The Almería Focus – October 2024

The Almería Focus

Welcome to the Almería Focus Magazine and useful A-Z Directory for the Levante area, with more than 2000 entries and contact numbers! View it online at www.issuu.com/almeriafocus. The Focus is free every month and distributed from Mojácar to San Juan de los Terreros on the coast and inland as far as Albox and Huércal-Overa.

A Quieter Autumn

Aftera hectic August, tourists coming here in September reputedly spend more money as they don’t come here with children. With EU funding and money from the Junta de Andalucía, Mojácar now has a “Punto Limpia” (Clean Point) for various discarded items to be recycled. Ones that can be taken there include metal objects, wood, furniture, clothes textiles and shoes, electrical and electronic equipment and garden waste. It is behind the Platino Gym on the playa and is open from Monday to Friday from 9am2pm. Residents are asked to make use of this facility and not put these items in the normal grey waste containers.

The DGT (Spanish Traffic Department) and the government have published proposals that next year the drink and drive regulations will be considerable tightened. We explain the ramifications in an article, and all drivers in Spain including tourists have to observe national laws that include traffic laws of course. The Guardia Civil Police numbers are being substantially increased before the end of this year and also next January. Some of them will be tasked with the continuing work to catch the mafia bosses who carry drugs and people, and break up their infrastructure. Recently, several combined operations by various branches of the police have been extremely successful.

In an article we explain how Spain is working with other countries to try to stop illegal immigrants and encourage legal ones. It is considered vital that Spain attracts legal immigrants, particularly in the agricultural and textile sectors, and this is a good way to encourage them to come here. Employers pay into the Social Security system, productivity goes up and so does the GDP (Gross national Product) so this is a good outcome.

Figures have been published that give the number of people of all ages on the padrón (the official list of residents in each municipality) and how this relates to Mojácar. At the end of

2023 there were 101 more non-Spanish people living here compared to Spanish nationals and we expand on the figures in our ‘In the News’ section.

Town halls and concert and theatre companies have started to expand their activities and we feature ones that may be of interest to our readers in our ‘What’s On’ section. The ‘Almería Western Film Festival’ in Tabernas starts on October 10th and is considered a prestigious event reinforcing Almería as being the “Land of Film”. There is a steady stream of directors who choose our province to make films, documentaries and commercials. We have details of the Western Film Festival in our ‘In the News’ section.

Saturday, October 12th is a national fiesta day in Spain now called ‘Día de la Hispanidád’ (Hispanic Day). It used to be called ‘Christopher Columbus Day’ but whether he was actually Spanish, Italian or Portuguese is still not completely decided. He was accused of being very cruel to prisoners, so naming this day in his honour was dropped. October 12th is also the religious fiesta of ‘Nuestra Señora del Pilar’ (Virgin Mary of the Pillar) who is the patron saint of the Guardia Civil police. Turre have a fiesta from Friday, October 4th until Monday October 7th and in Mojácar, Monday, October 7th is the day of their patron saint ‘Virgen de Rosario’ . Wednesday, October 31st is Halloween and November 1st is ‘All Saint’s Day’ a national fiesta to remember family and friends who have died, and cemeteries are decked out with flowers and candles. November 2nd is ‘All Souls Day’ to remember all the dead. Clocks go back one hour at 3am on Sunday, October 27th.

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Mojácar Medical Centre

The new Mojácar medical centre near the petrol station on the way up to the pueblo is now up and running. The new centre has several new facilities such as x-rays, physiotherapy rooms and a children’s department, an accident and emergency area and the ability to carry out minor surgery. Appointments can be made in the normal way: in person, ringing Salud Responde on 955 545 060, on their app ‘Salud Responde’, or via ClicSalud+ on the Junta de Andalucía website.

The ‘Moves’ Schemes

The Spanish schemes for subsidies in the purchase of all-electric and hybrid cars are known as ‘Moves’. The Moves III scheme in Andalucía was supposed to have finished last July, but was extended until December 31st as there was still money in the pot. A buyer of an all-electric car costing less than 45,000 euros can apply for a 7,000 euro grant if they scrap a car that is over seven years old, or 4,500 euros if they don’t. There are pro-rata amounts with a maximum of 4.500 euros for hybrid ones, larger grants for vans, and a 70% grant towards the cost of installing a charging point. You have to pay the full price of the vehicle and then claim the grant money, and if you are scrapping a car you have to have been the owner for more than 12 months. Motor manufacturers and dealers criticise the scheme because they consider that a person buying a new vehicle will not have one that is seven years old or older, so they can’t claim the maximum grant. Also, after buying the new vehicle the purchaser has to make a claim which in some cases can take between 12-24 months. Dealers want the discount to be given at the point of sale and taken off the purchase price then, so they claim it back with a much quicker time period. Since June 2023, if a person buys an all-electric vehicle costing no more than 54,450 euros (45,000 + IVA) they can include up to 3,000 euros when they do their annual ‘Renta’ (income tax return). The 3,000

euros comes off the total income so the bottom line of tax owed should be reduced, depending on individual circumstances. However, the grants, according to the ‘Hacienda’ (Spanish Tax Authority), count as being hidden capital gains income so they have to be included and will be taxed! ‘Sumauto’ (an automobile portal) state that four out of ten purchasers of electric vehicles have an income over 3,000 euros per month, so they don’t need a grant, and shouldn’t qualify for one! They propose that a Moves IV scheme focuses on people who have an older car because the average age of vehicles in Spain is more than 15. They consider that the grants should be more money for a person who has a car that is more than 10 years old. They also suggest that the 21% IVA (VAT) should be scrapped for a vehicle costing less than 25,000 euros. They stress that reducing the average age of cars in Spain is a vital necessity and the DGT (Spanish Traffic Authority) are also very concerned about the average age. Another idea is a grant for cars that have the emission ‘B’ or ‘C’ stickers towards converting them to all-electric ones that costs on average about 15,000 euros.

More ‘AVE’ Doom and Gloom

Last month in an article, we commented on the progress of the AVE High Speed train from Murcia to Almería and its likely finish date. Whilst the government have been reassuring people that passengers will be able to board the trains during 2026, Adif (the Spanish rail authority) had not given their own completion date. At Lorca, after a very long period of wrangling, it was finally agreed that in the city centre, where the station will be built, there will be a 3km double track width tunnel. Adif finally approved a contract for this work last February, but the initial completion of the tunnel and station, that will cost 400 million euros, has now been given as taking 32 months with a finish date of May 2027. There are many technical challenges and the tunnel needs to go under a small river

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that will be diverted until it is finished. The Almería pressure group ‘Mesa del Tren’ have been forecasting the earliest arrival of trains to be 2028 for some time, which may turn out to be too optimistic! As we mentioned last month, when all the work has been completed there will be an extended period of testing over the 200km line. The ‘PP’ political party in Almería city are asking questions in the Spanish Parliament regarding the exact progress of the work on the AVE including the stations at Almería, Vera and Lorca. They want technical certifications from ‘Adif’ of all the sections under construction. They point out that the Minister of Public Works visited Almería a few weeks ago and his promised completion date was obviously a lie! In mid-September, The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, dismissed the president of Adif, Ángel Contreras, with the aim of “Promoting the management of the company”. Ángel Contreras has been the President for less than 12 months and apart from conflicts in policy there have been major disruptions of many of the trains during the summer months with frequent delays and cancellations.

More Guardia Civil Police

Pedro Fernández, the government delegate in Andalucía, has announced that in October, the Guardia Civil police numbers in the whole of the community is to be increased by 840, with 118 in our province. These are police officers going through their final training and will be drafted in for an initial period of 40 weeks. Next January, 640 extra police will join the existing numbers with 400 more on general duties, and an additional 240 for special duty such as catching the Mafia drug and people smuggling. 17.5 million euros has been given to police and customs agents in the Campo de Gibraltar region this year and up to the end of June 3, 126 people have been arrested, 340 tonnes of drugs seized, and 120 semi-rigid

craft captured. The ‘AUGC’ union has expressed their satisfaction with the additional numbers and pointed out that this time of the year it is easier to find accommodation. However, they complain that there is a forced retirement at age 58, not voluntary, that is the case in many other organisations. They point out that with voluntary retirement, the ones that stay on would help keep overall numbers up.

Museum Admission Charges

Due to come into force in August and then October, admission charges for museums in Andalucía have been put off sine die “to do it correctly” at a future date. The Ministry of Culture led by Patricia de Pozo who has just taken over this role has stated that “Two basic issues must be guaranteed”. Namely “that the economic situation of Andalusians is not an impediment to access any cultural space” and that “everything that is collected reverts to the maintenance of equipment, cultural infrastructures and our culture”. Admission charges of two, four and six euros were announced with an anticipated income of 8 million euros per annum. The agreement proposed maintaining free access for all visitors four days a month, free of charge for users under 18 years of age, those over 65, people who are legally unemployed, and those who are affected by a degree of disability of at least 33% and needs a person to accompany them. There was a fierce reaction to the news of the charges as being a “tourist tax” and in general, museums should not charge anything, as they are a cultural heritage.

Organ Transplants

Spain has led the list of countries that provide organ donations and transplants for the 32nd year running. Up to the end of June, in hospitals in Andalucía, there were 600 transplants, with 154 liver, 359 kidney, 58 lungs, 22 heart and 7 pancreas transplants, 6.4% more than last

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year from 246 donors, and 360 cornea and tissue transplants. In the three hospitals in Almería province, in the same period, there were 23 donated organs. In the UK people have to opt out of organ donations and in theory this applies to Spain as well. The reality is that following a death in a hospital, with two doctors certifying the death, transplant doctors talk sympathetically to the relatives to see if they will agree to organ donation. Over 50% do, and see it as a way of helping other people. It is possible to obtain a donor card from a doctor’s surgery but people need to discuss with their relatives if on their death they want to donate organs. The age group goes from young babies up to people over the age of 80. The transplant co-ordination centre is in Madrid, manned 24/7, and they have a “zero” list of people who are very likely to die within a few days without a rapid transplant.

Greenpeace Off the Hook

10 years ago, on May 11th, 2014, Greenpeace activists painted a huge black circle on the face of the El Algarrobico hotel in Carboneras leaving the unpainted slogan “Hotel Ilegal”. Azata del Sol, the owners of the nearly completed hotel, started legal action against Greenpeace for damage to the façade, windows and doors, but a judge ruled that as the building was supposed to be demolished there could not be any claim for damages. Azata del Sol had asked for a prison terms of 12 months, fines of six euros per day for 24 months and 186,700 euros in compensation. The decision to take no action was appealed and this court ruled that damage had been done and imminent demolition was not agreed. This September, in a court in Almería, 28 people, allegedly Greenpeace activists, had to appear but for various reasons they were all acquitted. The court ruled that many of the people from Greenpeace maintained they were there for a demonstration on the beach and did not enter the hotel, and the ones who were inside and did the painting could not be reliably

identified. When the Guardia Civil police asked everyone to leave and for identification for a possible criminal offence, this included some journalists who were in no way involved in the painting, and the number of people the police recorded as being there was not the same according to various officers. There were a large number of activists and Carboneras residents outside the hotel at the time. One of the people in court stated that he was a journalist and named the media outlet that he worked for at the time, with a letter stating that this was true. The court ruled that any convictions would be unsafe in law. On May 12th, 2014, disgruntled residents of Carboneras went to the hotel and painted out the letter ‘I’ so the slogan then read “Hotel Legal”! This was the second time they had done the same thing, when Greenpeace “discovered” the hotel interviews were being held for staff. Azata del Sol can appeal the latest court ruling if they decide to do this and they probably will do. A Greenpeace spokesperson stated, “Greenpeace considers closed ‘one more chapter in the organization’s fight for the demolition of the illegal hotel El Algarrobico’”.

Major Purchases by Lidl

The German supermarket chain Lidl bought produce from Almería province worth

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900 million euros up to the beginning of September. 90% of this is distributed to Lidl supermarkets in other countries. The vast majority of the purchases are fruit and veg, including tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, and red and citrus fruit, from over 100 suppliers. Purchases from all of Andalucía amount to 1.6 billion euros including fruit and veg, olive oil, milk products, cheese, wine and meat. Lidl came to Andalucía in 1994 and they now have 3,400 employees, 130 supermarkets and logistical centres in Granada, Seville and Málaga.

EU Immigrants

In an article we comment on how Spain is dealing with legal and illegal immigrants with funding from the EU. Although it is not yet in force, member states have agreed to a scheme whereby each of them takes an average quota of 30,000 refugees that have been accepted as being genuine asylum seekers. This takes the pressure off states such as Spain, Italy and Greece where immigrants are a huge problem. If member states do not agree with this, they have to pay 20,000 euros for each person on their quota which goes into a central EU refugee fund and this will be an annual amount of money. Some of the money would be given to countries where migrants setting off is a big problem such as Tunisia, to help combat this. Poland is not at all happy and want to be excluded, because they already have one million Ukrainian refugees. We have commented previously how Spain has set on more staff to process applications quickly, and Ursula von Leyden, the EU President, wants this time reduced to a maximum of 12 weeks in all the countries where there is a backlog. People who are not accepted would then be deported to their country of origin.

Unemployment and Work

People in work who are laid off by their employer are entitled to claim unemployment benefit if their employer has paid into the

Social Security system for one year, but you are supposed to be looking for work or retraining. Over the first six months the amount paid is 70% of your salary in the last six months of work and then 50% for another six months, but there is a maximum amount if you have had high earnings. Social Security payments are taken off the gross money you receive, which means you are still entitled to health care. An unemployed person receiving benefit can obtain part time work, but the hours you work affect your benefit. As an example, if you work for 50% of the normal working week your benefit is reduced by 50%. Some benefit is available to people who have not clocked up any social security payments and do not qualify for the normal unemployment rates. The Spanish government and unions have agreed a new scheme for 2025 whereby these people can be paid a salary for a normal working week at the same time. Earnings cannot exceed 1,350 euros gross per month with a progressive reduction in the unemployment benefit. The aim is that unemployed people are paid more money and they are encouraged to get back into the labour market.

ECB Interest Rates

From September 18th, the Central European Bank interest rate has been reduced to 3.5% that will help people with, or trying to obtain, a mortgage. The ECB stated that it remains “determined” to return inflation to the 2% target in the medium term and rates will remain at “sufficiently restrictive” levels for as long as necessary. Among the EU states, the largest increase in the cost of living in August corresponded to Belgium (4.5%), Estonia (3.4%) and the Netherlands (3.3%). On the other hand, the smallest increases were observed in Lithuania (0.7%), Latvia (0.9%) and Slovenia, Finland and Ireland (1.1%). In the case of Spain, the year-on-year rate moderated by half a point, to 2.4%, which reduced the

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unfavourable price differential for our country with respect to the euro zone to two tenths.

Inflation in Andalucía

Andalucía is about to meet the inflation target set by the European Central Bank, set at 2%. The annual rate of increase in prices stood at 2.1% in August in the autonomous community, a single tenth above this target and two tenths below the year-on-year CPI National Institute of Statistics figures for the month of August of 2.3% in Spain as a whole. In the case of Andalucía, the retail items that fell the most were clothing and footwear, with a decline of 0.09% closely followed by transport, which fell by 0.08% compared to July. Food and non-alcoholic beverages have contributed the most to the increase in inflation in recent years, but fell by 0.06% in August compared to July. A tentative expectation is that inflation will fall again in September.

An Almería “Greek Island”

Greece is known for the white houses and the deep blue of the Aegean Sea, particularly in the Mykonos area. La Isleta de Moro in Cabo de Gata, a small fishing village in our province, has been singled out as being as being extremely similar and cheaper to go there! With less than 200 inhabitants it has retained its charm with crystal clear Mediterranean Sea. The name comes from

Berber pirates and their leader Mohamed Arráez. The main beach is Peñón Blanco, known for its soft sand and calm waters and a few minutes away is the Cala de los Toros, smaller and more secluded. There are various notable restaurants.

Lower Alcohol Limit

In an article we explain that the Spanish Government has announced that they intend to decrease the alcohol limit of 0.5gr/l down to 0.2gr/l for all drivers. 241 drivers lost their lives in Spain this summer and 50% were over the alcohol or drug limit. Guardia Civil Police carried out spot checks from August 19th-25th and found each day that more than 500 drivers were over the limit. The Centre for Toxicology has reported that postmortems on drivers killed in traffic accidents in 2023 revealed that 33% were over the limit. The DGT stress that drivers should not drink any alcohol at all.

The UK Tourist Travel Authorisation

The media in Spain (but it applies to all EU states eventually and many other countries) are pointing out that on April 2nd, 2025, Spanish nationals going to the UK have to have an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA). They cost £10 or the euro equivalent of 12 euros, are valid for two years (unless their passport expires), with stays of no more than six months, and it applies to all visitors including babies and children. These authorisations can be obtained starting in March from the UK ETA app and tourists are advised to apply at least three days before they travel. In 2023, some 38 million tourists went to the UK with 2.2 million from Spain. The ETA requirement is already in force for some of the 83 countries that will be affected in due course. Spaniards in transit through the UK will also have to have an ETA.

Fishing Boat Sunk

On September 17th at 10.30am the skipper of the ‘Manuel and Gero’ fishing boat from

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Carboneras informed the Almería maritime coordination centre that their boat had sunk off the island of San Andres. They were returning to port when they collided with a very large object that they could not identify and the boat quickly sank. The three crew were rescued by another fishing boat and a private one. The Maritime Rescue centre in Almeria has issued warnings to sailors in the area that there is possibly a large object in the vicinity and a sunken fishing boat.

