The Almeria Focus – June 2022 by The Almeria Focus

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Contents Moving into Summer .......................................................…...10 In the News ........…................…………................................…….12 Was Walt Disney a Mojaquero? ..........................................36 So Now You Know ...............................................................................38 Some Light in the Tunnel .........................................................40 Robot Cars ......................................................................................42 The Euribor Finally Goes Positive .....................................44 Useful Numbers .....................................................................45 A-Z Directory ……………….......……................................................46 Community News ..............................................................................81 What’s On ...........................................................................................83 Activities, Clubs and Associations .......................................87 Your Stars …..........…...………......……........................................…91 Jokes of the Month ….....……………............................................92 Coffee Break ………………...…….............................................…94 For general or advertising enquiries, call or WhatsApp Clare on 667 80 11 40 or email almeriafocus@gmail.com

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Moving into Summer

opefully, by the time our readers have picked up this magazine, the cost of electricity will have come down for 37% of homes and 70% of businesses. The Spanish Government published the new regulations on May 13th that should reduce the cost to customers on the ‘PVPC’ hourly tariff. The proposals had to be “rubber stamped” by the EU and a period of two weeks was suggested. There should be a saving of 30%-35% that will apply until May 2023. We give more details in an article. As we move into summer, the international “Blue Flag’ beach and marina awards have been published, with a total of 617 throughout Spain. There are 35 for beaches in our province and two for marinas, which is a record number. Mojácar still has six awards but Carboneras has one more as does Vera, whilst there are two new ones in Cuevas del Almanzora. An additional one in Adra makes up the total number. Municipalities can also apply to be given “Q-quality” awards that are given within Spain. Cases of COVID-19 are still stubbornly high, thought to be partly caused by the relaxing of the regulations on wearing masks, and more people, particularly young people, taking part in large gatherings and activities where social distancing has ceased to be observed. As we report in our “In the News” section, the sale of masks from chemists has only gone down by 5%. On May 21st there had been 26 deaths from Covid in our province, compared to 31 in all of April. The incidence of infections in people over the age of 60 had reduced, down to 230 cases per 100,000, and the number of patients in the three hospitals had gone down to 47, with only three people in intensive care. Large crowds are anticipated when the ‘Moors & Christians’ event takes part in Vera on Saturday, June 11th, and in Mojácar from Friday, June 10th until Sunday, June 12th. In June 1488, the region was being invaded by Christian forces from the

kingdom of Granada. The Moors were the inhabitants, and many towns surrendered faced with overwhelming odds, including Vera. A Christian army captain came to Mojácar, which had not surrendered, and a truce was negotiated with Alabez, the equivalent of the mayor, on June 10th. The Mojácar festival first took place in 1988, which was the 500th anniversary.

In our “In the News” section we comment on the reason why there is a continual large number of earthquakes in the Alborán sea, off the coast of Almería and Málaga. On Friday, May 20th at 2.30pm, there was an earthquake 8kms under the sea, that was five on the Richter scale, with four further smaller quakes that measured three. The epicentre was off the coast of Melilla and was clearly felt along the Málaga coastline, but to a lesser extent in Almería province. ‘The Times’ newspaper has published a list of the 20 prettiest towns and villages in Spain with less than 15,000 inhabitants, and there are six in Andalucía. Mojácar and Lucainena de los Torres hold the national awards of the “Prettiest towns and villages”, but the newspaper chose Lucainena de los Torres. Readers were told that it merited being included in the list because of the white houses, mostly decorated with flowers and plants. June 23rd in Spain celebrates the vigil of San Juan (John the Baptist), who is supposed to have been born on June 24th. Bonfires are lit on beaches, often with fireworks and music. There are no major national “red” fiesta dates in June or July.

In the News At Last! In an article we explain that the EU has given Spain and Portugal special permission to reduce the price of electricity by 30-35% until May 2023. This applies to the 11 million customers who pay on the ‘PVPC’ tariff from the “pool” prices that change each hour. The 16 million customers who pay via various “plans” will have to wait and see what their supply company is going to do, but there is no guarantee that they will reduce their prices. In the vast majority of cases, customers can choose to change to the PVPC tariff if they wish to do this, and they could then review the situation in May 2023.

Andalucía Elections on June 19th Last month we explained that elections for the Junta de Andalucía autonomous community government have to take place by December. Juanma Moreno, the President, floated the idea that he would call elections before the summer instead of waiting until later in the year, as assuming his ‘PP’ party was reelected, there would then be time to pass the 2023 budget. Traditionally, all elections, national, regional or local take place on a Sunday. There was an exception in 2017 when central government dissolved the Catalonia government the same day as their illegal declaration of independence, and with the required period of 54 days prior to the next elections they took place on Thursday, December 22nd, and elections in Madrid in 2021 took place on a Tuesday. Juanma Moreno teased his opposition MPs by announcing that he might call elections for a Saturday, or a Friday, or another weekday, but on Tuesday, April 26th he dissolved Parliament for elections on Sunday, June 19th. Opinion poll results are that his party might possibly gain 55 seats, that would be a majority of one as there are 109 MPs, without having to form an alliance with the Vox (right-wing) party that is the case at present. If elections took place on Sunday, June 12th, that was a possibility, this would have caused immense problems in Mojácar as it is the final procession day for the Moors and Christians event, who use the school for donning their costumes. With elections at the school this would be impossible. The main Vera Moors and Christians event is on Saturday, June 11th, so no problems for Vera. The only fly in the ointment is

that June 19th is the day when 5-6 hour exams take place for people wishing to become teachers. These are not supposed to take place on any other day as they are nationwide, and about 4,300 people are affected in our province. We highlight these exams in another news item. Only Spaniards can vote in regional elections, but exam candidates would have had to vote before or after the exams, in their own municipality, unless they applied for postal votes. The Junta de Andalucía subsequently announced that the exams would be moved to Saturday, June 18th. It has been agreed that in 2023, when it is municipal elections, that expat Brits can still vote and put themselves forward to be elected councillors for their political party.

The Vera ‘AVE’ Station Between Murcia and Almería there will be a station at Vera for the ‘AVE’ (high speed train). The project is being finalised and will be put out to tender. There have been various comprehensive plans from different architectural firms with the first design published in 2011. ‘Adif’, the Spanish rail authority, have announced that the new one completed in February takes into account the expected number of passengers, not the total population, and is in line with similar stations in other areas.

High Cuisine at Almería Airport ‘Aena’, the Spanish airport authority, have awarded a contract to the French company Lagardère to run the three areas where food is available in the departure lounge, embarkation area and the terrace at Almería airport. The company revamped the areas and state that they will give passengers “the best eating experience possible”, with healthy food based on local and international recipes, high quality coffee and tea, soft drinks and beers including English ones.

Spain and Hydrogen Gas Teresa Ribera, the Spanish Minister for the Ecological Transition, has written to Brussels asking for major funding to produce hydrogen gas that can be easily produced in Spain. A request has also been made that the EU fund the major pipeline into France, abandoned in 2019, which could carry normal gas to Europe, and eventually hydrogen gas. In 2020,

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In the News Spain set a target that by 2030 they would produce 10% of the EU requirement for renewable hydrogen, and Teresa Ribera says that this is a conservative amount. Hydrogen gas can be obtained from water using solar power and electrolysis. It is a totally “green” energy and can be stored. King Felipe VI recently visited an ‘Iberdrola’ plant in Castilla-La Mancha that will produce 360kg of hydrogen gas per hour. Photovoltaic solar panels provide energy to carry out the electrolysis from water, and wind turbines then cool the water. In this case, the plant will produce ammonia for fertiliser production.

A Near Fatal Barricade The emergency services went to a third-floor apartment in Roquetas de Mar after reports that smoke was coming out from under the front door. Guardia Civil police were first on the scene and were told that there were squatters inside. Hearing people shouting out for help, the police started to break through the front door, but there were concrete breeze blocks and furniture on the other side to hinder eviction. When they eventually gained access, they rescued two people, one of whom was taken to hospital as they were semiconscious and suffering from smoke inhalation, and the other person was treated at a health centre. The two police officers were treated for smoke inhalation and given oxygen by ambulance crews at the scene, and the fire brigade put out the fire.

A Lot of Water! April showers turned into downpours and the early buds of May were nearly washed away. Agriculturalists probably considered growing rice. There are two reservoirs in our province, one at Benínar near Berja and the other at Cuevas del Almanzora. Neither of them are hydro-electric ones; they are both for irrigation by agriculturalists. Both of them are at 25% of their total capacity and 50% more than last January. The Benínar reservoir now has 14.9 cubic hectometres compared to 7.1 this time last year. The Cuevas reservoir has gone up to 41 cubic hectometres from 20.3 a year ago. The “sports” canal at the bottom of the reservoir was built as part of the Mediterranean Olympic games in Almería province in 2005. People have been going to see the

new level of water that has not reached this capacity for many years.

More “Blue Flags” Almería province has been awarded 35 “Blue Flags” this year for beaches, and two for marinas. This is the highest number ever, with one additional one in Carboneras, two in Cuevas del Almanzora, one in Vera and one in Adra. Blue Flag beaches in Mojácar are at Marina de la Torre, Venta del Bancal-Ventanicas, Lance Nuevo, El Cantal, Piedra Villazar and El Descargar. Inspectors come to the beaches and there are many categories they have to satisfy. These include sign-posting, information, life guards, beach cleaning, facilities and public transport, apart from a satisfactory water quality. Beaches can also qualify for a “Q-quality” flag that is awarded nationally, not internationally, that applies to the Blue Flag awards.

Drastic Measures The EU are proposing that all member states take action to reduce the amount of energy they need and share gas supplies if Russia cuts off their supply of gas. All member states can declare a national emergency if necessary, and put in place rationing. In Bulgaria, 450 buses run on natural gas which Russia has cut off, so the plan is that they will temporarily take 200 out of service. Finland is in negotiations with a company to rent a ship that can convert LPG gas to normal gas, which would be moored alongside the LPG tankers. In Germany, the temperature of public indoor pools that are heated by gas will be reduced by two degrees. Italy is planning “Operation Thermostat” with large companies having to limit the temperature in winter to 19 degrees (plus 2 degrees in some workplaces), and a summer temperature from air-conditioning of not less than 27 degrees (less 2 degrees in some workplaces). They claim this could save 2,000 to 4,000 million cubic metres of gas per annum. In Holland they are reducing the winter temperature in public buildings from 21 to 19 degrees, and overnight temperatures down to 15 degrees. In Amsterdam and other cities, they plan to zone street lighting so there are no safety issues involved, but the majority of lights will be turned off. In Portugal, the proposal is that young people under the age of 18 (23 if a student), and

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In the News the over 65s will have free transport passes. France has requested a “Citizen effort” to lower home temperatures by “at least” one degree, in winter and summer. General action, recommended for all member states include company employees working from home three days a week, car sharing and reduced speed limits on motorways by 10km/h. Other ideas are banning cars (except for disabled drivers) from cities on a Sunday which could typically save up to 380,000 barrels of petroleum, and free public transport in cities and towns. Encouraging cycling and walking short distances is on the table, and so is reducing business flights where there is an alternative rail connection. The increased use of electric vehicles (not hybrid ones) is also being stepped up with subsidies that make their price competitive with petrol and diesel ones so more will be sold. Investigation into producing hydrogen gas will be funded, and in another news item we narrate that Spain has suggested that at least 10% of hydrogen gas needed could be produced here.

are reserved for formal dinners and visiting dignitaries. She recently presented awards at a ceremony in Madrid and wore a dress that was half black and half white available from ‘Mango’ shops for 49 euros. One of the recipients of an award was very embarrassed as she had an identical dress! When she received her award, Queen Leticia joked what good taste in clothes they both had, and gave her a hug. On ‘World Red Cross’ day, a few days later, she wore a dress that had panels cut out showing the sides of her abdomen. It was immediately obvious that she was quite muscled, appeared to have no fat and must be exercising regularly. This time, the dress from the Spanish company ‘Serendipia Wear’ cost 64 euros. In the past, when her two daughters were younger and appeared in “low cost” clothes, the shops they came from soon sold out!

Housing Ukrainian Refugees in Spain On March 23rd, 2,308 families in Spain registered their willingness to take in Ukrainian refugees. About 1,000 have dropped out when the conditions were explained. The remaining 1,000 have had their applications approved or are in the process. Families have to take in any refugees for six months, which some families were not prepared to do, and some applicants applied to house unaccompanied children. This is not allowed as the Ukrainian government have asked that unaccompanied children are only put with Ukrainian families. Children can only be housed in Spain as part of a family, or with a single parent. Apart from food and shelter, the host family has to look after the refugees on a day-to-day basis, and they cannot go away and leave the refugees on their own. Applicants cannot have a criminal record or a conviction for crimes of a sexual nature, but no applicants have so far been rejected for these reasons.

