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LA MAMOLA - La Mamola is a small village in the real Spanish style. Village populations is about 900 people, there are 2 supermarkets, 2 Fishmongers, 4 bars and restaurants (8 over season time), Chemist, Post office, Bank, 2-3 small gift shops, bakery and a doctors surgery and a lot of very nice people in the Village. This is an agricultural area, with greenhouses and fields supplying vegetables and fruit for the supermarkets of Europe and sheep and goats grazing the hills. The best selling novels 'Driving over Lemons' and 'A Parrot in the Pepper Tree' by Chris Stewart are set only a few miles away. In addition to the drives through the local countryside and the other beaches of the Costa Tropical, the location is ideal for anyone looking for peace and quiet. Just an hour away you can enjoy skiing & snowboarding in the Sierra Nevada. You can also drive up through all the beautiful mountain villages of The Alpujuras.

Some of The News From La Mamola

Sadly the Music Bar has gone back to its dreadful noise and there is no chance of sleep up the Rambla Cautor or the 3 houses that are occupied with children in up on the mountain. The Mayor should try living up here with this unneccessarly lound pounding music.

I personally have to get up at 7:30 to welcome some holiday makers to the area. What a nightmare for them as if its like last week it will still be blasting out then!!!!

Decibel checks should be done and inhibitors attached to the music sytem so that they cannot play it this loud in a residential area!!!!

Is this really what the people of La Mamola want????

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The music went on at top volume until 7am. My guests who had driven from Holland could not sleep all night and the noise woke up their little girl at 4am!!!

30/07/2010

Horrendous Night!!!! Visiting Dj by the sound of it!! Wonder what license they have been given because I have been assured by a group of top specialist Spanish lawyers in Marbella that this cannot be legal in an area where there are residents!!!!!

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Mayor officially opens the reconstructed Beaches of La Mamola 21/07/2010.

Unfortunately I did not know it was the opening ceremony otherwise I would have lots of photos to publish. They took out every other breakwater and extended the remaining ones to make larger beach areas. The beach side of the walls of the promenade have all been re-tiled and new showers have been put in all the way along the beaches. Palm trees have also been planted in groups along the Beach. It has been a lot of work and through difficult times because of the amount of rainfall we had in the Winter but the beaches are now open and being enjoyed by the tourists and locals. La Mamola is a very popular holiday destination for the Spanish a lot of whom have relatives in the village & surrounding areas. It is an ideal holiday for Families with children who need a well earned break during their working year. Bars and kiosk's have been put up now along the beaches and the local Restaurants on the front are ready for a busy August. There is a discoteque for the young people behind La Mamola "La Pegola" which is now open for the season. The new music bar at the School end of the beach, has now lowered its volume which means the local residents at that end can now relax and enjoy a peaceful holiday. I have always thought that La Mamola was a special place unlike the busy commercialised areas of the Costas. It is a place to relax and absorb the local Spanish culture and enjoy the Fiestas with the local people. When my Friends and Family come over from England they are able to sit back and enjoy the peaceful sounds of the sea and watch the large number of Ibex wandering and feeding freely on the mountains of La Torre. I hope it will always be as attractive a place as it is now.

Well done La Mamola!!

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Photos to follow later!

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The Winter here in La Mamola produced the worse rainfall in 60 years and caused a lot of damage to both property and roads. The repairs have been costly not only to the local councils but also to property owners as most of the insurance companies managed to find clauses or excuses not to pay out on claims. The roads are still being repaired in the area.

La Mamola is also having changes made to their beaches and every other breaker has been removed and the remaining breakers have been extended to make larger beach areas. The work still goes on at the moment with trucks continually driving down the rambla cautor with loads of sand. Hopefully this will be finished and all the fencing removed by the time the holiday season starts. There does not seem to be any plans around of the finished beaches which I believe there should be for the locals to see what their village will look like on completion of this work.

Meanwhile all is well up the mountain by the Tower!!!

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May 1st Labour Day - Fiesta del Trabajo (Friday) Day of the Worker – Public Holiday Public holiday in all Spain

May 3rd is the Dia de la Cruz – Day of the Crosses
This day is celebrated in Granada & Cordoba.
Crosses are made out of flowers and hung in the streets, courtyards & gardens. The Local People in some areas set up and provide food and drink in the village streets.

May25th – Mariana Pineda Celebration in Granada
Festival to celebrate Mariana Pineda executed in 1831 for making a republican flag. It is a festival with civic rather than Catholic roots. The story of Mariana’s life are acted out during the festivities.

Between May and June Granada celebrate with the Corpus Cristi Fair. The biggest festival in the City. With Horse drawn carriages dancing and the wearing of traditional Andalucian dress and much Street Dancing. There are also Bullfights.

The Festivities run for 8 days. This is celebrated in other areas but Granada is one of the best. The fiesta begins with a feast day, followed by 3 major processions along streets strewn with sweet smelling Cyprus branches and Flowers.

June – The first Thursday in June – Dia del Pescaito – Fish For All
In La Carihuela, the fishermen’s quarters of Torremolinos (Malaga) visitors are treated to a sampling of fried fish.

June – First Weekend in June – Moors and The Christians – Mojacar (Almeria)
Mock battles are held between Moors and Christians.

Fiestas en Honor de San Juan, en Castillo de Baños y La Guapa (23 y 24 de junio)

June 23-24th San Juan Day – St John Day
Camping and fires & fireworks on the beaches are permitted on this night. This is the time to celebrate the Summer Solstice, its celebrated in different ways all over the World. Celebrating the longest day (daylight hours) of the year.

June 29th –Festival of The Albaicin
On this day Pilgrims arrive on horses & horse carriages, to the Hermitage of San Miquel.

At The End of June Granada celebrates with The International Festival of Music and Dance.
All around the Alhambra Palace and across the City will be filled with music and dancing. Major Dance/Flamenco groups, Chamber Orchestras perform at the Alhambra Palace, Generalife and Carlos V palace

Is the time for the Famous running of the Bulls in Pamplona. The runs take place at 8am each morning beginning 7th July

Between 12th & 16th August -La Mamola & All Along the Coast during July & August

At the end of the Day the Towns and Fishing Villages of the Coast parade their Statues of the Virgen del Carmen by the sea before placing her on a gaily adorned boat for a night sail. The boat is accompanied by other boats, accompanied by the blowing of horns . On her return she is paraded once more along the seafront whilst fireworks light the skies. The Virgen del Carmen is the Patroness of Andalucian Fishermen & Seamen. It was once believed that the Virgin cleared up the waters with her presence and that only after this would the sea be fit to swim in. the night before the Virgen del Carmen there is a floral offering.

Fiestas en Honor de la Virgen del Rosario, en Polopos (primer fin de semana de agosto).

Malaga holds its anual Fair with dancing, music, promenades of horsemen and bullfights in the 2nd week of August.

Virgin Of The Snow - Before Dawn on August 5th, Pilgrims set out from the village of Trevelez and make their way to the shrine on the Veleta peak of The Sierra Nevada.

News of the Tragic loss of two Friends and members of our Community Christopher and Christine Martin of La Mamola & A Condolences page Please Click Here