From the 31th of August until the 8th of September 2010 the patron parties of the town of Santa Pola in honor of the Virgin de Loreto are celebrated.
Street parades and a replay of the conquest of the castle of Santa Pola.
Check our website www.vivirenlacosta.com for the program of the parties.
Text by: Taco Albertsma of ByTheSea estate agents in Gran Alacant, your estate agent on the Costa Blanca
In the summer the city center of Santa Pola becomes the heart of many cultural and sporting activities.
More information and photos on www.vivirenlacosta.com
The Hogueras Bonfire parties in the city of Alicante, from the 20th till the 24 of June, is one of the most important parties for the city of Alicante to prelude the summer coming to the city. The Hogueras parties are celebrated since the year 1928. The actual celebration of the birthday of “San Juan de Bautista” on these dates is much older but in the year 1928 the Hogueras parties in Alicante got their form in which we celebrate them still.
The Hogueras de San Juan are also celebrated on the same date in towns near Alicante like Elda, Benidorm and San Juan de Alicante. In Valencia there is a similar celebration called Las Fallas that is celebrated in March.
The Hogueras parties in Alicante are celebrated with parades in the street to start the festivities, presenting the different groups and commissions to the public. The groups and commissions arrange the organization of the Hogueras in their part of the city.
More information and photo´s on our website vivir en la costa
DoYouWanna & Adaptamos Group have organized free paragliding flights adapted for people with disabilities.
The coming 13 and 14 of June this event is celebrated at the Cape of Santa Pola Gran Alacant, Alicante. Already nearly 100 people have registered for the event this year. It is a special event to be held and we encourage everyone to come and see and give support to the participants in the paragliding event on the Cabo de Santa Pola in Gran Alacant.
More information and pictures on: www.vivirenlacosta.com
Santa Pola has been chosen as the destination for the celebration of the sporting world’s largest in the category Windsurf. It will be the capital of the World Championship Formula Windsurfing.
The tournament will take place in the Bay of Santa Pola, only 15 kilometres from Alicante, on days 13 to 19 September 2009.
Participants from around the world, from the five continents will gather for the occasion. We will have the opportunity to delight in watching athletes of the caliber of Fernando Martínez del Cerro and Pablo Ania Borrachina representing Spain and other countries send participators as Michael Polanowski , Ross Williams, Gonzalo Costa Hoevel or Steve Allen and many more.
The mascot and logo were created for the international image of this tournament is called the Wind, is nice, sporty and with a fresh and adventurous touch.
More information, logo and photo´s on: www.vivirenlacosta.com
Balcones del Mar in Gran Alacant on the Costa Blanca starts with the rent to buy option.
The conditions are the following:
The rental prices are the following:
When you choose the rent to buy option and you buy the property after the first year you will receive a discount of 10% on the net sales and the 12 months of rental payment will also be discounted from the net sales price.
After 2 years of rental the discount on the net sales price will be 5% and of course the 24 months of rental paid will also be discounted.
When the 3 years of rental have you have the option to buy the property and the 36 months of paid rental will be discounted from the net sales price. After this you can still rent the property for another 2 years but there won´t be a discount when you deside to buy the property.
In the case that you wish to buy an apartment of Balcones del Mar but you don´t wnat to use the rent to buy option we can offer you a discount 15% on the net sales price.
Check the property details for photo´s.
When you are interested in visiting the apartments of Balcones del Mar when you want to receive more information please contact Taco Albertsma on 0034 687527472 or by e-mail on taco@bythesea.es.
2 de febrero de 2009
In the last few years an increasing amount of resorts in various types and for people with different desires can be found in Spain. This is for people that are looking for (affordable) luxury, easy going and security. All this is within reach at the Spanish resorts. There are off course golf resorts, health resorts, business resorts and recently also 50+ resorts.
The golf resorts are well known and in the county of Alicante you can find Alicante golf in San Juan de Alicante located on 5 minutes from the coast just outside the city centre of Alicante, La Marquesa golf in Cuidad Queasada in the inland of the county of Alicante and Alenda golf resort in Montforte del Cid in the inland of Alicante wedged in between the mountains of the Alicante region, but really good accessible.
In the county of Murcia you will find the United golf resort of La Tercia near the town of La Tercia in the inland of Murcia, La Manga golf resort in La Manga a great mix of golf and enjoyment in the sea Mar Menor and the Mediterranean Sea. Located in San Javier on the border of coast and inland the Roda Golf resort with good highway access and lots of facilities.
The health resort there are in all sorts, from exclusive swimming pool with massage centre to resort with hotel oriental therapies, massage salon and special diet restaurants.
SolMelia Altea is a good example of a health resort and the Hesperia hotel in Alicante golf also good address to combine the golf sport with a health & relax day.
The business resorts are mostly a combination of possibilities, now a days the people want beside a meeting or brainstorming session also possibilities to relax and free the mind for new ideas. To make sure that everything stays in the working atmosphere there must be a business program with a good combination of meeting, team work, sports and dinner. Most 5 star hotel in the Alicante will have a department that organizes these events to the needs of your company.
The newest trends in Spain are the 50+ resorts. These resorts offer a great of services for the residents; these services are beside the security & medical service but also cleaning & maintenance, fitness, restaurants, shops and in most cases a service centre with internet, library, TV room & game room.
The 50+ resorts are based on independent living and in no way similar or comparable to a nursing home.
The 50+ resorts mostly are exist from spacey bungalows and apartments, in some cases even villa´s, all very complete with a spacey lounge/dining room, open kitchen, bedroom en terrace. In most cases the doors and the space in bed and bathrooms are wide enough for wheelchairs, with only few adjustments the properties are easily converted in a home for people that need a wheelchair. In most resorts the properties are equipped with an alarm button or cord to notify the medical service or security staff.
These 50plus resort are in same cases tied to strict rules, for instance it is only possible to live in the resorts when the main person living there is 50 or 55 year or older. Children and grand children can come and stay for holidays without any problems in most cases, as long as there is a person of 50 years or older living there. These rules are different in each 50 plus resort, including there are soma that special guest apartments to rent for family on holidays.
To buy a house in 50 plus resort often is a very profitable investment; you can often buy the properties at any age. In most resort the age of the owner is free and only the (permanent) use not allowed for any people with less then 50. The buyer can, for instance, have 30 years and rent out the property from that age until he/she is 50 years old and wants to use the property himself.
To make these resort interested for investors most of them have well connected rental agency that make sure that the owner is able to rent out the property or for long term or for the holiday months.
The 50+ resort is a trend to stay so make sure that you get to know about. As each resort is different you want to be informed before buying a property to live or as an investment. For more information about the 50+ resorts or the golf resorts please contact the sales team of ByTheSea or call Taco Albertsma on 0034 687527472[/lang_en]