Repairing Electric Cars

The car portal ‘Autodata’ has surveyed garages that make general repairs and found that only about 20% are prepared to repair electric vehicles. This is partly because they do not have sufficiently qualified mechanics or the specialised tools, and some garages are very worried that if not properly handled the battery might explode. The conclusion of the survey is that general repair garages think that the main dealers of the manufacturer should repair the vast percentage of electric vehicles, not them. Also, as existing petrol or diesel cars (new or second-hand) can still be used on the road after the 2035 ban on new ones comes in, they are never going to run out of work.

Using Batteries

The use of batteries to store electrical energy is nothing new, but with increasing use of renewable energy and cutting down on CO2 emissions, modern batteries are in the forefront. The cost of large batteries has come down almost 50% in the last two years and is 90% less than ten years ago. In China, but not yet in Europe, electric cars are down in price to almost the same cost as a petrol engine car, because producing batteries is cheaper there. The use of batteries for renewable energy sources will mean less reliance on other types of fuels and stop another energy crisis such as the one in 2021-2023. A professor at Eindhoven University points out that photovoltaic solar

panels and wind farms will soon be able to supply 70% of energy requirements, and with batteries this will go up to 90%. In Spain, estimates are that before 2030 the electricity from renewable energy will be the equivalent of the output of five nuclear power stations which are due to shut. If energy from solar panels is stored in batteries for a few hours, from two to six, the energy can be supplied when the sun is not shining which will stabilise energy cost peaks and troughs. Households are already finding this out when their home solar panels are connected to a battery, which has been expensive to buy, but is becoming cheaper. The expensive lithium used in battery cells is being replaced with sodium at a fraction of the cost. Manufacturers are already making strides in increasing the storage capacity, reducing weight and voltage losses. At present, China has the two largest manufacturers of batteries for electric cars, but other countries are catching up. Analysts compare the boom in efficient battery manufacture to that of the computer chip. In the US in California, in the Mojave Desert, there is an installation of 1.9 million solar panels with 120,000 batteries that store energy for four hours to give cheaper electricity in the late afternoon or evening. With improved batteries they will be able to store the electricity for eight to ten hours. They can store 3,300 megawatts at present and one megawatt is one billion watts. The eventual aim is that 100% of energy needed in California will come from renewable sources by 2040. Investors are very keen to jump on this bandwagon by buying shares in the technology companies and experience good profits.

Almería Western Film Festival

In previous years information regarding the Almería Western Film Festival in Tabernas has been limited to a few days before it starts. This year the line-up has been announced in good time and the festival is from October, Thursday

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10th to Sunday 13th, inclusive. The Italian actor Fabio Testi will be given the ‘Tabernas de Ciné’ award 50 years after the filming of ‘The Four of the Apocalypse’. The ‘Spirit of the West’ award will go to Argentine director Lisandro Alonso and the legendary Italian director Sergio Leone (1929-1989) will receive the ‘In Memoriam’ award, for his creation of the spaghetti western. The Italian editor Eugenio Alabiso will be awarded the ‘Desierto de Tabernas’ prize for his work in the editing of western classics, and the Almeria writer and film historian José Enrique Martínez will receive the award for the ‘Dissemination of the Western Genre’. The festival’s Official Feature Film Section presents a selection of films that will compete for the jury and audience awards. The opening film will be Paradise, directed by Max Isaacson (USA) followed by Escanyapobres by Ibai Abad (Spain), Eureka by Lisandro Alonso (Argentina), and Hasta el fin del mundo by Viggo Mortensen (USA-Mexico-Canada). Other films include Nina by Andrea Jaurrieta (Spain), and Los de abajo by Alejandro Quiroga (Bolivia) and Ride by Jake Allyn (USA). There is a selection of 30 short films in this category

A Diverse Mojácar Population

Residents of any age in a municipality should go on the ‘Padrón’ which is the official list of inhabitants. Numbers determine services such as teachers, the police and health facilities and a padrón certificate is needed for various reasons. At the end of each year town halls have to send their current data to the Institute of Statistics who analyse them. As regards Mojácar, 50.67% are non-Spanish compared to 49.3% and the difference is 101 people. 18.92% (1,424) of the registered inhabitants were born in the municipality. 27.39% (2,061) have emigrated to Mojácar from different parts of Spain, 11.51% (866) from other municipalities in the province of Almeria, 4.89% (368) from other provinces of the community of Andalucía, 11.00% (828)

from other autonomous communities and 4,041 have emigrated to Mojácar from other countries. Of these people, there are 576 inhabitants, 250 men and 326 women born in America; 127 inhabitants, 72 men and 55 women born in Africa. 107 inhabitants, 58 men and 49 women born in Asia and 7 inhabitants, 2 men and 5 women born in Oceania. The rest come from the EU and six countries stand out among some thirty destinations featuring Romania (179); France (176); Germany (160); Argentina (148) and Italy (129). People on the padrón from the UK amount to 2,147.

More Talks in Gibraltar

The final post-Brexit agreement between Spain and Gibraltar has still not been signed. Pedro Sánchez recently met Sir Keir Starmer with the aim of solving the outstanding issues. The European Frontex border police will supervise Gibraltar residents having free movement into Spain and the EU by recognising that Gibraltar is a ‘Schengen area’. A sticking point is that Spanish police will be able to move freely in Gibraltar, in uniform and carrying arms. Spain wants flights from Gibraltar to Madrid and Barcelona that were in place from 2009-2011. Spanish politicians claim forcefully that the airport is on Spanish land! It has been agreed that the 15,000

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workers who come from Spain every day for work will not have to pass through any type of border control and their pension rights and pensions will slowly be increased to the same level as Gibraltarians. Spanish companies who falsely claim that their fiscal headquarters are in Gibraltar, not Spain, and pay less corporation tax as a result will no longer be able to do this.

IMIE Numbers

Every mobile phone has a unique identification IMIE (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number that can be accessed by putting *#06# into your phone. This gives you a very long 15-digit number, unique to your phone, that you should write down or photograph with another device. If the phone is stolen the IMEI number can be used by your service provider to block the phone from working, even if a different SIM card has been put in it, or the service provider has been changed. When you buy a new mobile phone the number is printed on the box and can be found in the Settings.

Causes of Death

An organisation in Andalucía collects information on the number of births, marriages and deaths. Their published figures from the last quarter of 2023 reveal that the total deaths in Almería province were 1,398, a slight fall in numbers compared to 2022. 758 males died and 640 females and 373 died from cancer, 344 from heart attacks or circulatory problems and 124 from respiratory problems. 15 men and 9 women died from Covid or post-Covid health problems. 35 women and 13 men died from Alzheimer’s disease and 12 people died after experiencing a fall. On the International Suicide Prevention Day, it was revealed that 73 people had committed suicide in our province in 2023 (53 men and 20 women), compared to 62 cases in 2022. Suicide attempts attended to in the three hospital emergency departments were 335 compared to 304 in 2022. In May

2022 a national dedicated mental health “Call for Life” 24/7 phone number, 024, was introduced for persons contemplating suicide, families worried about a family member, or a concerned partner. The free of charge number is available in several languages including English, and qualified people trained to respond to these calls from the Red Cross will try to help anyone by listening carefully for as long as is necessary (the average time was 11 minutes and the longest was 3hrs 30mins). They give advice and suggest alternatives including contacting health professionals, or as a last resort a call to the 112-emergency number if they consider a suicide is imminent and they have the location of the person. The calls are totally confidential and in 2023 a total of 203 people made use of this service in our province. Throughout Spain 4.6% of people who dialled 024 lived in Andalucía, the highest percentage of any autonomous community. The authorities in Almería announced that they would beef up the publicity for the 024 number and liaise with mental health professionals so that they could advise people to use the helpline if necessary.

Maui Founder Dies

The Mojácar Maui Beach website announced on September 7th that Kiko Rubia who founded the beach bar with his brother Luis over 20 years ago had died very suddenly, aged 52. Together they turned the initial beach bar into one of the most emblematic and fashionable establishments in Mojácar which attracts visitors from all over Spain and from many countries. The website stated, “Maui assures everybody that they will continue to move forward in honour of his memory and everything he built with so much love. Every day, when we open the doors, we will remember your smile and your legacy. ‘Kiko, all of us who know you agree on one thing, meeting you has been a gift in life. Thank you for everything, friend. You will always be in our hearts’’’.

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The Mojácar Boat People Tragedy

On February 1st last year at midnight, a Guardia Civil patrol boat ‘Rio Jiloca’ intercepted a 5-metre inflatable boat overloaded with people, one nautical mile off the coast at Macenas in Mojácar. Orders for the boat to stop were ignored and attempts to avoid this resulted in it capsizing. In the ensuing chaos the police threw life jackets and lifebuoys into the sea for people to hold onto and several policemen went into the water. 11 people were rescued but two men aged 26 and 27 drowned because they didn’t know how to swim and attempts to revive them failed. Each of the 13 men on board from Senegal had paid 7,000 euros to set off from Algeria. Two men who had organised the journey were arrested, one of them steered the boat whilst the other one navigated and topped the engine up with petrol from containers. The men in the boat were told to put their mobile phones in Airplane mode and forbidden to take photos or videos. Appearing before a court in Almería at the start of September both men accepted prison terms of six years for offences of human trafficking for financial gain and involuntary manslaughter. They were ordered to pay 120,000 euros to the families of the men who died.

DGT Speeding Infractions

The DGT (Spanish Traffic Authority) has reissued a table of excess speed fines and loss of points. Examples are that firstly, there is a fine of 100 euros but no loss of points if you are up to 20km/h over the speed limits, so up to 50km/h in a 30 km/h zone and up to 70km/h in a 50km/h zone. Above these speeds the limit with just a fine is up to 30km/h over the speed limit, so up to 120km/h in a 90km/h zone and up to 150km/h on a motorway with a speed limit of 120km/h. The next bands with a 200 euro fine and a loss of 2 points is 10km/h over the previous excess speed for speed limits of up to 50km/h and 20km higher than the previous excess speed for speed limits of 60km/h up

to 120km/h, so 151km/h to 170km/h on a motorway. Fines and a loss of points then go up to 4 and then 6 with a 600 euro fine when you are 50km/h over the speed limits of 20km/h to 50km/h that then increases up to more than 191km/h on a motorway. It is a criminal offence to drive at over 60km/h more than the urban limits and 80km/h over the inter-urban limit of 90km/h and 100km/h over a 120km/h limit. The penalties can be 3-6 months in prison or a fine from 6-12 months (worked out per day), or community service from 31 to 90 days, and driving licences will be taken away for between 1 to 4 years. In early September in Bacares above Albox, a motorbike rider was determined to be travelling at 153km/h in a 60km/h zone. He will appear in court in Purchena and will certainly be subject to these penalties. A few days later, in Seron, a car was being driven at 160km/h in another 60km/h limit. Fines are notified by post to the address of the registered owner and if paid within 20 days from the date you receive it there is a 50% reduction. The DGT stress that they never send out emails with a notification of a fine, and if you receive one that then takes you to a website, even if it looks like their own one, this is a complete scam aimed at getting details of your bank account. There is a small allowance in measuring excess speed by fixed or mobile radar cameras, but a motorist should observe the exact speed limits and not rely on this margin of error.

Amazon Scrap Home Working

The CEO of Amazon, Andy Jassy, has sparked a fierce backlash among employees after announcing they’ll now be required to spend five days a week in the office and can no longer work two days at home. It applies to all workers including 5,000 in Spain out of the total workforce of 25,000. Jassy sent a memo to staff on September 16th informing them of “a couple changes we’re making to further strengthen our culture and teams.” Part of

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doing that he said, is returning to working in the office full time as was the norm before the Covid-19 pandemic. Explaining the move, he said: “When we look back over the last five years, we continue to believe that the advantages of being together in the office are significant.” The full time working in the office comes into force next January to allow staff to make necessary changes in their lifestyle. Jassy did note that if employees are “reasonably” unable to make their way into work, such as having children at home who are unwell, working from home remains as a backup option for a short period of time.

Combating Illegal Taxis

Police in Almería city go to the airport, the intermodal train and bus station and the port in Almería city periodically, to try and apprehend illegal taxis which have been a problem for many years. Juan Francisco Rojas, the spokesperson of the Vox political party in Almería city, has put forward a motion asking for a permanent police presence. He states that, “The permanent and continuous surveillance of the Local Police in the vicinity of the intermodal station, in front of the maritime station, and in the most touristic areas is needed to combat this illegal practice and dissuade the organised mafias that control this fraudulent business”. In addition, they urge the airport management to increase the presence of security agents. He concluded, “It is essential that these controls are permanent and not discontinuous, since the deterrence only works during the hours in which the police are present.” Drivers who are operating illegal taxis receive large fines and their vehicle is confiscated when police catch them. Legal taxi drivers point out that their taxis have to have periodic safety checks and passengers are covered by third party insurance in the event of an accident. Apart from illegal taxis not being subject to safety checks, passengers have no third-party insurance as the insurance policy (if they have one) prohibits their use as taxis.

Banco Santander Sponsors Formula One

Ana Botín, the Executive Chairperson and President of Banco Santander in Spain, has announced that they will become Retail Banking Associate Sponsors of Formula 1 next year, in a multi-year agreement. They have previously sponsored individual teams and the latest one is Ferrari that ends in December. The usual fee for this type of sponsorship is 20 million euros. The publicity and trackside advertising for Banco Santander is intended to help them in the US, as next year their linked internet banking company ‘Openbank’ is being launched there. In June 2017, Ana Botín was woken up by a phone call in the early hours of the morning from the President of the Central European Bank stating that Banco Popular would be declared bankrupt in a few hours and she agreed to buy it for one euro and bail them out! Currently, Santander exceeds 1.7 trillion euros in assets, 66 billion euros in stock market value, earned 11 billion in 2023 (its historical record) and has established itself as the leading Spanish bank with 168 million customers. It is one of the most important banks in the euro zone.

Madrid Bans e-Scooter Hire

In 2023, in an attempt to control the hire of e-scooters, Madrid gave permission for three online companies to each rent out 2,000 electric scooters. It has been announced that the contracts are not being renewed in October and no other licenses will be awarded. The authorities claim that the three companies Lime, Dott and Tier have breached their licence conditions, particularly regarding the safety of pedestrians, parking in non-designated areas, and insufficient insurance cover. Last year there were 300 e-scooter accidents in the Madrid community, with 187 injuries from minor to serious and 11 deaths. The ban follows on from similar bans in Paris and Melbourne. On September 5th in Almería city, a young lady on an e-scooter on a pedestrian

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crossing was hit by a car that then collided with another car. Unfortunately, she later died in the Torrecárdenas hospital. Last year, local police in Almería city talked to, or fined, 560 e-scooter drivers. The majority of the fines were for using them on pavements, along with wearing headphones and using mobile phones. In a small number of cases the owners had illegally modified the scooters so that they travelled over the legal limit of 25km/h.

No ‘ITV’ Sticker For Vintage Cars

Vehicles passing the periodic ITV (MOT) tests have to display a sticker that gives the year it is next due, and a punched-out indication of the month. The colours change each year and if police are watching vehicles at a road junction, they can immediately see which sticker is being displayed. The DGT (Spanish Traffic Authority) have announced changes for vintage cars considered to be ones that date before 1964, and they don’t have to have the sticker on display. The periods between tests have also been changed. The frequency with which vehicles aged 30 to 40 will have to pass the ITV will be biennial (every two years), while for those aged 40 to 45 it will be triennial (every three years). Finally, vehicles that are more than 45 years old will need to be tested every four years. According to experts, 91% of historic vehicles circulate a maximum of 60 days a year,

which does not represent any large-scale risk. Regarding pollution and road safety, they rarely travel long distances or consume large amounts of fuel. Another reason given is a saving in the cost of the stickers, but this must be minimal!

Good Airport Numbers

So far this year, Almería airport has seen a significant increase in passengers and whilst September numbers are still being added up, during the first eight months of 2024, a total of 556,681 travellers passed through, an increase of 4.3% compared to the same period last year. This increase reflects a daily average of 2,281 people. The vast majority (553,918) travelled on commercial flights, and 309,851 did so to or from Spanish cities, while 244,130 opted for international flights. This distribution shows the balance between the domestic and international markets, with a preference for domestic destinations within Spain or the Islands that has gone up by 24.3%. In terms of operations, Almeria airport managed a total of 8,377 movements in the first eight months of 2024, of which 5,618 were commercial flights, 9.7% more than 2023. This figure highlights the airport’s increased activity and capacity to able to handle a growing volume of commercial flights. During August there were 94,604 passengers and 1,070 flights with 34,163 on domestic flights, while 59,752 travelled internationally. In terms of international destinations, the UK remains the preferred destination, with 31,234 passengers. Other prominent European destinations include Belgium (9,397 passengers), Czech Republic (5,331), Netherlands (3,425), Luxembourg (2,732), France (2,619), Portugal (1,703), Slovakia (1,493) and Poland (1,481). Ryanair are still claiming that unless Spain reduces airport taxes there are “other countries” that would like them to go there with cheaper taxes. However, they are not going to cut flights to Spain as it is such a large market from the UK in particular.

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Too Many Tourists

2023 a total of 85,056,528 tourists were officially recorded as coming to Spain, the first time more than 85 million came here. This was 19% more than in 2022 and 2% more than in 2019, the pre-pandemic year that was a record number. The population of Spain at the end of 2023 was calculated to be 48.7 million, so there were 1.75 tourists for every resident.

‘Turespaña’, the official tourist body, predict that 2024 numbers may “well exceed” the 2023 total with an estimated total of 93-95 million. The projected income will be about 31.5 billion euros.

Income from tourists is obviously a very large motor of the economy but there is friction in various parts of Spain with claims that residents suffer in the high season and house prices go up because rented property prices for tourists force them up. It is claimed that young people trying to get on the property ladder find it very difficult, if not impossible, in many areas.

