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Turre is holding its annual Tapas route between June 16 – 25 this year. No news yet on whether they’re having a passport with prizes, etc. Like their FB page for more information as it’s decided and published.
In a surprise move, Turre council has put out to tender the two bars that will be permitted at this years feria. If you want to run one of them it will cost you 2,500€ plus 200€ flat fee for water & electricity. You’ll also need to have all your paperwork in order and a public liability insurance minimum of 50k. Each bar must have a minimum of 15 tables and 60 chairs. You’ll also Continue reading Turre puts out tender for bars during the feria, puts limits on prices
The Turre Tapa Route (Camino de tapas de Turre 2015) will be from the 31st of July to 14th of August. Collect your “passport” from the townhall or participating restaurants, then visit the 18 bars signed up to the route, sample their best tapas and get your passport stamped. This year, you can also vote for the nicest waiter! See the official facebook page for more.
Berja (other side of Almeria city) is celebrating Valentines Day by organising an erotic tapa route. apparently it’s the second one – people were bored with the usual tapas route, so they changed the date to the weekend nearest the 14th and called it sexy tapas. It’s your usual townhall sponsored tapa route, with all the bars competing to come up with the best tapa, and a little guide, but with a sexy twist. Cue many Continue reading Berja has erotic tapa route this weekend
Turre has announced that it is organising a Tapas run over the weekend of the 28/29 of July and 4/5 of August. Here’s the programme and the participating bars in the village, along with their specialist tapa (click the image to make it bigger) and here’ s the map of the village showing you where everything is: (again, click to make bigger) Usual rules apply, get your “passport” stamped at every establishment and hand it Continue reading Turre tapas run 2012
Vera is organising it’s first annual Vera Tapas Route (I Ruta de Tapa de Vera) in association with the townhall, Bodegas y Viñedos Laujar, Cepa Bosquet and Cepa Fuente de la Reina (all various wineries). Running on the weekends of 7-10 April and 15-20 April, most of the bars in Vera will be participating. The idea is that you get a little booklet (from any of the participating bars or the townhall tourism centre). The Continue reading Vera Tapa Route promises a tasty weekend
The Plaza Mayor Cafeteria is the old “café.com” bar in the main square in Turre (which moved across the plaza into the space left after that disgusting O’connells place was run out of town). Suave, elegant, with tasty tapas and an Italian feel, it’s a damn nice place to have a red wine and a tapa in the afternoon. An attractive waitress called Carol works there in the afternoon, and then the slim Italian owner Continue reading Plaza Mayor Cafeteria (Turre)
In case anybody noticed (I know you didn’t) it’s been a bit quiet around here this week because I’ve spent a fabulous week up in Granada. I love Granada. The GF’s family has a large flat in the centre, just off the Gran Via. Sadly, we couldn’t stay there as it’s currently infested with students and I’m past that stage of life where I think nothing of having to bleach the shower before stepping in Continue reading Granada + new phone!