Winter stay - Page 2

chrisso50 wrote on Sun May 21, 2023 11:00am:

There are a few high rises in Roquetas, a city of 100,000. But you will see most of them as you leave the Aguadulce tunnel on the A7 out of Almeria city are in Aguadulce, (a northern district of RdM and closest to Almeria city) not Roquetas itself. Some folk speak highly of Aguadulce but we decid...

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...ed not to live or even stay there, because of the high rise blocks and the reduced options. It’s also hillier!

Chris

chrisso50 wrote on Sun May 21, 2023 11:00am:

There are a few high rises in Roquetas, a city of 100,000. But you will see most of them as you leave the Aguadulce tunnel on the A7 out of Almeria city are in Aguadulce, (a northern district of RdM and closest to Almeria city) not Roquetas itself. Some folk speak highly of Aguadulce but we decid...

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...ed not to live or even stay there, because of the high rise blocks and the reduced options. It’s also hillier!

Chris

Airtaine wrote on Sun May 21, 2023 11:54am:

Ah there it is 

a city of 100,000 

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beaches must be a nightmare in the summer 

fultime wrote on Sun May 21, 2023 11:16am:

Any advice on best safe reliable company to rent through? So far I've looked on VRBO (high service charges) and looked on Air BnB 

chrisso50 wrote on Sun May 21, 2023 12:25pm:

Definitely used Tripadvisor for one. Airbnb is another obviously. This Holiday Lettings one - but it’s now part of TA.

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fultime wrote on Sun May 21, 2023 12:51pm:

They are coming up 2 1/2 grand to 10 grand for 42 night's winter, too expensive for us 

chrisso50 wrote on Sun May 21, 2023 10:43am:

The Urba in RdM - where we live - is quiet most of the time. (Further to the south there is the hotels zone where there are numerous bars and restaurants, cycle hire, car hire etc. That’s a twenty mins walk away but that’s noisier than here in the Urba where it’s neither in the main city no...

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...r jammed with tourists, but everything you need is close at hand, in walking distance, flat and close to the beach.)
Spain is a noisy place at times of course  when kids rev up their motorbikes and cars in the 30 zone! The two main roads here are Avenida Mediterráneo and Avenida Rosita Ferrer: before we moved here to live we stayed in three rentals around this spot. There is plenty of street parking but some rentals come with underground parking. Mercadona is just 100m away, further away there’s Consum, Spar, Dia etc. 

And Almeria City is less than a 30 mins drive away - not to be missed - visit the 1000 year old Alcazabar and Cathedral and if keen: IKEA, which opens in July!

Chris

fultime wrote on Sun May 21, 2023 2:22pm:

Avenida las Gaviotas is where the apartment we're interested in is located? Is this a good location? Is it very built up and high rise? Thank you for your help 

fultime wrote on Sun May 21, 2023 12:47pm:

Is it really ugly and high rise like Benedorm wouldn't like it if it is. Are there plenty of restaurants and large supermarkets in the other resorts mention, Vera etc are they all hilly?