935

MATTRESSES

Me & Mrs Jones (Mojácar) (See p.25).........................634 364795

Sleepcentre (Albox) (See p.5) ..........868 931872 / 671 715294

Unicraft (El Real, Antas) (See p.95) .............................692 176 069

MEALS DELIVERED

142745

METAL WORK

AA Window Doctor ....................…............................630 231644

Carpentería Metalica Chacón (Albox) …................950 431738

Cerrajería Jara (Las Buganvillas) …............………….950 109986

Coastal Rejas ...........................................................610 000700

Ideal Metal Designs ...................................................656 834064

Jon (Zurgena) ............................................................626 972545

Metalbox (Albox) .........................................................950 633090

P & D Metals ..............................................................638 707406

Speedy Fit Security Grilles ........................................600 006032

The Metal Works ..............................950 930520 / 638 900949

MOBILE HOMES & CARAVANS

Albox Motorhome Hire .............................................711 058510

Camping Los Gallardos .............................................679 970399

Caravan Storage (Antas) ……..............................….661 508776

Casa Móviles .....................................637 418906 / 951 161348

Cherribar Park Homes ............…………950 396908 / 629 688153

Flor de Vida (Aguilas) ..........................968 438535 / 660 329907

Hispavan (Antas) .........................................................687 845730

Veramotor S.A. ...........................................................950 392552

MOTORCYCLES & QUADS

D Perez Motor (Antas) ...............................................950 069022

Harley Dees …………................................................600 685550

Montoya Motos (Garrucha) …...............................…..950 133033

Nafta Custom (Antas) ………...............950 619293 / 615 938352

NEWSAGENTS

Total Entertainment (Albox) ......................................950 121318

Total Entertainment (Arboleas) .................................634 348902

Total Entertainment (Turre) .....................................950 468295 NURSING see also Home Carers

Nursing Care ..........................850 993849 / 711 080462

Alternativa (Anne-Marie Pichon) ...............................666 966573

Centro Optico Otra Mirada (Vera) ...............................640 836696 Federopticos (Aguilas) ……........................................968 414468 Federopticas Diaz (Albox) ..........................................950 121122

Multiopticas Indalo (Garrucha) ...................................950 460665 Multiopticas Indalo (Mojacar) .....................................950 472285

Multiopticas Indalo (Campohermoso de Nijar) ............950 385082

Optics (Garrucha) .........................................950 133921 Opticas Indalo (Garrucha) ..........................................950 133865

Opticas Indalo (Carboneras) .......................................950 130707

Opticas Indalo (San Isidro de Nijar) ...........................950 366200

Óptica Albox …………….......................................…..950 121991

Optica Mahis (Vera) ………...................................…..950 390777

Optica Orbera (Huércal Overa) ....................................950 135596

Optica Orbera (Albox) .................................................950 430101

Optica Villazar (Mojácar Playa) …...........................….950 472783

Opticalia (Albox) .....................................................950 121084

Opticalia Aisa (Garrucha) .........................................695 473333

Primera Opticos (Aguilas) .........................................968 493482

Talbot

Salas García (Huércal Overa) .................950 135081 / 638 010656

+ Visión (Aguilas) …....................................................968 414279

OSTEOPATHS

Alice Bellot (Mojacar & Arboleas) ….................………633 352259

Centro Physis (Olula del Rio) .................................695 355381

Enrique Arias (Mojácar) .........................950 472974 / 629 289385

Hector Gutiérrez (Vera Playa) ............607 479379 / 950 132765

Osteo Maestra (Arboleas) ......................................950 449451

Sanatura (Albox) .................................610 269162 / 642 809453

PAINTING & DECORATING

2 Strokes .....................................................................649 186107

A.J. Painting & Decorating .......................................687 024884

Alan Barker ......................................950 099913 / 600 268176

Antonio Perez (Mojácar) ………........................…….691 240495

Borders Painting ………..........................................…687 661807

Cabrera Painting and Decoration Works ...................637 524709

Casanove Interiors ......................................................680 836166

C.I.S Services (Arboleas) .........................................634 621747

Curtis Helm Multiservices .........................................610 394815

Daniel ……………..................................................….642 236810

Darpa S.L. ..................................................................691 055726

Darren Hargreaves ...................................................626 855483

Eddy Venner ............................................................711 035030

Grupo Brideca (shop) (Huércal-Overa) 950 471045 / 950 135881

JPM .............................................................................627 090422

PB Painting ...............................................................661 184848

Paul ...........................................................................649 186107

Phil the Painter ……..............................................…671 227259

Pinturas Chano ..................................677 082787 / 662 580295

Premier Painters ..........................................................711 055648

SJ Decor .....................................................................711 084585

Sol Spray Painters .......................................................613 421932

The Fast Brush .........................................................950 472668

True Colours .............................................................636 638670

Vera Painting Services ............................................711 004024

PATIO & POOL ENCLOSURES

See Screened Patio & Pool Enclosures

PERFUMES & COSMETICS

Son d’Aromas (Mojácar Playa) ...................................666 348253

PEST CONTROL

Famim (Albox) .............................................................950 430783

Jason ……..........................................950 064015 / 680 903609

Sedesa (Vera) ………….............................................950 390990

PET SHOPS & TRANSPORT

Bonmascota (Albox) ....................................................678 799445

Happy Pets Garrucha, (Vera Playa) ...........................671 526839

La Tienda de Basilio Rubio (Albox) ...........................651 131412

Madera Mania (Los Gallardos) …..................……….667 562872

Mojácar Mascotas ......................................................679 411203

Pet Tag Engraving ...................................................711 006027

Que Guau! (Mojácar) ...............................................633 558540

Tucano Mascotas (Vera) ............................................650 292670

Union Jack (Pet Transportation) ...........………………….902 109560

VetCare (Vera Playa) .................................................950 775102

PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES

20seven photography ...............................................634 301635

Almería-Fotografía ....................................................663 627942

Bluwater Photography ….........…………………...……616 189002

Chincheto (Mojácar) ....................................................687 489182

El Studio Primo ..................................643 371630 / 643 517001

Fotomicar (Lyle Mallen) ............................................620 786914

Fotos Fabrega (Albox) ………...........…………………950 430223

Frank Millar Photography & Videographer ….............642 107953

Indigo Photography & Video ....................................637 974793

Omar De La Cruz ………..........………950 460213 / 609 284852

Professional Video & Photographic Services inc. Aerial...647 202599

Real estate photography .............................................722 452265

Rod Westwood ………........................950 472321 / 609 611207

The Image Suite …….............................…...................647 918 848

PHOTOCOPIES & SCANS

C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) ...........950 634388 / 627 635514

neö-cöpy (Vera) …...................………..950 390424 / 622 262100

Pronto Printing (La Buganvillas) (See cover).............950 133492

Servidea 2020 (Mojácar Playa) .................................950 399726

Total Entertainment (Albox) ......................................950 121318

Total Entertainment (Arboleas) .................................634 348902

PHYSIOTHERAPY

Caroline De Maeght (Villaricos) ...............................650 134805

Centro Physis (Olula del Rio) ....................................695 355381

Clínica Fisioalbox (Albox) .........................................629 402852

Clinica MOS Fisioterapia (Mojácar Playa) ................644 394335

Fisiomar Physiotherapy Centre (Albox) ....................667 425197

Fisioterapia Vera-Salud (Vera Playa) ...607 479379 / 950 132765

Gabi Triebel (Mojácar Playa) ..............633 011442 / 950 472263

Physiotherapy Centre (Albox) ...........950 431463 / 657 516247

Remedio clinic (Mojacar) ....................950 472980 / 617 741564

Vitea Fisioterapia (Vera) ...................950 390655 / 663 024255

PICTURE FRAMING

Casa de Cabra (Albox) ........................................ 633 364329

Pink House (La Concepción) ..............622 288750 / 681 095096

PIZZERIAS

Antonella (Mojácar Playa) ..............................……..950 450215

Bocapizza (Albox) ......................................................950 120506

Cafetería Levante (Mojácar) ....................................950 615224

Centro Plaza (Palomares) …...............................…..950 618614

Chili (Turre) ................................................................950 468425

D’Angelo (Mojácar Playa) ..........................................950 478517

D´Luigi (Arboleas) .......................................................602 815929

El Gaucho (Mojácar Playa) .....................................663 304531

Enrico (Mojácar Playa) ......................950 472995 / 642 514738

Góndola (Garrucha) ..................................................950 133928

Gondola (La Alfoquía) ….....................……………..643 136117

Meson Felipe San Bernabé (Mojácar Playa) ..…….950 475966

Ilario Imperial (Mojácar Playa) ...............................….950 478098

Jardin (Vera Playa) .................................................950 467023

La Muralla (Mojácar Pueblo) .......................................950 472928

Lucky Pizzeria (Villaricos) ........................................642 767122

Memoli (Vera Playa) ..........…………..950 093017 / 603 804676

Napoli (Mojácar Pueblo) .............................................950 102472

Provenzal (Mojácar Playa) ..........................................950 478308

Pulcinella (Mojácar Pueblo) ......................................950 478401

Rincon del Zahorí (Mojácar Pueblo) ..630 314400 / 661 604220

Quick (Garrucha) .........................................................950 132305

Sottocasa (Mojácar Playa) ........................................950 093075

Vesuvio (Mojácar Playa) ...........................................604 914137

PLASTERERS

Pritchard Construcciones .........................................662 046497

Pukka plastering (Almanzora area) ...........................692 596681

PLUMBERS

24hr Casaserve ......................................950 466438 / 676 306269

Bédar Directo .............................................................689 702916

Blocked DrainsRUs ............................950 091109 / 648 768587

Carlos (Saliente) Plumbing & Heating .....................620 742954

Curtis Helm Multiservices .........................................610 394815

Drain Dctor ...............................................................620 425948

