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| Ryanair anounce twice weekly flights from East Midlands to Almeria from late March 2012 - www.veraplaya.info - news - 13 December 2012 |
| Monarch
axe all flights between Manchester & Almeria in 2012 We have learned today that Monarch Airlines has told passengers with bookings between Manchester and Almeria in 2012 that there will be no flights and they are being given refunds or flights from/to alternative airports. There is currently a bit of a mystery here as the airline's website still shows 2 flights per week as from late March but sure enough if you try to book one of these flights the website tells you there are no flights. It appears that there are flights between Birmingham and Almeria as from late March 2012. It was only recently that Manchester had twice as many flights to Almeria as did Birmingham so it is a double surprise that it is flights from Manchester which have been axed. Monarch have recently had a lot of publicity for new routes they are introducing from Birmingham, but it is perhaps no surprise that there is no announcement or press release on their website to say that they have axed Manchester-Almeria. This news will be a blow and inconvenience for many naturists from northern England wishing to travel to Vera Playa and bad news for the Vera Playa Club Hotel and apartment owners whose bookings may well be adversely affected. www.veraplaya.info - news - 24 November 2011 |
| Natura
World apartment owners set to protest in Garrucha
The long running trauma of Natura World continues: The Spanish Press and English Press based in Spain, such as the Euro Weekly News, is today reporting that a public demonstration is to be held on Garrucha sea-front on Monday 22 August by up to 186 of the owners in the 500+ apartment development Natura World. Purchasers of the apartments in Vera Playa's biggest naturist development which has been beset with problems since its commencement more than 8 years ago have been unable to get the deeds (escritura) of their properties or register their ownership with the Notary because the developer Proleal SA has, allegedly, not paid the the land owner Pradul which now says it is going to claim back all the apartments next month. Some of the purchasers have launched legal actions against the developers but they are fearful that the now proposed action of the land owner will mean they will lose both their money and their properties. Developer Proleal, run by the Fernandez Montes brothers, allegedly says it can’t and won’t give the families their money back or pay it to Pradul. More on the Euroweekly website - click here (www.veraplaya.info - news - 18 August 2011) |
| Motorway
speed limit to go back up - but from when? Confusion rules over a decision of the Spanish national government to change motorway speed limits back to 120 kms per hour after just a few months at 110 kph. It seems new "skins" have to be fixed over the 110 signs as the previous ones cannot just be removed as the original signs will have been damaged by the 110 kph "skins" placed over them. Because of the uncertainties about changing the signs back to 120 kph, no date has yet been fixed for the change but it is likely to be after the heavy traffic periods of the Spanish summer holiday period in July/August. For more info click here www.veraplaya.info - news - 28 June 2011 |
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couldn't make it up really!Owners and visitors at one of the Vera Playa naturist urbanizacions couldn't believe their eyes when a new illuminated sign was installed by technicians in the swimming pool area a few days ago. Just about the only absolutely mandatory rule of the Community is that costumes must not be worn in the swimming pools - with absolutely no exceptions. So imagine the surprise when the large new sign was erected saying quite the opposite. Already this has added complications in dealing with instances where textile visitors (who should not be staying at the urbanizacion but whom some owners persist in letting their apartments to) who don't want to disrobe to use the pools. Clearly the sign is a mistake, but whose mistake is yet to be discovered - did the sign makers mess up or did the urbanizacions's Administrator order a textile sign? Given the track record of the Administrator's office in mis-biling proprietors one suspects it could be the latter. If so, let's hope the President insists that the Administrator bear the cost himself. The swimming costume sign is not the only mistake on the sign - see the full sign to spot some other oddities, especially in the English translations, like saying swimming is only permitted "out of hours" (21 June 2011) |
Council
cutbacks hit beach services? Vera
Council usually has a full life-guard service in operation from 15
June to 15 September each year but now, at 21 June, there is no sign
of the service starting and signs on the beach about the lifeguard
service and first aid and security/policing on the beach have been
taped over. We do not know the exact reason for the delay but it is
probably to do with economy measures being introduced by the Council
given the Credit Crunch, Government debt and the state of the Spanish
economy. We can only guess as to when the beach services will commence
this year - if at all - it could be 1 July or even 15 July, when the
main Spanish holiday period comences, and possibly terminate at the
end of August by which time most summer visitors will have left.In previous years, by this time, lines of buoys have been placed off-shore to protect swimmers from power boats but this is only just beginning to be done - the buoys are now on the beach waiting to be towed out to sea. The lifeguard's watch tower was destroyed in a storm in March 2011 and has not, so far, been replaced. (21 June 2011) STOP PRESS Ed's comment: The lifeguards are on station (from end of June). It is not clear whether the delay was due to cut-backs or poor preparedness this year but it could be the former (as the signs were taped over making it look like a planned deferment - it will be interesting to see what happens at the end of the season - the lifeguards normally operate until 15 September, by which time the summer crowds have long gone, so maybe this year there will be some economies at the back end of the season as well as the front (16 July 2011) |
| New
motorway speed limit As from Monday 7 March the speed limit on Spanish motorways is reducing from 120 kph to 110 kph. The government is lowering the speed limit on motorways and highways to 110 kph as one of a number of measures to reduce oil use in the wake of the current oil supply & price crisis caused by the events in the arab world and Libya in particular, which is a large supplier to Spain. Train fares are to be reduced by 5% to encourage a switch from road to rail. The speed limit change is said to be a temporary measure aimed at reducing oil usage by 15% during the current supply crisis. (3 March 2011) |
| Car
rental rates down After cheap rental rates returning this winter it looks as if summer rates may also be much more reasonable than in the past two years. A small car with aircon will cost around £90 for a one week hire in June - a bargain price by any reckoning. Check out the online car rental brokers such as www.allinclusivecarhire.com or www.carjet.com (3 March 2011) Also see FAQ on car rental |
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