We have previously commented that at the end of April, the mayor of Madrid, José Luis MartínezAlmeida, announced that with “immediate effect” there would be no more authorisations for properties to be licenced for tourist accommodation. This ban will continue until a General Urban Plan for Madrid is agreed in the first quarter of 2025, and additional inspectors will compare rented properties advertised on websites with the list of legal ones and take action against the unlicenced ones. The government of Mallorca is freezing the numbers in hotel and rental accommodation at the present numbers of 412,000 legal beds with 308,000 in hotels and 104,000 in registered rented accommodation. The president, Llorenç Galmés, has ruled that the proposed increase of 4% to 430,000 in the next few years has been scrapped.

In Barcelona they have proposed sweeping regulations with the aim of closing all registered tourist accommodation by 2028. A team of 30 website crawlers, 27 inspectors and six lawyers has managed to reduce the number of unlicensed

apartments to “a very low figure”, according to the City Council. There have been 9,679 “cease and desist” orders and 10,500 fines. A company that let a large number of unlicensed apartments in the same block was fined 420,000 euros.

The new proposals are that owners of registered tourist properties can keep the income until 2028 (as a form of compensation) and in 2028 the licences will all lapse. The properties can then be let to people who need a home. ‘Apartur’, the Tourist Property Owners’ Association, claim that there are about 10,000 licenced properties but this is less than 1% of the housing stock, and the total of 50,000 tourists greatly contribute to the economy, spending a considerable amount of money at restaurants, shops, taxis and tourist attraction entry fees.

Politicians opposed to the new plan state that the mayor of Barcelona, Juame Collboni is being very clever. He is not proposing to shut the accommodation as such, but when the licences expire in 2028, they will not be renewed. Because of this, going to court will be difficult as there is no regulation that has been passed that can be subject to an appeal. The President of ‘Apartur’, Enrique Alcántara, states that they will consider taking the licence suspension proposal to the European High Court which will be a slow process, but they may have a good case. He points out that a previous ban on new registered tourist accommodation has not resulted in house prices coming down, as it is “market forces” that determine this.

So Now You Know...

The White House

The cornerstone of the “White House” was laid by George Washington on October 13th 1792 and was built mostly with slave labour. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, it was three stories tall with over 100 rooms designed by James Hoban. In November 1800 President John Adams and his family moved in. The building was first known as the “Presidential Palace”, then the “President’s House” and also the “Executive Mansion” but acquired the name “White House” about 10 years later. It was burned by British troops in 1814, reconstructed and reopened in 1817. It now has 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms and is on six levels.

Teddy Bears

In November of 1902, President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt was on a hunting trip in Mississippi while trying to settle a boundary dispute. His staff, trying to accommodate him, captured a Louisiana black bear cub for the President to shoot but Roosevelt set the cub free. A famous political cartoonist drew a cartoon depicting this and Morris Michtom, a toy store owner in Brooklyn, made a stuffed bear cub and exhibited it alongside the cartoon. He was besieged by customers wanting one so he and his wife started making hand sewn bears. Roosevelt gave his permission to call the bears “Teddy Bears”.

Vladimir Horowitz

Virtuoso pianist Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) was born on October 2nd in Kiev, Ukraine, that was then part of Russia. He had lessons with his mother who was also a noted pianist. In December 1925 he went to Germany, ostensibly to study with Artur Schnabel, but he had no intension of returning to Russia. Horowitz gave his first US concert on January 12th 1928 in Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic orchestra playing Tchaikovsky’s Piano concerto no.1 with the British conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. In 1986, after a self-imposed absence of 60 years, he performed a concert in his native Russia.

The Swiss Army Knife

The Swiss Army Knife was officially registered in 1897 by Carl Elsener who called it the “Officers and Sports Knife”. Elsener was trying to create employment in the town of Schwyz in central Switzerland and manufactured a soldier’s knife that every army recruit was given. He then developed the lightweight pocket knife with six tools. Today the company he founded employs 950 people who produce 34,000 Swiss Army knives a day, with a variety of models. It was selected as standard equipment for NASA Space Shuttle Crew and has saved countless lives on exploration trips round the world, from the North Pole to Everest.

Yo-Yos

The yo-yo has enjoyed many periods of popularity throughout world history and is thought to be the second oldest toy in the world (after dolls). There are ancient Greek yo-yos made of terra cotta in museums in Athens and yo-yos are pictured on the walls of Egyptian temples. It was first patented in 1866 by James L. Haven and Charles Hettrich. A bellhop, Pedro Flores, from Santa Monica in the US started a company during the 1920s making wooden yo-yos and Donald F.Duncan bought this company in 1929 and later produced the first plastic versions. Flambeau Products Inc acquired this company in the late 1960s and own it today.

Toilet Paper

Seth Wheeler from Albany patented rolled and perforated wrapping paper in 1871. In 1877, Wheeler started the ‘Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Company’ and began selling perforated toilet paper called “The Standard” on a roll and sold it in plain brown wrappers. In 1885, Oliver Hewlett Hicks patented his toilet paper and the manufacturing process, but in 1894 the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated Hicks patents in favor of Seth Wheeler’s 1871 patent. In 1935, the company ‘Northern Tissue’ advertised its toilet paper as “splinter-free”. By 1942, the first two-ply toilet paper was manufactured at St. Andrew’s Paper Mill in England, along with softer paper.

Spain’s Illegal Immigrants

Atthe end of August, Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Prime Minister, visited Mauritius, the second time in six months and also went to Gambia and Senegal. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, travelled to Senegal and to the Gambia at the end of June, and within a few days the Second Vice-President and Minister of Labour, Yolanda Díaz went there as well.

The aim of all these meetings is to cement a policy that applies to legal migrants and illegal ones. Since the end of 2023, Mauritius is the main departure point for 50% of illegal immigrants who come to the Canary Islands in wooden fishing boats that resemble large canoes. The mafia organisers buy them and each boat can carry up to 150 people. In one 24-hour period 1,500 people arrived, with another 500 the next day. Up to the end of August 21,500 people came to the Canary Islands from Mauritius and the other 50% came from southern Morocco, Senegal, Gambia and Western Sahara. From Senegal it is a perilous journey of 1,600km that takes 10-15 days. None of these people pass through border controls or other countries, unlike people who come into France from various countries to cross the English Channel.

12% of people who are employed and pay into the Spanish Social Security are foreigners, and in the age group of 18 to 23 years the number is higher than young employed Spaniards. 300,000 have regularised their situation by becoming legal since 2021.

In his meetings with the African heads of government Pedro Sánchez is signing agreements, with 50% of EU funding, so that would-be legal immigrants can be trained to have some skills where they live, and welcomed into Spain on a “circular system”. After a period of time working in seasonal work, particularly in agriculture or the textile industry, they will then go back to their country of origin. Pedro Sánchez stated that “The contribution of migrant workers to our economy is fundamental, bolsters Social Security income and for Spain, migration is wealth, development and

prosperity” and numbers suggested are 250,000 people. Spain already has circular migration agreements with Morocco, Honduras, Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina and Uruguay.

When Pedro Sánchez went to Mauritius last February he was accompanied by Ursula von Leydon, the President of the European Commission, who promised 500 million euros for aid and development schemes, and 200 million has already been allocated. This will be used to finance projects and investments in the renewable energy, green hydrogen, water and sanitation sectors. There will be a high-level meeting between Spain and the Mauritanian authorities in 2025 to review the situation and progress.

Another measure from September 1st is the requirement that Mauritanian citizens be in possession of an airport transit visa so they can transit through the international areas of Spanish airports. It will prevent citizens who need this transit visa from being able to apply for asylum.

The other side of the coin is that the EU pay for Spanish police and immigration employees to combat illegal migrants and there are 43 in Mauritius with four patrol boats, 14 all-terrain vehicles, a helicopter they can call in if needed, and an ocean-going ship. The aim is that the authorities from Mauritius are alerted and collect and return the people setting off, or break up the Mafia bosses who usually operate near the coast. There are almost an identical number with the same resources in Senegal with a permanent helicopter and a surveillance aircraft if needed, and a smaller number of specialists in Gambia.

“White Gold”

There are 1,600 lorry journeys a day taking ‘yeso’ (gypsum) to Garrucha port and then returning to Sorbas for another lorry load, officially between 7am and 8pm. The open cast mine at Sorbas is the fourth largest in the world after mines in the US, China and Iran, and by far the largest in Europe, with expectations that there is gypsum for at least 80 years. Altogether, with yeso from two smaller mines taken to the Almería port, the total annual tonnage is 9.2 million tonnes, 70% of the total tonnage mined in Spain, with 7.6 million tonnes from Sorbas. The profitability of the gypsum exports that are stated to bring in 80 million euros per annum is described as being “Oro Blanco” (White gold). As a comparison, the major exports of fruit and veg from producers in Almería province only amount to 3.8 million tonnes per annum.

The gypsum was first mined in 1973 when the company Vilovigips determined from test excavations that it was high grade and very pure with large crystals, and at present the Saint Gobain French company and the Torralba company from Murcia own the mines. Because the lorry journeys to Garrucha, Almería and Carboneras ports are relatively quick this increases the profitability. The extraction, lorry transport and loading of the ships gives employment to 700 people. The Torralba company has been authorised to build a 316m jetty at the Carboneras port with a delivery and loading area of 55,000m2, a dredged sea area of 15,000m2, and an anticipated 300 ships each year.

Ships take the gypsum to France, the UK, the US (it is better quality than the gypsum mined there), Holland, Belgium, Venezuela and Germany which are the principal destinations. The main use is in the construction industry after it has been turned into plaster, an additive used in the production of cement at Carboneras, in agriculture, dental moulds, and toothpaste!

At the beginning of September there were 9 ships moored off the Garrucha port waiting to be loaded as delays were caused by storms and high seas.

The lorry journeys cause delays with other traffic, particularly when large numbers of tourists arrive in the summer months. A long time ago a dedicated 8km stretch of new road was proposed to take the traffic off the Los Gallardos to Garrucha road, and this is still on the cards with a completion date of 2028 and a budget of 8.1 million euros.

Residents of the Las Marinas Vera-Garrucha residential areas are not happy and complain that balconies and cars often have a coating of gypsum, and the lorries arrive outside the official hours of 7am to 8pm. At Almería port large screens have been installed to stop dust spreading and they want them to be installed in Garrucha. Devices at the port measure the gypsum dust suspended in the air and the residents claim that it is “usually” higher than the permitted level of 300 microgrammes per m3. The ‘Defensor del PuebloAndaluz’ is a body that adjudicate complaints from organisations or members of the public and can issue legal requirements following investigations. The residents have written to this body stating that infractions of environmental regulations are a danger to health. They also complain that to shorten the journey time the lorries ignore the 20km/h speed limit creating excessive noise.

Visiting the Los Yesares centre in the Sorbas Natural Park is very popular, with information about the geology of the area and guided tours of amazing caves. There is a website: https://www. cuevasdesorbas.com/es or tel: 950 364 563, open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-2pm.

Down to 0.2 gr/litre of Blood?

Thereis no dispute that driving under the influence of alcohol can result in injury or death for the driver, passengers, pedestrians and other vehicle occupants. In 2023 there were 1,800 fatalities on roads in Spain, 35% attributed to drink-driving and 57,100 convictions for driving over the limit. There are differences in how alcohol affects driving that include gender, age (worse for people below 18 or over 65), drinks with a meal, metabolism (the rate your body uses energy), stress levels, the time of day (night time is worse), driver skill, road types and surfaces, and alcohol types.

Countries cannot take all these factors into consideration so they use a mathematical amount, the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC). In Spain, at present, the limit for normal drivers is 0.5 grammes of alcohol per litre of blood (gr/l), equivalent to 0.25 milligrams per litre (mg/l) of exhaled air from a breathalyser test. For novice drivers in the first 24 months and for professional drivers, the limit is 0.3gr/l so 0.15mg/l in air. These are well below the 0.8gr/l in the UK and US, but in some European countries the limit is 0.0gr/l and 0.2gr/l in Norway, Sweden, Poland and Estonia.

The DGT (Spanish Road/Traffic Department) have proposed that Spain comes down to 0.2gr/l for all drivers in 2025. Studies show that a deterioration occurs even at very low blood alcohol levels less than 0.2gr/l, with impaired processing, a reduced reaction time from feet and hands, the time the brain reacts to a danger seen by the eye, and undue increased self-confidence. Some drivers under the influence exhibit euphoria, aggressiveness and reckless behaviour including road-rage. Many people think that regular drinking gives them an increased tolerance, but research has shown that this may be true for simple skills, but not complex driving.

The DGT has issued guidelines relating to the average weight of a person and their gender. They consider a beer of 330ml, gives a reading of between 0.21gr/l and 0.28gr/l for a man weighing

70 to 90 kilos, so over the new limit. One glass of wine results in a level of between 0.16gr/l and 0.2gr/l, similar to drinking a ‘Martini’ type drink served in smaller glasses. A shot of spirits is within the limit, normally between 0.13gr/l and 0.17gr/l but one “mixer” drink with 50ml of spirits is 0.25 gr/l to 0.32 gr/l. For a woman weighing between 50 to 70 kilos they cannot drink a 330ml beer which is 0.34gr/l to 0.48gr/l, and a glass of wine or a Martini type drink is 0.25gr/l to 0.34gr/l. A shot is around 0.2gr/l but one generous “mixer type” drink can go from 0.39gr/l to 0.55gr/l.

The Spanish RACE (RAC) organisation welcomes this new limit, and health professionals as well. They state that in Spain 20,000 deaths per annum are from alcohol related causes such as cancers, strokes and liver failure.

The proposed new limit is 33% less for new and professional drivers, a whopping 60% less for normal drivers and 75% less for UK tourists behind the wheel. Although not yet confirmed, this will probably mean a fine of 500 euros and a loss of four points from 0.1mg/l to 2mg/l, and a 1,000 euro fine and a loss of six points above 0.2mg/l to 2.4mg/l from breathalyser tests. Over this limit a person will be arrested and have to appear in court. Bars restaurants and drink manufacturers are not impressed and forecast a drop in the sales of alcoholic drinks and profit. The DGT stress, “Don’t drink and drive!”

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ACCOUNTING

AFIRA (Mojácar) ...........................................................622 549019

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

Asesoría López (Vera) …….....................................….950 393071

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

Asesoría Sánchez Moral (Mojácar) ...........................670 099726

Barbara Caparros Ridao (Vera) ….............................950 390427

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

Cabrera Cervantes (Turre) ................950 099400 / 627 464545

Cazorla Martinez (Turre) ..........................................950 479137

Cervantes Alarcon Consulting (Garrucha) .950 106490 / 647 863787

Concepción Rivas Gil (Arboleas) …..........950 438092 / 647 577716

Flores Montoya Asesoria S.L. (Garrucha) ....................950 132577

Gecko Legal Services S.L. (Mojácar) .....50 475949 / 638 264621

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

Mojácar Playa Asesores …….......................…………950 472710

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

Sintra Consultores (Vera) ….......................................950 393815

Vera Advisors (Vera) ………………..................………950 390621

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

ACUPUNCTURE

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

AIRPORT PARKING

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

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

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

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

...............(24hrs Alicante) 656 532725, (24hrs Murcia) 656 532724

Seguro Parking (San Jávier – Murcia) ……............622 062115

Victoria Parking (Alicante) ............................................965 830 254

AIR CONDITIONING

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

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

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

Cool Solutions ............................................................600 621436

DCM Digitek Comms (Mojácar) (See p.19) .950 472947 / 670 084438

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

MD Air Conditioning & Refrigeration S.L. 607 364917 / 950 432110

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

SolAir (See p.7) ................................950 472081 / 645 294064

Solo Air-Conditioning ...................................................699 909737

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

Safes & Security (Dean)...............................................666 949213

SE Telecoms ..............................................................697 780499

ANTIQUES

Delfos (Mojácar) ......................................................647 163681

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

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

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

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

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

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

Michele Winfield (Purchena) .....................................+44 7745585289

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

Location Warehousing S.L. (Antas El Real) ..............950 528565

AUTOMATIC DOORS & GATES

The Metal Works (Albox).......................950 930520 / 638 900949

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

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BATHROOMS & SHOWERS

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

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

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

Cristalería Omega (Mojácar) …..........950 478137 / 670 500711 Dorothy Baños (Albox)..................................................661 463842

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

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

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

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

Sleep Tight (Albox) .....................................................722 122598

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

BED & BREAKFAST

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

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

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

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

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

BEREAVEMENT/WILL SERVICES

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

BICYCLE SALES & HIRE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BLINDS see Awnings & Blinds

BOATS & NAUTICAL

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

BOAT TRIPS

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

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

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

BOOKS

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

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

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

BOWLING CENTRES (10 pin)

Bowlera (Arboleas) …..........................................….662 112170

Indalo Bowling Mojácar ............................................950 473073

BUILDING MATERIALS

(& Sanitary Ware, Tiles etc)

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

Brico Depôt (Huércal de Almería) …........…………….950 625652

Casa Conchillo (Albox) …..........................................950 430740

Contrucciones Angel Oller (Albox) ...........................950 431453

Comercial Vera (Vera) ..........................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

Adam’s Building Services .............................………..600 041820

Alan Barker ........................................950 099913 / 600 268176

AlmeriaBuilders.com ……......................659

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

CES Builders (Paul) .................................................685 017178

Christopher Knell Building Contractors .....................634 344450

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

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

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

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

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

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

Saxon’s Complete Building Services ..618 920126 / 968 485729

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

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

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

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

BUTCHERS

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

CAKES TO ORDER

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

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

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

CAMPSITES

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

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

CAR HIRE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SRS Vehicle Services .................................................950 449095