Drainage Solutions .............................616 531283 / 670 088966

Graham ....................................................................620 112193

Knowles ….........................................684 143560 / 606 807797

Fernando (Huércal Overa)...........................................677 549247

Francisco Montoya (Mojacar) …............……………..687 466352

Smith Plumbing S.L. ..................................................950 468041

PODIATRISTS

See Chiropodists & Podiatrists

POOL COVERS

1 Stop Pool Shop ...............................950 104345 / 637 582696

Coverbox (Albox) …….................................................615 992007

Enclose My Pool ..................................606 040462 / 670 510097

Hispavan pool covers ........................950 047033 / 687 845730

Real Covers (Mojácar) ........................950 478763 / 609 667333

WS Cover ...................................................................667 480363

POOLS & POOL MAINTENANCE

1 Stop Pool Shop ...............................950 104345 / 637 582696

24hr Casaserve .................................950 466438 / 676 306269

Aguafer Piscinas S.L. ................................................950 617064

Alloa Pool Care (Albox) ………….................…………..650 244018

Almeria Pools .............................0044 7957167633 / 634 318369

Blue Diamond Pool Care ..........................................697 238933

Clean Pool Service (Arboleas) ...................................606 654389

Complete Pool & Property Maintenance 601 634192 / 634 891709

Pritchard Construcciones ............................................662 046497

Heat My Pool ....................................950 528128 / 663 303350

IndalPool (Albox) …………................................……..950 431859

Mat Murray ...............................................................647 841750

Oasis Pool Cleaning Services ............634 332170 / 634 332178

Olive Tree Farm Pool Services ...............................643 463129

Piscinas Miguel (Maintenance) .............950 478652 / 607 480865

Pool Medics ……………...................................……….634 353525

Pools & Piscinas (Cleaning - Bédar) .........................637 915898

Procare Pools (Arboleas) ..........................................642 370681

Proyectados Pool Sureste ............................................630 810299

Salvador (Pool Maintenance) ......................................696 426523

Sundance Spas - Pool Maintenance S.L. ..................950 472845

Tanby Piscinas ............……….............950 468230 / 609 888549

Triton Pool Cleaning ...............................................634 326322

Tropicana Swimming Pool Construction 650 906114 / 689 404244

True Blue Pools & Spas ..............................................661 148998

POSTAL SERVICES

Blue Sea Villas (Mojácar) (See front cover)............….950 478643

Can Connect (Albox) …….........................................950 121149

C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) ..............950 634388 / 627 635514

Connexions (Turre) ..................................................950 479502

Forget-me-not (Las Buganvillas) ...............………..950 118043

Frankie’s Bar (Vera Playa) ......................................662 474861

Mail Boxes Etc (Vera) ............................................950 393835

Offex Spain ................................……..966 765950 / 661 386942

Pam’s Post (Albox) ............................................... 664 565479

Postbox Terreros ......................................................621 285212

Spanish Property Choice (Easypost) ..950 615388 / 635 722290

The Post Shop (Albox) ………..................................951 250574

Total Entertainment (Albox) ......................................950 121318

Total Entertainment (Arboleas) .................................634 348902

Total Entertainment (Turre) ......................................950 468295

PRINTING & GRAPHIC DESIGN

AdverTees (Albox) ...................................................641 407147

Design & 3D Printing ................................................641 651902

GSF Communications (Mojácar) ...............................950 473102

Graphic design ...........................................................722 452265

Idea (Huércal Overa) ...............................................605 162709

Mail Boxes Etc (Vera) ............................................950 393835

Mobility Almería (Mojácar Playa) .............................634 322475

Mojácar Business .......................................................950 680110

neö-cöpy (Vera) …...................…..950 390424 / 622 262100

Pronto Printing (La Buganvillas) (See cover) ..........950 133492

Sello Gráfico (Mojácar Playa) ..................................607 424452

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

24hr Casaserve ...................................950 466438 / 676 306269

ABS Advanced Building Services .............................687 846016

Arboleas Builders ………...............…950 930536 / 634 306690

Can I Help You (Vera) ……….................................691 662267

Complete Pool & Property Maintenance 634 343541 / 634 891709

Curtis Helm Multiservices .........................................610 394815

D & D Property Care & Rentals (See cover).643 335386 / 643 337063

Exclusive Holiday Villas ............................................634 348703

Hire a Hubby …………........................950 436679 / 619 066022

J & B Maintenance Services ..........617 477797 / 711 082491

IDP Services …………................................................608 238775

Indalfutur S.L. (Mojácar) ……........….950 615156 / 609 026526

J & J Property Care ....…….................950 452106 / 617 657414

La Casa es Tuya .......................................................663 931471

Mode Services ...................................950 525790 / 687 033106

Mojacar Estates ..........................................................950 478935

Mojácar Homes & Villas ............................................634 330652

Procare Property Service (Arboleas) .......................642 370681 Triton Property Maintenance ...................................634 326322 Xtreme Cleans Property Care ..................................634 328911 Zlatan ................................................630 207864 / 682 277576

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENTALS

Alhambra Holdings (Mojácar) ................950 475199 / 629 673450

Almeria Accommodation (Turre)..+44 (0) 7956 544591 / 711 020708

Almería Holiday Rentals ............................................638 701670

Almería Property Agency (Arboleas) …..850 993099 / 606 281865

Almeria Rentals ................................. 650 764623 / 648 523073

Apartamentos Torrelaguna (Las Buganvillas) .............950 132580

APT Lets (Valle del Este) ….................950 619227 / 626 578164

Blaumar (Huercal Overa) .....................950 135512 / 670 869533

Blue Sea Villas (Mojácar) (See front cover).............….950 478643

Casa Benedict Rentals (Turre) …...………....…………616 189002

Casa Paz Holiday Lettings (Huercal-Overa) ...........693 935118

C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) ..............950 634388 / 627 635514

Citrus Homes ...............................……......................638 849254

Coastal Properties (Mojácar) .......................................950 475235

Complete Holiday Care ....………...........950 478612 / 610 808631

D & D Property Care & Rentals (See cover).643 335386 / 643 337063

E-Property Almería .......................................................677 146592

Exclusive Holiday Villas ..............................................634 348703

Holiday Home Europe .........................950 120210 / 654 590258

Holiday Letting Service ........................950 472903 / 627 565049

Homes of Spain (Huércal Overa).........950 616516 / 616 562447

Indalfutur S.L. (Mojácar) ……........….950 615156 / 609 026526

Indasol Mojácar S.L. ...................……....................….950 472200 Inmoterreros ...............................................................950 096180 KW Resorts Holiday Rentals ......................0044 (0)1293 863320

Almería

903184

617518 / 678 034651

Price Brown Partnership (Mojácar) ............................950 478915 Primos Property Services .......................643 517001 / 643 371 630 Real Almería Property (Mojácar) ............................634 316068 Rent Mojácar ............................................................950

PROPERTY PROMOTERS

Miramar (Marina Golf) ................................................950 397060

New Villas (Albox) ………………........………............…950 121036

Nicla Property Consultancy S.L. .................................950 133508

Polansky and Associates ..........................................950 478086

Promobys …………….................................................950 618889

PSYCHOLOGIST

Dr. Jane Thompson ............................968 485729 / 618 920126

RADIO STATIONS

Onda Aguilas (100.1) …............................................968 447864

Smooth FM online (89.8) ......................................634 332666

Spectrum FM (96.1) ...........................950 615142 / 678 332815

REFRIGERATION

MD Air Conditioning & Refrigeration SL ...607 364917 / 607 366040

REMOVALS & STORAGE

See also Van & Man Hire

Amanda’s (Lubrin) ............................950 069682 / 634 310512

Brian’s Removals (Mojácar Playa) .........................674 280268

Dave’s Transport (International / Local)....................620 049524

English Move (Tony) ….............................................699 819213

Indalo Storage .........................................................950 821002

Indalo Transport ......................................................950 821002

Items For Sale Mojácar ..................694 439275 / 950 478753

Location Warehousing S.L. (Antas) .............................950 391412

Los Gallardos Store ...................................................607 687760

Moovit Transport & Storage ...............950 930316 / 642 586701

Sprinter Services (Vera Playa) .............605 376873 / 950 609121

St. George’s European …UK 0044 207 193 5984 / 952 485984

Storage 42 Removals and Storage (Albox) ...............634 325639

Storage Solutions (Arboleas) ................950 930316 / 671 220105

Swift Transport (Arboleas) ........................................618 511234

U-Store (Antas) .........................................................654 482746

UK Direct ..................UK 0044 7719.118.879 / Spain 642 099479

Union Jack Removals (International) ….......………….902

RESTAURANTS, BARS & CAFES

Agua Amarga La Chumbera ............................................................634 676298

Los Tarahis (Beachbar) .............................................950 138235 Restaurant Family

Albox

Bar Lepanto .......................................642 859040 / 950 120261

Charlotte’s Bar & Restaurant ...................................850 991233

Cornish Pride ...................................................………666 618933

090183 Gran Muralla (Chinese) ...........................................950 120166

Garden (Chinese/Asian). ................................950 120851

Cena ……........................................……………..950 430930

Palmera ….............................................................950 430993 La Parrilla ................................................................950 430024

Mesón de Irene ………........................647 730103 / 950 430145

Restaurante Virgen del Saliente ................................669 300291

Scrumptious ...............................................................608 543866

Taberna Topares ........................................................647 443248

347943

Terraza Lamarlo ........................................................670 306290

The New Delhi (Indian) ……...........….950 431705 / 639 231507

The Taj (Indian) ........................................................950 633278

Alfaix

La Venta de Alfaix .....................................................671 272464 Antas El Fogon, Asador Argentino ........................................950 459081 Mi Casa .................................................950 453007 / 950 453048

