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Information on Arboleas Almeria |
The Area
Every image that is Spain comes from Andalusia, orange trees, sangria,
flamenco, bullfighting; the brown sierras with whitewashed villages
clinging to their sides. Some of the best-known beaches are here in
Andalucia, one of the largest provinces in Spain.
Almeria is an autonomous region of Andalucia, its capital being the
city of Almeria – a large busy port on the Mediterranean coast. This
is where the central government offices for administering the region
are. The airport is just outside the city at El Alquain on the E15
Motorway
Arboleas is a small rural town in Almeria in the province of
Andalusia, with excellent links to the E15 Motorway and the coastal
towns of Garrucha, Puertorey, and Mojacar, which are only an easy
30-minute drive away. Almeria and Murcia airport are easily accessible
from the motorway and both airports offer budget company flights to
the UK. This area of Spain has its own charm; the local Spanish
culture will captivate you with its Santa Semana parades and fiestas.
There are fiestas, which take place in the local villages throughout
the spring, and summer months, everyone is welcome and the music and
entertainment are free for all to enjoy, indeed the young and the old
dance away together until the early hours. Even a small village bursts
at the seams with people as the Spanish organise buses to the fiestas,
everyone is out to enjoy him or herself and often there is a free meal
of paella and wine.
Arboleas has all the facilities for everyday living and there is
butcher, baker, supermarkets, paper shop, chemist, post office, two
banks, bars and resturants, and a weekly outdoor market on Saturday.
There is a school for primary age children in the village and they are
bussed in from outlying areas. The village also boasts its own outdoor
swimming pool open during the summer, there is a small charge for its
use around 1Euro for children and 2 Euros for Adults.
For the golfers there are four 18 hole golf courses nearby and at
least two 9 hole golf courses locally are underway. The English have a
strong presence in the area and all the ‘home comforts’ are available
in the town of Albox, there are Spanish supermarkets and shops where
it would be advantageous to speak some basic Spanish although hand and
face gestures seem to get the message over anyway. The culture is
undeniably Spanish, everyone takes siestas and the pace of life is
unhurried and relaxed |
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