King Felipe’s Wealth

As we have mentioned before, there have been major outcries and investigations concerning the Honorary King Juan Carlos who stood down in 2014, when his son Felipe became King Felipe VI. It emerged that Juan Carlos had a number of bank accounts relating to various companies, some of them in tax havens, and a sum of 65 million euros he had received was stated to be a “gift” from the King of Saudi Arabia when he was there with a Spanish delegation to secure the contract for the high-speed train in The Same Dress! Mecca. The contract price was reduced to clinch the Queen Leticia is aged 49 and habitually wears clothes deal. Juan Carlos then gave the money to a “very that can be bought on the high street, and this close female friend” that he had been linked with applies to her daughters as well. Designer clothes for some time, who is now asking for a restraining

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In the News order in the High Court in London, as the King has been asking for the money back, and she claims she has been the subject of threats! Juan Carlos went to Abu Dhabi in 2020 saying that he did not wish to cause his son further embarrassment. His accountants have made two large payments to the ‘Hacienda’ (Spanish tax man) on income or free travel that were not declared. King Felipe VI has now made public his net worth (that he is not obliged to declare) that comes to 2.5 million euros in Spanish bank accounts and Spanish investment funds and 305,000 euros in works of art, antiques and jewellery. He has stated that he does not own any property (he lives in the royal palace of course), and he has no funds or income out of Spain. In 2020 he issued a statement saying that neither he nor Queen Leticia, nor their two daughters, would accept any inheritance where the funds were from unclear sources, and Juan Carlos was stripped of his annual stipend. The monarchy is in receipt of 8.4 million euros this year from state funding that is for all expenses, and 253,000 euros is considered to be his “salary”. This is 20% less than his father was receiving prior to 2020. It is quite clear that the reputation of the monarchy has been damaged by his father’s financial dealings. On Sunday, May 15th, King Felipe made a flying visit to Abu Dhabi to attend the funeral of Sheikh Khalifa, and afterwards he reportedly had a telephone conversation with his father. The subject of Juan Carlos making a short visit to Spain was discussed and it was then announced that he would travel to Galicia on May 20th where the 6 metre racing yacht regattas started on the 21st. In former years he was an enthusiastic crew member. A visit to the palace in Madrid was scheduled for Monday, May 23rd, to meet family members, from where he would return to Abu Dhabi the same day.

An Unfortunate Remark Sánchez Galán, the boss of Iberdrola, the Spanish electricity provider, recently addressed a meeting, referring to the price of electricity. He maintained that with the reductions in duty and IVA (VAT), customers who had the fixed-price “plans” were not paying more than in 2018. He went on to say that people on the PVPC tariff who pay a different amount each hour were “tontos” (stupid)! After a

storm of protests, he apologised and claimed it was a colloquialism, and he was sorry if he had offended anyone. It was pointed out that people who were entitled to the “bono social” discounts, for those on a low income, had to be on the PVPC tariff to be able to claim a rebate. The CNMC, the government body who investigate claims of a cartel and monitor “non-competitive” mergers, publish prices on their website for the different “plans” that are available. They have consistently shown that the plans are more expensive over a period of time than the hourly rate tariff. Lately of course, with the large increase in the cost of electricity, some plans cost less money. In 2019, the CNMC stated that plans were consistently 15% more expensive, and this is also confirmed by FACUA, the official Spanish consumer protection agency.

An End to Masks From April 20th, central government in Spain ruled that the wearing of masks in internal areas was no longer obligatory, with certain exceptions. These are on all types of public transport, in hospitals and outpatient departments, for staff and visitors of residential homes, health centres, chemists, centres for physiotherapy and dentists. The national newspaper ‘El País’ and the ‘Cadena SER’ radio conducted a nationwide survey on April 18th and 19th, and there was a very distinct split. 54% thought that it was too soon and were not sure about it at all, 28% considered it was safe, or quite safe, and 10% thought it could have been done sooner. The other 7.5% had no firm viewpoint. A very large 70% considered that they would still wear masks in places such as shops and also in cinemas and theatres, and 62% thought they would probably still wear masks in gyms and sports centres. Commuters thought that it was still a very good idea at train or metro station platforms, where crowds of passengers were denser than on a train. The age group that stated they were far less likely to wear masks where not specifically necessary were from 18-24. Many Spanish health experts are critical of mask wearing in general being stopped, and point out that in other countries with rising numbers of people affected by covid, they are being reintroduced. They stress that wearing masks in crowded place is highly recommended and

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In the News necessary. This is also the advice from the Junta de led to an apparent high number that were not previously detected, and there is no cause for alarm. Andalucía.

Exams for Teachers

A Misplaced Mobile Phone

In another news item we explain that people wishing to became teachers have to take exams that have been brought forward a day to June 18th. Exams like these are known as “oposiciones” and apply to people wanting to obtain places in local or regional government, police forces, prison guards, some health work areas, some areas of the armed forces, employment in courts and the legal profession and some others. In all of Andalucía there will be about 37,000 people applying for teaching posts with 4,300 in our province competing for 2,500 job vacancies for the school year 2022-2023. 1,000 people want to be infant teachers with 400 jobs on offer, 1,200 in primary education with 600 jobs, 458 to be English teachers with almost the same number of jobs, 106 to teach French with 54 jobs, 147 to teach music with 104 jobs, and 694 to teach physical education with 354 jobs. The exams in sections take from five to six hours. Non-Spanish people can sit ‘oposiciones’ in some, but not all cases. Only Spaniards can apply for professions such as the armed forces, Guardia Civil and National police, and some jobs in the legal profession.

Guardia Civil police in Tijola went to a bar after the owner informed them that there had been a robbery. An external reja had been forced open and so had the till, where there had been 300 euros that was missing. Whilst examining the damage, the police found a mobile phone that the owner said was not his. Enquiries confirmed that it belonged to the man who had robbed the bar!

Identifying Bodies

Tragically, many of the illegal “boat people” trying to come to Spain perish in the sea through bad weather or grossly overloaded boats. 226 bodies were recovered in 2021 from the Alborán sea, off the coasts of Almería and Málaga, with 27 recovered or washed up in our province. Some organisations, including the Red Cross, put photos on-line in the hope they may be recognised in the country they have come from. Forensic units run by the Spanish National Police were set up in May 2021, and they use special techniques to take fingerprints from dead people. Apart from a data bank that Interpol keep, a host of countries in the EU signed up to the ‘Prüm Convention’ in 2005 that share fingerprints Earthquakes in Almería Province and other data. Since May 2021, a total of 177 bodies Recently, there have been many earthquakes of a recovered in Andalucía have been identified. low level (a maximum of 2.5 magnitude) in our province, but they are almost impossible to predict. Masks and the Hard of Hearing They arise because of a fault line where the African When mask wearing became compulsory, this caused and European tectonic plates grind together. Usually, considerable problems for hard of hearing people, they originate in the Alborán sea off the coasts of even if they had a hearing aid. They soon found that Almería and Málaga. There is a fault line from not being able to see the lips of a person speaking Carboneras to North Morocco, and another from with a mask was a big problem, and the mask Málaga to Algeria. There have been three of a distorted what they could hear! They needed a magnitude of 6, in 2004, 2010 and 2016, but all at “translator” who could go with them when important a considerable depth. 2022 is the 500thanniversary matters were being discussed, so they could totally of when there were very major earthquakes in 1522, understand what was being said, providing the felt in all of Andalucía and Morocco, and calculated person with them pulled their mask down! This was to be the most severe for 1,000 years. There was impossible when only one person was allowed in a catastrophic damage in Almería city, Granada, Guadix hospital or doctor’s surgery. Unfortunately, a mask and Baza. Antonio Posadas, an expert in earthquakes is still required there at present and in farmacias from Almería university, states that increasingly (chemists). As regards children, when it was thought sensitive devices to record minor earthquakes have

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In the News that mask wearing in schools would be relaxed gradually, it was planned that this would start with primary children, as they needed to see the teacher’s lips more than older children.

Chemists Still Busy Following Easter, and the relaxation of wearing masks, chemists in Almería province say that sales of masks have only dropped by 5%, but sales of covid tests have gone up by 42% to a total of 50,000 each week. Part of the reason given is that because of the bad weather more people were getting severe colds, and they were worried in case they had covid. This applies particularly to people over the age of 60, who know that their age group is the highest one for hospital admissions due to covid.

from “long covid”, in some cases with severe symptoms. These include fatigue, persistent headaches, interrupted sleep, chest pain, and muscular problems. In severe cases they have the equivalent of post-traumatic stress, loss of hair, breathing difficulties, stomach problems, thrombosis, high blood pressure and irregular heartbeats. 17%, so 1 in 6, have been off work for more than a year. The Spanish Health Workers Union is complaining that long covid in health workers is equivalent to accidents at work, and these people should receive special compensation. They state that they continually put their lives at risk and are being abandoned.

New Brown Recycling Bins Mandatory in 2024, The Junta de Andalucía is inviting town halls with more than 5,000 residents, or groups of town halls where there is a consortium (in our immediate area), to apply for new brown bins and so far, 300 have done this. In Málaga the new bins are already in use at hotels and large catering establishments and will be extended for the general public. The budget for the provision of the new bins is 34 million euros. They are for bagged organic waste such as vegetables, fruit, leftovers, used kitchen paper, napkins and plants. It would appear that garden waste is included, which up to now is often put in the grey general-purpose bins. The new bins will be exactly the same dimensions as the existing bins that are blue for paper and cardboard, yellow for plastic and metal such as drink cans, and the different shaped green ones for glass. There are also containers for used cooking oil in many areas.

Spanish Health Workers and Covid Spanish health workers in hospitals are obviously heroes, and many of them became infected, particularly in the early days of the pandemic. 60% of hospital workers, staff in doctor’s surgeries, consultants and staff in residential homes went down with covid, and 82% of them were women. Unfortunately, 50% of these people are suffering

The Rising Spanish Tennis Stars Rafa Nadal is the most famous Spanish tennis player, but Carlos Alcaraz, a 19-year-old from Murcia, is snapping at his heels. The youngest player to compete in the Madrid Masters tournament, he beat Alexander Zverez in the final in 62 minutes, 6-3 and 6-1, the quickest Madrid final ever. To get to the final, he had beaten Nadal and Djokovic and previously won the Río de Janeiro, Miami and Barcelona tournaments, with high hopes of performing well in the Roland Garros event. Meanwhile, the young Paula Badosa is forging ahead. Aged 24, she won the Australian, Belgrade and Indiana Wells tournament in 2021, the first Spanish tennis player to do this, and the Sydney tournament this year. Unfortunately, she was knocked out of the Madrid Open tournament and has temporarily (for sure) lost her number two women’s ranking.

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In the News The ‘ISA’ System for Cars In an article we comment on ‘Robot cars’, and the ‘DGT’, the Spanish Traffic Authority, has announced a new mandatory safety feature. From July 6th this year, cars approved for use in Europe, and all cars from 2024, have to have the ISA (Intelligent Speed Assistance) system fitted. The UK Ministry of Transport has stated that they will adopt the new system as well. It is designed to limit speeding which is considered to be a major cause of accidents. The car manufacturers Citroen, Ford, Honda, Jaguar, Peugeot, Renault, Fiat, Mercedes, Jeep, Land Rover and Volvo are already fitting it. The device shows the speed limits to the driver via a digital GPS activated map, or in some cars there will be a forward-facing camera in front of the rear-view mirror that reacts to roadside speed limit signs. In excess speeds, manufacturers can choose between having a flashing warning light followed by an acoustical or vibrating warning, or ‘Haptic’ feedback that will give the driver a warning by pushing up on the accelerator pedal, or a reduction in speed similar to cruise controls. Following pressure by car manufacturers, a driver can override the automatic speed reduction by pressing down on the accelerator, but it is intended that the ability to override the system is prohibited at a future date. There are other safety features that many cars already have, but they will be progressively introduced in all cars in Europe from July. These include a fatigue and drowsiness detector, a vehicle lock from a breathalyser, an involuntary lane departure alert, a rear camera with cross-traffic detection, a black box accident data recorder, automatic emergency braking and a seat belt alert in the rear of the vehicle if it is not being used by a passenger. A European Parliament study has estimated that it will be possible to avoid more than 140,000 serious injuries and up to 25,000 driver deaths in Europe every year. Renault, Dacia and Volvo have already introduced a speed limiter of 180km/h.

Hard Times for Netflix Results for the first quarter of 2022 were not at all good, and Netflix announced that they had lost 200,000 subscribers, the first time since 2011. The company stated that as the pandemic came to an end customers started to cancel, and a big problem

was that although they had 216 million customers, 100 million households were not paying customers because they were sharing passwords and this amounted to lost revenue of 10 billion euros. They stated that they were investigating how to limit this and convert this sector to normal customers. It has also been suggested that paid commercials might be introduced. Wall Street analysts were not convinced that their claims that they would substantially improve results in the second quarter of this year were right. The price of their shares on the stock market went down substantially with a loss of 24%, along with Disney shares that went down 6%, and HBO Max shares by 3%. Nevertheless, profit in 2021 went up to 5.1 billion dollars compared to 2.8 billion in 2020. In 2021 they streamed 10 video games and consider that this is an expanding market. The day after the publication of the Netflix figured, HBO Max España announced a 35% discount for new customers with the annual fee reduced to 69 euros.