CAR WASH & VALETING

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

CARD SHOPS

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

Colin the Card (Albox) ..........................................…..650 600032

Forget Me Not (Las Buganvillas) ............................950 118043

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

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

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

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

CARERS See Home Carers

CARPENTRY

Bédar Madera (Bédar) ...............................................687 503181

Cutler’s Carpentry .....................................................711 030400

Go2 Joinery & Services ............................................674 963957

Mojacar Carpentry & Home Improvements ...............603 688622

Simon the Woodworker .............................................667 989270

Total Carpentry ............................................................624 961299

Unicraft …...............................................................…692 176069

Wildwood Bespoke Joinery ......................................634 328574

CARPET CLEANING

CATERING / EVENTS

Hog Roasts ...............................................................671 851135 The Whole Hog / Hog Roast parties ..968 485729 / 618 920126 Soft Ice Cream and Frozen Yoghurt Machines .......600

CATTERY see Kennels

CHILDREN & BABY

CHIMNEY SWEEPING & REPAIRS

CIVIL ENGINEERS

CLAIRVOYANCY / PSYCHIC READINGS

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

CLEANING SERVICES

ATC Power & Jet Washing Services ....................672 873618

Amba Cleaners .........................................................697 516955

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CLOTHING (Personalised)

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

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

COMPUTERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CONSERVATORIES

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

Screenmasters (See p.41) ......….…..........................677 152911

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

COUNSELLING / HEALING

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CRAFTS

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

R.F. (Marquetry) ...........................................................711 003476 Simply Art (Albox) …...................................................643 563803

CURRENCY

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

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

CURTAINS & SOFT FURNISHINGS

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

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

Curtainsandthings .................................................……678 684564

Solo Style ………...............................950 528334 / 626 319907

CYBERCAFES

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

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

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

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

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

CYCLING

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

DAMP PROOFING

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

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

DENTISTS / DENTAL TREATMENT

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

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) ...................................................950 395319

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

DIET PLANS & WEIGHT LOSS

1:1 Diet ............................................... 711 019507 / 660 373103

Image (Helen) ....................................950 930192 / 665 178326

Issysweigh (Albox) ........................................................600 334318

Slim Well Spain ..............................................0044 7794118214

DIGGER HIRE See Excavation

DIVING See Scuba Diving

DOCTORS & CLINICS (Private)

Analysis Clinic (Mojácar Playa) ...............................950 475282

Centro Médico Mojácar ..............................................950 475105

Clinica Medica Garrucha ……...........950 133157 / 617 404500

Euroclinicas (Vera) ...................................................950 391300

Centro Medico Slavica (Mojácar) .............................950 001789

DOG GROOMING

Anita (5 Bone Kennels) …………......................……662 344734

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DOG TRAINING

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

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

(Albox) ......................................950 121318

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

ELECTRICAL GOODS

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

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

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

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

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

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

ELECTRICIANS

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

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

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

Andy Lake - Williams Electrical ..........................…..677 741366 Baltasar ..........................................................................655 691107

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES

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

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

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

ENTERTAINERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spotlight Entertainment (Karaoke, disco etc.) .........634 311652

Starry Jazz trio/quintet .............................................645 886919

Stiff Upper Lip ...........................................................699 462859

Sue Moretta ............................................................672 543027

Sultans ......................................................................667 787124

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tony Justice ………...........................950 950797 / 637 159249

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

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

ESTATE AGENTS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cortijos Almería …………........……...........................676 916088

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

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

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Fincas Vera Playa ..............................950 460670 / 639 314767 FW Properties ..................................634 325152 / 634 352285

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Okisur (Mojácar) ..........................................................950 472010

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

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

Polansky and Associates ...........................................950 478086

Price Brown Partnership (Mojácar) ...............................950 478915

Property Floor Plans ...................................................619 672431

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spanish Property Choice (Mojácar Playa)....................950 615388

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

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

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

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

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

EVENT MANAGEMENT

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

EXCAVATION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EXCURSIONS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FABRICS

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

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

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

FASHION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Palme (Mojácar Playa) ............................................950 472813

Prins Vitali (Mojacar) ….............................................950 478690

Saga Boutique (Mojácar) ......................................950 475258

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

FINANCIAL SERVICES

AMASS …….....................................................……..678 035992

Blacktower ................................................................657 684094

Blevin Franks ...........................................................965 705502

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

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

Indalo Partners ............................................................950 472242

Kennedy Financial Services .....................................678 035992

Offshore Money Management ..........952 830916 / 950 398078

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

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

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

FIREPLACES

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

FISH & CHIPS

Mojácar Cod ................................................................602 006977

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

Aqua Aerobics - Marianne (Arboleas) ......................637 435864

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FLY SCREENS

AA Window Doctor ..............…….........................…630 231644 Bugs ..........................................................................600 049515

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tony Justice ..................................…..950 950797 / 637 159249

FLORISTS

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

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

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

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

FOOD SHOPS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Corner Shop (Albox) ………………950 930539 / 680 776791

Typical Gourmet (Mojácar) ..........................................950 472108

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

FROZEN FOOD SUPPLIER

Valero Alonso (Antas) ................................................950 453316

FUNERAL COMPANIES

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

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

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

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

FUNERAL PLANS

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

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

Iberian Funeral Plans ...........................951 203994 / 965 993498

FURNITURE PACKAGES

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

FURNITURE, RUSTIC/HANDMADE

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

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

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

FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Homestyle (Turre) .....................................................674 514999

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GARDENS

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

Antas Garden Centre (El Real) ...............................610 243838

Cedar Landscapes …….............……......................…620 112193

Complete Pool & Property Maintenance 634 343541 / 634 891709

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mel Wood Landscapes ...................................0044 7973843706

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

Nash Groundworks (See p.11) ..................................722 546192

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

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

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

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

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

GAS INSTALLATION & REPAIRS

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

GAS TANK SUPPLIERS

Gas Alboran ..........................................656 662000 / 950 259382

GIFT SHOPS

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

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

GLAZING (Supply & Repair)

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

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

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

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

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

GOLD & JEWELLERY BUYING

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

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

GOLF COURSES

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

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

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

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

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

GOLF TUITION

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

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

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

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

GRASS, ARTIFICIAL

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

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

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

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

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

GUTTERING

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

HAIR, HEALTH & BEAUTY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Naturalmente Mediterraneo (Skin care) (Garrucha) 655 299494

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

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

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

Osteopathy & Acupuncture Clinincs (Arboleas & Galera) 621 209380

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HARDWARE OUTLETS

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

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

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

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

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

HEALTH FOODS

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

HEARING AIDS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HEATING

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

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

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

HIRE

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOME CARERS see also Nursing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HORSE RIDING

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

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

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

Rancho Luz del Sol (Partaloa) .................................642 118546

Sanctuary Limaria ......................................................628 239696

HOTELS & HOSTALS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hotel Virgen del Mar (Mojácar) .................................902 472222 La Esperanza (Mojácar Playa) ..........686 906624 / 606 916055

Las Colinas Suitotel (San Juan de Los Terreros) ......950 466353

Parador de Mojácar ......................................................950 478250

HOUSE CLEARANCE

Almeria Castaño

HOUSE & PET SITTING

HYGIENE & FOOD HANDLING

Axa .....................................................950 478763 / 609 667333

Catalana Occidente (Palomares) ..............................950 618054

Catalana Occidente (Mojácar Playa) .........................950 478307

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

Helvetia .......................................................................673 063798

Ibex Insurance Services Ltd (Mojácar & Albox) ........950 120070

Liberty Seguros (Turre) ….................950 479568 / 620 179206

Liberty Seguros ..........................................................913 422549

Mapfre (Mojácar) ...950 478151 (Garrucha)................950 617376

Maxine Morgan Liberty Seguros (Las Buganvillas) .........669 074 996

Mojácar Insurance ......................................................634 323399

643000

472098

INTERIOR DESIGN

Evie Fox-Rayner ..........................................................603 624659 Curtains with Style (See p.21) .........950 069032 / 678 811125 Deco-house (Ann) ......................................................666 260792

Solutions ……..............................................627 245658

Walls ................................................................624 961299 Lola

INTERNET

INTERNET

INTERPRETING/TRANSLATIONS

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

Jenni (Almanzora valley area) ..............................653 098329

Jill Willems (Turre) ......................................................627 855930

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

Mauro Medina ............................................................639 742127

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

Milena (Albox) ………....................……654 359607 / 711 794366

Mojácar Interpreting ...................................................617 830513

Nieves Gómez (Mojácar) ........................................... 622 306389

Paula Similie (Mojácar) ................................................627 423675

Pedro .........................................................................655 510420

Robert Boucher ..........................................................693 618705

Simply Solved ………..................................................663 327091

Susan Leach ...............................................................664 616037

Susi ..............................................................................617 920 190

Wendy Interpreter/Translator ...................................... 661 194278

Yamile (Written Translations) ........................................626 207575

IRONING

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

Pressed for Time ......................................................711 065805

JEWELLERY

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

Jewellery Paula (Albox) ...........................................960 430871

Joyería Pérez (Garrucha) ........................................950 460636

La Luna (Garrucha) .................................................950 132543

KENNELS, CATTERIES & PET SITTING

Animal Hotel (Águilas) ..............................................639 722197

Boarding Kennels Los Llanos de Rosa (cats & dogs) ..629 448073

Country Kennel (Turre) .........................950 473011 / 627 564640

Dog & Cat Sitter Service …………………..................676 389592

Gail .....................................................693 769079 / 697 500673

Five Bone Hotel (Turre) ............................................630 234556

Kareclif Cattery (Albox) ...........................................677 791165

Kit Cat Luxury Cat Suites (Los Gallardos) ..............674 113217

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 / 664 565479

Woodhouse Boarding Kennels/Cattery (Arboleas) ….950 930585

KITCHENS

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

Artizan (Vera) (See p.2) ....................…950 390635 / 661 985310

Charlie Fyre ..............................................................686 833444

Cocinas El Real (Los Gallardos) .........639 036051 / 622 232186

Cocinas Puntocom (Huércal-Overa) ...950 921975 / 722 136950

Cutler’s Carpentry .....................................................711 030400

Ergo Küchen (Huércal-Overa) ...................................636 447730

Harlequin Kitchens (Albox) ……........………………….619 584405 Homes & Beyond (Garrucha) ....................................950 132458

J.B. Kitchen Fitters (Turre) .......................................687 024884 KDI Kitchens .............................................................605

LAUNDERETTES

LAUNDERIES

LEGAL SERVICES

See also Solicitors

ALO Services (Zurgena) ....................950 449179 / 667 994682

Almería Documents Direct (Arboleas) ..50 991411 / 616 293334

Asesoría Sánchez Moral (Mojácar) ..........................670 099726

Barbara Caparros Ridao (Vera) …..........................950 390427

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

Cam Concepts S.L. (Huércal-Overa) …....………….

Cervantes Alarcon Consulting (Garrucha) 950 106490 / 647 863787

Gecko Legal Services S.L. (Mojácar) 950 475949 / 638 264621

Gestoría Salvador (Albox) ........................................950 500401

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

Gestoría Soria Bonilla (Mojácar) ................................950 478420

Kim Clark UK Benefit advice ……..….950 169729 / 663 297568

Mayor Consulting (Garrucha) .......................................950 615185

Mojácar Playa Asesores ……........………...……………950 472710

Pilar Pérez Gestión S.L. (Mojácar) ............................950 478863

MS Legal ..............................................950 479613 / 634 322827

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

Vera Advisors (Vera) .................................................950 390621

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

LEISURE ACTIVITIES and TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Bowlera (Arboleas) …..........................................….662 112170

Extreme Adventure Mojácar ......................................687 919840

Indalo Bowling Mojácar ............................................950 473073

Karting (Garrucha) …..........................................……950 460207

Lunar Cable Park (Cuevas del Almanzora) .................665 512873

Nautarium Sea Museum (Garrucha) ………........…..950 139554

Paragliding ………................................635 243539 / 680 358549 LOCKSMITHS

Anteva (Mojácar Playa) .......................850 984888 / 605 179179

Guzman Seguridad (Albox) ..................950 431497 / 617 272885

Locksmith (Dean) .....................................................666 949213

Phil the Pick 24hr (Arboleas)

554019

Colin & Carlos ....................................660 903158 / 630 455328

Firewood Arboleas .................................................647 932078

Leña Ramos (Arboleas) ….........................................616 044719

Lee (Arboleas) ...........................................................636 092632

Leñas Cazorla (Turre) ...............................................607 827783 Levante Logs ............................................................670 243724

Log-On-Tommy …........................................................619 070839

Palm Deliveries (Albox) .....................950 122416 / 686 966008

Phil (Arboleas) …........................................................634 328779

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

MARKETING

Edela Media (Social Media) (Mojácar) ....................607 146352

Mojácar Business (Social Media) ............................950 680110

MASSAGE

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

Alternativa (Jessica Rippin) ......................................676 284170

Andreea (Therapeutic Massage) ................................645 253397

Anushree (Cranio - Sacral -Therapy) ......................672 721096

Holistic Massage (Ali) ...............................................634 308906

Holistic Massage (Lorraine) ................950 064484 / 687 569113

Jason (relaxing massage) ........................................711 026456

Lymphatic Drainage & Cranio Sacral-Therapy (Gabi) 633 011442

Mike Sheehan (Neuromuscular Therapy) .....................657 050394

Oceanic Therapies (Mojácar) ......................................687 619239

Ray Daniel (Sports massage)………...........................617 741564

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

Zen Massage (Mojácar & Bédar) .............................643 766935

MATTRESSES

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

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

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

MEALS DELIVERED

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

Dine In ....................................................................+44 7487392926

Hannah’s Kitchen .........................................................642 142745

METAL WORK

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

Carpentería Metalica Chacón (Albox) …................950 431738

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

Coastal Rejas ...........................................................610 000700

Ideal Metal Designs ...................................................656 834064

Jon (Zurgena) ............................................................626 972545

Metalbox (Albox) .........................................................950 633090

P & D Metals ..............................................................638 707406

Speedy Fit Security Grilles ........................................600 006032

The Metal Works ..............................950 930520 / 638 900949

MOBILE HOMES & CARAVANS

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

Caravan Storage (Antas) ……..............................….661 508776

Casa Móviles .....................................637 418906 / 951 161348

Cherribar Park Homes ............…………950 396908 / 629 688153

Flor de Vida (Aguilas) ..........................968 438535 / 660 329907

Hispavan (Antas) (See p.23) ........................................687 845730

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

MOTORCYCLES & QUADS

D Perez Motor (Antas) ...............................................950 069022 Harley Dees …………................................................600 685550 Montoya Motos (Garrucha) …...............................…..950 133033

Nafta Custom (Antas) ………...............950 619293 / 615 938352

NEWSAGENTS

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

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

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

NURSING see also Home Carers Angels Nursing Care ..........................850 993849 / 711 080462

NUTRITION

Alternativa (Anne-Marie Pichon) ...............................666 966573

OPTICIANS

Centro Optico Otra Mirada (Vera) ...............................640 836696

(Aguilas) ……........................................968 414468

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

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

Natural Optics (Garrucha) .........................................950 133921

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

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

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

Óptica Albox …………….......................................…..950 121991

Optica Mahis (Vera) ………...................................…..950 390777

Optica Orbera (Huércal Overa) ....................................950 135596

Optica Orbera (Albox) .................................................950 430101

Optica Villazar (Mojácar Playa) …...........................….950 472783

Opticalia (Albox) .....................................................950 121084

Opticalia Aisa (Garrucha) .........................................695 473333

Primera Opticos (Aguilas) .........................................968 493482

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

+ Visión (Aguilas) …....................................................968 414279

OSTEOPATHS

Alice Bellot (Mojacar & Arboleas) ….................………633 352259

Centro Physis (Olula del Rio) .................................695 355381

Enrique Arias (Mojácar) .........................950 472974 / 629 289385

Hector Gutiérrez (Vera Playa) ............607 479379 / 950 132765

Osteo Maestra (Arboleas) ......................................950 449451

Sanatura (Albox) .................................610 269162 / 642 809453

PAINTING & DECORATING

2 Strokes .....................................................................649 186107

A.J. Painting & Decorating .......................................687 024884

Alan Barker ......................................950 099913 / 600 268176

Antonio Perez (Mojácar) ………........................…….691 240495

Borders Painting ………..........................................…687 661807

Cabrera Painting and Decoration Works ...................637 524709

Casanove Interiors ......................................................680 836166

C.I.S Services (Arboleas) .........................................634 621747

Curtis Helm Multiservices .........................................610 394815

Daniel ……………..................................................….642 236810

Darpa S.L. ..................................................................691 055726

Darren Hargreaves ...................................................626 855483

Eddy Venner ............................................................711 035030

Grupo Brideca (shop) (Huércal-Overa) 950 471045 / 950 135881

JPM .............................................................................627 090422

PB Painting ...............................................................661 184848

Paul ...........................................................................649 186107

Phil the Painter ……..............................................…671 227259

Pinturas Chano ..................................677 082787 / 662 580295

Premier Painters ..........................................................711 055648

The Fast Brush .........................................................950 472668

True Colours .............................................................636 638670

Vera Painting Services ............................................711 004024

PATIO & POOL ENCLOSURES

See Screened Patio & Pool Enclosures

PERFUMES & COSMETICS

Son d’Aromas (Mojácar Playa) ...................................666 348253

PEST CONTROL

Famim (Albox) .............................................................950 430783

