Costa Tropical Properties Spain: September 2009

Costa Tropical Properties

Still relatively undiscovered and unspoiled, there is a great variety of Costa Tropical properties available on the coastline south of Granada and each town has its own distinctive atmosphere.

Spain has since the 1990s become synonymous with construction and over development, in 2008 it also became famous for the number of unfinished developments, corrupt mayors and planning officials and bankrupt developers. The image of abandoned building sites and tower cranes as far as the eye can see represents the impression created by a media hungry for news. The reality in Spain is somewhat different, while some areas have been overdeveloped there are other areas which have resisted the lure of overnight riches and have maintained an environment which represents the Spain that first attracted people here after the death of Franco.

With about 5000 km of coastline of which Andalucia accounts for 800 km it is not easy to find the less well known areas that do not cater to large influxes of foreign holiday makers and investors. The Costa Tropical has remained one of least publisized sections of coastline and due to a combination of local attitudes of politicians and mountainous terrain it has never attracted the attention of major developers and mass tourism is unknown.

There are a number of small towns along the 80 km of coastline which runs between the Costa del Sol and Almeria the most interesting of which (at least for discerning buyers of properties on the Costa Tropical) are Almuñecar, which includes a satellite town of La Herradura and Salobrena where we have a select number of Spanish villas for sale.

Almunecar has a mixture of apartments which are located mainly in the town and along the shoreline and villas which are in locations such a Cotobro and Punta de la Mona.

Salobrena is somewhat smaller than Almunecar and at its heart is a typical Spanish working town and along the beach area lowrise appartment buildings. On the hills to the west of the town is Monte de los Almendros a mature development of villas many with private swimming pools and stunning views.

Wednesday, 30 September 2009

UK property market still sending mixed signals http://ping.fm/tlcac

Tuesday, 15 September 2009

With a slight change in the temperature on the Costa Tropical and slightly cloudier and windier conditions the late summer provides a good opportunity for sailors to get on out and enjoy these excellent saliling conditions

Sunday, 13 September 2009

Snow in September

One of the advantages of the Costa Tropical properties that we have on Monte de los Almendros is that a good proportion of them have views of the snow throughout the winter months. (July and September are a little unusual to be able to enjoy this view)

Just a month after the last patches of snow disappeared from the mountains just behind the Costa Tropical in southern Spain the snow has returned on the highest peaks. Just visible on the western side of the mountains there were a number of suprised renters gazing at the mountains sunday afternoon. Unfortunately of the two cameras I had to hand neither were ideal for taking a good photo with a zoom.

Looking at our main website Salobrena Villas you will be able to see a number of better photographs of the snow in winter time.

Tuesday, 8 September 2009

Latest figures indicate the UK may be pulling out of recession. This optimistic forecast is based on the three months to August which showed the first economic growth since May of 2008.

Whether Spain will post similar figures is doubtful - but the sun is still shining!

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