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Mojacarmagazine.com   Issue 14                                                                                                                                       Page 11

This is the second of two articles about how our town of Almerimar in the province of Almería changes throughout the year. This article covers winter and spring. The article covering summer and autumn was published in Issue 11 of the magazine (June 09).

Winter in Almerimar

Winter is a time when Almerimar is much less busy. It is easier to find parking spaces and the queues in supermarkets are much smaller than the summer.

















As the province of Almería is one of the driest in Europe we do not have a lot of rainfall over the winter. Climate statistics show on average 6 days of rain a month in the worst months. However, in the winter of 2004/2005 when we first arrived in Almerimar we had snow for the first time in over 40 years. Luckily it has not appeared again since then.

We do have the occasional storm but generally the weather is pretty good. However, if can get windy from time to time. This is great for the windsurfers but not so good for the golfers. We have been told that it tends to be windy for 3 days in a row and then the calm weather returns.

A number of the bars and restaurants take a 1 month vacation at different times during the winter. Nevertheless there are still plenty of places to go to eat and drink around the marina in Almerimar. Also, some places do excellent winter deals (e.g. 10 euros for a 3 course dinner including a drink at El Arroz every Thursday from 8-9pm in the winter and spring).

Winter is a time for us to meet up with lots of golfing friends. People with property in Almerimar tend to visit the town from time to time throughout the year. However, a lot of the golfers from Northern Europe spend a lot of time in Almerimar over the winter.

So come October/November we get to meet up with old friends we have not seen for some time. Lots of them take part in the Friday golf competitions we organise every Friday throughout the year. In the summer we only have small numbers taking part but we average around 40-50 people on Fridays in the winter.

Mostly we play the competition and then go back to a local bar for drinks and prize giving (everyone wins a bottle and the last place team wins some chocolates). However, every 4-6 weeks we organise a special competition where we all go out to dinner afterwards. See the golf.almerimartoday.com site for more information about the competitions that we organise in collaboration with Alan and Sharon from Alcor Properties.

There are not as many events taking place in the winter but there is enough going on to entertain people that want to go out for an evening. Some of the bars put on free gigs by local bands and the culture department of the local council promotes events in the town of  El Ejido about 15 minutes drive away (e.g.  Jazz and Modern Music Festival in November, ballets, theatre etc.).

Spring in Almerimar

When spring arrives in Almerimar the winter golfer all go back to their home countries. The exodus starts in late March and the last ones tend to leave in May.
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