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Mitzyboy Jun 27th 2007 5:29 am
Re: Anyone in / near Benidorm
 
Originally Posted by rugbymatt (Post 4977278)
are you on a Mac??

I don't own a raincoat, no

rugbymatt Jun 27th 2007 5:32 am
Re: Anyone in / near Benidorm
 
Originally Posted by Mitzyboy (Post 4977284)
I don't own a raincoat, no
pokey outy tongue smillie again!!

cissystar650 Jun 27th 2007 5:45 am
Re: Anyone in / near Benidorm
 
Originally Posted by mikeoc (Post 4977136)
Denia is OK until the tourist season and then it's wall to wall Germans, it takes 597 hours to drive from one end of the town to the other. I will now be avoiding Denia until October-ish unless I have no choice but go there
oh cr@p.... thats me indoors till october then!

montgomail Jun 27th 2007 9:19 am
Re: Anyone in / near Benidorm
 
Originally Posted by cissystar650 (Post 4977336)
oh cr@p.... thats me indoors till october then!
There is a road that runs parallel with the Las Marinas coast road so that you can avoid 80 per cent of the traffic and all of the traffic lights.

The town is always chocablock, even in winter, at certain times of the day. In the summer, you do have to avoid the times just before and just after siesta as everone travels to and fro work. Once you get to know the timetable, it gets easier.

lynnxa Jun 27th 2007 9:19 am
Re: Anyone in / near Benidorm
 
Originally Posted by cissystar650 (Post 4976927)
(I so don't want to sound like a whinger!).... I personally find Denia too built up and overcrowded for me...although everyone I have met has been so friendly (except the woman at the town hall, but thats a different story)

I speak as a London born lass who spent 10 years in the splendid isolation of the Isle of Mull (Scotland)... its just me, having a problem with built up areas and too many people.

I liked the more open feel of Olivo...but as I say, I have ten months to explore the region and find somewhere permanent
I wouldn't want to live in Denia, either...........good shopping though

lynnxa Jun 27th 2007 9:21 am
Re: Anyone in / near Benidorm
 
Originally Posted by rugbymatt (Post 4977231)
Is there anything I can help with regarding entertaining your daughter??
behave.....or I'll tell your better half!

montgomail Jun 27th 2007 9:22 am
Re: Anyone in / near Benidorm
 
I have to say I like it. I like the street life and buzz, the spanish bits and the cosmopolitan bits. But maybe that's because I don't live there permanently and it's a contrast to my village in the UK.

lynnxa Jun 27th 2007 9:27 am
Re: Anyone in / near Benidorm
 
Originally Posted by montgomail (Post 4978086)
I have to say I like it. I like the street life and buzz, the spanish bits and the cosmopolitan bits. But maybe that's because I don't live there permanently and it's a contrast to my village in the UK.
totally fair.........living somewhere full time is completely different to living somewhere even for half a year

montgomail Jun 27th 2007 9:29 am
Re: Anyone in / near Benidorm
 
Originally Posted by cissystar650 (Post 4976955)
We are on a large development up Montgo... above the Port Denia Hotel (on the right as you head to javea)
If you are quite high up on Montgo, you won't get the sun for four months in the winter. Another thing to consider if you are looking for properties.

montgomail Jun 27th 2007 9:36 am
Re: Anyone in / near Benidorm
 
Originally Posted by lynnxa (Post 4978104)
totally fair.........living somewhere full time is completely different to living somewhere even for half a year
I always feel as though I could live there as it seems to have everything I need. Maybe the traffic would be a problem if I had to drive to work every day but, as it is, I can walk to many bits of the town. I do give the front a miss during the tourist season, as it does nothing for me.

I wouldn't say there were that many Germans there now, it's a bit of a melting pot really.

I was surprised last summer when I visited Javea, having warned a friend that it would be full of English - only to hear every other person had a french accent.

lynnxa Jun 27th 2007 9:39 am
Re: Anyone in / near Benidorm
 
Originally Posted by montgomail (Post 4978132)
I always feel as though I could live there as it seems to have everything I need. Maybe the traffic would be a problem if I had to drive to work every day but, as it is, I can walk to many bits of the town. I do give the front a miss during the tourist season, as it does nothing for me.

I wouldn't say there were that many Germans there now, it's a bit of a melting pot really.

I was surprised last summer when I visited Javea, having warned a friend that it would be full of English - only to hear every other person had a french accent.
was it June or September?.........they are known as the 'french' months!

montgomail Jun 27th 2007 9:41 am
Re: Anyone in / near Benidorm
 
Originally Posted by lynnxa (Post 4978145)
was it June or September?.........they are known as the 'french' months!
August.:)

lynnxa Jun 27th 2007 9:44 am
Re: Anyone in / near Benidorm
 
Originally Posted by montgomail (Post 4978155)
August.:)
now you do surprise me.............

montgomail Jun 27th 2007 9:46 am
Re: Anyone in / near Benidorm
 
Originally Posted by lynnxa (Post 4978179)
now you do surprise me.............
Maybe I exaggerated - but there were definitely loads of French in town. I have to say that August is the only month I notice their presence in Denia.


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