Jason ……..........................................950 064015 / 680 903609

Sedesa (Vera) ………….............................................950 390990

PET SHOPS & TRANSPORT

Bonmascota (Albox) ....................................................678 799445

La Tienda de Basilio Rubio (Albox) ...........................651 131412

Madera Mania (Los Gallardos) …..................……….667 562872

Mojácar Mascotas ......................................................679 411203

Pet Tag Engraving ...................................................711 006027

Que Guau! (Mojácar) ...............................................633 558540

Tucano Mascotas (Vera) ............................................650 292670

Union Jack (Pet Transportation) ...........………………….902 109560

VetCare (Vera Playa) .................................................950 775102

PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES

20seven photography ...............................................634 301635

Almería-Fotografía ....................................................663 627942

Bluwater Photography ….........…………………...……616 189002

Chincheto (Mojácar) ....................................................687 489182

El Studio Primo ..................................643 371630 / 643 517001

Fotomicar (Lyle Mallen) ............................................620 786914

Fotos Fabrega (Albox) ………...........…………………950 430223

Frank Millar Photography & Videographer ….............642 107953

Indigo Photography & Video ....................................637 974793

Omar De La Cruz ………..........………950 460213 / 609 284852

Professional Video & Photographic Services inc. Aerial...647 202599

Real estate photography .............................................722 452265

Rod Westwood ………........................950 472321 / 609 611207

The Image Suite …….............................…...................647 918 848

PHOTOCOPIES & SCANS

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

neö-cöpy (Vera) …...................………..950 390424 / 622 262100

Pronto Printing (La Buganvillas) (See cover).............950 133492

Servidea 2020 (Mojácar Playa) .................................950 399726

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

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

PHYSIOTHERAPY

Caroline De Maeght (Villaricos) ...............................650 134805

Centro Physis (Olula del Rio) ....................................695 355381

Clínica Fisioalbox (Albox) .........................................629 402852

Clinica MOS Fisioterapia (Mojácar Playa) ................644 394335

Fisiomar Physiotherapy Centre (Albox) ....................667 425197

Fisioterapia Vera-Salud (Vera Playa) ...607 479379 / 950 132765

Gabi Triebel (Mojácar Playa) ..............633 011442 / 950 472263

Physiotherapy Centre (Albox) ...........950 431463 / 657 516247

Remedio clinic (Mojacar) ....................950 472980 / 617 741564

Vitea Fisioterapia (Vera) ...................950 390655 / 663 024255

PICTURE FRAMING

Casa de Cabra (Albox) ........................................ 633 364329

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

PIZZERIAS

Antonella (Mojácar Playa) ..............................……..950 450215

Bocapizza (Albox) ......................................................950 120506

Cafetería Levante (Mojácar) ....................................950 615224

Centro Plaza (Palomares) …...............................…..950 618614

Chili (Turre) ................................................................950 468425

D’Angelo (Mojácar Playa) ..........................................950 478517

D´Luigi (Arboleas) .......................................................602 815929

El Gaucho (Mojácar Playa) .....................................663 304531

Enrico (Mojácar Playa) ......................950 472995 / 642 514738

Góndola (Garrucha) ..................................................950 133928

Gondola (La Alfoquía) ….....................……………..643 136117

Meson Felipe San Bernabé (Mojácar Playa) ..…….950 475966

Ilario Imperial (Mojácar Playa) ...............................….950 478098

Jardin (Vera Playa) .................................................950 467023

La Muralla (Mojácar Pueblo) .......................................950 472928

Lucky Pizzeria (Villaricos) ........................................642 767122

Memoli (Vera Playa) ..........…………..950 093017 / 603 804676

Napoli (Mojácar Pueblo) .............................................950 102472

Provenzal (Mojácar Playa) ..........................................950 478308

Pulcinella (Mojácar Pueblo) ......................................950 478401

Rincon del Zahorí (Mojácar Pueblo) ..630 314400 / 661 604220

Quick (Garrucha) .........................................................950 132305

Sottocasa (Mojácar Playa) ........................................950 093075

PLASTERERS

Pritchard Construcciones .........................................662 046497

Pukka plastering (Almanzora area) ...........................692 596681

PLUMBERS

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

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

Blocked DrainsRUs ............................950 091109 / 648 768587

Carlos (Saliente) Plumbing & Heating .....................620 742954

Curtis Helm Multiservices .........................................610 394815

Drain Dctor ...............................................................620 425948

Drainage Solutions .............................616 531283 / 670 088966

Graham ....................................................................620 112193

Knowles ….........................................950 137197 / 606 807797

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

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

Smith Plumbing S.L. ..................................................950 468041

PODIATRISTS

See Chiropodists & Podiatrists

POOL COVERS

1 Stop Pool Shop ...............................950 104345 / 637 582696

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

Enclose My Pool ..................................606 040462 / 670 510097

Hispavan pool covers ........................950 047033 / 687 845730

Real Covers (Mojácar) ........................950 478763 / 609 667333

WS Cover ...................................................................667 480363

POOLS & POOL MAINTENANCE

1 Stop Pool Shop ...............................950 104345 / 637 582696

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

Aguafer Piscinas S.L. ................................................950 617064

Alloa Pool Care (Albox) ………….................…………..650 244018

Almeria Pools .............................0044 7957167633 / 634 318369

Blue Diamond Pool Care ..........................................697 238933

Clean Pool Service (Arboleas) ...................................606 654389

Complete Pool & Property Maintenance 601 634192 / 634 891709

Pritchard Construcciones ............................................662 046497

Heat My Pool ....................................950 528128 / 663 303350

IndalPool (Albox) …………................................……..950 431859

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

Oasis Pool Cleaning Services ............634 332170 / 634 332178

Olive Tree Farm Pool Services ...............................643 463129

Piscinas Miguel (Maintenance) .............950 478652 / 607 480865

Pool Medics ……………...................................……….634 353525

Pools & Piscinas (Cleaning - Bédar) .........................637 915898

Procare Pools (Arboleas) ..........................................642 370681

Proyectados Pool Sureste ............................................630 810299

Salvador (Pool Maintenance) ......................................696 426523

Sundance Spas - Pool Maintenance S.L. ..................950 472845

Tanby Piscinas ............……….............950 468230 / 609 888549

Triton Pool Cleaning ...............................................634 326322

Tropicana Swimming Pool Construction 650 906114 / 689 404244

True Blue Pools & Spas ..............................................661 148998

POSTAL SERVICES

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

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

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

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

Forget-me-not (Las Buganvillas) ...............………..950 118043

Frankie’s Bar (Vera Playa) ......................................662 474861

Mail Boxes Etc (Vera) ............................................950 393835

Offex Spain ................................……..966 765950 / 661 386942

Pam’s Post (Albox) ............................................... 664 565479

Postbox Terreros ......................................................621 285212

Spanish Property Choice (Easypost) ..950 615388 / 635 722290

The Post Shop (Albox) ………..................................951 250574

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

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

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

PRINTING & GRAPHIC DESIGN

AdverTees (Albox) ...................................................641 407147

Design & 3D Printing ................................................641 651902

GSF Communications (Mojácar) ...............................950 473102

Graphic design ...........................................................722 452265

Idea (Huércal Overa) ...............................................605 162709

Mail Boxes Etc (Vera) ............................................950 393835

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

Mojácar Business .......................................................950 680110

neö-cöpy (Vera) …...................…..950 390424 / 622 262100

Pronto Printing (La Buganvillas) (See cover) ..........950 133492

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

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

Casaserve ...................................950 466438 / 676 306269

Curtis Helm Multiservices .........................................610 394815

D & D Property Care & Rentals (See cover).643 335386 / 643 337063 Exclusive Holiday Villas ............................................634 348703

Hire a Hubby …………........................950 436679 / 619 066022

(Mojácar)

/ 609 026526

/ 617 657414

Casa es Tuya .......................................................663 931471 Mode Services ...................................950 525790 / 687 033106 Mojacar Estates ..........................................................950 478935 Mojácar Homes & Villas ...........................................634 330652

Procare Property Service (Arboleas)

370681

326322

328911

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

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & RENTALS

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

Almeria Accommodation (Turre)..+44 (0) 7956 544591 / 711 020708

Almería Holiday Rentals ............................................638 701670

Almería Property Agency (Arboleas) …..850 993099 / 606 281865

Almeria Rentals ................................. 650 764623 / 648 523073

Apartamentos Torrelaguna (Las Buganvillas) .............950 132580

APT Lets (Valle del Este) ….................950 619227 / 626 578164

Blaumar (Huercal Overa) .....................950 135512 / 670 869533

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

Casa Benedict Rentals (Turre) …...………....…………616 189002

Casa Paz Holiday Lettings (Huercal-Overa) ...........693 935118

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

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

Coastal Properties (Mojácar) .......................................950 475235

472903 / 627 565049

(Huércal

616516 / 616 562447

Swallows Nest Holiday Apartment (Fines) .................711 032950

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 467104

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

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

Elide Group S.L. …............….............950 390009 / 950 615076

El Pinar de Bédar ......................................................950 469496

GM Associates (Mojácar) ……….........……..............…950 475225

Miramar (Marina Golf) ................................................950 397060

New Villas (Albox) ………………........………............…950 121036

Nicla Property Consultancy S.L. .................................950 133508

Polansky and Associates ..........................................950 478086

Promobys …………….................................................950 618889

PSYCHOLOGIST

Dr. Jane Thompson ............................968 485729 / 618 920126

RADIO STATIONS

Onda Aguilas (100.1) …............................................968 447864

Smooth FM online (89.8) ......................................634 332666

Spectrum FM (96.1) ...........................950 615142 / 678 332815

REFRIGERATION

MD Air Conditioning & Refrigeration SL ...607 364917 / 607 366040

REMOVALS & STORAGE

See also Van & Man Hire

Amanda’s (Lubrin) ............................950 069682 / 634 310512

Brian’s Removals (Mojácar Playa) .........................674 280268

Dave’s Transport (International / Local)....................620 049524

English Move (Tony) ….............................................699 819213

/ 642 586701

/

609121 St. George’s European …UK 0044 207 193 5984 / 952 485984 Storage 42 Removals and Storage (Albox) ...............634 325639

Storage Solutions (Arboleas) ................950 930316 / 671 220105

Swift Transport (Arboleas) ........................................618 511234

U-Store (Antas) .........................................................654 482746

UK Direct ..................UK 0044 7719.118.879

Scrumptious ...............................................................608 543866

Taberna Topares ........................................................647 443248

TCs .............................................................................642 347943

Terraza Lamarlo ........................................................670 306290

The New Delhi (Indian) ……...........….950 431705 / 639 231507

The Taj (Indian) ........................................................950 633278

Alfaix

La Venta de Alfaix .....................................................671 272464

Antas

El Fogon, Asador Argentino ........................................950 459081

Mi Casa .................................................950 453007 / 950 453048

Arboleas

Bar Limaria ..............................................................950 930047

D´Luigi ........................................................................602 815929

Harley’s .....................................................................642 637371

Hostal Meson ………..........................950 430137 / 635 612738

Hotel Rural Azabache ..............................................690 258813

New Bar International .............................................693 709931

Nueva Trinidad ..................................850 993250 / 634 369833

Bédar

El Cortijo ...................................................................950 398108

El Paso ................................................678 868963 / 950 469409

Miramar .....................................................................950 469308

Cabrera

Riad Cabrera ………………….....................................950 092042

Cerro Gordo

Bistro Bonita .......................................650 599739 / 950 930169

Cortijo Grande

Finca Listonero .........................................................950 982045

Cucador

La Vida ……….................................….........……….950 634562

Desert Springs Resort

El Torrente Restaurant ........................................……950 091546

El Campico (Bédar-Lubrin)

La Montaña ...............................................................950 398856

El Pilar de Lubrin

Restaurante Albar ....................................................647 877091

El Pinar

Bar El Pinar ...........................................................634 302673

Garrucha

Angus & Hereford .....................................................950 460588

Aurinko ....................................................................950 533350

Casa Adriana ......................................637 099475 / 950 133154

Chino Peking (Chinese) .............................................950 132948

GBG ……………...................................950 132625 / 639 915993

Góndola ....................................................................950 133928

La Cantina de Floor ....................................................950 132757

Maui Gastro ….................................................………950 460882

Nautico …................................................................687 918669

Restaurante Andalucia ..............................................950 460604

Restaurante Azul, Hotel Tikar ...................................950 617131

Rincón del Puerto …….......................950 133042 / 950 133043

Tierra y Mar .............................................................643 463940

Huércal-Overa

Chiringuito Kiosko Bar El Parque ...........................677 403224

Enoteca Crisbe ...................................950 134100 /

La Alfoquía

Los

Chiringuito Manacá (Beachbar) ............693 618671 / 600 045599

Cortijo de la Media Luna .....................950 478813 / 676 547555

Cowboy Kenny’s Bar and Que ................................711 007976

D’Angelo .....................................................................950 478517

Delfín Dorado ....................................950 475212 / 645 220095

Dolce Vita ................................................................950 478476

Don Pancho (Mexican) ............................................950 472543

El Anzuelo ...............................................................950 283401

El Barrio ...................................................................641 964797

El Chacho ...................................................................613 131639

El Cid (Beachbar) ..............................950 472063 / 696 056128

El Deseo .................................................................629 287265

El Gaucho ................................................................663 304531

El Sitio ....................................................................950 615411

El Toro .....................................................................691 628061

Enrico (Italian) ...................................950 472995 / 642 514738

Fusion Beach ...............................................................950 615224

Ganesha (Indian) ......................................................602 006977

Gastro Malabar .........................................................950 472970

Habana 1957 ...........................................................850 987214

Hola Ola (Beachbar) .................................................664 097279

Ilario Imperial (Italian) ..............................................950 478098

Imperial Playa (Italian) ..............................................950 475360

Isla Blanca ................................................................603 032677

Jimmis ........................................................................711 018128

Kontiki (Beachbar) ....................................................950 968676

Kukis ...........................................................................950 377076

La Bohemia ...............................................................632 169552

La Cabaña ..................................................................950 615179

La Cantina (Mexican) ..............................................950 615030

La Cava ...................................................................950 472181

La Estancia …….............................................………654 562449

La Gaviota ……………...............................................950 472177

La Paratá ...................................................................950 375590

La Toscana del Mar .....................................................722 246135

Los Amigos ......................................…………………950 478489

Mesón El Que Faltaba ............................................950

Mémé ……………...........……….674

Sottocasa

Terraza

The

The

The Lemon ....................……...............................…….950 472659

The Snug ....................................................................633 583164

Tito’s (Beachbar) .......................................................950 615030

Torre Bahía Lounge ..................................................634 897350

Trufibar .......................................................................664 103611

Twister .....................................................………………600 006032

Valery (See p.15).........................................................662 968460

Zeppelin ......................................................................643 199723

Vista del Mar ..............................................................711 054966

Mojácar Pueblo

Arlequíno ..........................................950 478037 / 649 337781

Calima (Moroccan) ...................................................608 807331

Casa Minguito ………...............................................950 478614

El Aleman .................................................................617 317801

El Antler …….....................................................……600 540661

El Pimiento (See p.29) ............................................647 163681

La Candela …...........................................................647 724367

La Taberna (Mojácar Pueblo) ..................................950 615106

Napoli Pizzeria .........................................................950 102472

Pulcinella (Italian) .....................................................950 478401

Restaurante Aires del Sur ..........................................637 938996

Restaurante Mamabel’s ...............................................950 472448

Rincón de Embrujo …....................…………………….600 531270

Rincon del Zahorí .............................630 314400 / 661 604220

Palomares

102 Tapas Bar …………......................950 467745 / 615 157905.

Akua ..........................................................................621 210854

Asagía Asador ...........................................................662 305051

Monika’s Bar .......................................950 467720 / 659 672615

La Dulce Casa …......................................................602 451772

The Oasis ............................................950 467381 / 676 365010

Partaloa

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

Piedra Amarilla, Partaloa

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

Pueblo Laguna

New Bistro ................................................................608 921287

Restaurant Laguna …………….........................……..950 132566

San Juan de Los Terreros

Costa Tranquila (Beachbar) ......................................620 236798

La Geoda ..................................................................673 020159

Mi Cortijo …………......................................................950 466323

Mondy Playa ........................................600 254314 / 622 807809

Sopalmo

Restaurante Sopalmo Maremonti (Italian)...................655 797530

Turre

Alice’s Bar ……….......................................................620 876485

Casa Adelina ............................................................950 479153

Chili ...........................................................................950 468425

Ciringuito Extreme .....................................................673 617732

Doner Kebab ............................................................603 527699

Hostal Rural .............................................................950 478806

La Pará ……………………..................................…….637 545590

La Sorpresa ...............................................................950 099901

Rosie Lees ..............................................................643 198600

Solare ......................................................................608 802227

Valle del Este Golf

Hole in One Karen’s Bar ..........................................950 461068

Sawadee Thai .........................................................634 393235

Vera

Gran Muralla (Wok Buffet) ......................................950 391691

La Amistad …………….…......................................…666 272817

Made in Italy .............................................................950 118461

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

Thai Fusion Phuket ...................................................658 381786

Vera Playa

Armony Beach Club .................................................617 745021

b2 Mohana (Argentinean) ........................................678 642856

Benitos/La Alcazaba ..................................................633 530453

Chiringuito Cositas ..................................................610 959770

Frankie’s Bar ............................................................950 467541

Gnomo Feliz II ..........................................................950 462540

KOA/Blue Parrot ......................................................611 482966

La Peperina .........................................678 643013 / 678 642856

Lua Puerto Rey ........................................................950

Vera

Vera Playa (Naturista)