Arboleas

Bar Limaria ..............................................................950 930047

D´Luigi ........................................................................602 815929

Harley’s .....................................................................642 637371

Hostal Meson ………..........................950 430137 / 635 612738

Hotel Rural Azabache ..............................................690 258813

New Bar International .............................................693 709931

Nueva Trinidad ..................................850 993250 / 634 369833

Bédar

El Cortijo ...................................................................950 398108

El Paso ................................................678 868963 / 950 469409

Miramar .....................................................................950 469308

Cabrera

Riad Cabrera ………………….....................................950 092042

Cerro Gordo

Bistro Bonita .......................................650 599739 / 950 930169

Cortijo Grande

Finca Listonero .........................................................950 982045

Cucador

La Vida ……….................................….........……….950 634562

Desert Springs Resort

El Torrente Restaurant ........................................……950 091546

El Campico (Bédar-Lubrin)

La Montaña ...............................................................950 398856

El Pilar de Lubrin

Restaurante Albar ....................................................647 877091

El Pinar

Bar El Pinar ...........................................................634 302673

Garrucha

Angus & Hereford .....................................................950 460588

Aurinko ....................................................................950 533350

Casa Adriana ......................................637 099475 / 950 133154

Chino Peking (Chinese) .............................................950 132948

GBG ……………...................................950 132625 / 639 915993

Góndola ....................................................................950 133928

La Cantina de Floor ....................................................950 132757

Maui Gastro ….................................................………950 460882

Nautico …................................................................687 918669

Restaurante Andalucia ..............................................950 460604

Restaurante Azul, Hotel Tikar ...................................950 617131

Rincón del Puerto …….......................950 133042 / 950 133043

Tierra y Mar .............................................................643 463940

Huércal-Overa

Chiringuito Kiosko Bar El Parque ...........................677 403224

Enoteca Crisbe ...................................950 134100 / 607 338460

El Capricho …........................................................637 595326

El Paladar .......................................673 695939 / 631 494536

Hotel Overa .............................................................950 470879

New Why Not? ............................................................950 135614

La Alfoquía

Gondola .................................................………..……..643 136117

Indian Tandoori ........................................................632 110888

The Heathers ............................................................642 835993

Las Herrerias

Eugenia ......................................................................950 069021

Los Carasoles

Bar Los Camioneros ...............................................634

Los

Mojácar - see also Mojácar Pueblo Aku

Chiringuito Manacá (Beachbar) ............693 618671 / 600 045599

Cortijo de la Media Luna .....................950 478813 / 676 547555

Cowboy Kenny’s Bar and Que ................................711 007976

D’Angelo .....................................................................950 478517

Delfín Dorado ....................................950 475212 / 645 220095

Dolce Vita ................................................................950 478476

Don Pancho (Mexican) ............................................950 472543

El Barrio ...................................................................641 964797

El

El

El

El

Jimmis

Isla

562449

La Gaviota ……………...............................................950 472177

La Paratá ...................................................................950 375590

La Toscana del Mar .....................................................722 246135 Los Amigos ......................................…………………950 478489

Levante .....................................................................950 615224

Lua Beach Club ...........................................…………950 472643

Lucero ………....................................................…….673 544617

Mandala Beach Club ................................................950 473131

Mesón El Que Faltaba ............................................950 478806

Mesón Mémé

Mojácar Pueblo

Calima (Moroccan) ...................................................608 807331

Casa Minguito ………...............................................950 478614

El Aleman .................................................................617 317801

El Antler …….....................................................……600 540661

El Pimiento ...............................................................647 163681

La Candela …...........................................................647 724367

La Taberna (Mojácar Pueblo) ..................................950 615106

Napoli Pizzeria .........................................................950 102472

Pulcinella (Italian) .....................................................950 478401

Restaurante Aires del Sur ..........................................637 938996

Restaurante Mamabel’s ...............................................950 472448

Rincón de Embrujo …....................…………………….600 531270

Rincon del Zahorí .............................630 314400 / 661 604220

Palomares

102 Tapas Bar …………......................950 467745 / 615 157905.

Akua ..........................................................................621 210854

Asagía Asador ...........................................................662 305051

Monika’s Bar .......................................950 467720 / 659 672615

La Dulce Casa …......................................................602 451772

The Oasis ............................................950 467381 / 676 365010

Partaloa

Mis Amigos ..............................................…………….612 508447

Piedra Amarilla, Partaloa

Lorena’s ...................................................................634 345353

San Juan de Los Terreros

Costa Tranquila (Beachbar) ......................................620 236798

La Geoda ..................................................................673 020159

Mi Cortijo …………......................................................950 466323

Mondy Playa ........................................600 254314 / 622 807809

Sopalmo

Restaurante Sopalmo Maremonti (Italian)...................655 797530

Turre

Alice’s Bar ……….......................................................620 876485

Casa Adelina ............................................................950 479153

Chili ...........................................................................950 468425

Ciringuito Extreme .....................................................673 617732

Doner Kebab ............................................................603 527699

Hostal Rural .............................................................950 478806

La Pará ……………………..................................…….637 545590

La Sorpresa ...............................................................950 099901

Rosie Lees ..............................................................643 198600

Solare ......................................................................608 802227

Valle del Este Golf

Hole in One Karen’s Bar ..........................................950 461068

Sawadee Thai .........................................................634 393235

Vera

Gran Muralla (Wok Buffet) ......................................950 391691

La Amistad …………….…......................................…666 272817

Made in Italy .............................................................950 118461

Terraza Carmona .....................................................950 390760

Thai Fusion Phuket ...................................................658 381786

Vera Playa

Armony Beach Club .................................................617 745021

b2 Mohana (Argentinean) ........................................678 642856

Benitos/La Alcazaba ..................................................633 530453

Chiringuito Cositas ..................................................610 959770

Frankie’s Bar ............................................................950 467541

Gnomo Feliz II ..........................................................950 462540

KOA/Blue Parrot ......................................................611 482966

La Peperina .........................................678 643013 / 678 642856

Lua Puerto Rey ........................................................950 478202

Maraú Beach Club ……................................…………671 580340

Paradise Bar/Chiringuito ...........................................667 554957

Pizzeria Jardin ..........................................................950 467023

Yaho (Thai / Asian) .................................................645 018403

Vera Playa (Las Buganvillas / Pueblo Laguna)

Anto’s Irish Bar ............................................................950 309730

Dragon Chino ...............................................................950 133226

La Colonial ..............................................................….950 133918 Memoli Pizzeria .................................…......................603 804676 Pub Millionaire ........................................950 378692 / 603 770551 Restaurant Laguna …………….........................……..950 132566

Vera Playa (Naturista)

Bar Oh La La! ............................................................616

Villaricos

RETRACTABLE ROOF

Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196

Roofing ...............................................................634 379173

RUGS & CARPETS

Homecentre (Albox) (See p.5)..........868 931872 / 671 715294

P & R Rugs (Los Llanos de Arboleas) .......................665 258680

Pink House (La Concepción) ..............622 288750 / 681 095096

RURAL TOURISM

Cortijo Pocico de la Nava (Mojácar) ...........................670 777752

Finca Arboleda (Vera) ..............................................678 027656

Mi Abuela Maria (Mojácar) ……..........................……659 198424

SATELLITE TV

ABC (A Better Climate) ......................647 247494 / 950 092604

DCM Digitek Comms (Mojácar) (See p.19) .950 472947 / 670 084438

Europa Digital ....................................950 133233 / 678 332815

GBTV (Albox and Mojácar) .......................................616 888058

GSF Communications (Mojácar) ...............................950 473102

Solo Satellite & Air-Con. .............................................699 909737

Tweaks (Albox) .........................................................620 040331

SCREENED PATIO & POOL ENCLOSURES

Enclose My Pool ...............................606 040462 / 670 510097

Inside Out In Europe S.L. ....................................677 114576

Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9).. 950 459060 / 638 063196

Screenmasters (See p.37) ......….…...........................677 152911

Sol Shaders S.L. (See p.37) ........................................627 907207

SCUBA DIVING

Buceo Mojácar ........................................................950 472760

SECOND HAND

Almeria Castaño House Clearance ........................611 028716

Amanda’s (Lubrin) ............................950 069682 / 634 310512

Homestyle (Turre) .....................................................674 514999

Items for Sale Mojácar .....................694 439275 / 950 478753

John’s (Albox) .............................................................634 325639

Merka Recycla (Huércal Overa) .........950 616683 / 666 577006

Pink House (La Concepción) ...........622 288750 / 681 095096

The Attic (Cucador) ..…….…................672 184354 / 673 608854

SECURITY & SAFES

SEWING

Alice ..........................................................................620 876485

J.F.M. Modas Sedal (Turre) ..............950 468031 / 606 945502

Lola Alterations & Repairs (Mojácar Playa) .950 475994 / 637 963835

Solo Style ....................................................................626 319907

Sew n Sew Susie (Albox area) ..........950 930...643 / 633 683872

The Sewing Room ....................................................607 375697

SEPTIC TANK SERVICE

Desarascos Litesa ............................670 863791 / 609 442695

Drainage Solutions …...........………….616 531283 / 670 088966

Blocked DrainsRUs ............................950 091109 / 648 768587

Ginés Millán (All areas) ……….............(after 4pm) 607 366355

Limaser (Vera) ……..................................................950 390732

Sepserve (All areas) …..............................................675 838808

SHOE REPAIRS

José M. Ortega López (Garrucha) .......693 788311 / 642 024256

SIGNS (Shop & Vehicle)