More Employed People in Spain We have commented previously that the Spanish economy is continuing to improve, despite the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Employed people and the self-employed have to pay into the Social Security system, and figures at the end of April were that a record 20 million people were doing this, with another 36,000 in April. The best figures previously were in July 2019 when there were 19.6 million. Employment usually peaks in July and August, so it is considered that the numbers will be well over 20 million. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 500,000 new workers have been registered, evenly distributed throughout Spain. The black economy is still estimated to account for 23% of all business transactions. There are some people who are legal and pay social security, but they will, or are asked, to make payments in cash without IVA (VAT). This does contribute to the economy, but results in less money paid through taxes.

Covid and Easter Fears that covid cases would increase after Easter were well founded. In the following fortnight the numbers per 100,000 went up by 40%, and up to 608 per 100,000 in people in their 60s. In people

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Menus del Día with a Wine or Beer The Spanish Minister for Health has pointed out that heart problems are the major cause of death. Their viewpoint is that healthy eating tied to the Mediterranean diet is a very good thing, but drinking alcohol is not. They suggest that “menus del día” should not include a glass of wine or beer, and drinks from vending machines should be alcohol free. Cardiologists state that 28% of deaths are heart related, and 27% from tumours, followed by lung disease. They say that alcohol should only be consumed in moderation, and after a free “wine or beer” with a menu del día, clients will almost certainly pay for another one.

Doña Pakyta Museum Work The Doña Pakyta museum in Almería city is closed for six months whilst major building work takes place in the basement to extend and improve the exhibition areas. The work has a contract price of 278,000 euros and 80% of the cost will come from ‘Feder’ EU grants for cultural expansion.

New Laws for Cyclists From March 22nd, important new regulations relating to motorists and cyclists came into force. The required distance between a cyclist and a vehicle overtaking has been increased from 1.5m to 2m. Only two cyclists can ride side by side, and on a normal road with traffic in both directions a vehicle can now completely cross a solid white line into the opposite carriageway when overtaking cyclists, providing this is not dangerous. The loss of points for dangerous manoeuvres by vehicles or causing

major injury to cyclists has been raised from 4 to 6 points, and parking or stopping on a cycleway can lead to a fine of 100 euros. When using a pedestrian crossing, cyclists, along with people on electric scooters, have no right of way and have to dismount. The fine for not doing this is between 100 and 200 euros. Using a mobile phone carries the same penalties as for normal drivers, and traffic signs have to be observed at all times. The alcohol and zero drug limits are the same for normal drivers. Drivers in general are reminded that following an accident involving injuries they have to remain at the scene, and give assistance until the emergency services arrive. The penalty for driving off can be a prison term from six months to four years in extreme cases of severe injury or a death, and the loss of a licence for one to four years.

Energy Efficient Street Lights The Almería Diputación (county council) are using four million euros from an EU energy efficiency grant to modernise the street lights in Albox, Arboleas, Chirivel, Huércal-Overa and Zurgena. LED bulbs, and sensors that detect the level of day light in the streets to determine when they come on or off, will save town halls 75% of the existing cost of electricity. Similar modernisation already carried out, or planned, for a total of 56 municipalities in Almería province will cost 28 million euros, all subsidised by the EU.

Mojácar Bus & Coach Station The company Constructiones Nila S.A, who lay new tarmac and make alterations when roads need repairing, have been awarded a contract valued at 618,000 euros to provide the new bus and coach station in Mojácar, near the petrol station. There will be space for four regional or national coaches and local buses, a waiting room, toilets and taxi bays. There are normally 40 bus journeys in Mojácar during the week which increases in number during the tourist season. The construction of the new facilities was due to start in mid-May with a six-month finish date. The Almería Department of Transport Delegate, Eloísa Cabrera, has stated that the new bus station is badly needed, will improve safety for passengers and protect them from inclement weather.

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In the News An Increase in Population Figures for Almería province put it in fifth place in Andalucía where the population has increased substantially. The Institute of Statistics compile the numbers of inhabitants every January 1st, and numbers in our province went up from 731,792 to 739,293 with 578,306 Spaniards and 160,987 nonSpanish. This sector of the population increased by 4,630. 40% of all inhabitants live in the two largest municipalities with more than 100,00 people, Almería capital and Roquetas de Mar. In the community of Andalucía, that includes Almería province, there are 8.5 million inhabitants, the highest in Spain of any autonomous community, followed by Madrid with 6.7 million. Non-Spanish inhabitants in Spain make up 11.6% of the total, 9% in Andalucía and 21% in our province.

Looking after Tortoises The University in Elche have made a formal offer to supervise the removal of tortoises where the new AVE (High speed train) project requires that their natural habitat in Cuevas del Almanzora has to be moved. The “fee” for the supervision is 864,000 euros spread over 39 months and includes a comprehensive survey and determination as to how many tortoises there are, carefully moving them to the new site and monitoring their behaviour over a period of time. The “Tortuga Mora” is a protected species, and every year there are surveys to count them, and put numbers on their shells. There is another natural habitat in the Cabrera / Bédar area. When it was determined that the AVE crossed their natural habitat, the first suggested new site involved the compulsory purchase of some dwellings and fertile agricultural land. After the expected outcry from agriculturalists, another location was proposed, with a similar expropriation of fertile land, but no dwellings. After renewed complaints, a third site was allocated where there is minimum damage to agriculture. The protection of this breed of tortoise comes under the heading of ‘Red Natura 2000’ which is the conservation project.

catered for by renewable energy. About 70% came from solar panels and the other 30% from wind farms. The company ‘Environment California’ has been promoting and organising the subsidised installation of photovoltaic solar panels in homes and businesses, with the target of 1 million rooftop panels state-wide. This number has been reached and excess electricity goes back into the grid. The company say that panels on houses and businesses are more environmentally friendly than solar farms that occupy large swathes of the Mojave dessert. In Spain on Saturday, April 2nd, in mainland Spain (not taking into account the islands) renewable sources contributed 61% of the demand. At 1pm, with wind and solar contributions at a peak, they contributed 26,394 megawatts, and the demand from consumers was 27,262 megawatts, so 97% came from renewable sources. Both of these occurrences in California and Spain were effectively a fluke, as they happened in Spring at a time of minimum demand, but as renewable energy output increases, it will happen a lot more.

Personal Mobility Devices

In Spain from March 22nd, new traffic regulations came into place, and some of them related to personal mobility devices. These are defined as having two or more wheels, for one person only, 99.87% Renewable Energy with an electric motor that gives a speed of between On May 2nd, at 2.50pm, on an extremely hot day, 6km/h and a maximum of 25km/h. The vast majority energy requirements in California were 99.87% of these are electric scooters. The Traffic

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In the News Department in Almería mounted a campaign asking all town halls to enforce the new regulations, which is the responsibility of the municipal police, not the Guardia Civil who will only become involved in a serious accident. The request was made because it appeared that many people using electric scooters were unaware of the new regulations, or ignoring them, and many users are minors. (Depending on the municipality, users have to be above the age of 15 or 16). They are totally prohibited on pavements and in pedestrian areas with a fine of 100 euros, and if there are cycleways they should be used. All users have to wear an approved helmet, the same as cyclists, to prevent injuries to the head that can be serious, life changing or fatal. Anyone caught without a helmet faces a fine of 200 euros, and the device can be seized. Using a mobile phone or wearing headphones carries a fine of 200 euros, and there is a zero allowance of alcohol or drugs for minors, with fines up to 500 euros. For adults there is an alcohol limit of 0.25mg /l, zero drug allowance, and

fines from 500-1,000 euros. All persons using these devices have to observe normal traffic regulations and not ride them across a pedestrian crossing, with a fine of 100 euros. The use at night is not recommended, but if used there has to be a front light and rear reflector and the person using it has to have reflective clothes or a jacket. The fine for not doing this is 200 euros. Parents or guardians are reminded that they are responsible for all fines given to minors. Insurance is recommended and is a requirement is some cities, and some town halls require that personal mobility devices are registered with them. In Almería city, in the six months up to March 31st, police had issued 60 fines and went to 121 accidents. 46 of these involved pedestrians and 75 were collisions with vehicles. Mobility scooters are in a separate category, but users have the normal alcohol and zero drug limits as any other driver, as they are classed as being vehicles. Insurance is highly recommended but there is no requirement to wear a helmet.

Was Walt Disney a Mojaquero?

or many years there have been persistent claims that Walt Disney was born in Mojácar. The American Tito del Amo, the owner of Tito’s beach bar, firmly believed this was true after his own investigations, particularly as at one time he lived opposite the Disney family. A 60-minute documentary entitled 'Disney Through the Mirror' has been produced by the Almería filmmaker, Eduardo Soler. It has been filmed as a co-production between the ‘Pequeño’ company and ‘HD Studio S.L.’ expanding on the investigations by Manuel Pérez Galdeano and Tito. The producers, Juan José Abad, Javier Ercilla and Raquel Martin-Zarco, filmed the documentary in Almería, Barcelona, Madrid, New York, Los Ángeles, San Francisco and Chicago. Eduardo Soler has said that as the filming progressed, he was more than convinced that the story of Walt being born in Mojácar is true. The consistent claim is that Walt Disney’s birth name was José Guirao Zamora, the son of a young lady, Isabel Zamora Asensio, and a well-known Mojácar doctor, Dr Carillo, who was married. Believers of this story state that the doctor and Isabel were clandestine lovers from 1891 and they lived nearby in Mojácar. Legend has it that she was very attractive, self-confident and loved singing and dancing. They were both Roman Catholics and when Isabel became pregnant, it would have been considered an absolute scandal, involving an adulterous affair with the local doctor. It is maintained that she emigrated to Chicago where her brother lived at Hermosa, just outside Chicago. Once there, with Isabel finding it difficult to adapt and short of money, the claim is that she decided that the best option for the future of her young son was to have him adopted by the Disney family in late 1901, where she was the family maid.

spent several days in Mojácar to find people who knew the young woman Isabel (some did), but the doctor was very well known. Nobody knew who Walt Disney was! Opinions differ as to whether they agreed Walt was born in Mojácar and kept it a secret, or they found no proof and decided the claim was false. One story is that after they had gone a page had been torn out of the birth register. There was no record of any birth certificate in Chicago, and the only document that came to light is a Disney family certificate that showed he had been baptised on June 8th, 1902.

Official biographers in the US consider that Walt was born on December 5th, 1901, a very similar date to the claim of when he was adopted, and he had the typical lifestyle of the son of a farmer, Elias Disney of Irish descent, who had come to the US from Canada to settle in Chicago. In 1888 he married a school teacher, Flora Call, and it is stated that Walt was the fourth of the couple’s five children.

The title of the documentary is a clear reference to Lewis Carroll who published “Adventures in Wonderland” in 1865 and “Alice through the Looking Glass” in 1871. Far from thinking that everything was a dream, Alice went through the mirror to seek new adventures and look for the truth. Eduardo Soler believes that he has established the In the 1940s, two journalists were sent by Walt truth about Walt Disney’s birth in Mojácar by Disney to Mojácar to look through the parish looking through his mirror. Asked once if he had records. The two men, dressed smartly in suits, been born in Spain Walt replied, “Who knows?”

So Now You Know... The Berlin Blockade On June 24th, 1948, Soviet Russia began a blockade of Berlin in an attempt to force Western forces out of the city. Russian territory surrounded Berlin who needed rail and road access through Soviet Russia which was then blocked for all traffic. On June 26th an emergency airlift started to relieve the two million inhabitants isolated in West Berlin. During the airlift, American and British planes flew 278,000 flights, with a plane landing every minute at 11 staging areas in West Berlin. They delivered 2.3 million tons of food, coal and medical suppliers. The Russians lifted their blockade on May 12th, 1949, but the airlift continued until September 30th. Anne Frank Anne Frank (1929-1945) was born on June 12th in Frankfurt, Germany and is the most remembered victim of the Nazi Holocaust. She and her family went from Germany to Amsterdam to flee Nazi persecution and went into hiding in a small attic after Holland was invaded. Anne was unable to go out for any reason as she was considered a vulnerable young woman, so in 1942 to cope with boredom, fear and the loneliness of captivity she began a diary. Their hiding place was eventually discovered, and the whole family were deported to Nazi concentration camps. Anne died from typhus, and after the war her father published her diary. Robert F. Kennedy Robert F. Kennedy was shot dead in 1968 whilst leaving the Hotel Ambassador in Los Angeles. The shooting occurred after a celebration of his victory in the Californian presidential primary, and he was pronounced dead at 1.44 am on June 6th, aged 42. He left behind his wife Ethel and eleven children, with the last one born after his death. President John F. Kennedy had made him U.S. Attorney General in 1961 and he was his closest confidant. After the assassination of JFK, he stayed as Attorney General until 1964, when he resigned to make a successful run for the U.S. Senate. In 1968 he announced he was standing for the Presidential Elections.