Villaricos

RETRACTABLE ROOF SYSTEMS

RUGS & CARPETS

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

& R Rugs (Los Llanos de Arboleas) .......................665 258680

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

RURAL TOURISM

Cortijo Pocico de la Nava (Mojácar) ...........................670 777752

Finca Arboleda (Vera) ..............................................678 027656

Mi Abuela Maria (Mojácar) ……..........................……659 198424

SATELLITE TV

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

DCM Digitek Comms (Mojácar) (See p.19) .950 472947 / 670 084438

Europa Digital ....................................950 133233 / 678 332815

GBTV (Albox and Mojácar) .......................................616 888058

GSF Communications (Mojácar) ...............................950 473102

Solo Satellite & Air-Con. .............................................699 909737

Tweaks (Albox) .........................................................620 040331

SCREENED PATIO & POOL ENCLOSURES

Enclose My Pool ...............................606 040462 / 670 510097

Inside Out In Europe S.L. ....................................677 114576

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

Screenmasters (See p.41) ......….…...........................677 152911

Sol Shaders S.L. (See p.41) ........................................627 907207

SCUBA DIVING

Buceo Mojácar ........................................................950 472760

SECOND HAND

Almeria Castaño House Clearance ........................611 028716

Amanda’s (Lubrin) ............................950 069682 / 634 310512

Homestyle (Turre) .....................................................674 514999

Items for Sale Mojácar .....................694 439275 / 950 478753

John’s (Albox) .............................................................634 325639

Merka Recycla (Huércal Overa) .........950 616683 / 666 577006

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

The Attic (Cucador) ..…….…................672 184354 / 673 608854

SECURITY & SAFES

SEWING

Alice ..........................................................................620 876485

J.F.M. Modas Sedal (Turre) ..............950 468031 / 606 945502

Lola Alterations & Repairs (Mojácar Playa) .950 475994 / 637 963835

Solo Style ....................................................................626 319907

Sew n Sew Susie (Albox area) ..........950 930...643 / 633 683872

The Sewing Room ....................................................607 375697

SEPTIC TANK SERVICE

Desarascos Litesa ............................670 863791 / 609 442695

Drainage Solutions …...........………….616 531283 / 670 088966

Blocked DrainsRUs ............................950 091109 / 648 768587

Ginés Millán (All areas) ……….............(after 4pm) 607 366355

Limaser (Vera) ……..................................................950 390732

Sepserve (All areas) …..............................................675 838808

SHOE REPAIRS

José M. Ortega López (Garrucha) .......693 788311 / 642 024256

SIGNS (Shop & Vehicle)

Idea (Huércal Overa) ...............................................605 162709

Pronto Printing (La Buganvillas) (See cover).............950 133492

SKIP HIRE

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

Casa Conchillo (Albox) ......................950 430740 / 695 844425

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

Servacon .....................................................................950 475853

SNOOKER HALLS

CD Snooker Mojácar ..............................................609 026526

Snooker Ambigu (Los Gallardos) ..............................661 973205

SOLAR ENERGY

Ainsol Energy (Turre) ..................................................689 702916

DCM Digitek Comms (Mojácar) (See page 19)...........950 472947

Ecocorp .......................................................................671 716597

Go Solar (Mojácar) ......................................................654 596247

Hi-Tec Solar (Turre) ............................609 888549 / 950 468230

Hispavan Solar ..................................950 047033 / 687 845730

Sunergy Almeria ........................................................636 261240

SOLICITORS

Alonso & Garrido (Albox) ...........................................950 121040

Alonso & Haro (Vera) ..............................................950 392208

AM & RG (Mojácar) ………….............950 478984 / 649 286437 AVSA Lawyers (Aguilas) ..........................................968 446576

Babelia (Mojácar) ……..........…........635 577562 / 950 397114 C & P Solicitors (Mojácar) ….....…………950 460731 / 675 383 160

Cabrera Cervantes (Turre) ................950 099400 / 627 464545

Casas Almería (Huércal Overa) .................................950 134434

Davies Solicitors (Mojácar) ........................................950 472775

EuroAbogados (Vera) .................................................950 617017

José Francisco López Molina .............950 133607 / 635 189986

Leticia Moreno-Torres Camy (Vera) ......950 391249 / 607 840182

Lopez & León Solicitors (Garrucha) ..950 888314 / 666 513917

Loustau Abogados (Mojácar) .........................................950 475012

Mar Abogados & Consultores (Mojácar) .................950 478911

Mario Redondo (Albox) ….................950 430222 / 626 389322

Miguel Angel Rojas Benitez .......................................950 615404

Pablo Suarez (Purchena) ..........................................610 014680

Mundi Abogados (Las Buganvillas) ........................950 460999

Ramírez Abogados (Vera) .......................................950 391171

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

Ross Legal Services (Aguilas) .................................968 412321 Ruiz Orozco (Vera) ..................................................950 390282 Saugar Abogados (Mojácar) ......................................950 615038

SPAS

IndalOcio (Arboleas) .................................................850 993090

Spas (El Real, Antas) ..............................635 758773

SPA SERVICING & CLEANING

Removals & Storage

SWEET SHOPS

Me Not (Las Buganvillas)..............................950

TATTOO ARTISTS

Classic Tattoo (Mojácar Playa) .................................605 611782

Lisa V Tattoos (Cantoria) ....................634 362737 / 642 024810 Oscar (Mojácar Pueblo) …................................…….629 944374

TAXIS (Legal)

Levante Radio Taxis (all areas)................................950 888111

Exclusive Shuttles pre-booked airport taxis (office hours).950 092602

Marlan Taxis Villaricos .................................................609 764900

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Albox-Online ………..............................…………….950 091111

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

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

Indalphone .............................(Mojácar) 950 475784 / 622 455 608

Indalphone ...........................................(Huércal-Overa) 950 471470

GSF Communications (Mojácar) ..................................950 473102

Orange (Vera) ...........................................................950 393538 Next .............................................................................950 479369

The Phone House (Albox) …………….950 121045 / 670 359698

TILING & PATIO WORK

See also Building Services

1 Stop Paving (Albox) ………................................…634 313939

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

A.J.B. Tiling Services ...............................................687 024884

Arboleas Paving ……………...............................…….636 092632

Borders .....................................................................647 803030

Curtis Helm Multiservices .........................................610 394815

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

Mode Services ...................................950 525790 / 687 033106

Saxon’s Complete Building Services ......618 920126 / 686 377172

Steve Holman .......................................................... 697 678708

United Tile ................................................................667 702817

TIMBER SUPPLIERS

Wood2Go (Velez Rubio)..............................................950 614050

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Almería Alcazaba (castle) .......................................…950 271617

Almería Solar Centre ( Nr.Tabernas) ....950 387990 / 670 866122

Aquarium (Roquetas de Mar) ...................................950 160036

Fort Bravo – Western theme park (Tabernas) .....….950 165405

Nautarium (Sea Museum) (Garrucha) ………………….950 139554

Nijar Butterfly Farm .................................................617 692778

Oasys Western Park & Zoo (Tabernas) ….............….950 365236

Western Leone Theme park (Tabernas) …............…950 165405

TRANSLATING - see Interpreters

TRANSPORT - see Removals TRAVEL

Adelpha Travel ............................................................672 736240

Autocares Rodriguez (Coaches) ...............................950 469061

Halcón Viajes (Vera) ................................................950 393472

Exclusive Airport Shuttles ........................................950 092602

Levante Travel (Garrucha) ...................950 132258 / 628 604752

Mojácar Tour (Mojácar Playa) ............................…..950 475757

Viajes Zafiro Tours (Aguilas) ....................................868 782663

Zafiro Tours (Albox) ………..................................……950 121021

Zafiro Tours (Mojácar) .................................................950 615343

TUITION

Chris Walker (Spanish Accent Coaching) .................622 591096

Darío (English tuition for adults) ...............................642 314316

Dave Eccles (Drum lessons) ..............950 525790 / 687 033106

ELC Education & Language Centre ........................669 294342

English tuition & conversation (TEFL) (Vera) ............642 314316

Espanglish ...............................................................950 390037

Guitar Lessons ………….....................................…..667 989270

Hind (French & Arabic, Mojácar) ............................616 605341

Jewellery making ......................................................642 435909

Kinder Garrucha (Bilingual Education Centre)...........950 460472

La Galeria Art Classes (Albox) …..............................663 341904

Marcela Chávez (Spanish-English school support)....676 951352

Pencils English Academy (Garrucha)..........................634 314110

Piano Lessons …………............+44 7930 373786 / 634 374931

Sarah Dyson (Computer tuition) …....................……687 632435

Simon Farmiloe (Spanish & English)(Albox/Mojacar) ..647 677097

Step by Step Language Centre (Mojácar) ...................600 565284

Tiffany‘s English Academy (Garrucha) ........................685 710078

TV & AUDIO REPAIRS

Ponce S.L. (Garrucha) ..............................................950 617181

Seth Pittham (Arboleas) ......................950 634477 / 666 826886

UNIFORMS

Uniformes de Levante (Los Gallardos & Vera) ..........902 110218

UPHOLSTERY

Curtains with Style (Fabrics) ............ 950 069032 / 678 811125

Jone’s Mobile (Upholstery cleaning) …....……………661 571939

Unicraft ........................................................................692 176069

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

Upholstery Larios (Cuevas del Almanzora) 950 456 364 / 651 998738

VAN & MAN HIRE

See also Removals & Storage

Amanda’s (Lubrin) ............................950 069682 / 634 310512

Andy (Trailer hire/drive) (Mojácar) ..........................600 225929

Indalo Transport ......................................................634 336468

K.Morris (Vera) ...........................0035 711004024 / 0044 7759692010

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

Storage Solutions (Arboleas) ...................................950 930316

Way 2 Go (UK/Spain) ……UK 0044 208 0904292 / 965 794682 The Almería Focus is the magazine that everyone keeps to hand. To advertise your business call or WhatsApp Clare on 667 80 11 40 or email almeriafocus@gmail.com

IMPORTATION

Great Cost Matriculation ...........0044 7957167633 / 634 318369

Hispavan vehicle importation ......................................687 845730

Talleres Daydo (Antas Real) ….……….950 459116 / 607 373298

VEHICLE REPAIRS

Auto Corner (Turre/Los Gallardos) ….......................667 439671

Auto Shine Body Repairs ………........607 324623 / 607 324624

Costa Coches Antas .........................950 459209 / 625 133383

Fran’s Garage ....................................664 571060 / 950 164912

Go Car (Arboleas) ....................................................950 431861

Gómez Motor (Huércal-Overa) ..................................950 471250

Euro Repar Mojácar Motor (Mojácar Playa) ….......950 478335

NV Transmatix (Antas El Real) ..................850 989958 / 631 556955

Reparbox (DIY) (Antas El Real) ...............................687 879744

SRS Vehicle Services ................................................950 449095

Stop Car (Mojácar) ......................................................950 500734

Taller Daydo (El Real) .........................950 459116 / 607 373298

Taller Fran (Turre) ..............................664 571060 / 950 164912

Talleres Azor ..(Mojácar) 950 478519 ..............(Vera) 950 391400

Talleres Vizcaino (Mojácar) ........................................950 472104

The Car Surgery .....................................................666 272792

Tyre King (El Real) ................................................950 459253

VEHICLE REPAIRS (MOBILE)

AF Vehicle Detailing .................................................711 052843

Cool Air (Air Conditioning) ........................................673 195872

Veloc Tuning ECU Remapping Services ..................600 827517

VEHICLE SALES

AA Car Sales (Mojácar) ...........................................950 459208

Auto Corner (Turre/Los Gallardos) …......................667 439671

AutoFex (Arboleas) ....................................................950 431861

Automobiles Playcar SLU ...................950 459302 / 672 737663

Costa Coches Antas ...........................950 459209 / 625 133383

Euro Repar Mojácar Motors ...950 472056 ..(Workshop) 950 478335

Navarro Segura - Seat (Vera) ............670 038580 / 950 393170

Nissan & Ford (Albox) …............................................950 430856

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

Pit Stop (Oria) ……………....................................…..950 124828

SRS Vehicle Services ................................................950 449095

Skoda - Cadena Automocion SL (Vera) .....950 393190 / 637 029737

Talleres Azor ...............(Mojácar) 950 478519 (Vera) 950 391400

VETS

Centro Vet ABC (La Alfoqúia) ….................................950 449064

Astrid (Mojácar) ..............950 472252 Emergencies: 629 099920

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

Clinica Nexo (Albox) .......950 430814 Emergencies: 617 305784

Clinica Nexo (Olula del Rio) ..950 441819 Emergencies: 617 305784

Clinica Huellas (Aguilas) ...968 447877 Emergencies 629 445327

CliniVet (Turre) …..........................…..950 069780 / 626 171999

Costa Indalo (Mojácar) ........................950 475213 / 605 495017

Egesta Centro Vetinario (Vélez Rubio) ..950 411208 / 608 438683

Europa (Mojácar) .................950472262 Emergencies: 629 099921

Javier (Garrucha) ............950 132200 Emergencies: 619 236059

Movet (Mobile) .........................................................644 672782

Veravet (Vera Town) …............…............................…950 393307

VetCare (Vera Playa) ...............................................950 775102

Veterinary Centre (Huércal-Overa) …........................950 616781

WATER (Tanker Delivery)

Sierra Cabrera Water ........................651 994419 / 608 057941

WATER PARK

Aquavera (Vera Playa) ............................................950 467337

WATER TREATMENTS

WEB SERVICES

WINDOW CLEANING

452265

Carl the Squeegee (Turre) .........................................634 364041

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

James ..........................................................................678 988812

Lady Jane Window Cleaning (Arboleas) ...................634 322526

327075

Time 2 Shine (Mojácar & surrounding area) 634 615753 / 639 465450

Window Panes ..........................................................617 208231

Woody the Window Cleaner (Almanzora Valley) .......634 349665

WINDOWS & DOORS

AA Window Doctor ...................................................630 231644 Pritchard Construcciones .............................................662 046497 Enrique Aguirre S.L. (Garrucha) ..............................950 460028

……..............................…...................... 680 743311

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

Mojácar Home Improvements ....................................950 473104

Ortega Windows & Doors .......................................950 393305

Plas-Tech Windows

320761 Screenmasters (See p.41)......….…............................677 152911 Speedyfit .............................................950 439228 /

WINES

006032

Bodega Gran Baco (Aguilas) .............................…..968 925655

Enoteca Tikar (Garrucha) ……..............................….950 617131

Isalva (Palomares) ………..........................................615 265092

Typical Gourmet (Mojácar) .......................................950 472108

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

WOOD & PELLET STOVES

Chimeneas Acar (Albox) ...........................................950 120077

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

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

ZOO & PARK

Oasys (Tabernas) ....................................................950 365236 You’ll always find it in

Useful Numbers

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

Emergencies:

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

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

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

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

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

AIRPORTS

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

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

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

BRITISH EMBASSY

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

BRITISH CONSULATE

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

UK PASSPORT INFORMATION

www.gov.uk/browse/abroad/passports

EMERGENCY UK PASSPORTS

www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document

CREDIT CARDS 24hr EMERGENCIES

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

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

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

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

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

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

ELECTRICITY

Endesa Enquiries: .....................................(free).800 760333

WATER

Breakdowns:.........................(free).900 850840

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

Breakdowns: ...........................................902 355575

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

GAS

Cepsa (Silver bottles) Leaks ….......................902 100224

Cepsa, information ….......................................902 416416

Repsol (Red bottles) Leaks .......................901 121212

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

ITV (Spanish M.O.T. Centres)

Vera, Albox, Veléz Rubio

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

TRAINS

Renfe www.horarios.renfe.es ……..........…….902 240202

HACIENDA (TAX OFFICE)

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

FUNERAL DIRECTOR

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

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

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

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

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

HOSPITALS

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

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

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

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

LOCAL POLICE

Albox ...........................................................................950 121080

TOWN

.....................................................................950 472000

TELEPHONE (Movistar)

TAXIS See Directory pages

MOBILES LOST OR STOLEN (From any ‘phone)

Community News

Mojácar Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of its QR Audio Guides

Press release from Mojácar Town Hall Mojácar Council is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the implementation of its QR audio guides, an innovative initiative that has transformed the way visitors discover the rich history and cultural heritage of the municipality. Since its launch in March 2014, this tool has proven to be a resounding success, reaching more than 5,200 visits in 2024 so far this year, with a notable increase from May to July.

Among the most popular audio guides, the one on the Mojácar origin of Walt Disney stands out, its QR code having been scanned more than 1,222 times, making it the most requested content by tourists. In total, this resource has generated 3,773 events between views, audio and photo downloads, reflecting the widespread interest in this curious local legend.

Other points of interest, such as the old City Gate and the Santa María Church, have received 990 visits, closely followed by the legend of “Mariquita la Posá”, with around 900 views. The Public Fountain, Plaza Nueva Viewpoint and the Castle Viewpoint audio guides are also among the most explored places by tourists.

The Mayor of Mojácar, Fran García, underlines the importance of this project for the tourist promotion of the municipality: “Ten years ago we backed new technologies as a way of enhancing the value of our heritage, and the results have

exceeded our expectations. The audio guides have not only allowed visitors to learn about our history in a more accessible and attractive way, but they have also provided us with valuable data to continue improving the tourist experience of Mojácar.”

The QR audio guide system, available in four languages, allows visitors to easily access detailed information about the main monuments and local legends while going around the old town. In addition, the Mojácar Council Tourism Department has a platform that provides real-time data on the use of these audio guides, including statistics on visits, events and downloads.

Mojácar Council has also taken a further step towards tourism digitalisation, by incorporating augmented reality technologies and 360-degree images in 2022, offering an even more immersive experience. This progress has been possible thanks to the support of the Junta de Andalucía Regional Tourism Ministry as part of the plan to implement new technologies in tourist resources.

