Hi from Alicante Spain

Lord_Baltimore

tonymar wrote: »

Have you tried Benidorm ?

Benidorm indeed. What kind of a Lord do you take me for Tony?

Anyway, take care mate: :beer:

tonymar

Lord_Baltimore wrote: »

Benidorm indeed. What kind of a Lord do you take me for Tony?

Anyway, take care mate: :beer:

This is true , it is a bit down market for you my Lord !

Maybe north of Benidorm , Calpe for example would me more fitting to a man of your status .

Cheers Tony

sham63

rich11 wrote: »

Our main problem is opening a euro account.Most of the banks here don't offer the facility and the ones in Spain want residencia and a permanent address both of which we have not got

I opened an account last week at Santander in Mojacar, Almeria. Just needed to show my passport. Now I'm back in the UK I can log on to the Santander.es site (which is in English).


It was very easy & straightforward.

tonymar

sham63 wrote: »

I opened an account last week at Santander in Mojacar, Almeria. Just needed to show my passport. Now I'm back in the UK I can log on to the Santander.es site (which is in English).


It was very easy & straightforward.

Yes thats what my bank told me too , just passport and sign in person

then control remotely by internet

Are you moving to Mojacar ?

Cheers Tony

sham63

tonymar wrote: »

Are you moving to Mojacar ?

Only to escape to in the winter! Just bought an apartment there, you're right it's a great time to buy with the Euro being so weak.

tonymar

sham63 wrote: »

Only to escape to in the winter! Just bought an apartment there, you're right it's a great time to buy with the Euro being so weak.

Yes thats a good Idea , although it can still get cold here in the winter , its so much brighter and normally still sunny .

I dont miss the overcast grey sky and morning frost , for some reason
I just feel happier when its sunny !!

Enjoy you apartment !!, think you have chosen the perfect time to buy !!

Cheers Tony

tonymar

Well May is here

And it looks like the weather has finally broken , its a clear sunny day today

Any one visiting Spain this summer ?

Cheers Tony

tonymar

Happy weekend all!

mwpt

Is there an equivalent of rightmove website for Spanish property? I have never visited the southern part of Spain but have driven the coast from Barcelona to France and really liked Catalonian coast north of Barcelona before hitting France. The problem is the south seems very dry and arid. Are there any areas in southern Spain similar to the northern coast (greener)?

Thanks

tonymar

mwpt wrote: »

Is there an equivalent of rightmove website for Spanish property? I have never visited the southern part of Spain but have driven the coast from Barcelona to France and really liked Catalonian coast north of Barcelona before hitting France. The problem is the south seems very dry and arid. Are there any areas in southern Spain similar to the northern coast (greener)?

Thanks

Hi I think rightmove do places in Spain too , but try thinkspain
thats quite good !

It is quite dry where I am in fact almost desert like ! to the extent they used our area to film a spaghetti western back in the 60s

Film set info --
https://www.google.es/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seven-in-alicante.com%2F&ei=6UVOVc04iflS2M-BkAg&usg=AFQjCNGQMMraCZBi6AP2t3pye8UT0myTGA&sig2=2JbpwvH9Af6HF7HLlK7fMA&bvm=bv.92885102,d.ZGU

It is a lot greener a little more inland of Alicante , I took a drive over to Castella the other day and noticed it was much greener with a lot of pine forests too ( I think the mountain range creates a rain shadow area , ie dry on the coat side wetter on the inland side )

Probably still a lot hotter and dryer than North Spain though !

Cheers Tony:)