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright, the American architect, was born in Richland Centre, Wisconsin on June 8th, 1867. He designed about 1,000 structures and is considered by far to be the most influential architect of his time. He pioneered the ‘Prairie School’ style featuring houses with low-pitched roofs and extended lines that blended into the landscape. He once wrote, “No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill, belonging to it, so hill and house can live together, each the happier for the other.” His most famous buildings are ‘Fallingwater’, a private house in Pennsylvania, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe was born in Los Angeles as Norma Jean Mortensen on June 1st, 1926. Following an unstable childhood spent in foster homes and orphanages, she landed a job as a photographer’s model which led to a movie career. She later married baseball legend Joe DiMaggio. Beneath her glamorous movie star looks she was fragile and insecure and eventually succumbed to the pressures of Hollywood life. She died in Los Angeles from an overdose of sleeping pills on August 5th, 1962. Best known films are Gentlemen Prefer Blondes(1953), The Seven Year Itch (1955) Bus Stop(1956), Some Like It Hot(1959), and The Misfits(1961). Watergate On June 17th, 1972, five men were arrested at the National Democratic Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington D.C. It appeared to be a routine burglary attempt, but it then emerged that they were agents hired by the Committee for the Reelection of President Richard Nixon, to steal documents. A long chain of events followed with revelations of illegal activities tied to the White House, senior advisers and eventually President Nixon. In 1973 on national television, Nixon stated, “There can be no whitewash at the White House”, which became his most infamous claim, but ultimately, he was forced to resign as President on August 9th, 1974.

Some Light in the Tunnel

ast month we explained that in a complete U-turn, the EU accepted that Spain and Portugal were a special case and could substantially reduce electricity prices. This was christened the “Iberian exception” and the EU invited the two countries to come up with their proposals. Spain had previously asked that the wholesale price of gas to the supply companies was reduced from 120 euros per MW/h (10,000 watts for one hour) down to 50 MW/h. Faced with the invitation from the EU, the suggested cap was reduced down to 30 MW/h until the end of 2022. After asking Spain and Portugal for more details, the EU met them in the middle and agreed a reduction down to 40 MW/h for six months, and then an average of 50MW/h, not just to the end of the year, but until May 2023. This should result in a 30-35% reduction in cost for the 11 million ‘PVPC’ customers who are charged a different amount each hour. The regulations were published on Friday May 13th, to come into force “within a few days” following final EU approval”.

In the rest of the EU, particularly since Russia turned off the supply of gas to Poland and Bulgaria, member states have been scrambling to come up with new energy proposals to reduce their reliance on Russian energy imports. There are four types of imports: coal, crude oil, petroleum and gas. It has been agreed that coal imports from Russia will cease in August, and this is the easiest one as coal comes in cargo ships. A ban on importing crude oil is planned by the end of 2022, but Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia has stated that they cannot do this as their reliance on Russian oil is too great. The proposal is that these countries can have an extra year to find alternative sources. Petroleum imports are 11.4% from Russia, 12% from the US and 12% from Saudi Arabia. The US are prepared to export a lot more, and Saudi Arabia seem well disposed to do the same thing.

It is not totally clear how Spain and Portugal will fund this reduction, but Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish Prime Minister, has said that it will not be public aid or subsidies for the gas companies, and his system of paying for the reduction does not distort the European energy market. Consumers who will get a large reduction on their electricity bills will not be too bothered how it is being done! It remains to be seen how the reduction in price will apply to the 16 million customers who have The big problem is gas imports. Europe imports the various “plans” with fixed prices. 200 million cubic metres from Russia per annum, Germany buys 56 million, Italy takes 20 million Spain exports 2.8% of gas to France, and the and Holland 11 million. Germany has no deproposal was that France paid the going market gasification plants that convert liquid gas to rate. The EU told Spain that they couldn’t have normal gas, although Spain has seven, but two it both ways, and the gas sold to France had to are being built. It may be 2024 before they are be at the reduced cost. It was also suggested in operation. Spain cannot send surplus gas to t h a t S p a i n a n d P o r t u g a l h a d m o r e Europe as there is no major pipeline to France, interconnectivity between them, which would so the pipeline project abandoned in 2019 may average out the cost of energy. well be revamped.

Robot Cars

ars that effectively drive themselves are termed to be totally eliminated are a breakdown in the “robot cars”, and from July 14th they will be automated system at speed, causing accidents and deaths, and total protection against hacking. one step nearer in Europe. These types of vehicles are classified as being in five groups. Level 1 requires driver assistance, level 2 offers partial automation, in level 3 the system can be automatic in ideal circumstances, level 4 is when the automatic system can drive the vehicle consistently over a long period of time, and level 5 is when the vehicle completely drives itself, and there is no need for a steering wheel or pedals. Level 5 is a long way off, but from July 14th the United Nations European Commission has ruled that level 3 vehicles can circulate on European roads if a particular country amongst the 53 signatory countries decides to legally put this in place, with various conditions. The difference between levels 2 and 3 is that in level 3 the driver does not have to hold the steering wheel continuously, as in level 2. Recommended conditions are that the driver has to be on a road without cyclists or pedestrians, with a barrier between the lanes on a normal road with traffic in both directions, and a speed limit of 60km/hr. These restrictions automatically rule out the use of level 3 vehicles on about 99.9% of existing roads in most countries. Spain and Portugal are carrying out tests involving the Automotive Technology Centre of Galicia on the A-55 motorway bridge on the border between the two countries. There is 5G interconnection between vehicles to test overtaking and lane changing at different speeds, and the tests are done at night with restrictions on the lanes used for normal traffic. The main advantages of fully automated vehicles are stated to be road safety with vehicles “talking” to each other via 5G networks, with a faster reaction time than normal drivers. In normal vehicles, 81% of all road accidents are due to human error. There is also a reduction in fuel used of about 4% to 10% that saves money and energy. Problems that need

A Tesla

The US Tesla company is the world leader in electric and automated cars, and level 2 cars are allowed in the US and some EU countries including Spain, where they are an optional extra on some new Tesla cars. Since February 2013, there have been 254 deaths involving Tesla automated cars worldwide. Tesla investigate every fatal accident, including fatalities in a vehicle that collides with a Tesla car, and they can establish the situation immediately before a crash and determine the functioning of the autopilot, if engaged. In a tunnel in Barcelona in 2019, a driver lost control of his car which crashed into a Tesla one. He was killed but the Tesla driver was not injured. It is quite clear that there are many driver errors, nothing to do with the automated system. In many cases the driver had time to take back manual control, but didn’t. One fatal crash, where the system failed completely, happened in Florida in 2016, when the autopilot cameras failed to see a large tractor-trailer crossing in front of it. It was decided that the cameras had not differentiated between the white-sided vehicle and the same colour sky, and unfortunately the driver was killed outright. In 2021 Tesla claimed that major accidents caused by their cars with the full autopilot in use were one in 4.9 million miles, compared to 484,000 miles in normal cars driven manually.

The Euribor Finally Goes Positive

he ‘Euribor’ is short for Euro Interbank Offered Rates. They are based on the interest rates at which a panel of 20 of the largest European banks borrow funds from one another. The rates are averaged out, rounded to three decimal places, and published at 11am each day, Central European Time. The rate is often referred to as “The Euribor” as if there is only one rate, but in reality, there are five different Euribor rates ranging from overnight, weeks, months or over one year.

negative. To get in some income, banks in Spain started introducing fixed-rate mortgages, where the borrower pays the same amount of money every month, for the entire mortgage life. Banks gamble that they will still be in profit, whatever happens to the Euribor.

The Euribor was first published on December 30th, 1998, to take effect on January 4th, 1999, as January 1st was the day that the Euro currency was introduced. The Euribor rates are important because they provide the basis for the price or interest rate of all kinds of financial products, such as saving accounts, car loans, and the most important one for the general public, mortgages. The popularity of fixed-rate mortgages in Spain has skyrocketed, and last January, they made up The 1-year Euribor stayed between 2% and 5.5% over 70% of new mortgage loans. Inflation pushes for the first ten years until March 2009. It first up the Euribor and for the first time since May peaked at 5.3% in August 2000 during the dot-com 2015 the 1-year rate became positive this May at bubble, followed by an all-time high of 5.5% in plus 0.005%, a very different amount since the September 2008, before the financial crisis. There end of 2021 when it was a negative rate of minus was then a decline from 2010 to 2013. Banks lend 0.502%. The Central European Bank and the Bank money to people wanting Euribor, or variable rate of Spain are almost certain to increase interest mortgages, by taking the actual value and adding rates, as this is the traditional way of combating their own interest rates, typically 1% -1.5%. Every inflation. This will affect the Euribor, and banks year (normally) the interest rate is recalculated and are starting to think that Euribor variable rate goes up or down, but never below 0%. mortgages may be a good method of lending money once again. Optimistic estimates are that The idea of negative interest rates was introduced during 2023, the Euribor might go up to plus 0.8%. in 2014 by the Central European Bank to reduce If banks add on their 1.5%, the interest rate will the amounts of money lodged with them, forcing be 2.3% which is about the same as some fixed the banks to lend more money in the open market, rates. To avoid this, and promote Euribor with more loans for people and businesses that mortgages, some banks are increasing their produced some interest. This gave a boost to the interest rates on fixed mortgages. economy as with negative interest rates, banks were effectively paying the central bank for People opting for fixed rate mortgages do have depositing their money with them. the peace of mind that the monthly rate will never change. Currently, a January 2021 variable rate In May 2015, the Euribor rate dropped below 0% mortgage of 150,000 euros over 30 years at for the first time. Since then, until last month, Euribor plus 0.99% bank interest, will cost 15 euros the Euribor rates for mortgages have remained more each month.

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AUTOMATIC DOORS & GATES The Metal Works (Albox).......................950 930520 / 638 900949

ARCHITECTS Angel Pardo (Técnico) .......................950 121960 / 687 939315 Antonio Martinez de la Casa .....................................950 092094 Architecture & Engineering Mojácar ...........................950 655468 BeniHomes (Albox) .....................................................950 500410 Blas Haro Morales (Mojácar).......................................639 317429 Daniel González Aranda (Vera) ......................................686 846 624 Elena Acebo Architects (Huércal-Overa) .669 680098 / 950 134976 Néstor Fábrega (Mojácar) ....................................670 363125

AWNINGS & BLINDS Curtains with Style (Interior blinds) ...950 069032 / 678 811125 Costasol S.L. (Lloyd Dean) (See cover)...........................667 652 888 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.41) ...….…...........................677 152911 Sol Shaders S.L. (See p.41) .....................................627 907207 Speedyfit ...................................................................600 006032 Toldos Farrago (Vera) ...............................................667 567564

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

BALLOON DECORATIONS Wow Pops (El Real, Antas) .....................................643 158154

BARS & CAFES See Restaurants & Bars BATHROOMS & SHOWERS

Paula Puente (Mojácar) .............................................610 433001

ABS Steve Ennis .....................................................687 846016 Ana Rodríguez (Huércal-Overa) ..........950 939154 / 606 784598 Cerrajería Jara (Las Buganvillas) ……………………..950 109986 Complete Renovations ...........................644 389255 / 672 379960 Cristalería Omega (Mojácar) …..........950 478137 / 670 500711 Dorothy Baños (Albox)...................................................661 463842 Enrique Aguirre S.L. (Garrucha) .................................950 460028 Homes & Beyond (Garrucha) ....................................950 132458

ART & ARTISTS 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 Isabel Raths (Bedar) ................................................677 034957 Jeremy Fox-Rayner ...............................................0044 7549667172 Jill Bennett (Mojácar) .........................950 478383 / 600 070188 Living Design (Albox) ...............................................678 308073 MarianMay Simpson …...........................………..……629 113436 Melanie .....................................................................638 495784 Miki ...........................................................................628 458491 Pink House (La Concepción)................ 622 288750 / 681 095096 Roberto Lombardi ................................950 930757 / 671 800317

AUCTIONS Auction Subasta (Los Carasoles) ..UK 7413190882 / 643 137106

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BEAUTY See Hair, Health & Beauty BED & BREAKFAST

BOOKS

BEDS & BEDDING

BOWLING CENTRES (10 pin)

Librería Nobel (Vera) ................................................950 392642 Casa Barranca (Huercal Overa) ..............................648 250699 The Book Box (Albox) ……................................…….662 585098 Casa Caballito De Mar Boutique B&B (Bédar) ..........950 095956 The Book People Almería …........……686 817945 / 626 578164 Casa Montes Guesthouse (Arboleas) ..................... 686 400331 BOOK PUBLISHING Castellón (Bédar) .......................................................642 435909 Costa Books ............................................................634 304344 Colchón San Gines (Huércal-Overa) ........................950 809519 Almería Ten Pin Bowling (Arboleas) …...................….950 439013 Furniture Plus (Puerto de Mazarron)...968 153907 / 678 083491 Indalo Bowling Mojácar ............................................950 473073 Me & Mrs Jones (Mojácar) (See p.25).........................634 364795 BUILDING MATERIALS Sleepcentre (Albox) (See p.5) ..........868 931872 / 671 715294

