Originally Posted by denisandflo

Thanks John C. The Javea area is very nice and we do like the better prices!

Anybody have a bargain for the long term??????

Denis and Flo

Originally Posted by denisandflo

We Both thank you all for that information, all is helpful, none is discarded.

We are open as to area and as Son, who I did say was 39 but is only 37 (finger trouble), is resident in Benidorm anywhere within an hours? drive would be suitable.

If anyone lives in the La Font D'en Carros area, knows the area, or has a property to rent please get in touch.

Have you heard "La Gota Fria" sung by Carlos Vives. Good singer and a lovely lively tune.

All For now. Keep talking

Flo and Denis

Originally Posted by Pavlo

Hi Denis & Flo
Welcome to the forum. Good luck with your move to Spain.
My Sister lives in Cyprus, and wishes she had not moved so far
from the UK. She is also, along with most others, too hot at certain
times if the year. I think Spain is great, and hope you do too.
Regards
Pavlo

Originally Posted by spain

your best bet is to have a drive around and explore all these areas and the smaller villages, you will get a better feel for the area actually being there

Gandia is approx 45 mins from Benidorm so if you drive up and come off thre AP7 go into Oliva and Gandia then you can go through all the smaller places along the way such as La Font, Piles, Ador, Palma de Gandia, Bellereguard, Real de Gandia, Daimus, Miramar.................then there are the urbs such as Tossal Gross, Monterrey, Monte Corona...............there are plenty of places to rent and prices are coming down...........grab some of the free local papers such as Female Focus and Inland trader, lots of rentals in there then there is costa blanca news which you can look at online (actually I think F.Focus and I.Trader are online too)

All these places I have mentioned are easy access to the AP7 and therefore Valencia and Alicante airports aswell as the beach

Originally Posted by denisandflo

Have pm'd you. Thank you for the names of the papers. We will try too find them online and for the names of the Villages and Towns. We can Google and look at the areas.

How is the weather now your back in UK??

Flo and Denis

Originally Posted by denisandflo

Thanks for the welcome Pavlo.

It will be too hot here in Cyprus for somebody coming from the Good Old UK but as we arrived after 3 years in Thailand it is just right for us at the moment. Little humidity and only in the 30's. With a lovely breeze.

Where in Cyprus is your Sister? We are in the North at Bogaz.

Regards

Denis and Flo

Originally Posted by denisandflo

We Both thank you all for that information, all is helpful, none is discarded.

We are open as to area and as Son, who I did say was 39 but is only 37 (finger trouble), is resident in Benidorm anywhere within an hours? drive would be suitable.

If anyone lives in the La Font D'en Carros area, knows the area, or has a property to rent please get in touch.

Have you heard "La Gota Fria" sung by Carlos Vives. Good singer and a lovely lively tune.

All For now. Keep talking

Flo and Denis

Originally Posted by lynnxa

I posted it earlier this morning!!

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...=626041&page=4

Originally Posted by denisandflo

Oop's not looking

Denis

Originally Posted by denisandflo

Hi All,

Found this in one of the online Spanish papers. Can anyone clarify

Quote: Tourists defend beach hawker
A RIOT broke out when police tried to arrest an illegal sub-Saharan vendor on Gandia beach (Valencia).

About 200 residents, tourists and vendors clashed with the police officers.

"These guys don't harm anyone, while out there delinquents roam around free and you do nothing to catch them," shouted the crowd as they hindered the arrest.

The clash happed in the evening on the Paseo Neptuno (near the Coco-Loco disco) one of the most popular areas for the sub-Saharan vendors.

Local police went up to one of the hawkers to confiscate the false clothes when the vendor decided to stand up to them.

Little by little, other vendors and their ‘minders' joined the fray that then attracted groups of passers-by and tourists who insulted the officers and repeated that the vendors ‘had not been doing anything wrong'.

The most aggressive supporters even started kicking and scratching the officers who were forced to use tear gas in their defence. Police vehicles were also damaged, with lights broken and tyres punctured.

Local officers then called for backup from the national police and the Guardia Civil to sort out the riot. More than 15 police vehicles finally arrived at the scene and the vendor was arrested.

Gandia national police chief Armando Jiménez said the trend is for the vendors to put up more resistance to their arrests but added this is the first time there has been such vigorous defence from the public.

Police spokesmen stressed that unlicensed hawking is a crime and that when officers confiscate false goods and arrest the vendors they are complying with the penal code and the municipal bylaws. :Unquote

Regards

Denis and Flo

Originally Posted by spain

gosh.....there are lots of "lookey-lookey" sellers along Gandia but never heard of locals protecting them...... I have seen the local police on their quad bikes chasing a guy along the beach once and also in Gandia the police got hold of a seller and give him a slight beating

Originally Posted by denisandflo

Sound like it may be an over enthusiastic journalist. We were used to them in Thailand.

Thanks

Denis and Flo