Idea (Huércal Overa) ...............................................605 162709

Pronto Printing (La Buganvillas) (See cover).............950 133492

SKIP HIRE

Aridos Mojácar S.L. ..................................................650 914257

Casa Conchillo (Albox) ......................950 430740 / 695 844425

El Cano SL (Mojácar) ................................................950 479185

Servacon .....................................................................950 475853

SNOOKER HALLS

CD Snooker Mojácar ..............................................609 026526

Snooker Ambigu (Los Gallardos) ..............................661 973205

SOLAR ENERGY

Ainsol Energy (Turre) ..................................................689 702916

DCM Digitek Comms (Mojácar) (See page 19)...........950 472947

Ecocorp .......................................................................671 716597

Go Solar (Mojácar) ......................................................654 596247

Hi-Tec Solar (Turre) ............................609 888549 / 950 468230

Hispavan Solar ..................................950 047033 / 687 845730

Sunergy Almeria ........................................................636 261240

SOLICITORS

Alonso & Garrido (Albox) ...........................................950 121040

Alonso & Haro (Vera) ..............................................950 392208

AM & RG (Mojácar) ………….............950 478984 / 649 286437

AVSA Lawyers (Aguilas) ..........................................968 446576

Babelia (Mojácar) ……..........…........635 577562 / 950 397114

C & P Solicitors (Mojácar) ….....…………950 460731 / 675 383 160

Cabrera Cervantes (Turre) ................950 099400 / 627 464545

Casas Almería (Huércal Overa) .................................950 134434

Davies Solicitors (Mojácar) ........................................950 472775

EuroAbogados (Vera) .................................................950 617017

José Francisco López Molina .............950 133607 / 635 189986

Leticia Moreno-Torres Camy (Vera) ......950 391249 / 607 840182

Lopez & León Solicitors (Garrucha) ..950 888314 / 666 513917

Loustau Abogados (Mojácar) .........................................950 475012

Mar Abogados & Consultores (Mojácar) .................950 478911

Mario Redondo (Albox) ….................950 430222 / 626 389322

Miguel Angel Rojas Benitez .......................................950 615404

Pablo Suarez (Purchena) ..........................................610 014680

Mundi Abogados (Las Buganvillas) ..........................950 460999

Ramírez Abogados (Vera) .......................................950 391171

Rodriguez Paris (Antas) ..........................................950 619039

Ross Legal Services (Aguilas) .................................968 412321

Ruiz Orozco (Vera) ..................................................950 390282

Saugar Abogados (Mojácar) ......................................950 615038

SPAS

IndalOcio (Arboleas) .................................................850 993090

Sundance Spas (El Real, Antas) ..............................635 758773

SPA SERVICING & CLEANING

True Blue Pools & Spas ..........................................661 148998

STORAGE

see Removals & Storage

SURVEYORS

Survey Andalucía (Architect Daniel González) ............686 846624

SWEET SHOPS

Forget Me Not (Las Buganvillas)..............................950 118 043

TATTOO ARTISTS

Classic Tattoo (Mojácar Playa) .................................605 611782

Lisa V Tattoos (Cantoria) ....................634 362737 / 642 024810

Oscar (Mojácar Pueblo) …................................…….629 944374

TAXIS (Legal)

Levante Radio Taxis (all areas)................................950 888111

Exclusive Shuttles pre-booked airport taxis (office hours).950 092602

Marlan Taxis Villaricos .................................................609 764900

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Albox-Online ………..............................…………….950 091111

Androidez (Vera Playa) ..................950 042338 / 661 375489

Connexions (Turre) ...................................................950 479502

Indalphone .............................(Mojácar) 950 475784 / 622 455 608

Indalphone ...........................................(Huércal-Overa) 950 471470

GSF Communications (Mojácar) ..................................950 473102 Orange (Vera) ...........................................................950 393538 Next .............................................................................950 479369 The Phone House (Albox) …………….950 121045 / 670 359698

TILING & PATIO WORK

See also Building Services 1 Stop Paving (Albox) ………................................…634 313939

ABS Steve Ennis ....................................................687 846016

A.J.B. Tiling Services ...............................................687 024884

Arboleas Paving ……………...............................…….636 092632 Borders .....................................................................647 803030

Curtis Helm Multiservices .........................................610 394815

Elegant Homes S.L. ..............................950 092603 / 687 629777

Mode Services ...................................950 525790 / 687 033106

Saxon’s Complete Building Services ......618 920126 / 686 377172

Steve Holman .......................................................... 697 678708

United Tile ................................................................667 702817

TIMBER SUPPLIERS

Wood2Go (Velez Rubio)..............................................950 614050

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Almería Alcazaba (castle) .......................................…950 271617

Almería Solar Centre ( Nr.Tabernas) ....950 387990 / 670 866122

Aquarium (Roquetas de Mar) ...................................950 160036

Fort Bravo – Western theme park (Tabernas) .....….950 165405

Nautarium (Sea Museum) (Garrucha) ………………….950 139554

Nijar Butterfly Farm .................................................617 692778

Oasys Western Park & Zoo (Tabernas) ….............….950 365236

Western Leone Theme park (Tabernas) …............…950 165405

TRANSLATING - see Interpreters

TRANSPORT - see Removals

TRAVEL

Adelpha

Autocares Rodriguez (Coaches) ...............................950 469061

Halcón Viajes (Vera) ................................................950 393472

Exclusive Airport Shuttles ........................................950 092602

Levante Travel (Garrucha) ...................950 132258 / 628 604752

Mojácar Tour (Mojácar Playa) ............................…..950 475757

Viajes Zafiro Tours (Aguilas) ....................................868 782663

Zafiro Tours (Albox) ………..................................……950 121021

Zafiro Tours (Mojácar) .................................................950 615343

TUITION

Chris Walker (Spanish Accent Coaching) .................622 591096

Darío (English tuition for adults) ...............................642 314316

Dave Eccles (Drum lessons) ..............950 525790 / 687 033106

ELC Education & Language Centre ........................669 294342

English tuition & conversation (TEFL) (Vera) ............642 314316

Espanglish ...............................................................950 390037

Guitar Lessons ………….....................................…..667 989270

Hind (French & Arabic, Mojácar) ............................616 605341

Jewellery making ......................................................642 435909

Kinder Garrucha (Bilingual Education Centre)...........950 460472

La Galeria Art Classes (Albox) …..............................663 341904

Marcela Chávez (Spanish-English school support)....676 951352

Pencils English Academy (Garrucha)..........................634 314110

Piano Lessons …………............+44 7930 373786 / 634 374931

Sarah Dyson (Computer tuition) …....................……687 632435

Simon Farmiloe (Spanish & English)(Albox/Mojacar) ..647 677097

Step by Step Language Centre (Mojácar) ...................600 565284

Tiffany‘s English Academy (Garrucha) ........................685 710078

TV & AUDIO REPAIRS

Seth Pittham (Arboleas) ......................950 634477 / 666 826886

UNIFORMS

Uniformes de Levante (Los Gallardos & Vera) ..........902 110218

UPHOLSTERY

Curtains with Style (Fabrics) ............ 950 069032 / 678 811125

Jone’s Mobile (Upholstery cleaning) …....……………661 571939 Unicraft ........................................................................692 176069

Upholstery & Leather Cleaning .................................636 193256

Upholstery Larios (Cuevas del Almanzora) 950 456 364 / 651 998738

VAN & MAN HIRE

See also Removals & Storage

Amanda’s (Lubrin) ............................950 069682 / 634 310512

Andy (Trailer hire/drive) (Mojácar) ..........................600 225929

Indalo Transport ......................................................634 336468

K.Morris (Vera) ...........................0035 711004024 / 0044 7759692010

Pink House (La Concepción) ..............622 288750 / 681 095096

Storage Solutions (Arboleas) ...................................950 930316

Way 2 Go (UK/Spain) ……UK 0044 208 0904292 / 965 794682

VEHICLE IMPORTATION

Easy Import .................................................................644 711332

Great Cost Matriculation ...........0044 7957167633 / 634 318369

Hispavan vehicle importation ......................................687 845730

Talleres Daydo (Antas Real) ….……….950 459116 / 607 373298

VEHICLE REPAIRS

Auto Corner (Turre/Los Gallardos) ….......................667 439671

Auto Shine Body Repairs ………........607 324623 / 607 324624

Costa Coches Antas .........................950 459209 / 625 133383

Fran’s Garage ....................................664 571060 / 950 164912

Go Car (Arboleas) ....................................................950 431861

Gómez Motor (Huércal-Overa) ..................................950 471250

Euro Repar Mojácar Motor (Mojácar Playa) ….......950 478335

NV Transmatix (Antas El Real) ..................850 989958 / 631 556955

Reparbox (DIY) (Antas El Real) ...............................687 879744

SRS Vehicle Services ................................................950 449095

Stop Car (Mojácar) ......................................................950 500734

Taller Daydo (El Real) .........................950 459116 / 607 373298

Taller Fran (Turre) ..............................664 571060 / 950 164912

Talleres Azor ..(Mojácar) 950 478519 ..............(Vera) 950 391400

Talleres Vizcaino (Mojácar) ........................................950 472104

The Car Surgery .....................................................666 272792

Tyre King (El Real) ................................................950 459253

VEHICLE REPAIRS (MOBILE)

AF Vehicle Detailing .................................................711 052843

Cool Air (Air Conditioning) ........................................673 195872

Veloc Tuning ECU Remapping Services ..................600 827517

VEHICLE SALES

AA Car Sales (Mojácar) ...........................................950 459208

Auto Corner (Turre/Los Gallardos) …......................667 439671

AutoFex (Arboleas) ....................................................950 431861