(& Sanitary Ware, Tiles etc) Aridos Mojácar S.L. ……..........................................650 914257 Brico Depôt (Huércal de Almería) …........…………….950 625652 Casa Conchillo (Albox) …..........................................950 430740 Contrucciones Angel Oller (Albox) ...........................950 431453 Comercial Vera (Vera) (See p.11) ........664 648652 / 950 393329 Enrique Aguirre S.L. (Garrucha) .................................950 460028 Leroy Merlin, Gran Plaza (Roquetas) ….................……950 339800 VeraSur SL (Vera) ....................................................950 393028

BUILDING SERVICES ABS Steve Ennis ....................................................687 846016 BEREAVEMENT/WILL SERVICES Adam's Building Services .............................………..600 041820 C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) .............950 634388 / 627 635514 Alan Barker ........................................950 099913 / 600 268176 AlmeriaBuilders.com ……......................659 685133 / 950 9305202

BICYCLE SALES & HIRE

Arboleas Building ………........………........................634 306690 Art’n’Build ................................................................641 679728 Bédar Directo ............................................................689 702916 BeniHomes (Albox) .....................................................950 500410 CES Builders (Paul) ................................................685 017178 Charlie Fyre ..............................................................686 833444 Christopher Knell Building Contractors .....................634 344450 Complete Renovations ........................644 389255 / 672 379960 Construcciones Y Excavaciones Petete ....................696 052944 BLINDS see Awnings & Blinds Dan (Almanzora area) ................................................692 596681 David Croft (Urcal) ………....................................……661 148067 BOATS & NAUTICAL Veramotor S.A. ............................................................950 392552 David Pritchard Construcciones ........617 698418 / 662 046497 Aguila Bike (Las Buganvillas) ........................................950 133063 All Bike All Run Sport (Albox) ...................................647 836426 Bikespin (Huércal-Overa) ................. 950 927678 / 662 543056 Doltcini (Clothing) (Mojácar) ..............950 092600 / 658 028646 Lufran Bike Sport …………....................................….607 074753 Rock & Road (Garrucha) .............................850 992805 / 628 2633389 Rodeca Bike Zone ..................................................950 132525 Weekend Sport (Las Buganvillas) ............................950 460738

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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 el Cantal (Mojacar) ................................... 950 478204 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 Europcar .................................................................950 615101 Mo-Car (Mojácar) ................................950 478307 / 626 976973 Solvi Car (Mojácar) …………....................................950 478151 SRS Vehicle Services ................................................950 449095

CAR WASH & VALETING Denis’s Car Wash (Mojácar Playa) ...............................643 198320 Jones’s Mobile Valeting ............................................661 571939

Elegant Homes S.L. ..............................950 092603 / 687 629777 Elite Constructions .......................................................636 092632 Genco Construction ...................................................607 271869 Have Tools - Will Travel ...........................................641 438931 Idomia Project Management ....................................643 582920 J B General Builder ................................................. 687 024884 Mario the Handyman ................................................642 245017 M13 ............................................................................657 105084 Mat Murray ...............................................................647 841750 MD Building Services ..........................628 414861 / 628 414862 Nail It ........................................................................621 252997 PR Building Services ................................................662 422170 Paul Acreman (General Builder) ..............……………607 196779 CARD SHOPS Saxon’s Complete Building Services ....618 920126 / 968 485729 C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) (See p.31).950 634388 / 627 635514 Sierra Construcción .................................................611 028716 Colin the Card (Albox) .........................................…..650 600032 Valoser Obras .............................................................642 016954 Forget Me Not (Las Buganvillas) ............................950 118043

BUSINESSES FOR SALE

Total Entertainment (Albox) ......................................950 121318 Total Entertainment (Arboleas) .................................678 009051 Total Entertainment (Mojácar) ……….................……950 615596 BUTCHERS Juan’s Carniceria (Mojácar Playa) ........................950 478409 Total Entertainment (Turre) .........................................950 468295

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CARPENTRY Bédar Madera (Bédar) ................................................687 503181 Cutler’s Carpentry .................................................697 907708 Go2 Joinery & Services ...........................................674 963957 Mojacar Carpentry & Home Improvements ...............603 688622 Simon the Woodworker .............................................667 989270 Unicraft …..............................................................…692 176069 Wildwood Bespoke Joinery ......................................634 328574

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

CARPET CLEANING

CLAIRVOYANCY / PSYCHIC READINGS

Jones’s Mobile Valeting ............................................661 571939

CATERING / EVENTS

Anna (Tarot) ……….........................................………670 897832 Beverley Kearns .....................................................600 796684 Elite Cuisine ..........................................................610 994435 Chrissie Cremore ....................................................634 349638 Hog Roasts .............................................................671 851135 Psychic Karen (Turre) ….........................................663 477658 The Whole Hog / Hog Roast parties ..968 485729 / 618 920126 Tarot readings by Susan ..........................................643 960118 Soft Ice Cream and Frozen Yoghurt Machines............600 006032

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CLEANING SERVICES

CATTERY see Kennels CBD SPECIALISTS

Amba Cleaners ........................................................697 516955 Chris .......................................................................627 565049 Clean Team …………..............………850 993202 / 694 440184 CBD Natural (Huércal Overa) ..............950 882237 / 661 373684 Cherie's Ironing & Cleaning (Mojácar) ............………634 301389 Crystal Clear ............................................................637 229464 Daisy Proaño Alcivar (Contract & private) ……...….663 538596 Dusters Cleaning Company .....................................683 547581 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 Shine Bright (Mojácar area) .....................................711 068645 Upholstery & Leather Cleaning .................................636 193256 Xtreme Cleans Property Care ..................................634 328911

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 Funky Monkeys, Pre-school Group (Mojácar) .....……697 264179 Smartie Pants the Clown ............................................617 815221 The Baby Hire Centre ..............................................615 806126

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 Beep (Garrucha) ……………..................................….950 133059 Connexions (Turre) ...................................................950 479502 CHIROPODIST & PODIATRISTS C.Y.G. Vera ...........................................................950 393350 Clinica Podológica (Garrucha) ..................................950 132768 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 Paul Wieder (Mojácar) ..............................................617 830696

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

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CYBERCAFES Can Connect (Albox) …........................................…..950 Total Entertainment (Albox) ......................................950 Total Entertainment (Arboleas) .................................678 Total Entertainment (Turre) ........................................950 Total Entertainment (Mojácar) …….............................950

121149 121318 009051 468295 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 Centro Dental Dr. Cremades (Vera) ........................950 390655 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) ........................................950395319 Valero Martinez (Garrucha) ………............................950 132047

Karen Green (Holistic Therapist) .........615 163416 / 850 993150 Kate Roberts ...........................................................950 469540 Malcolm Forrest-Hazell (Counsellor/Psychotherapist) ...693 489725 Natural Health (Mojácar) ............UK 0783 4872273 / 658 638142 Shiatsu (Wendy) ....................................................671 851135 DIET PLANS & WEIGHT LOSS Sue Osman (Therapist) ……...............950 473021 / 600 847964 Susan Hales (Tarot) ............................................... 643 960118 1:1 Diet ............................................ 711 019507 / 660 373103 VaVa Yoga y Más (Vera) ........................................ 643 102335 Image (Helen) ....................................950 930192 / 665 178326 Dr. Wanda Broeshart ................................................610 243327 Issysweigh (Albox) ...................................................600 334318 Pam (Turre) ..............................................................639 465631 CRAFTS Slim Well Spain ..............................................0044 7794118214 Elaine's Wools (Arboleas) ........................................667 273889 VaVa Yoga y Más (Vera) ........................................ 643 102335 R.F. (Marquetry) .....................................................711 003476 Vicki (Turre) .............................................................650 764623 Simply Art (Albox) …...................................................643 563803

CURRENCY Currencies Direct (Mojácar) ...............950 478914 / 626 916443 Global Currency Exchange (Mojácar Playa) ..............950 615319

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DOCTORS & CLINICS (Private) Analysis Clinic (Mojácar Playa) .................................950 475282 Centro Médico Mojácar ...............................................950 475105 Clinica Medica Garrucha ……...........950 133157 / 617 404500 Dr. Maria Rose (Garrucha) ..........................................950 132803 Euroclinicas (Vera) ........................................................950 391300

DOG GROOMING Anita (5 Bone Kennels) …………......................……662 344734 Berta Ayora (Turre) ..................................................637 395775 Brigbe’s Dog Grooming ...........................................630 557123 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 (Mojácar Playa) ...........+44 7894747657 / 634 332578 Vivancos Dog Grooming (Vera Playa) ......................608 178361

DOG TRAINING Didi Arias (Mojácar) ……............................................639 724521

DOORS See Windows & Doors DRY CLEANERS City Sec (Vera) .........................................................950 390255

DVD & VIDEO Total Entertainment (Albox) ......................................950 Total Entertainment (Arboleas) .................................678 Total Entertainment (Turre) ...950 468295 ...(Mojácar) 950 VHS to DVD conversion .. ........................................647

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ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS Eco1 (Garrucha) .........................................................627 690056 Econature (Turre) .....................................................652 647953

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 Charlie Fyre ................................................................686 833444 DJT Electrical Services (Vera) .............686 817945 / 626 578164

ElectroTorres .....................................677 530410 / 610 EMI Electrical Installations .......................................673 Fernando (Huércal Overa)...........................................677 Francisco Montoya (Mojácar) .........................……….687 N.E.Electrics (Arboleas).............................................634 Peace of Mind 24/7 ............................................... 637 Zlatan ................................................630 207864 / 682

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ELECTRO-DOMESTICO REPAIRS Damaso ...................................................................647 292966

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES CDB Natural (Huércal-Overa) ...................................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 Amy Amy Amy Tribute Band ....................................645 886919 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) ...............687480694 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 Jill Farmiloe (Female vocalist) .................................607 443908 JuJu Entertainment ............................950 950797 / 697 462746 John Vincent - Sinatra tribute ..................................642 097532 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 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 Melodee (Duo) ................................610 855964 / 664 111990 Melodeemusic (Backing Tracks & Recording Studio).....610 855 964

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Free directory entries: WhatsApp 667 80 11 40 or email almeriafocus@gmail.com Menta & Canela Duo ..............................................645 886919 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 Rocio Starry (Vocalist) .............................................645 886919 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 Sultans ....................................................................667 787124 Sunset Beach Rock Band ........................................711 004575 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 Tony Justice ……….............................950 950797 / 637 159249 Triple Trouble Blues Band ........................................671 754851 Wine Not? Accoustic Duo .........................................678 752178

Citrus Homes ...........................................................638 849254 Cole's of Andalucia ...............................950 469592 / 659 265907 Complete Holiday Care .......................950 478612 / 610 808631 Cortijos Almería …………............……........................676 916088 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) (See p.13)......950 285704 Euroxan (Vera) .........................................................699 067922 Fincas Vera Playa ..............................950 460670 / 639 314767 Find Me A Home .................................951 914195 / 636 266641 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 Homes of Spain (Huércal Overa).........950 616516 / 616 562447 Indal-futur S.L. (Mojácar) ……............950 615156 / 609 026526 Indalo Real Estate ...........................950 091137 / 616 760409 Indasol Mojácar S.L. .................................................950 472200 Inmobiliaria Almanzora ..................... 9501 20406 / 637 251238 InmoTerreros (San Juan) ...............950 096180 / 666 255765 K7 Mojácar ...............................................................950 478555

ESTATE AGENTS Alhambra Holdings (Mojácar)...............950 475199 / 629 673450 AlmeríaCasas (Albox) .........................950 169680 / 658 845741 Almería Homes ................................0044 1273 929286 / 950 930 259 Linnitt Properties (Turre).............................................950 479054 Almeria Property Finder (Albox) ................................950 431624 Mojácar Estates (See p.35)......................................950 478935 Almería Prop. Investments (Las Buganvillas).950 460874 / 666 260792 Angel Property (Palomares) .....................................950 618054 Antonio Martinez de la Casa (Energy certs)..............950 092094 Arboleas Property Shop .................…....................…958 003391 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 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 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

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WPMS Inmobiliario (Villaricos) ..........678 321111 / 950 618697

EVENT MANAGEMENT See also Wedding and Party Planning JuJu Entertainment .............................950 950797 / 697 462746

EXCAVATION Aridos Mojácar S.L. (Vera) .....................................650 Bob (Mini digger) (Albox) ..........................................642 Construcciones Y Excavaciones Petete ....................696 Diego Ramos S.L. (Los Gallardos) ……..............…..647 El Cano SL )Mojácar) ................................................950

Polansky and Associates ..........................................950 Price Brown Partnership (Mojácar) ............................950 Property Floor Plans ................................................619 Real Almería Property (Mojácar) .......950 336 769 / 620 Realtors MB Spain ..................................................678

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Elite Plant Hire (JCB) ………….................................636 092632 MD Digger Hire & Construction.................................634 375428 Nash Groundworks ...................................................722 546192

EXCURSIONS

Rural Almería (Mojácar Playa) ................................…950 472200 Santiburi Properties (Cabrera & Mojácar) 694 404971 / 647 901478 SYM Spain (Albox) .................................................951 250574 Sonia Cantalejo Bueno (Energy Certs.)......................608 147640 Spanish Estate Agents (Albox) ………950 431855 / 661 143871

