GA Advertiser: Last month, we featured an appeal to find homes for five cats in Gran Alacant after their owner sadly passed away. Some readers asked what would happen if homes aren’t found in time – to provide clarity, we reached out to the local veterinary team at Gran Alacant Exotics for their insight:First of
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DAVID DALE REMOVALS: International Removals & Storage Can you tell us a bit about how and when your company started? I started the business back in 1976. I was newly married at the time and had just come out of working in the trucking industry. What inspired you to get into the removals industry? I’d
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Hearing this sentence is becoming more and more common, not only at our practice but everywhere: “it’s a member of the family”. And we love hearing it: sure pets are members of the owners family, since you have the right to create the family you prefer, to admit in it the members you like, and
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CHICKEN RUN Sunday 25th JanuaryThe monthly chicken run was as usual well supported. Thank you to Howie who sponsored the chickens, Julia, Ian and the chickens for sponsering the eggs. The chickens were won by Diane Horsington with twenty five shots and Alan Trice with twenty nine shots. Julia Hamilton and John Riley won the
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Wine Tasting at the Club! 18th February Upcoming Trips Spring 2026 BACKGROUND The Norwegian Club is located in the Sierra Mar Urbanisation of Gran Alacant and operates from September through to May. The club was established in 1999. We (our members) bought the property in Sierra Mar in 2001. We are a voluntary organisation with
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Just north of Gandia is a mysterious reminder of Spain’s lost monastic past; the former monastery of Santa Maria de la Valldigna. Founded in 1297 by King James the Second of Aragon, this monastery belonged to the famous Cistercian Order and by royal grant owned the entire Valley of Valldigna.The monastery was part of a
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After more than two decades helping homeowners and holidaymakers enjoy sun-drenched breaks on the Costa Blanca, Alicante Holiday Villas has entered a new chapter. In November 2025 Mark and Haidee, the duo who built the company from the ground up, handed the business over to local estate agency GA-Homefinders, marking the end of an impressive
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All dogs, from small to large ones, are beautiful. Some of them are smarter, some others are funnier, and some other ones are surprising. We have praised lots of times the advantages of crossed dogs: they are usually stronger and healthier than pure breed ones (hybrid vigor). Why? Because obtaining pure breed animals normally implies
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Why Not Try Something New This Winter At Monte Mar Bowls & Social Club As our name suggests we are both a Bowling and Social Club which is open all year round. You can find us on Calle Luxemburgo just behind the Dialprix Supermarket. Our Club is a very friendly place for you to start
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Norwegian Club’s First Wine Lottery of 2026! Upcoming Trips Spring 2026 BACKGROUND The Norwegian Club is located in the Sierra Mar Urbanisation of Gran Alacant and operates from September through to May. The club was established in 1999. We (our members) bought the property in Sierra Mar in 2001. We are a voluntary organisation with
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The period between Christmas day and New Year can often be an energy sapping time of dull weather, rich food and stuffy family gatherings. That’s why we decided to escape to our local capital of Valencia to visit two very different exhibitions showcasing contrasting aspects of the city’s cultural life at the very beginning and
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As we look back on these past few months, it’s impossible not to acknowledge the cloud that has been hanging over the upper part of Gran Alacant. If you’ve been following our column, you know that we’ve dedicated quite a bit of space to the chaotic construction of the aparthotel, the cracks in our walls,
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