Automobiles Playcar SLU ...................950 459302 / 672 737663

Costa Coches Antas ...........................950 459209 / 625 133383

Euro Repar Mojácar Motors ...950 472056 ..(Workshop) 950 478335

Navarro Segura - Seat (Vera) ............670 038580 / 950 393170

Nissan & Ford (Albox) …............................................950 430856

Pink House (La Concepción) ..............622 288750 / 681 095096

Pit Stop (Oria) ……………....................................…..950 124828

SRS Vehicle Services ................................................950 449095

Skoda - Cadena Automocion SL (Vera) .....950 393190 / 637 029737

Talleres Azor ...............(Mojácar) 950 478519 (Vera) 950 391400

VETS

Centro Vet ABC (La Alfoqúia) ….................................950 449064

Astrid (Mojácar) ..............950 472252 Emergencies: 629 099920

Centro Garras (Huércal-Overa) ........950 616820 / 617 456548

Clinica Nexo (Albox) .......950 430814 Emergencies: 617 305784

Clinica Nexo (Olula del Rio) ..950 441819 Emergencies: 617 305784

Clinica Huellas (Aguilas) ...968 447877 Emergencies 629 445327

CliniVet (Turre) …..........................…..950 069780 / 626 171999

Costa Indalo (Mojácar) ........................950 475213 / 605 495017

Egesta Centro Vetinario (Vélez Rubio) ..950 411208 / 608 438683

Europa (Mojácar) .................950472262 Emergencies: 629 099921

Javier (Garrucha) ............950 132200 Emergencies: 619 236059

Movet (Mobile) .........................................................644 672782

Veravet (Vera Town) …............…............................…950 393307

VetCare (Vera Playa) ...............................................950 775102

Veterinary Centre (Huércal-Overa) …........................950 616781

WATER (Tanker Delivery)

Sierra Cabrera Water ........................651 994419 / 608 057941

WATER PARK

Aquavera (Vera Playa) ............................................950 467337

WATER TREATMENTS

Healthy H2O ..............................................968 437270 / 666 302 987

WEB SERVICES

MODS .........................................................................600 284975

Mojácar Web Services ..............................................633 202248

Web Design .................................................................722 452265

WINDOW CLEANING

Carl the Squeegee (Turre) .........................................634 364041

Idea (Mojácar) ..................................................……..605 162709

James ..........................................................................678 988812

Lady Jane Window Cleaning (Arboleas) ...................634 322526

Mick .............................................................................634 327075

Time 2 Shine (Mojácar & surrounding area) 634 615753 / 639 465450

Window Panes ..........................................................617 208231

Woody the Window Cleaner (Almanzora Valley) .......634 349665

WINDOWS & DOORS

AA Window Doctor ...................................................630 231644

Pritchard Construcciones .............................................662 046497

Enrique Aguirre S.L. (Garrucha) ..............................950 460028

Interglaze ……..............................…...................... 680 743311

Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196

Mojácar Home Improvements ....................................950 473104

Ortega Windows & Doors .......................................950 393305

Plas-Tech Windows ...................................................600 320761

Screenmasters (See p.41)......….…............................677 152911

Speedyfit .............................................950 439228 / 600 006032

WINES

Bodega Gran Baco (Aguilas) .............................…..968 925655

Enoteca Tikar (Garrucha) ……..............................….950 617131

Isalva (Palomares) ………..........................................615 265092

Typical Gourmet (Mojácar) .......................................950 472108

Vinoteca Delicatessen (Garrucha) ...........................637 393873

WOOD & PELLET STOVES

Chimeneas Acar (Albox) ...........................................950 120077

Chimeneas Mojácar S.L. (Turre) ..................................950 472135

Enrique Aguirre S.L. (Garrucha) .................................950 460028

ZOO & PARK

Oasys (Tabernas) ....................................................950 365236

Community News

Bandidos Run for Charity

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Mojácar Town Hall organized a run, jog or walk event on the Mojácar Paseo on Saturday, 15th March.

The sun made a welcome appearance for those completing the 5k to raise funds for the Red Cross and everyone enjoyed the giant paella afterwards. Trophies were awarded to the top three in the male and female categories. All three male podium places were taken by Los Bandidos. 1st Steve Murton, 2nd Paul Darcy and 3rd Andrew Hyde.

On Sunday, 16th March a large contingent of around 40 Los Bandidos took part in the Miguel Sin Limites event in Antas, either walking or running. The event raised money for a new prosthetic leg for Miguel and for La Asociación ANDA de Almería, who support people with functional diversity. With over 800 participants, it was a very well organized and friendly event, followed by a paella party afterwards with music, dancing and raffle prizes.

Los Bandidos was set up in June 2018 with a small group running the 5k Mojácar Paseo, and now has road cycling, sea swimming and triathlon groups. All ages, nationalities and speeds are welcome, whether permanent residents or holiday makers. Los Bandidos are keen to integrate and support the local community and continue to support the Red Cross Food Bank. We are very sociable and most sessions are followed by a post-activity coffee, cake or

breakfast. Follow us on Facebook to keep upto-date with our latest activities (https://www. facebook.com/groups/490933409244200). We look forward to seeing you soon.

Welcome to the PAWS PATAS Fundraising Team

PAWS PATAS have created a team of volunteers, organising events throughout the year, helping to raise funds for the many animals that are in our care. This year alone, we have already been inundated with new dogs and cats arriving to us (84 dogs plus many cats) and we are only 11 weeks in to 2025! So at the time of writing we have 219 dogs in our care, not forgetting the cats!

We have lots of exciting things taking place throughout the year. The first is our Bingo & Brunch event, taking place at The Snug, Plaza Estrella del Cantal, Paseo del Mediterraneo 261, Mojácar Playa. Join us on Thursday, 3rd April, thereafter on the first Thursday of each month. Arrival time 12pm, eyes down for the first 6 card game at 12.30pm, brunch at 1pm and the second 6 card game at 1.30pm. Just 10 euros for the bingo and brunch from the following selection:-

Bacon or egg or sausage sandwich

1 bacon, 1 sausage, 1 egg, toast and beans 2 crumpets or toast with 1 of the followingjam, chocolate spread, cheese, beans or plum tomatoes

Bakes – steak or chicken & leek or cheese & onion or vegan

Booking is essential as spaces are limited. Please email martines@paws-patas.org, or whatsapp or phone us on 680 588 377 to reserve your table and confirm your food choices.

Looking forward to seeing you there for fun, great prizes and a raffle, all whilst supporting the animals in our care.

Press release by Martine Schindler on behalf of PAWSPATAS www.paws-patas.org

Coffee Break

What’s On

Almería

Gracias A Dios is a performance by the Almería City Orchestra and their String Quartet. It comes to the Maestro Padilla Auditorium in Almería city on Saturday, April 5th at 8pm. They perform the Antonín Dvořák’s American Quartet in F major Op.96 and his Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor Op.10. The conductor is Michael Thomas and the cello soloist is Dragos Balan. Tickets are 12 and 15 euros.

‘El show de Blippi’ for children, featuring the Spanish cartoon

character comes to Teatro Cervantes, Almería city on Sunday, April 6th, 5.30pm. Tickets are 15 euros.

Seville Symphonic Orchestra comes to the Maestro Padilla Auditorio, Almería city, on Sunday, May 18th at 8.30pm. They perform the Daahoud Salim Seven Hermetic Principles suite, Manuel de Falla’s Night in the Gardens of Spain, and Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique”” Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Opus 74. The Conductor is Pablo Gonzáles. The Piano Soloist is Iván Martín. Tickets are 10 & 15 euros.

Shado, magician and illusionist, performs at Teatro Cervantes, Almería city on Friday, April 25th at 10pm. Tickets are 20 euros.

Concierto Sacro Ellington, a tribute concert to Duke Ellington, comes to the Maestro Padilla Auditorium in Almería city on Friday, April 4th at 8.30pm. 120 performers include Coro Gospel Clasijazz, el Coro Juvenil y el Coro Infantil de Clasijazz, The Clasijazz Big Band and soloists. Tickets are 15 and 20 euros.

What’s On

Tadeo Jones, El Musical, intended for children is performed at the Teatro Cervantes, Almería city on Sunday, May 4th at 5pm. Tickets are 15 euros in advance or 18 euros at the door

The ‘80s Show’ performed by Neon Collective is a tribute concert to The Cure, U2 and Depeche Mode. It comes to the Teatro Cervantes in Almería city on Saturday, April 12th at 10.30pm. Tickets are 15 euros in advance or 20 at the door.

Tickets for Teatro Cervantes, Almería city, from box office at Calle del Poeta Villaspesa,1. Open Mon-Fri, 11am-1pm & 4pm-7pm, Saturday from 11am-2pm, or 1hr before performances, or from www.todaslasentradas.com

Tickets for concerts in Almería (except Teatro Cervantes) available from the ticket office in the Teatro Apolo, 25 Rambla Obispo Orberá, Almería , tel: 950 230 922. Mon- Fri, 10.30am-1.30pm .

Roquetas de Mar

Ana Belén performs Más de Ana at the Roquetas auditorium on Saturday, April 26th at 9pm as part of her 2025 tour. Ticket prices have not yet been published.

The Film Symphony Orchestra bring their 2025 Tarab tour concert to the Roquetas Auditorio on Saturday, May 17th at 7.30pm. Tickets are 35, 40 & 45 euros.

What’s On

The Theatre Properties Company perform the musical Romeo and Juliet composed by César Belda and Chemari Bello at the Roquetas Auditorio on Saturday, May 10th at 5pm & 8pm. Tickets are 30, 45, 50 & 55 euros.

Roquetas de Mar Auditorio tickets are on sale at www. teatroauditorioroquetas.org or their ticket office, open Tuesdays to Fridays from 11am-1pm & 6pm-8pm.

