Empuriabrava Online Blog and News

The fears of a drop in the Spanish property market are over hyped according to a Daily Telegraph article “The pain in Spain is mainly on the wane“.

Castelló Town Council is offering an Income Tax processing help service to Castelló residents. The service is free and available between 8am and 5pm in the council administration office until 15th June.

Call 972 25 07 53 for an appointment.

Fears of a property crash have been fuelled by recent economic activity. For the full details read this China Post article.

Don’t be surprised if you see the police lurking behind bushes! Radar guns are going to be used in Empuriabrava to catch speeding drivers. Hopefully they will start on Llobregat – it’s not a racetrack people!
Don’t forget that the speed limit in town is 40kph (25mph).

Castelló Town Council have announced that there is to be a public/private partnership responsible for the maintenance, security and cleaning of Empuriabrava’s canal system.

The partnership will shortly become official and is between Castelló Council and Port Empuriabrava S.L. – the company recently awarded the concession to run the marina and canals.

Castelló town council have announced that a weekly antiques and second-hand goods market will be held in Empuriabrava at Parc Trabuc. The market will start this Saturday.

For the 19th year running there will be a second hand boat fair in Empuriabrava. Small boats, large boats, dinghies, canoes and jet skis will be just some of the nautical craft on display and on sale.

The fair starts on March 31st and runs until April 8th and will be held in the marina area. The fair is open between 10:00 until 19:00 and entry is free.

Due to open in the academic year 2008/2009 a third CEIP (Primary School) is planned for the town of Castelló.

The school is necessary because pupil numbers entering the education system at kindergarten level is set to rise in the next academic year.

Watch out for very windy weather as another Tramontana heads for the Bay of Roses. It is due to start Wednesday afternoon and is predicted to last until at least Sunday. Here’s the forecast wind speeds:

More detailed wind speeds will be put up for Friday-Sunday when they become available.

Update: Wednesday 7th March 2007
The table has been updated with new information. The severity of the gusts has been downgraded slightly for Thursday morning and Friday data has been added.

Update: Thursday 8th March 2007
Saturday’s data has been added and other date upgraded

Channel4′s Relocation, Relocation property programme featured Empuriabrava on last night’s episode.

The Empuriabrava part of the programme was recorded last year. I know because I live next door to one of the properties featured and watched them filming. The amazing part was that they spent most of the day at one property that was only featured for a minute or so. I wondered if all of the crew stayed at the Salins or just Kirstie, Chris and Karen?

As I said, the programme was recorded last year so take what Kirstie said about there being “73 estate agents in Empuriabrava” with a pinch of salt; there’s probably more like 120 now!!

To Chris and Karen who bought a property in Empuriabrava: Enjoy your time here and remember – don’t confuse a pig with a parachute!