With this 10th anniversary, Mojácar reaffirms its position as a pioneer destination in tourism digitalisation, offering its visitors a unique informative and technological experience.

Los Bandidos Claim Six Trophies at Tíjola

10 Los Bandidos runners took on the tenth race in the Circuito de Carreras Populares Diputación de Almeria 2024 on Saturday 31 August in Tíjola. This was a 9.2k, five-lap race, starting at 9pm. It was slightly cooler due to the later start and completely dark by the time we finished but the route was lit by burning lamps and lots of support.

The winner finished in 30:02, two and a half minutes ahead of the man in second place! The first lady finished in 41:48. 155 runners crossed the finish line. Trophies were awarded to 1st, 2nd

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and 3rd places in each age group as well as to the overall winners. All competitors received a mini Bluetooth speak, post-race drinks and snacks.

Los Bandidos also won two raffle prizes.

Los Bandidos results (position, name, time and age group prizes)

95 Mark Ratcliffe 46:04

127 Patricia Mulcahy 52:38 (2nd D-F)

133 Sarah Briggs 53:12 (2nd C-F)

137 Corinne Cherel 53:55

139 Sharon Howlett 54:28 (3rd D-F)

143 Karen Ayers 55:28 (1st F-F)

144 Russ Chance 56:14

145 John Davidge 57:39 (3rd H-M)

155 Teresa Chance 1:13:25 (3rd F-F)

In the Sub-14 category Guillermo Moscardo Cherel finished in 18th place in a time of 04:42.

Los Bandidos was set up in June 2018 with a small group running the 5k Mojácar Paseo, and now has road cycling, sea swimming and triathlon groups. All ages, nationalities and speeds are welcome, whether permanent residents or holiday makers.

Los Bandidos are keen to integrate and support the local community. We are currently collecting nonperishable food and toiletries for the Red Cross

Food Bank. We are sponsored by Alfaix Village Store, Caracola Car Hire, Five Bones Pet Hotel, Heladaria Blu, Oasis Fashions and Restaurante Piamonte.

We are very sociable and most sessions are followed by a post-activity coffee, cake or breakfast, depending on the time of day. Follow us on Facebook to keep up-to-date.

Coffee Break

What’s On

Madrid

Paul McCartney has two concerts in Madrid at the WiZink Sports Stadium on December 9th and 10th, as part of his ‘Got Back’ Tour, his only two concerts in Spain. Tickets are from 212 to 950 euros from normal internet booking sites.

Barcelona

The 37th Louis Vuitton Cup sailing competition final is between the British INEOS Britannia and the Italian Luna Rosa teams. The one that wins will then compete against the 2021 defending team from New Zealand for the Americas Cup, starting on Saturday, October 12th. Female team races start on October 5th. All races are shown live on www. youtube.com/americascup. Races start at 2pm CET.

Almería

Noche Jazz Hecho en Andalicía (Jazz night, Made in Andalucía) comes to the Maestro Padilla Auditorio in Almería city on Saturday, November 2nd at 7.30pm. It features the saxophonist and clarinet player Pepe Viciana, the singer José Luis

Jaén, and the guitarist Paco Rivas. Tickets are 10 euros.

The singer Sergio Dalma comes to the Maestro Padilla Auditorio in Almería city on Saturday, October 19th, at 8.30pm. He is presenting his latest album “Sonrié porque estás en la foto”. Tickets are 50 & 60 euros.

Cabaret, El Gran Show comes to Teatro Cervantes Almería city on Saturday, October 12th at 9.30pm. Tickets are 25 & 30 euros.

What’s On

Óscar Rosende and his band gREAT sTRAITS perform a a tribute concert to Dire Straits at the Maestro Padilla Auditorio in Almería city on Friday, November 29th at 8.30pm. Tickets are 40 and 45 euros.

The Neon Collective perform a concert entitled ‘A Brit Show’ at the Teatro Cervantes in Almería city on Saturday, October 5th at 10pm. Music from UK artistes include David Bowie, The Smiths and Coldplay. Tickets are 18 euros in advance and 20 euros at the door. The concert lasts for three hours.

Dreaming Bubbles is an art, science and magic show for all ages, from Pierpaolo Laconi stage name White Dream, that comes to the Teatro Cervantes in Almería city on Saturday, October 13th at 6pm. Tickets are 12 euros in advance and 15 euros at the door. Pierpaolo Laconi holds the Guinness Book of Records for the largest soap bubble blown by hand.

Disney Rock the musical comes to the Teatro Cervantes in Almería city on Sunday, November 3rd at 6pm. It features Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and all the other characters in a music, dance and special effects show. Tickets are 15 euros in advance and 18 euros at the door.

Tickets for Teatro Cervantes, Almería city, from box office at Calle del Poeta Villaspesa,1.

Open Mon-Fri, 11am-1pm & 4pm-7pm, Saturday from 11am-2pm, or 1hr before performances, or from www. todaslasentradas.com

Tickets for concerts in Almería (except Teatro Cervantes) available from the ticket office in the Teatro Apolo, 25 Rambla Obispo Orberá, Almería , tel: 950 230 922. Mon- Fri, 10.30am-1.30pm

What’s On

Roquetas de Mar

Morriconi y 100 Años de Cine is an orchestral concert performing Ennio Morriconi’s best known film music performed by the Royal Film Concert Orchestra at the Auditorio on Saturday, November 23rd at 9pm. Tickets are 30, 45 & 48 euros.

The Ludovico Musical Experience with Borja Niso is a spectacular tribute concert to Ludovico Einaudi with music, dance and visual effects that has been seen by 72,000 people. The concert at the Auditorio is on Friday, October 25th at 8.30pm and tickets start at 22 euros.

Antoñito Molina is a Spanish pop and flamenco fusion style singer with roots in Cádiz, and his albums have gained various national and international awards. He performs at the Auditorio as part of his ‘A La Aventura Tour’ on Saturday, October 26th at 9pm. Tickets are 30 & 40 euros. Tickets for his concerts in 2023 quickly sold out.

El Lago de los Cisnes (Swan Lake) is performed by the Kiev Ballet company at the Auditorio on Friday, November 1st at 9pm. Tickets are 27 euros.

Roquetas de Mar Auditorio tickets are on sale at www.

teatroauditorioroquetas.org or their ticket office, open Tuesdays to Fridays, 11am-1pm & 6-8pm.

Águilas

El Lago de los Cisnes (Swan Lake) is performed by the Kiev Ballet company at the Auditorio on Saturday, October 5th at 8.30pm. Tickets are 32 euros.

El Reino del León (Lion Kingdom) musical comes to the Auditorio on Sunday, October 27th at 5pm. Tickets are 16 euros.

Puccini’s opera Tosca performed by the choir and orchestra of the Lirica Opera company comes to the Auditorio on Friday, November 15th at 8pm. Tickets are 20, 25 & 30 euros.

What’s On

Aguilas tickets from Victoria Travel 968 410 929 and www. bacantix.com, Museo Arqueológico, www. auditorio-aguilas.org or from 2hrs before performances at the box office.

Exhibitions

The Almería Museum of Art Doña Pakyta has various exhibitions. In their area B they have 39 works by the artist Frederico Castellón entitled “Dibujos y Bocetas” that can

be seen until November 17th. Opening hours are Monday to Saturday 10.30am to 1.30pm and 8pm to 10pm, but morning hours only on Sundays.

Vera

The 6th Festival of Magic is performed at the auditorio on Saturday, October 12th at 8pm. Tickets are 7 euros in advance from the Convento de la Victoria or www.giglon.com and 10 euros at the door.

Tabernas

The Almería Western Film Festival at Tabernas takes place from Thursday, October 10th to Sunday, October 13th. We have details in our ‘In the News’ section.

Mojácar

October 7th is the fiesta of the Virgen del Rosario (Mary), patron saint of Mojácar. The traditional “ribbon race” on horseback features attempts to collect suspended ribbons. This takes place in the street near La Fuente (fountain). More information from www.mojacar.es.

Miscellaneous

The FC Los Amigos Walking Football club have a fundraising Festival of Football in memory of Richard Wood on Saturday, October 12th at the Turre Football Gound. The events start at 9am with players from local walking football clubs, refreshments, raffle and tombola. Money raised is going to the MACS Cancer Support Organisation.

Open Mic Night alternate Thursdays at Miraflores, Los Gallardos, kick off at 8pm. Everyone welcome.

PAWS-PATAS The secondhand book sale at Scotty’s El Tropico is held on the second Tuesday of the month, 10.30am - 1pm. All proceeds to stray cat neutering.

What’s On

Market Days

Monday:

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

Saturday:

Sunday:

Huércal-Overa, Antas, Berja

Albox, Los Gallardos, Cuevas del Almanzora

Mojácar, Bédar, Lubrin, Vélez Blanco, Palomares, Tabernas Cuevas del Almanzora, Olula del Río, Carboneras, Sorbas Garrucha, Turre, Zurgena

Aguilas, Vera, Arboleas, Vélez Rubio

Villaricos, Purias, San Juan de los Terreros, Fines

Rastros, Car Boot Sales, etc.

Saturday:

Sunday:

Los Llanos, between Arboleas & Albox

Plaza del Rey, Velez Rubio Mojácar Rastro, Multiple Use Centre

Activities - Clubs - Associations

Clubs, Societies & Activities

Free Spanish and English Lessons

Available in some municipalities. Enquire at your local town hall.

Almanzora Group of Friends, Albox Library and Social Centre, Tues - Fri, 10am1pm, Plaza San Antonia, Barrio Alto, Albox. Extensive English Library, DVDs and talking books, monthly magazine, monthly quiz, trips. www.almanzoragof.org or Facebook: Almanzora Group of Friends. Tel: 602 495 306

WOW Women on Wednesday Scotty’s, Mojácar Playa, 2pm. Get together, buy, sell, swap, meet new people.

Loose Women Club

Tuesdays, 1.30 - 4pm. El Chacho Bar & Restaurant, Mojácar. All welcome.

Flamenco Forum for English Speakers on Facebook. Information and events. Tel: 687 480 694

Dames in Huércal Overa

3rd Wed. of the month, 10.30am, Tennis Club, Huércal Overa. All welcome. Tel. Jan Oliver 642 413 945.

Dames in Turre

Monthly lunches and trips. New members welcome. Chairman, Barbara Wardley, casaroojo@hotmail.co.uk. Secretary, Moira Armatage +34 711 007 192, mogsy2009@ live.com

The Royal British Legion - Zurgena & District Branch

La Parrilla, Albox, first Thursday of the month, 11am. Email zurgenaRBLsecretary @yahoo.co.uk. See www.britishlegion.org/ branches/zurgena

Indalo Hash House Harriers

Meet 2nd and 4th Sunday, 11am, various locations. www.indaloh3.com

Mojácar Bridge Club

Contact Les Brice 697 297 991 or Ron Hounsell 711 064 726. www.bridgewebs. com/mojacar/

Vera & District Lions Club

The Lions meet regularly, including social events. New members and volunteers warmly welcomed. The Lions Charity Shop in Turre is open Thursday to Saturday, 10am-2pm. Mobility equipment available for those in need. There are plenty of roles for volunteers from occasionally moving furniture to scrapbooking, from event organisation to helping clean the shop. For more information, including forthcoming fundraising events see https://veralions. com, email veralionssecretary@gmail. com or call President Andy Pearson on 711 005 682.

The Royal British Legion, Mojácar First and third Thursday of every month (except July & August) at 11am, coffee and chat at Cokkia Restaurant (opposite Neptuno). Ex-Forces and non-Service people all welcome. We hold lunches and other events which we publicise at the coffee mornings and on local media. For welfare advice and help for the exForces community in need of support email SpainNorthCommunitySupport@rbl. community. If you wish to hold an event in aid of the Poppy Appeal or help at our collection points in October and November please email Mojacar.Committee1@rbl. community or ring 699 953 222. We are now on Facebook, click on Groups and search for Royal British Legion Mojacar Branch.

Psychic Development Circle

Various classes at different times. Everyone welcome. Tel: Barbara 637 469 937 barbaramoonlight@gmail.com

Vera Photo Club

Local photography enthusiasts with a wide range of experience and photography styles. Critiqued monthly challenges, exhibitions, presentations and field trips. Join us on the first Sunday of the month in El Puntazo Hotel, Mojacar 10am - 12:30pm. All levels welcome. See www.veraphotoclub.org or email info@ veraphotoclub.org for more information.

Freemasons in the Province of Almeria

Craft & Chapter. 661 026 912 or 670 27 27 37

Freemasons – The Side Degrees

Mark, RAM, RSM, OSM & Allied. 678 574 579

Albox Computer Club

Hotel La Parrilla, Albox. Fri, 10am. All levels of experience are welcomed. www. alboxcc.com

Traditional Japanese Reiki and Gendai Reiki Ho

Classes, workshops, and Reiki shares in Mojacar. Tel: 634 347 930

Ancestry Club for Beginners & Intermediate Tel. 634 309 590

Mojácar Community Library

Multi-Use centre. Mon, Wed and Fri, 11am - 1pm .

Arboleas Indalo Gardening Club

Community Centre, opposite the Health Centre car park. Last Friday of the month, 10:30am - 1pm.

Activities - Clubs - Associations

Clubs, Societies & Activities continued

Amigos de los Coches Clasicos

Local multi-national group of classic car enthusiasts. Meetings the first Thursday of the month, 3pm, Hotel Rural Miguel Rosi, junction 559 E15/A7. www.a-c-c.es, email: info@a-c-c.es, tel. David 630740502

Antas 1/10 Scale RC Club Thursdays 10.00am at RC Circuito, Antas. Ring Chris on 634328059 for more details.

Model Aero Flying Club, Cortijo Grande

Sunday & Wednesday, 9/9.30 - 12 noon. Contact Mick on 711 015 032

Aeroclub ULM Günter (Vera) Tel: 607 316 553

Pita Escuela Agave School of Río Aguas. A multicultural, environmental and musical project, specialized on the integral usage of the agave plant and the processing of its wood.Tel 630 66 18 65 (Timbe) pitaescuela@hotmail.com

Sunseed

A hands-on practical centre for low-impact living and environmental education in Los Molinos del Rio Aguas near Sorbas. Free tours at 4pm. www.sunseed.org.uk Tel: 950 525 770

Religious Groups & Churches

Church of England (Anglican Services)

Mojácar, Sundays, 11am; Llanos Del Peral, Sundays,11am; Aljambra Chapel Albox, 2nd Thursday monthly at 11am. For directions, details and all church activities please see www.almeriaanglican.com or contact Tony Noble on 634303807. Also available Funerals, Wedding Blessings, Wedding Vow renewals and Baptisms.

Kingdom Hall, Jehovah’s Witnesses Friday 18:00 & Sunday 10:00. Poligono Aljoroque - C/El Cajete 6, Antas. Contact: 652 293 269

Turre Evangelical Church Sundays at 10.30 – worship, a not too long talk from the Bible, coffee and cake. Welcoming and relaxed – all welcome. Find us on Turre’s main street, Avenida de Almeria, corner of C/Alberquillca. Email: contact@turrechurch.es Tel: (0034) 711 035 486 Web: turrechurch.es

New Life Church, Huercal-Overa

We are a Jesus centred church family learning to love one another. Sunday service at 11 am, www.newlifechurch.eu tel. 685 628 184

Living Water Church Mojacar Playa Opposite Red Cross Centre and Salas Farmacia. Sunday Service 11am. Bible study, Tuesday 10am. Prayer, Tuesday, 12:30pm. Cafe Church, Thursday 11am to 1pm. See FaceBook or visit www. livingwaterchurchmojacar.com

Aguaviva Evangelical Church

Near the health Centre, opposite BiciBox, Albox. Tel: Rod Southwood, 687 560 544

Roman Catholic Masses

These can be found on www.misas.org for most places.

Support Groups & Charities

MACS Cancer Support Group

General Enquiries call 634 328 334 10am to 4pm. 24/7 Careline: 634 656 555. Fully Spanish registered charity. Shops in Mojácar, Turre, Albox and Huercal-Overa open Mon-Fri, 10-2pm www.macscancersu pport.com Email: macscancersupport@ live.co.uk

Stepping Stones Carers Support Group

Turre Evangelical Hall, Thurs, 11am-2pm. Tel 950 472 822 or 677 683 385 www. steppingstones.group

Age Support Almanzora

Shop and welfare office near Peugeot garage, Albox, open Mon-Sat, 10:0013:45. Lunch club, bereavement group, equipment loan, befrienders. Helpline 642 045 210.

A.A. Alcoholics Anonymous

Mojacar Area Meetings:- Monday 6pm, Turre Evangelical Church (Avenida de Almeria, Turre). Friday, 6pm, Living Water Church, Mojacar Playa (opposite Red Cross building). Tel: 634 300 364 or email aaspain@gmail.com

Universal Wonderful Street Academy

NGO that supports street children in Accra (Ghana). Registered charity. www. universalwonderfulstreetacademy.org. Beatriz: 617 182 154

Harmony Community Support

Providing assistance to those in need. Tel. 634 339 192 Mon - Fri, 11:00 - 14:00 help@harmonycharity.com

Walk for Life Arboleas

If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with cancer and need help or support contact our welfare team. Email irenewalk4life@icloud.com Tel. 643 63 81 77. To volunteer to help at any of our events and become a Friend of Walk for Life email claire.walk4life@gmail.com Tel 644602249.

Send details of your group to almeriafocus@gmail.com or WhatsApp: 667 80 11 40

Activities - Clubs - Associations

Music & Drama Groups

Open Mic Night

Alternate Thursdays, 8pm, at Miraflores, Los Gallardos, 8pm. Everyone welcome.