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

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Palme (Mojácar Playa) ............................................950 472813 Prins Vitali (Mojacar) ….............................................950 478690 Saga Boutique (Mojácar) .........................................950 475258 Sunflower (Mojácar) ...............0044 7596 063544 / 600 880525 Taylor’s Hats, Caps & Accessories (Mojácar) ..........950 475877

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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 Sophia Wellness Centre (Arboleas) ...........................950 449451 Valle Del Este Spa & Health Centre ..........................950 548600 VaVa Yoga Studio (Vera) .........................................643 102335 Vicki’s Fitness & Slimming ........................................650 764623 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS Aero Extinción S.L. (Almería) …............………………..950 263565 Yoga therapies & slimming (Turre & Vera) ....................643 102335 Extin-Torres S.L. (Mojácar) ............................................950 475067 Young at Heart Fitness .............................................711 032244 AMASS ……......................................................……..678 035992 Blacktower ...............................................................657 684094 CG Legal & Financial (Mojácar Playa) ..950 472504 / 670 215926 Currencies Direct (Mojácar) …....…...…950 478914 / 626 916443 Indalo Partners ........................................................950 472242 Kennedy Financial Services .....................................678 035992 Offshore Money Management .............952 830916 / 950 398078

FIREPLACES Chimeneas Mojácar S.L. (Mojácar Playa) ..............950 472135

FISH & CHIPS 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 FLORISTS Aqua Aerobics - Marianne (Arboleas) .......................637 435864 Hortiflor (Mojácar) ....................................................950 478985 Club Deportivo Puerto Rey ......................................950 460545 Isamy Florist (Los Gallardos) ...................................670 215902

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FROZEN FOOD SUPPLIER Valero Alonso (Antas) ..............................................950 453316

FUNCTION VENUES Miraflores Restaurant (Camping Los Gallardos) .........650 418954

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

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 Tony Justice ...................................…..950 950797 / 637 159249 Mojácar Home Improvements .........................…….950 473104

Funeral Homes Robles (Cuevas) ..............................657 921383 Funeraria Ntra. Sra. de las Angustias (Vera) 950 390884 / 607 705672

FOOD SHOPS Catch of the Day UK Fishmonger ........ 634 301490 / 634 304288 Eurowise (Albox) ……………….............................…..950 439801 Gastronomía (Delicatessen) (Las Buganvillas) .......950 132048 La Venta de Alfaix Minimarket (Alfaix) ..........................950 469660 Funeraria Pérez (Mojácar) .................... .............950 478102 Las Buganvillas Minimarket ………........................…..635 036408 Manoli (Arboleas) …...................................................627 941654 Price Busters (Albox) .................................................950 951494

FUNERAL PLANS Avalon Europe S.L. ............................950 069012 / 634 321296 Golden Leaves Funeral Plans (Benitachell)............. 966 493082

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GARDENS

FURNITURE PACKAGES

24hr Casaserve ..................................950 466438 / 676 306269 Furniture Plus (Puerto de Mazarron)...968 153907 / 678 083491 Antas Garden Centre (El Real) .............................610 243838 Homes & Beyond (Garrucha) ....................................950 132458 Cedar Landscapes …….............……....................…620 112193 Clean Team …………..............………850 993202 / 694 440184 FURNITURE, RUSTIC/HANDMADE Complete Pool & Property Maintenance 634 343541 / 634 891709 La Buena Artesania (Mojácar) ....................................950 475508 Darryl Primo Gardens ...............................................643 371630 Prosecco Tables ..............................................0044 7709 244366 The Furniture Doctor .............................................667 989270

FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS Abodes (Mojácar Playa) (See p.5)...............................697 778355 Continental Descanso (Antas) 950 459011 (Albox) ....950 633288 El Rincón de Mueble ....(Vera)950 460867 (Antas) 950 459071 Elleann’s Homestyle ....................................................674 514999 Embargos Bestiales (Antas El Real) .........................950 105711 Furniture Plus (Puerto de Mazarrón)....968 153907 / 678 083491

Indalocio Garden Furniture & BBQs .(See p.17)........850 993090 Inspired (Furniture & BBQs) (El Real, Antas) ..............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 Mel Wood Landscapes ...................................0044 7973843706 Mobile Shredder & Mulch Garden Service .............687 024884 Homecentre (Albox) (See p.5)...........868 931872 / 671 715294 Nash Groundworks ..................................................722 546192 Homes & Beyond (Garrucha) ..................................950 132458 Ideas del Mueble (Antas) ...........................................950 452816 Indalocio Garden Furniture & BBQs (See p.17)..........850 993090 Inspired (Furniture & BBQs) (El Real, Antas) ...........950 147763 Koala Furniture (Antas).................................….........950 392307 La Lonja (Lorca) (See p.27) ........................................968 443322 Linea Nueva (Arboleas) ……………….620 237529 / 950 120630 Me & Mrs Jones (Mojácar) (See p.25).........................634 364795 Muebles Rodríguez (Los Llanos, Arboleas) …...........950 430778 Muebles La Simona (Garrucha) ...............................950 132443 Oak Furniture Spain .............................622 288750 / 681 095096 Sofa & Sofa (Las Buganvillas) ..........654 596247 / 654 596220 Potty Finca Services ..................……..950 163930 / 616 855294 Unicraft (El Real, Antas) ............................................692 176069 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

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GAS INSTALLATION & REPAIRS Smith Plumbing (Spanish Authorised).........................950 468041

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 Inspired (El Real, Antas) ....................................... 950 147763 Nash Groundworks .....................................................722 546192 Tiger Turf ............................................950 431624 / 635 652745

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

HAIR, HEALTH & BEAUTY GAS TANK SUPPLIERS Gas Alboran ..........................................656 662000 / 950 259382

GIFT SHOPS Isabella (Vera Playa) ...............................................637 188901

Pralirium (Mojácar Playa) ...............................................676 298043

GLASS CURTAINS Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196 Screenmasters (See p.41)......….…...........................677 152911 SpeedyFit .......................................950 472357 / 600 006032 Toldos Farrago (Vera) ...............................................667 567564

Affinity Beauty Treatments (Turre) ............................678 Amazing Nails .........................................................641 Anavi Estillistas (Palomares) .....................................670 Angela Ellis - Holistic Therapist ...............................642 Avon Co-ordinator (Jane) ……...................................670 Avon Cosmetics (Arboleas) ………........................….691 Avon Cosmetics (Bedar) ...........................................950 Avon Cosmetics (Húercal Overa) …....647 092010 / 950 Avon Cosmetics (Los Gallardos) .............................687 Avon Cosmetics (Los Gallardos camping ) ..............950 Avon Cosmetics (Turre & Vera) .................................643 Avon (Total Entertainment, Albox) .............................950 Avon (Total Entertainment, Arboleas) ........................678 Beaches (Hair & Beauty) (Mojácar) ..........................950 Beauty by Marilyn ....................................................950 Beauty Center (Mojácar) (See p.37)..........................687 Bonita Hair & Beauty Salon (Mojácar) ......................643 CDB Natural (Skin care) (Huércal-Overa) ................950 Carlos Barber Shop (Mojácar Playa)..........................610 Centro Estética (Mojácar Playa) …..................………950 Claire & Inma (Mojácar Playa) ...................................950

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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 ...............................................................643 844247 Gold & Jewellery Buying ...........................................616 453813 Cutting Edge (Hair & Beauty) (Albox) .........................950 633086 Dave Eccles (Mobile Hairdresser) ......950 525790 / 687 033106 GOLF COURSES Donna's (Albox)..................................950 930167 / 628 669456 Aguilon Golf (Pulpi) ......................................………..672 655600 El Rincon de Mary (Mojácar) ............................... 644 505210 Cortijo Grande ..........................................................950 479176 Desert Springs ........................................................637 861591 El Rincon de Mary (Mojácar) Yasmin ......................656 646257 Marina Golf ..............................................................950 133235 Elaine Mobile Hairdresser (Coast & Inland).................634 379424 Valle del Este ...........................................................950 398743 Elegance (Turre) ......................................................634 308877 Etticut (Turre) .............................................................667 971960 GOLF TUITION Farrow's Hair Design (Arboleas) .................................950 634346 Gareth Edwards (Cortijo Grande) …...........................950 479176 Forever Chic (Palomares)(See p.29) .....................601 634193

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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 Las Hierbas de Maria (Mojácar) ..............…………….657 513990

HEATING ABC (A Better Climate) (See p.34).......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

HOME CARERS see also Nursing Angels Nursing Group ...............................................902 026468 Committed2ucommunitycare ......................................684 333442 Helping Hands Mojacar ............................................678 590988 Indalo Care Group .......................................634332824 Michaela Talbot .........................................................622 015765

HORSE RIDING Oceanic Massage Therapies (Mojácar)...666 710964 / 687 619239 Opulence (La Alfoquía) ….................................…...711 061763 Pascal Chevallier Emporium (Mojácar) ........................950 472790 Pampered Beauty Centre (Palomares) .650 092766 / 950 618129 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 Sophia Wellness Centre (Arboleas) ...........................950 449451 Stella’s Hair & Beauty (Las Buganvillas) ..................950 699973 Sunlight Spain (Herbal Products) ...............................684 212474 The Salon (Albox) ..............................950 717938 / 685 652222 VaVa Yoga y Más (Vera) ........................................ 643 102335 Wacky Barber & Hairdresser (Mojácar) ....................667 961645

Centro Hipico Valle del Almanzora .........................691 Didi Arias (Mojácar) ...............................................639 Media Legua Equestrian Centre (Vera) ..............……667 Rancho Luz del Sol (Partaloa) .................................642 Sanctuary Limaria .....................................................628

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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

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HOUSE & PET SITTING Chris Leek ...................................................................642 608805 David .............................................................................. 950 099905 Linda Pettit ...............................................................642 016954 Louise B. (LouB’s) ....................................................664 038031 Sharon Presley ..........................................................648 069200

HOUSE CLEARANCE Almeria Castaño House Clearance .......611 028716 / 950 110404

Edward William (Marine Insurance) ……………….….952 476090 García & Trinidad (Albox) …….............950 120340 / 620 240563 Gestoría Salvador (Mojácar Playa) ..........................950 473192 Grupo Catalana Occidente (Mojácar Pueblo) 950 478061 / 653 806908 Items For Sale Mojácar .......................694 439275 / 950 478753 Helvetia ...................................................................673 063798 Pink House (La Concepción) ..............622 288750 / 681 095096 Ibex Insurance Services Ltd (Mojácar & Albox) ........950 120070 The Attic (Cucador) ..…….…................672 184354 / 648 250699

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 ASSSA Seguros (Vera) ...............................……………950 392487 Asisa (Vera) ................................................................950 391950 Axa .....................................................950 478763 / 609 667333 Liberty Seguros (Turre) ….................950 479568 / 620 179206 BWI Bryan White Insurance (Mojácar) ......................950 472098 Liberty Seguros (See p.23) .......................................913 422549 Catalana Occidente (Palomares) ..............................950 618054 Mapfre (Mojácar) ...950 478151 (Garrucha)................950 617376 Catalana Occidente (Mojácar Playa) .........................950 478307 Maxine Morgan Liberty Seguros (Las Buganvillas) ........669 074 996

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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 Lola Barranco ………..........................950 086116 / 691 261818

INTERNET CAFES see Cybercafes 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 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 S E Telecoms ............................................................697 780499 UKTV Almería ....................................850 993202 / 694 440184

INTERNET PROVIDERS 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

Jenni (Almanzora valley area) ................................653 098329 Joanne Tissington ……………...................................637 267150 Kathryn Jones .........................................................629 931125 Laberinto (Spanish, English, French, Dutch) .............609 781438 Marcela Chávez Riveros (Mojácar) .......................... 676 951352 Marguerite ……....................................................…..687 814157 Marisa .......................................................................636 179128 Michaela Talbot .........................................................622 015765 Milena (Albox) ………....................……654 359607 / 711 794366 Mojácar Interpreting ................................................617 830513 Parsons Knows ........................................................672 668803 Pedro ......................................................................655 510420 Robert Boucher .........................................................693 618705 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 INTERPRETING/TRANSLATIONS Clean Team …………..............………850 993202 / 694 440184 1-2-1 Translations (Spanish, English, Norwegian)......662 390453 Pressed for Time ......................................................711 065805 Alpha Interpreting and Translation .......950 133508 / 677 530690 JEWELLERY Andrés (Mojácar) ........................................................679 932632 Castellón (Bédar) .................. ....................................642 435909 Antonio García Russell (Mojácar) ..............................606 198958 Jewellery Paula (Albox) ...........................................960 430871 C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) .............950 634388 / 627 635514 Joyería Pérez (Garrucha) ........................................950 460636 La Luna (Garrucha) .................................................950 132543

KENNELS, CATTERIES & PET SITTING

Carolina Pérez Gallardo (Sworn Translator) ..............647 863745 Carolyn (Mojácar area) ........................950 132905 / 608 692545 Cristina …….......................................................…..626 741386 Clara Mata ..............................................................629 132529 Donna González-Linnitt ...........................................699 067922 Elizabeth ..................................................................662 504734 Espanglish Translation & Interpreters . 950 390037 / 950 392876 Hind (Mojácar - French, Arabic, English) .................616 605341