Lorca

Semana Santa, Flamenco and Meal Coach trip on Sunday 13th April. We are offering a fantastic pack; a 3 course meal with drinks in the beautiful Plaza de España, a unique flamencoperformance of the sacred SAETA de Los Cristos de los Gitanos (unique to our trip!!) plus your seats to see the Biblical Parade of the Domingo de Ramos. For complete details please WhatsApp 0034 687 480694. Limited places available. Coach picks up at 5 different stops

Águilas

Dóji is a dance and acrobatic team featuring the Broda Brothers, who come to the Águilas Auditorio on Saturday, April 26th at 8.30pm. Tickets are 12 euros.

What’s On

The Symphonic Orchestra and Choir of the Murcia Conservatory perform Gustav Holst’s Planet Suite on April 12th. Ticket prices have not yet been published.

Aguilas tickets from Victoria Travel 968 410 929 and www. bacantix.com, Museo Arqueológico, www. auditorio-aguilas.org or from 2hrs before performances at the box office.

Mojácar

The Moors & Christians event this year is from Friday, June 6th to Sunday, June 8th.

Vera

The soprano singer Ainhoa Arteta, accompanied by the pianist Duncan Gifford, comes to the Vera Auditorio on Saturday, April 12th at 8pm. Tickets are 25 euros. Tickets can be obtained from El Convento de la Victoria or www.giglon.

What’s On

José Luis Jaén is a singer from Almería and he performs his latest album La Voz de Alma at the Auditorio on Saturday, May 17th at 8pm. Tickets are 8 euros. Tickets can be obtained from El Convento de la Victoria or www.giglon.

Miscellaneous

Open Mic Night alternate Thursdays at Miraflores, Los Gallardos, kick off at 8pm. Everyone welcome.

PAWS-PATAS

The second-hand book sale at Scotty’s El Tropico restaurant is held on the second Tuesday of the month from 10.30am-1pm. All proceeds to stray cat neutering.

What’s On

Market Days

Monday:

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

Saturday:

Sunday:

Huércal-Overa, Antas, Berja

Albox, Los Gallardos, Cuevas del Almanzora Mojácar, Bédar, Lubrin, Vélez Blanco, Palomares, Tabernas Cuevas del Almanzora, Olula del Río, Carboneras, Sorbas Garrucha, Turre, Zurgena

Aguilas, Vera, Arboleas, Vélez Rubio Villaricos, Purias, San Juan de los Terreros, Fines

Rastros, Car Boot Sales, etc.

Saturday:

Sunday:

Los Llanos, between Arboleas & Albox

Plaza del Rey, Velez Rubio Mojácar Rastro, Multiple Use Centre

Activities - Clubs - Associations

Clubs, Societies & Activities

Free Spanish and English Lessons Available in some municipalities. Enquire at your local town hall.

Almanzora Group of Friends, Albox Library and Social Centre, Tues - Fri, 10am1pm, Plaza San Antonia, Barrio Alto, Albox. Extensive English Library, DVDs and talking books, monthly magazine, monthly quiz, trips. www.almanzoragof.org or Facebook: Almanzora Group of Friends. Tel: 602 495 306

WOW Women on Wednesday Scotty’s, Mojácar Playa, 2pm. Get together, buy, sell, swap, meet new people.

Loose Women Club Tuesdays, 1.30 - 4pm. El Chacho Bar & Restaurant, Mojácar. All welcome. Flamenco Forum for English Speakers on Facebook. Information and events. Tel: 687 480 694

Dames in Huércal Overa

3rd Wed. of the month, 10.30am, Las Vegas Restaurant, Los Pinos 1, Huercal-Overa.. All welcome. Chairperson, Gloria Hammett, gloria@gloriahammett.com

Dames in Turre

Monthly lunches and trips. New members welcome. Chairman, Barbara Wardley, casaroojo@hotmail.co.uk. Secretary, Moira Armatage +34 711 007 192, mogsy2009@ live.com

The Royal British Legion - Zurgena & District Branch

Corner Bar and Cafe, La Alfoquia, 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month, 10:30 for 11am. Email zurgenaRBLsecretary@ yahoo.co.uk. See www.britishlegion.org/ branches/zurgena

The Poppy Appeal - Mojacar & District

The Mojacar Branch of the Royal British Legion has folded and the members have transferred to the Zurgena Branch. However the supporters of the Poppy Appeal in Mojacar continue to meet for coffee mornings at Cokkia Restaurant on the Playa opposite Neptuno, on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month at 11am. Anyone can attend, it is not restricted to RBL members. Anyone interested in joining the RBL should contact zurgenarblchairman@gmail.com

Indalo Hash House Harriers

Meet 2nd and 4th Sunday, 11am, various locations. www.indaloh3.com

Mojácar Bridge Club

Contact Les Brice 697 297 991 or Ron Hounsell 711 064 726. www.bridgewebs. com/mojacar/

Vera & District Lions Club

The Lions meet regularly, including social events. New members and volunteers warmly welcomed. The Lions Charity Shop in Turre is open Thursday to Saturday, 10am-2pm. Mobility equipment available for those in need. There are plenty of roles for volunteers from occasionally moving furniture to scrapbooking, from event organisation to helping clean the shop. For more information, including forthcoming fundraising events see https://veralions. com, email veralionssecretary@gmail. com or call President Andy Pearson on 711 005 682.

Psychic Development Circle

Various classes at different times. Everyone welcome. Tel: Barbara 637 469 937 barbaramoonlight@gmail.com

Vera Photo Club

Local photography enthusiasts with a wide range of experience and photography styles. Critiqued monthly challenges,

exhibitions, presentations and field trips. Join us on the first Sunday of the month in El Puntazo Hotel, Mojacar 10am - 12:30pm. All levels welcome. See www.veraphotoclub.org or email info@ veraphotoclub.org for more information.

Freemasons in the Province of Almeria

Craft & Chapter. 661 026 912 or 670 27 27 37

Freemasons – The Side Degrees

Mark, RAM, RSM, OSM & Allied. 678 574 579

Albox Computer Club

Hotel La Parrilla, Albox. Fri, 10am. All levels of experience are welcomed. www. alboxcc.com

Traditional Japanese Reiki and Gendai Reiki Ho

Classes, workshops, and Reiki shares in Mojacar. Tel: 634 347 930

Ancestry Club for Beginners & Intermediate Tel. 634 309 590

Mojácar Community Library

Multi-Use centre. Mon, Wed and Fri, 11am - 1pm .

Arboleas Indalo Gardening Club

Arboleas Theatre. Last Friday of the month, 10:30am - 1pm.

Send details of your group to almeriafocus@gmail.com or WhatsApp: 667 80 11 40

Activities - Clubs - Associations

Clubs, Societies & Activities continued

Amigos de los Coches Clasicos

Local multi-national group of classic car enthusiasts. Meetings the first Thursday of the month, 3pm, Ballabona restaurant, A15 motorway junction 686. Tel. Steve 711 062 303. Email: info@a-c-c.es. www.a-c-c.es

Antas 1/10 Scale RC Club Thursdays 10.00am at RC Circuito, Antas. Ring Chris on 634328059 for more details.

Model Aero Flying Club, Cortijo Grande

Sunday & Wednesday, 9/9.30 - 12 noon. Contact Mick on 711 015 032

Aeroclub ULM Günter (Vera) Tel: 607 316 553

Pita Escuela Agave School of Río Aguas. A multicultural, environmental and musical project, specialized on the integral usage of the agave plant and the processing of its wood.Tel 630 66 18 65 (Timbe) pitaescuela@hotmail.com

Sunseed

A hands-on practical centre for low-impact living and environmental education in Los Molinos del Rio Aguas near Sorbas. Free tours at 4pm. www.sunseed.org.uk Tel: 950 525 770

Religious Groups & Churches

Church of England (Anglican Services)

Mojácar, Sundays, 11am; Llanos Del Peral, Sundays,11am; Aljambra Chapel Albox, 2nd Thursday monthly at 11am. For directions, details and all church activities please see www.almeriaanglican.com or contact Tony Noble on 634303807. Also available Funerals, Wedding Blessings, Wedding Vow renewals and Baptisms.

Kingdom Hall, Jehovah’s Witnesses Friday 18:00 & Sunday 10:00. Poligono Aljoroque - C/El Cajete 6, Antas. Contact: 652 293 269

Turre Evangelical Church

Sundays at 10.30 – worship, a not too long talk from the Bible, coffee and cake. Welcoming and relaxed – all welcome. Find us on Turre’s main street, Avenida de Almeria, corner of C/Alberquillca. Email: contact@turrechurch.es Tel: (0034) 711 035 486 Web: turrechurch.es

New Life Church, Huercal-Overa

We are a Jesus centred church family learning to love one another. Sunday service at 11 am, www.newlifechurch.eu tel. 685 628 184

Living Water Church Mojácar Playa

The Kimrick, Calle Zurbarán 7. Sunday Service 11am. Bible study, Tuesday 10am. Prayer, Tuesday, 12:30pm. Café Church, every 2nd & 4th Thursday in the month 3pm. See FaceBook or visit www. livingwaterchurchmojacar.com

Aguaviva Evangelical Church

Near the health Centre, opposite BiciBox, Albox. Tel: Rod Southwood, 687 560 544

Roman Catholic Masses

These can be found on www.misas.org for most places.

Support Groups & Charities

MACS Cancer Support Group

General Enquiries call 634 328 334 10am to 4pm. 24/7 Careline: 634 656 555. Fully Spanish registered charity. Shops in Mojácar, Turre, Albox and Huercal-Overa open Mon-Fri, 10-2pm www.macscancersu pport.com Email: macscancersupport@ live.co.uk

Stepping Stones Carers Support Group

Turre Evangelical Hall, Thurs, 11am-2pm. Tel 950 472 822 or 677 683 385 www. steppingstones.group

Age Support Almanzora Shop and welfare office near Peugeot garage, Albox, open Mon-Sat, 10:0013:45. Lunch club, bereavement group, equipment loan, befrienders. Helpline 642 045 210.

