Dog beach gets shade

USERS of the Agua Amarga dog beach next to Urbanova in Alicante should finally see the arrival of beach umbrellas and sun loungers following ‘a significant delay’.

On Friday, July 22, Ana Poquet from the Alicante Tourist Board stated they “will arrive next week.”

Around three months ago, Alicante City Council officially awarded the contract to provide services at the Agua Amarga dog beach, which included a ‘food truck’, as well as umbrellas and sun loungers. The contract was for two years for a fee of €17,000.

Days later, the contract was formalised, but commencement of the service is taking longer than expected. The board of trustees estimated that the contract would be active before the end of May.

A CAR driver in Catral lost control and smashed into two bar terraces on Thursday, July 20. Two people suffered from only minor injuries in the frightening incident outside Sheerin’s and a Chinese restaurant.

The accident occurred at around 6.30pm, when a car left the road and collided with two terraces installed on Calle Purísima in the

According to the contract, the season should have run from May 1 to October 15.

The cost of the umbrellas should be around €7 or €8 a day, the same as the sun loungers.

Agua Amarga is the only beach in Alicante that allows dogs all year.