Indalo Players

Well established drama group always looking for new members to act or help back stage. Contact Jennifer Jordan email jenniferjanejordan@gmail.com/ phone 34 722 860 085.

Independent Theatre Group

Always looking for new people, novices & full blown Thesbians. Call Ian Jones on 950 436 581 or 666 375 688 or e-mail independenttheatre@hotmail.com

The Luvvies

New members always welcome for acting or work behind the scenes etc. Tel. 634 346 309 or e-mail theluvvies@hotmail.com

Jacqueline Welby Productions

New members always needed to act or work back stage or with any other activities. Tel. Jacqueline Morris Welby 634 313 531

Orquesta Ciudad de Vera

A friendly group of musicians of various ages and levels. All newcomers welcome, only requirement is to play an orchestral instrument and read music. Rehearsals Vera Auditorio on Saturday mornings. See www. ocv.org.es for details.

Vera Voces

A friendly choir singing classical music, directed by pianist, singer and director, Barry Jobling. All welcome, no auditions. Rehearsals Mondays, 5-7pm, at Vera Auditorio. Facebook: Vera Voces. Contact veravoces1@gmail.com

All Aloud Community Choir

Meet every Wednesday at Bar Kubatin (at Hostal Meson) Arboleas from 3pm to 5pm. All welcome, no auditions.

Albox Ukebox

A friendly group that meets weekly on Tuesday afternoons in Charlotte’s Bar (formerly Chapman’s) in Albox to learn and sing songs with the ukulele. All welcome. For details tel. Chris on 634 375 471.

Yoga

Sol Yoga Centre, Arboleas Tel: 686 400331

VaVa Yoga Studio, Vera. Tel: 642 314 316

Yoga Therapy with Portia Oliver. Tel: 681301474 www. portiaoliver.es

Arts & Crafts

Sewing Group, Mojacar

We meet at Scotty’s el Tropico bar for sewing, knitting, crochet etc. Weds. 10.30 to 12.30. Tel. Brenda 634 34 34 92. We are a friendly group meeting for coffee and chat.

Ladies Sewing Circle

Evangelical Church, Turre, Wednesday 10.30 – 12.30 Tel: 667 702 774

Cloud Zebra Craft Workshops & Clubs

In Almanzora and Oria, Tues 10-2, Thurs and Fri, 10.30 -2.30. Call 744 60 96 30. No experience needed.

Bedar Arts Centre

Ceramic classes, Mondays and Wednesdays. Painting classes Tuesday 10:301330. For info, call 664 896 555

Mojácar Quilters

Cokkia, Mojacar Playa, second Tuesday of the month. We enjoy talking about quilting, having show and tells, receiving hints and tips from our members and learning new techniques. We are beginners and experienced quilters who support and help each other. Please contact Ruth Brown on 0034 711 011 629 or by email to ruth-brown@hotmail.co.uk

Dance

Strictly Line Dancing

Salon de Actos, Centro de Usos

Multiples, Mojacar. Fridays, 4–7pm. Beginners welcome. Contact: Glynis 648217503 or Mary Beth 661671526 or strictlylinedancingmojacar@gmail.com

Eleanor’s Line Dance Class

Charlotte’s Bar, Albox, Mondays, 2pm3.45pm. All levels welcome. 647932 078.

Step2It - Line Dancing

Arboleas. Weds: 6.45 p.m-7.30 p.m, First Steps/Intro. 7.30 p.m-10.30, Beginners / Improvers /Intermediate. Carrie Ann 627279584 www.carrieanngreen.com

Almeria Line Dancers

Julie - 634304625 / 950110433

Ceroc Dancing

Regular social dance nights and dance workshops. Please call or WhatsApp Trace on 687251799 for more information.

Belly Dancing

Mojácar, Garrucha & Huércal-Overa. Contact Fatima: 610 472 596

Bellydance Classes

Mojácar, Turre, Palomares. Call 639 724 521

Dance Classes with Hollie Newell Ballet, tap, contemporary, modern, jazz, lyrical, zumba and more. Based in Turre. Tel: 634 317 391

Complete Beginners Flamenco

Mojácar. No specialist shoes or equipment required, friendly hour long class. Email info@lagitanainglesa.com

VaVa Yoga Danza (Spanish)

With Barbarito. Cuban & Latin Salsa, Bachata & Merengue. Tel: 642 314 316

Send details of your group to almeriafocus@gmail.com or WhatsApp: 667 80 11 40

Activities - Clubs - Associations

Sports

Almería Lawn Bowling Club

Contact Shirley: 679 970 399

Bowling Club de Zurgena

Friendly, social and competitive bowling, all levels & standards. zurgenabc@gmail. com. www.zurgenabc.com

Cabrera Lawn Bowling Club www.cabreralbc.com

Indalo Lawn Bowling Club

First class facilities with all levels of bowling catered for. Visit our website http://www. indalobowlingclub.org

Mojacar Bowls Club

Behind Marina Mar Hotel. Everybody welcome - Tues, Thurs and Sat starting with coffee at 9:30. Jen 634346035, jencothier@gmail.com

Aguilón Amigos Golf Club

Aguilon Golf Course on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays teeing off just before 9am. If you would like to play email aguilonamigos2021@gmail.com

Badgers Golf Society Mojácar

We play every Wednesday and alternate Saturdays. All are welcome. Contact Paul Cunningham on (0044)7775837453 WhatsApp or badgersmojacar@mail.com

Boxers Golf Society Albox

All welcome to join us as members or guests. Call in at the Why Not bar in Albox on Saturday mornings or email peterstooks@avired.com

Mojácar Playa Golf

Play every Tuesday around 11.30. Mostly at Marina Golf Club. Everybody welcome. Membership available. Call James 681 355 796. Golf trip holidays also available. Golf tour operator.

Forum Golf Society

Plays friendly events at local courses twice a month. Richard Price. Telephone 850993073 or rfp53@yahoo.co.uk. www.forumgolfsociety.webs.com

Golfing Guapas Society

We are a group of ladies of all nationalities meeting one Friday in the month...golf followed by lunch and prizes. All welcome. Call Vivienne 683 558 696.

Valle del Este Golf Society. Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays. Contact Alan Townsend Tel. 690 090 982

Almería Golf League

Contact Les on 950 619 273.

Marina Phoenix Golf Society

Visitors welcome Mondays and Thursdays. Tel Don Atkins 605 051 238. Email marinaphoenixgs@gmail.com

Huzzah Golf Society

Friendly group of all abilities, playing Aguilon golf course each Monday and local courses. All welcome. Call or WhatsApp Gary 619 248 702. Fb: Huzzah Golf Society. Email: huzzahgs@gmail.com

Albox Club de Tenis

Sun & Thurs mornings, Tues afternoons. Tel Sue: 950 064 369 Fb: Albox Club de Tenis

Cabrera Tennis Club

Contact info@ cabreratennisclub.com www.cabreratennisclub.com

Club de Tenis y Padel Indalo Vera. Tel: 950 59 28 77 - 608 250 607

Tennis Coach

Diego Rodriguez Tel: 689 688 226

Padel tennis lessons

At home. Tel: Ulises Gutiérrez, 606 902 691

PartyLevante Sailing Club

Initiation for children from 7 yrs in small groups. Email info@partylevante.com or call 680942141 www.partylevante.com

Santa Irene Sailing Club

Come and join us out on the watersailing or crewing our safety boat. Every Sunday at 10:30 in the boat park at the north end of Garrucha harbour. Email info@santaireneclubdevela.com www. santaireneclubdevela.com

Adelante Gimnasia Artìstica Huercal-Overa.Classes for fun gymnastics, competitive levels, pre school and adults. Fully qualified coach. From 2 years. Tel 622 129 702 or info@adelanteartisitca.es www. adelanteartistica.es Facebook Adelante Gimnasia artistica.

Walking Football Club

Turre football ground, 9.30am, Monday, for training, exercise & playing. www. fclosamigos.com

Los Bandidos

Run, jog, walk a 5km route along the Paseo. Weds/Sat, 9am, Red Cross end (from 4th Oct). See Facebook. Contact Kevin on ironmankev08@gmail.com

Arboleas Table Tennis Club

Mon/Wed/Fri, 9.30 - 10.30 am, building with blue door next to swimming pool bar, Arboleas. Beginners welcome. Contact Chairperson - Keith tel 634 326 350.

Fitness & Martial Arts

Girasol, Albox Pilates, children’s karate & Tai-chi. Tel 639 089 170

Mojácar Taekwondo 5 years to adults. Various classes & times. Contact Serge 646844708. Facebook GTF Spain

Fitness with Alison, Mojácar Full Body Workout, Pilates, AquaZumba, Zumba, Step Aerobics, Total Toning, AeroFit. Tel 666 273 168.

Fitness with Hollie Newell, Turre Keepfit, Zumba, Hips Bums Tums, HiiT. Contact 634 317 391.

Jova Gym, Mojácar Various activities. www.jovasport.es 671 247 035. See facebook.

Qigong

Group courses and personal training. Partaloa and Albox area. Contact Ilse +32 497451953 or +34 643489975 https://ilsevanbrabant.com/en/course/ Qigong Classes Mojácar & Lubrín. Call 711 096 381.

Mojácar Qigong/Taijiquan Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11.00am. Samsara (Opposite Lua) monjchalao@ gmail.com. See Facebook gusfit.es

Send details of your group to almeriafocus@gmail.com or WhatsApp: 667 80 11 40

Your Stars

Mar. 21

- April 20

Apr. 21

- May 21

May 22 - June 21

June 22 - July 22

July 23 - Aug 22

Aug. 23 - Sept. 23

Your mate needs extra attention and is feeling rather insecure when you’re not in sight. Your support and concern will help. If you are in the midst of a financial deal, this is your lucky day. You may be tom between two possibilities. This has left you in a confused and uncertain state. Do a little shopping. You’re likely to find a real bargain. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday.

This is a great day for a family outing or just a drive. Don’t push your mate away. You can get your point across and make valuable connections. Plan to get out and do a bit of travel. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.

You should get out and enjoy social events where you are likely to meet new potential mates; however, don’t over spend. You may find that romance will unfold through business connections. You will learn valuable information if you travel this month. You’ll have problems with authority figures if you don’t play by the rules. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Friday.

Don’t fall into the trap. You may find that romance will unfold through business connections. Calm down and take a step back. Don’t hold back. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Monday.

Outbursts of passion may cause arguments with your mate. Listen to the complaints of others. You can work in conjunction with those in the know in order to get to the bottom of any pending issue. Do not invest in ventures that only appear to be lucrative. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday.

Coworkers may not be on your side. You need to do more research before you make your final decision. Confusion could result when communicating with others. Be very careful while in transit or while travelling in foreign countries. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday.

Sept. 24 - Oct. 23

Oct. 24 - Nov. 22

Nov. 23 - Dec. 21

Dec. 22 - Jan. 20

Jan. 21 - Feb. 19

Feb. 20 - Mar. 20

You can help other people with their financial problems by setting up a budget for them. Residential moves will be favourable. Get involved in activities that will be fun for the whole family. You can’t always have your own way. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Tuesday.

Ideas may sound good, but be careful if people are just looking for handouts. Opportunities for romance will flourish through travel. You need to do more research before you make your final decision. You should sign up for creative courses. Concentrate on your work. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday.

Use your added discipline to get what you want. Be cautious who you deal with financially. You should get out and enjoy social events where you are likely to meet new potential mates; however, don’t over spend. Take time to deal with legal documents and the affairs of people who you may be indebted to. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday.

Past partners may try to come back into your life. Your communication skills are at an all-time high. Your ability to ferret out secret information will lead you to an inside scoop on an amazing financial deal. You haven’t been totally honest with yourself and it’s time to review your motives. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday.

Hard work will payoff if you refrain from expressing your opinion to superiors. Get some sound advice and help setting up a workable budget. You will meet new romantic partners through the company you keep. Try to join groups of interest such as ballroom dance classes or perhaps an internet organisation. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Sunday.

You may want to tell someone how you really feel. Don’t spend too much in order to impress others. Financial gains can be made through wise investments. Someone may be trying to damage your reputation. Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Saturday.

Jokes of the Month

The Eye

This guy is dining alone in a fancy restaurant and there’s a beautiful redhead sitting at the next table. He’s been sneakily checking her out ever since he arrived, but doesn’t have the courage to start talking to her. Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket toward the man. His reflexes kick in and he reaches out, plucks it out of the air, and hands it back to her. The redhead is mortified. “Oh my, I am so sorry,” she says as she pops her eye back into place. “Let me buy you dinner to make it up to you.” He joins her table and they enjoy a wonderful meal together. Afterwards they go to the theatre followed by drinks at a bar. They talk, they laugh, she shares her deepest dreams and he shares his. After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to come to her place for a nightcap. He says yes and they return to her place. He ends up staying the night. The next morning, she cooks him an enormous breakfast with everything he could have asked for. The guy is amazed at how everything has been so perfect, and how incredible this woman is. He can’t believe his luck. “You know,” he said, “You are the perfect woman, are you this nice to every guy you meet?” “No,” she replies, “You just happened to catch my eye.”

Too Much Tallking

Eight-year-old Nina brought her report card home from school.

Her marks were good…mostly A’s and a couple of B’s.

However, her teacher had written across the bottom: “Nina is a smart little girl, but she has one fault. She talks too much in school. I have an idea I am going to try, which I think may break her of the habit.”

Nina’s dad signed her report card, putting a note on the back: “Please let me know if your idea works on Nina because I would like to try it out on her mother.”

The Jigsaw Puzzle:

Joe lives next door to a slightly dotty old lady in her 90s named Mabel. One day Joe gets a phone call from Mabel and she says to him, “Joe, can you please come over and help me? I’ve got a complicated jigsaw puzzle and I can’t figure out how to get started.”

So Joe thinks for a second and then he asks Mabel, “What’s the picture meant to be when it’s finished, Mabel?”

“The picture on the box is a rooster,” Mabel responds. He’s busy but Mabel’s a dear old lady, so he decides to go over to help her. Mabel welcomes Joe and escorts him into her dining room where the box and its contents are all over her dining table.

Joe surveys the situation in front of him and then he turns to Mabel and says, “Mabel, I have to tell you, there’s no way we’ll be assembling these pieces into anything resembling a rooster.”

“Why’s that Joe?” Mable asks.

Joe smiles benevolently and then says, “Mabel, why don’t you make me a nice cup of tea.”

“OK Joe,” says Mabel with a smile. And then Joe sighs deeply and says, “While you’re making the tea, I’ll put all the Corn Flakes back in the box.”

Baseball

Two men were arguing about who was a bigger fan of baseball. One said, “I’ve been to every game this season!” The other retorted, “I named all my children after famous players!”

A third man, overhearing, interjected, “That’s nothing! I named my cat Umpire so every time he causes trouble, I can say, ‘You’re out!’”

Advice Needed

A man went to the Police Station wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house the night before. “You’ll get your chance in court.” said the Desk Sergeant. “No, no no!” said the man. “I want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. I’ve been trying to do that for years!”

Selling Coca-Cola

A salesman returns from his assignment in Saudi Arabia, where he went to sell them a new brand of Coca-Cola. Seeing his crestfallen face, a friend asks him, “Why the long face?” The salesman replied, “I failed in Saudi Arabia. The campaign was a total failure.” “Why is that?” asked the friend. “I thought you had a good campaign running.” “Well, when I got there, I was very confident that I would make a great sales pitch to the Saudis. But I had a problem—I didn’t speak Arabic. So I planned to convey the benefits of Coca-Cola with pictures on three posters side by side. First poster: A man lying in the hot desert sand in utter exhaustion; he has fainted. Second poster: The man is drinking the new Coca-Cola brand. Third poster: Our man is now totally refreshed, feeling great and jumping for joy. I had these posters pasted all over the place. You couldn’t go anywhere without seeing them.” “Terrific! That should have worked!” said the friend. “It should have,” sighed the salesman. “Only no one told me they read from right to left…”

The Husband

A husband and wife were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary, and the husband asked his wife, “What’s the most important thing you’ve learned in our marriage?” She replied, “Never trust a man who promises to do the dishes.”

The Nudist Beach

Three men were at a nudist beach and it wasn’t long before they were engaged in conversation. Two of the men looked very happy to be there whilst the other man looked a little glum. Naturally, their conversation quickly gravitated to a discussion about their respective jobs. “I work on Wall Street” said the first man smiling. “It’s well-paid work but the dress code is very formal and I have to wear a suit with a collar and tie every daily. This is the perfect vacation for me. I have the freedom to relax, feeling completely unrestrained.” The second man smiled and said, “I’m with you buddy! I’m a deep-sea diver and I’m usually weighed down with a diver’s suit, lead boots and a brass helmet. Being here on this beach is real freedom for me.” The two men then looked at their unhappy companion and asked what he did for a living. “I’m a pickpocket,” said the man.

A Dinner Party

A family was having some people to dinner. At the table, the mother turned to her sixyear-old daughter and said, “Dear, would you like to say the blessing?”

“I wouldn’t know what to say,” replied the little girl, shyly.

“Just say what you hear Mommy say, sweetie,” the woman said. Her daughter took a deep breath, bowed her head, and solemnly said, “Dear Lord, why did I invite all these people to dinner!?!”

The Door

At a magic academy, students are always curious about the mysterious door at the end of the hallway. Legends say that only the most extraordinary wizards could open it. One day, a young boy enters the academy, and without hesitation, walks straight to that door and opens it. Everyone is stunned. They ask, “How did you do it? Are you a prodigy?” The boy chuckled, “No, it was just a pull not a push door!”