A.A. Alcoholics Anonymous

Mojacar Area Meetings:- Monday & Wednesday 6pm, Turre Evangelical Church (Avenida de Almeria, Turre). Friday, 6pm, Living Water Church, Mojacar Playa (opposite Red Cross building). Tel: 634 300 364 or email aaspain@gmail.com

Harmony Community Support

Providing assistance to those in need. Tel. 634 339 192 Mon - Fri, 11:00 - 14:00 help@harmonycharity.com

Walk for Life Arboleas

If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with cancer and need help or support contact our welfare team. Email irenewalk4life@icloud.com Tel. 643 63 81 77. To volunteer to help at any of our events and become a Friend of Walk for Life email claire.walk4life@gmail.com Tel 644602249.

Send details of your group to almeriafocus@gmail.com or WhatsApp: 667 80 11 40

Activities - Clubs - Associations

Music & Drama Groups

Open Mic Night

Alternate Thursdays, 8pm, at Miraflores, Los Gallardos, 8pm. Everyone welcome.

Indalo Players

Well established drama group always looking for new members to act or help back stage. Email indaloplayers@gmail.com / phone 722 236237

Independent Theatre Group

Always looking for new people, novices & full blown Thesbians. Call Ian Jones on 950 436 581 or 666 375 688 or e-mail independenttheatre@hotmail.com

The Luvvies

New members always welcome for acting or work behind the scenes etc. Tel. 634 346 309 or e-mail theluvvies@hotmail.com

Jacqueline Welby Productions

New members always needed to act or work back stage or with any other activities. Tel. Jacqueline Morris Welby 634 313 531

Orquesta Ciudad de Vera

A friendly group of musicians of various ages and levels. All newcomers welcome, only requirement is to play an orchestral instrument and read music. Rehearsals Vera Auditorio on Saturday mornings. See www. ocv.org.es for details.

Vera Voces

A friendly choir singing classical music, directed by pianist, singer and director, Barry Jobling. All welcome, no auditions. Rehearsals Mondays, 5-7pm, at Vera Auditorio. Facebook: Vera Voces. Contact veravoces1@gmail.com

All Aloud Community Choir

Meet every Wednesday at Bar Kubatin (at Hostal Meson) Arboleas from 3pm to 5pm. All welcome, no auditions.

Albox Ukebox

A friendly group that meets weekly on Tuesday afternoons in Charlotte’s Bar (formerly Chapman’s) in Albox to learn and sing songs with the ukulele. All welcome. For details tel. Chris on 634 375 471.

Dance

Strictly Line Dancing

Salon de Actos, Centro de Usos Multiples, Mojacar. Fridays, 4–7pm. Beginners welcome. Contact: Glynis 648217503 or Mary Beth 661671526 or strictlylinedancingmojacar@gmail.com

Eleanor’s Line Dance Class

Charlotte’s Bar, Albox, Mondays, 2pm3.45pm. All levels welcome. 647932 078.

Step2It - Line Dancing

Arboleas. Weds: 6.45 p.m-7.30 p.m, First Steps/Intro. 7.30 p.m-10.30, Beginners / Improvers /Intermediate. Carrie Ann 627279584 www.carrieanngreen.com

Almeria Line Dancers

Julie - 634304625 / 950110433

Ceroc Dancing

Regular social dance nights and dance workshops. Please call or WhatsApp Trace on 687251799 for more information.

Belly Dancing

Mojácar, Garrucha & Huércal-Overa. Contact Fatima: 610 472 596

Bellydance Classes

Mojácar, Turre, Palomares. Call 639 724 521

Dance Classes with Hollie Newell Ballet, tap, contemporary, modern, jazz, lyrical, zumba and more. Based in Turre. Tel: 634 317 391

Complete Beginners Flamenco Mojácar. No specialist shoes or equipment required, friendly hour long class. Email info@lagitanainglesa.com

VaVa Yoga Danza (Spanish)

With Barbarito. Cuban & Latin Salsa, Bachata & Merengue. Tel: 642 314 316

Arts & Crafts

Sewing Group, Mojacar

We meet at Scotty’s el Tropico bar for sewing, knitting, crochet etc. Weds. 10.30 to 12.30. Tel. Brenda 634 34 34 92. We are a friendly group meeting for coffee and chat.

Ladies Sewing Circle

Evangelical Church, Turre, Wednesday 10.30 – 12.30 Tel: 667 702 774

Cloud Zebra Craft WorkshopsIn Almanzora and Oria, Tues 10-2, Thurs and Fri, 10.30 -2.30. Call 744 60 96 30. No experience needed.

Bedar Arts Centre

Ceramic classes, Mondays and Wednesdays. Painting classes Tuesday 10:30-1330. For info, call 664 896 555

Mojácar Quilters

Cokkia, Mojacar Playa, second Tuesday of the month. We enjoy talking about quilting, having show and tells, receiving hints and tips from our members and learning new techniques. We are beginners and experienced quilters. Please contact Ruth Brown on 0034 711 011 629 or by email to ruthbrown@hotmail.co.uk

Fitness & Martial Arts

Girasol, Albox Pilates, children’s karate & Tai-chi. Tel 639 089 170

Mojácar Taekwondo

5 years to adults. Various classes & times. Contact Serge 646844708. Facebook GTF Spain

Fitness with Alison, Mojácar

Full Body Workout, Pilates, AquaZumba, Zumba, Step Aerobics, Total Toning, AeroFit. Tel 666 273 168.

Fitness with Hollie Newell, Turre

Keepfit, Zumba, Hips Bums Tums, HiiT. Contact 634 317 391.

Jova Gym, Mojácar

Various activities. www.jovasport.es 671 247 035. See facebook.

Qigong

Group courses and personal training. Partaloa and Albox area. Contact Ilse +32 497451953 or +34 643489975

Qigong Classes

Mojácar & Lubrín. Call 711 096 381.

Taijiquan Mojácar Tuesdays: Beginners and improvers. Qigong and Tai Chi. Thursdays: Tai Chi progression. FB Taijiquan Mojácar. Classes meet at Samsara Beach Club at 11.00h. All proceeds go to charity.

Activities - Clubs - Associations

Sports

Almería Lawn Bowling Club

Contact Shirley: 679 970 399

Bowling Club de Zurgena

Friendly, social and competitive bowling, all levels & standards. zurgenabc@gmail. com. www.zurgenabc.com

Cabrera Lawn Bowling Club www.cabreralbc.com

Indalo Lawn Bowling Club

First class facilities with all levels of bowling catered for. Visit our website http://www. indalobowlingclub.org

Mojacar Bowls Club

Behind Marina Mar Hotel. Everybody welcome - Tues, Thurs and Sat starting with coffee at 9:30. Jen 634346035, jencothier@gmail.com

Aguilón Amigos Golf Club

Aguilon Golf Course on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays teeing off just before 9am. If you would like to play email aguilonamigos2021@gmail.com

Badgers Golf Society Mojácar

We play every Wednesday and alternate Saturdays. All are welcome. Contact Paul Cunningham on (0044)7775837453 WhatsApp or badgersmojacar@mail.com

Boxers Golf Society Albox

All welcome to join us as members or guests. Call in at the Why Not bar in Albox on Saturday mornings or email peterstooks@avired.com

Mojácar Playa Golf

Play every Tuesday around 11.30. Mostly at Marina Golf Club. Everybody welcome. Membership available. Call James 681 355 796. Golf trip holidays also available. Golf tour operator.

Forum Golf Society

Plays friendly events at local courses twice a month. Richard Price. Telephone 850993073 or rfp53@yahoo.co.uk. www.forumgolfsociety.webs.com

Golfing Guapas Society

We are a group of ladies of all nationalities meeting one Friday in the month...golf followed by lunch and prizes. All welcome. Call Vivienne 683 558 696.

Valle del Este Golf Society. Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays. Contact Alan Townsend Tel. 690 090 982

Almería Golf League

Contact Les on 950 619 273.

Marina Phoenix Golf Society

Visitors welcome Mondays and Thursdays. Tel Don Atkins 605 051 238. Email marinaphoenixgs@gmail.com

Huzzah Golf Society

Friendly group of all abilities, playing Aguilon golf course each Monday and local courses. All welcome. Call or WhatsApp Gary 619 248 702. Fb: Huzzah Golf Society. Email: huzzahgs@gmail.com

Albox Club de Tenis

Sun & Thurs mornings, Tues afternoons. Tel Sue: 950 064 369 Fb: Albox Club de Tenis

Cabrera Tennis Club

Contact info@ cabreratennisclub.com www.cabreratennisclub.com

Club de Tenis y Padel Indalo Vera. Tel: 950 59 28 77 - 608 250 607

Tennis Coach

Diego Rodriguez Tel: 689 688 226

Padel tennis lessons

At home. Tel: Ulises Gutiérrez, 606 902 691

PartyLevante Sailing Club

Initiation for children from 7 yrs in small groups. Email info@partylevante.com or call 680942141 www.partylevante.com

Santa Irene Sailing Club

Come and join us out on the watersailing or crewing our safety boat. Every Sunday at 10:30 in the boat park at the north end of Garrucha harbour. Email info@santaireneclubdevela.com www. santaireneclubdevela.com

Adelante Gimnasia Artìstica Huercal-Overa.Classes for fun gymnastics, competitive levels, pre school and adults. Fully qualified coach. From 2 years. Tel 622 129 702 or info@adelanteartisitca.es www. adelanteartistica.es Facebook Adelante Gimnasia artistica.