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 Kit Cat Luxury Cat Suites (Los Gallardos) ..............674 113217 Palomino Kennels & Cattery ……....…671 916426 / 950 093087 Paws*A*While (Nr Albox) …....................................…696 562662 Pet Sitting in Your Home ………….......................…….637 061482 Sharon Presley ..........................................................648 069200 Sleepy Hollow (Huércal-Overa) ….............................617 313587 The Hilton Cattery ............................950 163489 / 664565479 Woodhouse Boarding Kennels/Cattery (Arboleas)….950 930585

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LAUNDERETTES

KEY CUTTING

Anteva (Mojácar Playa) .......................850 984888 / 605 179179 Bish’s (Mojácar Playa) .............................................711 051400

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 Complete Renovations .....................644 389255 / 672 379960 Ergo Küchen (Huércal-Overa) ...................................636 447730 Harlequin Kitchens (Albox) ……........………………….619 584405 Homes & Beyond (Garrucha) ....................................950 132458 The Laundry Room (Vera Playa) ...............................666 007824

LAUNDERIES City Sec (Vera) .........................................................950 Clean Team Laundry Service ...................................634 Costa-Azul (Aguilas) ……..........................................968 Ivi's Lavanderia (Las Buganvillas) ............................950

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LEGAL SERVICES See also Solicitors ALO Services (Zurgena) ......................950 449179 / 667 994682 Almería Documents Direct (Arboleas) ....850 991411 / 616 293334 J.B. Kitchen Fitters (Turre) .......................................687 024884 Asesoría Sánchez Moral (Mojácar) ...........................670 099726 KDI Kitchens .............................................................605 163613 Barbara Caparros Ridao (Vera) …..........................950 390427 La Lonja (Lorca) (See p.27) ........................................968 443322 CG Legal & Financial (Mojácar Playa) ..950 472504 / 670 215926 Mojácar Home Improvements ....................................950 473104

LANDSCAPING D & C Landscaping ..................................................634 359082 La French Touch .................. ..................................607 226269 Luke's Landscapes and Gardens ............................641 684017 Mel Wood Landscapes ...................................0044 7973843706 Nash Groundworks .....................................................722 546192

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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 (Mojácar Playa) ........................950 473192 Gestoría Soria Bonilla (Mojácar) ................................950 478420 Kim Clark UK Benefit advice ……..….950 169729 / 663 297568

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Mayor Consulting (Garrucha) .......................................950 615185 Mojácar Playa Asesores ……........………...……………950 472710 Pilar Pérez Gestión S.L. (Mojácar) ............................950 478863 Phil the Pick 24hr (Arboleas) …................................697 243181 MS Legal ..............................................950 479613 / 634 322827 Rodriguez Paris (Antas) ..........................................950 619039 LOGS FOR SALE Antonio Diaz .............................................................689 127535 Colin & Carlos ....................................660 903158 / 630 455328 Firewood Arboleas .................................................647 932078 Leña Ramos (Arboleas) ….........................................616 044719 Leñas Reke (Los Gallardos) ....................................687 772898 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 Vera Advisors (Vera) .................................................950 390621 Potty Finca Services ............................950 163930 / 616 855294 Villalba Asesores (Albox) ..............................................950 431720

MARKETING

LEISURE ACTIVITIES

Edela Media (Social Media) (Mojácar) ....................607 146352 Mojácar Business (Social Media) ............................950 680110

and TOURIST ATTRACTIONS Almería Ten Pin Bowling (Arboleas) …...................….950 439013 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 Sol-Aero (Vera) ..................................609 685132 / 661 985358

MASSAGE Acupuncture & Massage ..........................................637 120429 Alternativa (Jessica Rippin) ......................................676 284170 Anushree (Cranio - Sacral -Therapy) ......................672 721096 Holistic Massage (Ali) ...............................................634 308906 Holistic Massage (Lorraine) ................950 064484 / 687 569113 Lymphatic Drainage & Cranio Sacral-Therapy (Gabi) 633 011442

LIGHTING Light & Luz (Vera) ...............................950 391804 / 686 457714

LOCKSMITHS

Mike Sheehan (Neuromuscular Therapy) .....................657 050394 Oceanic Therapies (Mojácar) ......................................687 619239 Ray Daniel (Sports massage)………...........................617 741564 VaVa Yoga y Más (Vera) ............................................643 102335 Zen Massage (Mojácar & Bédar) .............................643 766935

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MOBILE HOMES & CARAVANS

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Camping Los Gallardos .............................................679 970399 Total Entertainment (Turre) .........................................950 468295 Caravan Storage (Antas) …….............................….661 508776 NUTRITION Casa Móviles .....................................637 418906 / 951 161348 Alternativa (Anne-Marie Pichon) ...............................666 966573 Cherribar Park Homes ............…………950 396908 / 629 688153 Ashlí (Naturopathic & nutritional therapies) ................643 102335 Flor de Vida (Aguilas) ..........................968 438535 / 660 329907 OPTICIANS Hispavan (Antas) ......................................................687 845730 Veramotor S.A. ...........................................................950 392552

MOTORCYCLES & QUADS D Perez Motor (Antas) ...............................................950 069022 Harley Dees …………................................................600 685550 Indalo Quads (Guided treks) ..................................634 315074 Montoya Motos (Garrucha) …...............................…..950 133033 Nafta Custom (Antas) ………...............950 619293 / 615 938352

NURSING see also Home Carers Angels Nursing Group ...............................................902 026468

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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 IPB Painting ........................................661 184848 / 622 524335 JPM ...........................................................................627 090422 Jay the Painter ........................................................697 176787 Paul ...........................................................................649 186107 Phil the Painter ……..............................................…671 227259 Pinturas Chano ..................................677 082787 / 662 580295 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 Jason …….........................................950 064015 / 680 903609 Sedesa (Vera) …………............................................950 390990

Opticalia (Albox) .....................................................950 121084 Opticalia Aisa (Garrucha) .........................................695 473333 PET SHOPS & TRANSPORT Primera Opticos (Aguilas) .........................................968 493482 La Tienda de Basilio Rubio (Albox) ...........................950 431592 Salas (Huércal Overa) ................................................950 135081 Madera Mania (Los Gallardos) …..................……….667 562872 + Visión (Aguilas) …....................................................968 414279 Mojácar Mascotas ......................................................679 411203 Pet Tag Engraving ...................................................711 006027 OSTEOPATHS Alice Bellot (Mojacar & Arboleas) ….................………633 352259 Tucano Mascotas (Vera) ............................................650 292670 Centro Physis (Olula del Rio) .................................695 355381 Union Jack (Pet Transportation) ...........………………….902 109560 Enrique Arias (Mojácar) .........................950 472974 / 629 289385 VetCare (Vera Playa) .................................................950 775102 Hector Gutiérrez (Vera Playa) ............607 479379 / 950 132765 PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES Osteo Maestra (Arboleas) ......................................950 449451 Sanatura (Albox) .................................610 269162 / 642 809453 20seven photography ................................................634 301635 Almería-Fotografía .....................................................663 627942 PAINTING & DECORATING Bluwater Photography ….........…………………………616 189002 A.J. Painting & Decorating .......................................687 024884 Chincheto (Mojácar) ....................................................687 489182 Alan Barker ......................................950 099913 / 600 268176 El Studio Primo ..................................643 371630 / 643 517001 Antonio Perez (Mojácar) ………........................…….691 240495 Fotomicar (Lyle Mallen) .............................................620 786914 Borders Painting ………..........................................…687 661807 Fotos Fabrega (Albox) ………...........……………………950 430223 Cabrera Painting and Decoration Works ...................637 524709 Frank Millar Photography & Videographer …................642 107953

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Los Gurullos Pizzeria (Mojácar) ................................950 968242 Lucky Pizzeria (Villaricos) ........................................642 767122 Memoli (Vera Playa) ..........…………..950 093017 / 603 804676 Napoli (Mojácar Pueblo) .............................................950 102472 Ottocento (Mojácar Playa) .........................................950 615100 Provenzal (Mojácar Playa) ..........................................950 478308 Pulcinella (Mojácar Pueblo) ......................................950 478401 PHOTOCOPIES & SCANS Rincon del Zahorí (Mojácar Pueblo) ..630 314400 / 661 604220 C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) (See p.31).950 634388 / 627 635514 Quick (Garrucha) ......................................................950 132305 neö-cöpy (Vera) …...................………..950 390424 / 622 262100 Sottocasa (Mojácar Playa) ........................................950 093075 Pronto Printing (La Buganvillas) (See cover).............950 133492 Valentino’s (Mojácar Playa) .........................................621 279251 Servidea 2020 (Mojácar Playa) .................................950 399726 PLASTERERS Total Entertainment (Albox) ......................................950 121318 Total Entertainment (Arboleas) .................................678 009051 David Pritchard Construcciones ..........617 698418 / 662 046497 Pukka plastering (Almanzora area) ...........................692 596681

PHYSIOTHERAPY

PLUMBERS Caroline De Maeght (Villaricos) ................................650 134805 Centro Physis (Olula del Rio) ......................................695 355381 24hr Casaserve ..............................................950 466438 / 676 3062699 Clínica Fisioalbox (Albox) ..........................................629 402852 Bédar Directo .............................................................689 702916 Clinica MOS Fisioterapia (Mojácar Playa) .................644 394335 Blocked DrainsRUs ............................950 091109 / 648 768587 Charlie Fyre ..............................................................686 833444 Carlos (Saliente) Plumbing & Heating ..950 930900 / 620 742954 Curtis Helm Multiservices .........................................610 394815 Graham ....................................................................620 112193 Knowles ….........................................950 137197 / 606 807797 Fernando (Huércal Overa)...........................................677 549247 Francisco Montoya (Mojacar) …............………………..687 466352 Smith Plumbing S.L. ..................................................950 468041

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 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

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 ..............................697238933 Clean Pool Service (Arboleas) ...................................606 654389 Complete Pool & Property Maintenance 601 634192 / 634 891709 D & J Pritchard Construcciones .........617 698418 / 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

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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

POSTAL SERVICES Blue Sea Villas (Mojácar) (See front cover)............….950 478643 Can Connect (Albox) …….........................................950 121149 C.A.T. Services (La Alfoquía) (See p.31).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) .................................678 009051 Total Entertainment (Turre) .........................................950 468295

PRINTING & GRAPHIC DESIGN AdverTees (Albox) ...................................................641 407147 GSF Communications (Mojácar) ..................................950 473102 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 ............................................950 092602 Hire a Hubby …………........................950 436679 / 619 066022 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

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 Clean Team Property Care & Rentals 850 993202/ 642 911850 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 ..........................................950 092602 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 Indalo Real Estate .............................950 091137 / 616 760409 Indasol Mojácar S.L. ..................……....................….950 472200 Inmoterreros ...................................................................950 096180 KW Resorts Holiday Rentals ......................0044 (0)1293 863320

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Primos Property Services .......................643 517001 / 643 371 630 Real Almería Property (Mojácar) ............................634 316068 Rent Mojácar ............................................................950 615042 Sandy Goldfinch ........................+44 7767 301159 / 670 575897 Santiburi Properties (Cabrera & Mojácar) 694 404971 / 647 901478 Sunshine Villas............................………850 993202 / 694 440184 The Key ................................................................0044 7541 842710 Triton Property Services ..........................................634 326322 Voss Homes (Huercal-Overa) ...................667 891 741 / 950 616 827 Year Round Holiday Rentals .............950 619178 / 627 763052

PROPERTY PROMOTERS Almanzora S.L. (Desert Springs) ...............................950 BMS Huerta Nueva ............................950 615035 / 669 Elegant Homes S.L. ............................950 092603 / 687 Elide Group S.L. …............….............950 390009 / 950

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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 Brian’s Removals (Mojácar Playa) .........................674 Dave’s Transport (International / Local)....................620 English Move (Tony) ….............................................699 Indalo Storage .........................................................950

310512 280268 049524 819213 UK Direct ..................UK 0044 7719.118.879 / Spain 642 099479 821002 Union Jack Removals (International) ….......………….902 109560 Wanderers Transport and Storage ..UK 0044 7906852325 / 623 300425

RESTAURANTS & BARS See also Chinese Restaurants & Pizzerias Agua Amarga La Chumbera ............................................................634 676298 Los Tarahis (Beachbar) .............................................950 138235 Restaurant Family ......................................................950 138014

