A few spots of rain at the start of proceedings but nothing to dampen the spirits of the faithful for the first major event of Easter Week (Semana Santa – Holy Week), the Palm Sunday (Domingo de Ramos) procession from La Ermita de Ntra.Sra. de las Angustias in Plaza de la Ermita to the iglesia El Salvador on the Balcón …
Tapas at Mesón Asador de Castilla
Lunchtime tapas at Mesón Asador de Castilla in calle Málaga, Nerja, and a really delightful ‘Bacalao con huevo’ – cod with egg. Good portions, good atmosphere and great food but with tapas no longer included with drinks, it makes it €2.50 for a small beer and tapa and a bit on the expensive side for more than one.
Growth industry…
It is perhaps time to rename the road under the Town Hall as ‘Tourist Office Alley’. There are still a few spare offices for provincial, regional and national tourist information offices. Then we could have Tourist Information Information Office where people could go to get guidance on which Tourist Information Office they need to use for specific queries.
Museum and Nerja Caves Tourist Information Office
There is now certainly no shortage of information offices in Nerja following the official inauguration of the new Museum and Nerja Caves Tourist Office in calle Carmen, next door to the Costa del Sol – Axarquia Tourist Office and opposite the Nerja Tourist Office. The AEN (Nerja Association of Employers) Tourist Office is also not far away in calle Puerta …
Renewal of ‘large tourist municipality’ status
The Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Sport of the Junta de Andalucía has approved the renewal of the declaration of Nerja as a large tourist municipality for the purpose of free trade in the summer and Easter periods for another four years. This allows freedom of commercial opening times during Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday, and in …
Lunchtime tapas at Torre de las Guardas
Haven’t been to Torre de las Guardas in calle Chaparil for a while so that was lunchtime tapas sorted. The bar closed for a few weeks while the roadworks were in full swing in that sector but is now open as usual.
La Biznaga open again
La Biznaga on the Balcón de Europa is open again after a long winter break.
Tapas at Jaime
Jaime in calle Jaén is a nice, small friendly bar with a small street terrace. As a tapa I chose ‘higado’ (liver), a simple dish but not always the easiest to get right. This one was pretty good, nice texture and a very nice sauce. And a good portion. A beer and a tapa, €1.40.
Coastline Radio back on air…
Coastline Radio, which went off air a couple of weeks ago at the request of the Junta de Andalucia, is back on air again but on a new frequency of 92.6 FM.
Work to resume on SUP-4 (Fuente del Baden) project
Discussions have been taking place to restart the long stalled building project in the area designated SUP-4 in Fuente del Baden. The Council has announced that some work could resume within days and the bulk as from the beginning of April. The completion time for the project is eighteen months.