Walking Football Club

Turre football ground, 9.30am, Monday, for training, exercise & playing. www. fclosamigos.com

Albanchez Walking football Club

Campo de Futbol astro pitch, Albanchez. Tuesday, 10am to 11.30am. All over 50 welcome regardless of ability or fitness level. Enjoy getting fitter, improve co ordination, mobility & balance in a friendly fun club. Contact Tony, Whatsapp 0044 7413231696

Los Bandidos

Run, jog, walk a 5km route along the Paseo. Weds/Sat, 9am, Red Cross end (from 4th Oct). See Facebook. Contact Kevin on ironmankev08@gmail.com

Club Montañero Carbonero

Hiking Club based in Carboneras associated with the Federación Andaluza de Deportes de Montaña, Escalada y Senderismo (FADMES) that organises routes every week. See www.clubcarbonero.com or contact 616104404 (WhatsApp), email clubmontanerocarbonero@hotmail.com

Arboleas Table Tennis Club Mon/Wed/Fri, 9.30 - 10.30 am, building with blue door next to swimming pool bar, Arboleas. Beginners welcome. Contact Chairperson - Keith tel 634 326 350.

Yoga

Sol Yoga Centre, Arboleas Tel: 686 400331

VaVa Yoga Studio, Vera. Tel: 642 314 316

Yoga Therapy with Portia Oliver. Tel: 681301474 www. portiaoliver.es

Unalome Rooms

Yoga, chair yoga & more. Albox. See facebook. Tel. 722 469 570

Your Stars

Mar. 21 - April 20

Apr. 21 - May 21

May 22 - June 21

June 22 - July 22

July 23 - Aug 22

Aug. 23 - Sept. 23

Try to be reasonable. Be fair, not colourful. Travel for pleasure will be enticing. Be prepared to jump quickly if you wish to stay in the forefront of your industry this month. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday.

Make plans to mix business with pleasure. Dinner with clients or business associates should be successful. Your mind will be on matters that deal with secret affairs. You may be likely to have difficulties with females. this month will be hectic. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday.

You may be in an extremely passionate mood this month. You’ll be angry if those you live with aren’t pulling their weight. Make those phone calls and pay your bills. Finish projects that have been hanging over your head. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday.

You will enjoy lavish forms of entertainment and should consider making arrangements early. You have a real need to be vocal. Disharmony will result in a lowered vitality. Stress may result in minor illness. Travel could turn out to be more exciting than you imagined. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday.

You can make a big difference to children if you are understanding of the difficulties they are experiencing. Don’t beat around the bush; state your case in plain and simple terms. Short trips will prove to be more fruitful than you imagined. Organize your day to avoid any setbacks that might ignite temper flare-ups. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday.

Encourage the youngsters in your family. You could easily lose your temper at work. Don’t push your opinions or ideas on others. You must use discretion when talking to others. Gambling should not be an option. You can offer your mate a commitment or promise that will help stabilize your personal life. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Thursday.

Sept. 24 - Oct. 23

Oct. 24 - Nov. 22

Nov. 23 - Dec. 21

Dec. 22 - Jan. 20

Get together with friends who like to participate in indoor sports. Check your personal papers and make sure everything is in order. You may find that others do not do things the way you want; however, if the job gets done, let it pass. You can learn from those who have had similar experiences. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.

You may be frazzled this month. Be careful if a friend asks you for advice. You could be cornered, so be prepared to tell the truth. Don’t upset elders in your family who don’t understand your present situation. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday.

You might have a problem juggling your time. Be honest with yourself before getting involved with someone who is likely to lead you on. Be careful not to misplace your wallet or belongings. Try to be precise in your communications. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday.

You can pick up some overtime this month. You need activity. Don’t let relatives get the better of you. Be aware that a female you work with may be trying to hold you back. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday.

Double-check before you go out. Large organizations may try to talk you out of your hard-earned cash. Travel will stimulate your need to experience exciting new things. You can make life easier for an older member of your family. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday.

Jan. 21 - Feb. 19 Feb. 20 - Mar. 20

Disharmony in your relationship may cause minor ailments. Be prepared to neutralize any threats. You may overspend if you travel this month; however, the trip will be one to remember. Your emotions are soaring and if you don’t get your way, look out world. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.

Jokes of the Month

Long Life Recipe

A tough old cowboy from Texas advised his granddaughter that if she wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gun powder on her oatmeal every morning. The granddaughter did this religiously until the age of 103, when she died. She left behind 14 children, 30 grandchildren, 45 greatgrandchildren, 25 great-great-grandchildren, and a 40-foot hole where the crematorium used to be.

The Monkey

A lost dog strays into a jungle. A lion sees the dog from a distance and thinks, well, this guy looks edible. Never seen his kind before.” The lion starts rushing toward the dog menacingly. The dog notices and begins to panic, but just as he’s about to run, he spots some bones nearby. Thinking quickly, the dog loudly exclaims, “Mmm… that was some good lion meat!” Hearing this, the lion abruptly stops in his tracks and thinks, “Whoa! This guy seems tougher than he looks. I better leave while I still can.” Up in the treetops, a monkey witnesses the entire scene. Realising he could gain favour with the lion the monkey decides to spill the beans. He swings down and tells the lion what really happened. Furious, the lion growls, “Get on my back! We’ll deal with him together!” The lion and monkey rush back toward the dog. Spotting them, the dog panics again but quickly comes up with another idea. He shouts loudly, “Where the hell is that monkey? I told him to bring me another lion an hour ago!”

Dinnertime

A boy asks his father, “Dad, are bugs good to eat?” “That’s disgusting. Don’t talk about things like that over dinner,” the dad replies. After dinner the father asks, “Now, son, what did you want to ask me?” “Oh, nothing,” the boy says. “There was a bug in your soup, but now it’s gone.”

Nationality

A man is walking in New York City when he sees a little girl being chased by a very fierce dog. He fights off the dog by hitting its head with a stick and it limps away, so he is sure he has saved the life of the little girl. The girl’s mother rushed over to him and says, “Thank you so much for saving my little girl, you are a true hero. I will tell all the newspapers and there will be headlines like, ‘Brave New Yorker Saves the Life of Young Girl’”. The man replies, “But I’m not a New Yorker”. The mother says, “Instead then, they will read ‘Brave American Saves the Life of a Young Girl’”. The man tells her, “But I’m not an American either”. The mother asks, “What nationality are you?” “I’m from Iran, I’m an Iranian” the man tells her. The next day he looks at the front page of his newspaper and the headline is, “Islamic Extremist Kills American Dog”.

The Armadillo

A lawyer was driving along the highway when an armadillo suddenly ran in front of his car. He hit the brakes, picked up the armadillo, and tossed it in the trunk before continuing on his way. A short while later, he got pulled over at a police checkpoint. The officer asked for his licence and registration, then told him to step out of the car and open the trunk. When the trunk popped open, the officer spotted the armadillo and said, “Are you out of your mind? This is a wild animal! If I call the wildlife authorities, you’re in big trouble and you may have to go to prison.” The lawyer responded calmly, “Oh, no, officer, that armadillo is my pet. I’ve raised him since he was just a baby. He’s trained, too. If you let him go, I can whistle twice, and he’ll come right back to me.” The officer, doubtful, said, “Yeah, right. I don’t buy it.” “Go ahead and let him go, and you’ll see,” the lawyer replied. So, the officer picked up the armadillo and released it into the woods. The armadillo bolted, disappearing into the trees. The officer turned back to the lawyer and said, “Alright, call the armadillo back.” The lawyer then asked, “What armadillo?”

The Coffee

A man walks into a coffee shop and asks for an Americano. Barista: May I suggest a Canadiano instead? Man: What’s a Canadiano? Barista: An Americano without the tariffs!

Golf

Tim decided to tie the knot with his long-time girlfriend. One evening, after the honeymoon, he was organising his golfing equipment. His wife was standing nearby watching him. After a long period of silence, she finally speaks: “Tim, I’ve been thinking, now that we’re married maybe it’s time you quit golfing. You spend so much time on the course. You could probably get a good price for your clubs.” Tim gets this horrified look on his face. She says, “Darling, what’s wrong?” “For a minute there you were beginning to sound like my ex-wife.” “Ex-wife!” she screams, “I didn’t know you were married before!” “I wasn’t,” he replied.

Golf Again

One day, a man came home and was greeted by his wife dressed in stunningly sexy lingerie. “Tie me up,” she purred, “And you can do anything you want.” So he tied her up and went golfing.

Banned

My girlfriend and I are trying this whole “long distance relationship” thing. I have to stay 100m away from her at all times. Also, the police say I should stop referring to her as my girlfriend.

Football

The huge college freshman decided to try out for the football team. “Can you tackle?” asked the coach. “Watch this,” said the freshman, who proceeded to run smack into a telephone pole, shattering it to splinters. “Wow,” said the coach. “I’m impressed. Can you run?” “Of course I can run,” said the freshman. He was off like a shot, and, in just over nine seconds, he had run a hundred yard dash. “Great!” enthused the coach. “But can you pass a football?” The freshman hesitated for a few seconds. “Well, sir,” he said, “if I can swallow it, I can probably pass it.”

The Question

“Am I the first man you’ve ever loved?” he asked. “Of course you are”, she replied. “Why do men always ask the same question and expect the same answer?”

The Sisters

Two elderly sisters donated $5 to a charity and, to their surprise, won tickets to a football game. Since they had never seen a live football game before, Madge thought the free tickets would provide an excellent opportunity for doing so. “I think so, too,” said Mabel. “Let’s go!” They soon found themselves high in a noisy stadium overlooking a large, grassy expanse. They watched the kickoff and the seemingly endless back-and-forth struggles that comprised the scoreless first half. They enjoyed the band music and cheerleader performance that followed. Then came the second half. When the teams lined up for the second-half kickoff, Madge nudged her sister. “I guess we can go home now, Mabel,” she said. “This is where we came in.”