Albox Bar Lepanto .......................................642 859040 / 950 120261 Chapman’s ..............................................................950 091188 Cornish Pride ...................................................………666 618933 Elephant Cafe ...........................................................699 090183 Gran Muralla (Chinese) ...........................................950 120166 Happy Garden (Chinese/Asian). ................................950 120851 La Cena ……........................................……………..950 430930 La 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 TCs .............................................................................642 347943 Indalo Transport ......................................................950 821002 Terraza Lamarlo ........................................................670 306290 Items For Sale Mojácar ..................694 439275 / 950 478753 The New Delhi (Indian) ……...........….950 431705 / 639 231507 Location Warehousing S.L. (Antas) .............................950 391412 The Taj (Indian) ........................................................950 633278 Moovit Transport & Storage ...............950 930316 / 642 586701 Alfaix Sprinter Services (Vera Playa) .............605 376873 / 950 609121 La Venta de Alfaix .....................................................671 272464 St. George’s European …UK 0044 207 193 5984 / 952 485984 Antas Storage 42 Removals and Storage (Albox) ...............634 325639 El Fogon, Asador Argentino ........................................950 459081 Storage Solutions (Arboleas) ................950 930316 / 671 220105 Mi Casa .................................................950 453007 / 950 453048 Swift Transport (Arboleas) ........................................618 511234

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Los Gallardos 993822 930047 637371 612738 258813 662065

Bédar

Apolo ……...................................................…………..600 El Palacio ..................................................................641 Meson Verfran ...........................................................950 Miraflores ..................................................................950 Oasis Pool Bar ...........................................................693

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Mojácar - see also Mojácar Pueblo

Aku Aku (Beachbar) (See p.6)...............950 478981 / 634 979360 El Cortijo ...................................................................950 398108 Alma Beach Club ......................................................674 665806 El Paso ................................................678 868963 / 950 469409 Al Punto (Brazilian) ...................................................950 475899 Miramar .....................................................................950 469308 Ankara Beach Terrace ..............................................950 473042 Cabrera Antonella (Italian) .............................................……..950 450215 Riad Cabrera ………………….....................................950 092042 Aurora (Beachbar) ....................................................950 472163 BaoBab .....................................................................689 642923 Cerro Gordo Bistro Bonita .......................................650 599739 / 950 930169 Badgers ................................................678 141556 / 950 478525

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

Balti Tower ll ..........................................................632 246365 Bar El Pinar ...........................................................634 302673 Bar Luz ....................................................................950 027844 Bellagio Sports Bar ...................................................950 472342 Garrucha Angus & Hereford .....................................................950 460588 Bellavista ..................................................................950 478800 Casa Adriana ......................................637 099475 / 950 133154 Bocaina Beach Club .................................................950 527597 Chino Peking (Chinese) .............................................950 132948 Botaniq ...................................................................681 127504 GBG ……………...................................950 132625 / 639 915993 Bowen Resto Bar .............................. 666 406203 / 634 357654 Góndola ....................................................................950 133928 Cabo Norte ..............................................................665 891772 La Cantina de Floor ....................................................950 132757 Cafeteria Bellagio .......................................…………950 472342 Maui Gastro ….................................................………950 460882 Cafe Familiar Mojácar ..............................................950 377586 Nautico …................................................................687 918669 Cala Marina (Beachbar) ...........................................689 572249 Restaurante Andalucia ..............................................950 460604 Captain’s Tapas Bar & Restaurant ...........................617 477797 Restaurante Azul, Hotel Tikar ...................................950 617131 Casa Egea .................................................................950 472190 Rincón del Puerto …….......................950 133042 / 950 133043 Casa Flor .................................................................626 353147 Tierra y Mar .............................................................643 463940 Casa Juan …………................................................….950 450305 Cave Bar ...............................................................…..950 478799 Huércal-Overa Cheers…………....................................................…….643 664077 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 ......................................624 215330 / 642 835993

Las Herrerias Eugenia ......................................................................950 069021

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Los Amigos ......................................…………………950 478489 Los Gurullos Pizzeria .............................................950 968242 Levante .....................................................................950 615224 Lua Beach Club ...........................................………… 950 472643 Lucero ………..................................................……….673 544617 Mandala Beach Club ................................................950 473131 Mesón El Que Faltaba ...............................................950 478806 Mesón Mémé ……………...........……….674 141159 / 647 954405 Marama .....................................................................606 615435 Marcelo Entre Tapas ............................673 744249 / 950 027218 Martín Morales ..............................................................950 478812 Mesón Felipe San Bernabé ...................…………….950 475966 Meson Mémé …........…………………..674 141159 / 647 954405 Mandala Beach Club ................................................950 473131 Mimi’s Bar ..................................................................651 872604

Fusion Beach ...........................................................950 615224 Ganesha (Indian) ...................................................602 006977 Gastro Malabar (See p.6) ........................................950 472970 Habana 1957 ...........................................................850 987214 Hola Ola (Beachbar) ................................................664 097279 Ilario Imperial (Italian) ..............................................950 478098 Imperial Playa (Italian) ..............................................950 475360 Koi …...........................................................................950 615452 Kontiki (Beachbar) .................................................617 774330 Kukis .........................................................................950 377076 La Bohemia .............................................................677 659072 La Cabaña ................................................................950 615179 La Cantina (Mexican) ................................................950 615030 La Cava ...................................................................950 472181 La Cometa ...............................................................950 615209 La Estancia …….............................................………654 562449 La Gaviota ……………...............................................950 472177 La Paratá ...................................................................950 375590

Mohana (See p.4) ....................................................677 420108 Neptuno Beach Club (See p.35) ..........................…616 005387 Omega ................................................950 475317 / 647 675919 Ottocento (Italian).......................................................950 615100 Palacio Imperial Marina (Thai, Japanese, Chinese) ...950 472208 Parador de Mojácar ...................................................950 478250 Parwaz (Indian) .......................................................631 995178 Playa Juana Beach Club ............................................690 984992 Puerto Madero Tapas Bar ........................................950 884617 Robert (Marina de la Torre) …………..............………950 110412 Rose & Crown .........................................................950 973436 Rusty Nail ...............................................................662 153813 Sal Marina ...................................................................950 472405 Scotty’s El Tropico ...................................................687 382540 Sensations ................................................................950 472057 San Pedro Belgian Bar .............................................722 485340 Shea’s Restaurant & Bar (See p.7) ...........................950 478186 Sol y Arena (Beachbar) .............................................950 478308 Sottocasa (Italian) .......................................................950 093075 The Emerald Isle ....................................................634 387178 The Irish Rover ..........................................................950 473135 The Lemon ....................……...............................…….950 472659 The Roof Garden ...................................................685 022011 Tito’s (Beachbar) .......................................................950 615030 Torre Bahía ...............................................................950 478651 Trufibar ....................................................................664 103611 Twister .................................................………………600 006032 Valentino’s (Italian) ...................................................621 279251 Valery (See p.15) .....................................................662 968460

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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 Terraza Carmona ...................................................950 390760

Vera Playa

Lorena’s ...................................................................634 345353

Armony Beach Club .................................................617 b2 Mohana (Argentinean) ........................................678 Bar La Reva ..........................................................618 Benitos/La Alcazaba ..................................................633 Chiringuito Cositas ..................................................610 Frankie’s Bar ............................................................950 Gnomo Feliz II ..........................................................950 KOA/Blue Parrot ......................................................611 La Peperina .........................................678 643013 / 678 Lua Puerto Rey ........................................................950 Maraú Beach Club ……................................…………671 Paradise Bar/Chiringuito ...........................................667 Pizzeria Jardin ..........................................................950 Yaho (Thai / Asian) .................................................645

Pueblo Laguna

Vera Playa (Las Buganvillas / Pueblo Laguna)

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 ….............................950 618059 / 950 467768 The Oasis ............................................950 467381 / 676 365010

Partaloa Mis Amigos ..............................................…………….612 508447

Piedra Amarilla, Partaloa

New Bistro ................................................................608 921287 Dragon Chino ............................................................950 Restaurant Laguna …………….........................……..950 132566 La Colonial ……………….........................................….950 Dee’$ Dollar Bar ........................................................950 San Juan de Los Terreros Costa Tranquila (Beachbar) ......................................620 236798 Memoli Pizzeria ......................………..950 093017 / 603 La Geoda ..................................................................673 020159 Pub Millionaire ....................................950 617467 / 637

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Mi Cortijo …………......................................................950 466323 Mondy Playa ........................................600 254314 / 622 807809

Turre Alice’s Bar ……….......................................................620 Casa Adelina ............................................................950 Chili ...........................................................................950 Ciringuito Extreme .....................................................673 Doner Kebab ............................................................603

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Vera Playa (Naturista) Bar Oh La La! .........................................................616 338355 Chiringuito Naturista ................................................950 397726 La Golondrina ............................................................683 342376 Puntonat ..................................................................636 401424

Villaricos Bar La Plaza Villaricos .........................................…950 467590 Don Tadeo ..................................................................950 467105 Gran Muralla (Chinese) …….......................................950 618880 El Faro ..................................................649 766252 / 687 351764

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Sew n Sew Susie (Albox area) ..........950 930643 / 633 683872 The Sewing Room ....................................................607 375697

SEPTIC TANK SERVICE

Desarascos Litesa ............................670 863791 / 609 Drainage Solutions …...........………….616 531283 / 670 Blocked DrainsRUs ............................950 091109 / 648 Ginés Millán (All areas) ……….............(after 4pm) 607 RETRACTABLE ROOF SYSTEMS Lifestyle Enclosures Europe S.L. (See p. 9) 950 459060 / 638 063196 Limaser (Vera) ……..................................................950 Sepserve (All areas) …..............................................675

ROOFING

442695 088966 768587 366355 390732 838808

SHOE REPAIRS

Ark Roofing ...............................................................634 379173

Keys Copy Centre (Mojácar Playa) ..........................950 472982

RUGS & CARPETS

SIGNS (Shop & Vehicle) Homecentre (Albox) (See p.5)..........868 931872 / 671 715294 P & R Rugs (Los Llanos de Aroleas) .......................665 258680 Idea (Huércal Overa) ...............................................605 162709 Pink House (La Concepción) ..............622 288750 / 681 095096 Pronto Printing (La Buganvillas) (See cover).............950 133492 SKIP HIRE

RURAL TOURISM

Cortijo Pocico de la Nava (Mojácar) ...........................670 777752 Aridos Mojácar S.L. ..................................................650 Finca Arboleda (Vera) ..............................................678 027656 Casa Conchillo (Albox) ......................950 430740 / 695 Mi Abuela Maria (Mojácar) ……..........................……659 198424 El Cano SL )Mojácar) ................................................950 Servacon .....................................................................950

SATELLITE TV

ABC (A Better Climate) (See p.34).....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. (See p.43) ......950 398146 / 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.41)......….…...........................677 152911 Sol Shaders S.L. (See p.41)........................................627 907207

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SNOOKER HALLS CD Snooker Mojácar ..............................................609 026526 Snooker Ambigu (Los Gallardos) .................................661 973205

SOLAR ENERGY Bédar Directo ..........................................................689 DCM Digitek Comms (Mojácar) (See page 19)...........950 Ecocorp (See p.33) .................................................671 Hi-Tec Solar (Turre) ............................609 888549 / 950 Hispavan Solar ..................................950 047033 / 687 Sunergy Almeria ........................................................636

SOLICITORS

SCUBA DIVING Buceo Mojácar ........................................................950 472760

SECOND HAND Auction Subasta (Los Carasoles).....UK 7413 190882 / 643 137106 Amanda’s (Lubrin) ............................950 069682 / 634 310512 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 / 648 250699

SECURITY & SAFES See Alarms SEWING Alice .........................................................................620 876485 Alexis Shillinglaw .....................................................634 361874 J.F.M. Modas Sedal (Turre) ..............950 468031 / 606 945502 Lola Alterations & Repairs (Mojácar Playa) .950 475994 / 637 963835 Solo Style ...............................................................626 319907

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SPAS IndalOcio (Arboleas) ................................................850 993090 Sundance Spas (Mojácar) .......................................950 472845

SPA SERVICING & CLEANING True Blue Pools & Spas ..........................................661 148998

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

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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

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 / 667 208677 Sarah Dyson (Computer tuition) …....................……687 632435 Simon Farmiloe (Spanish & English)(Albox/Mojacar) ..647 677097 Step by Step Language Centre (Mojácar) ...................600 565284

TV & AUDIO REPAIRS

Ponce S.L. (Garrucha) ..............................................950 617181 1 Stop Paving (Albox) ………................................…634 313939 Seth Pittham (Zurgena).......................950 634477 / 666 826886 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

UPHOLSTERY Curtains with Style (Fabrics) ............ 950 069032 / 678 811125 Jone’s Mobile (Upholstery cleaning) …....……………661 571939 Unicraft (Upholstery) ...................................................692 176069 Upholstery & Leather Cleaning .................................636 193256 Upholstery Larios (Cuevas del Almanzora) 950 456 364 / 651 998738

Almería Castle ………............................................…950 271617 Almería Solar Centre ( Nr.Tabernas) ....950 387990 / 670 866122 Aquarium (Roquetas de Mar) ...................................950 160036 Camelus (Mojácar Camel Rides) ………663 930272 / 950 100076 Fort Bravo – Western theme park (Tabernas) .....….950 165405 UNIFORMS Nautarium (Sea Museum) (Garrucha) ………………….950 139554 Nijar Butterfly Farm .................................................617 692778 Uniformes de Levante (Los Gallardos & Vera) ..........902 110218 Oasys Western Park & Zoo (Tabernas) ….............….950 365236 VAN & MAN HIRE Western Leone Theme park (Tabernas) …............…950 165405