Playa Flamenca becoming a holiday camp for North Europeans ?

[ItsSpainNotUK]

Playa Flamenca becoming a holiday camp for North Europeans.? Is it too late for the real Spain to return, I used to look forward to my visits but now its bloody non-Spanish food, Irish overpriced bars and karaoke. Still enjoy the shopping though. Hope it won't become another Benidorm, cheap food and downmarket places. Even the Swiss restaurant Bar Taro being turned in some dreadful lookalike theme bar ?.

Is there anywhere that is not being turned in a holiday camp within 30 minutes of Alicante airport ?.

Regards

John

[Lizzy]

spanish bars, food and entertainment

I like all things spanish and don't like much english.
any suggestions for spanish bars with spanish food and spanish music.
not averse to travelling.

my base is Los Altos.

Liz

[ItsSpainNotUK]

Don Sandy restaurant on main N332 at Cabo Roig/La Regia has flamenco shows on Friday nights (or at least it did last year).

Regards

John

Don Sandy also does an excellent Menu del dia - usually full of Spanish lorry drivers at lunch time - always a good sign. Menu in Spanish but they do have a waiter who speaks Spanish (naturally), English, and German. I even tempted him to speak a few words of French too - talented guy!

[grange]

spain

You can always try Terazzo Los Altos by Max Coop or the Altamar or at Punta Prima El Campano. Plenty of Spanish food, atmoshphere and music

[simmy]

There's a couple of Spanish bars on Deansgate in Manchester and they serve Tapas!!

[dennyman]

We have an apartment in the middle of Torrevieja town. We were in Playa Flamenca a few months ago to visit friends and the only Spanish voice we heard all night was that of the cab driver who drove us from the taxi rank near the bus station to Playa Flamenca.
Playa Flamenca has, as far as I can see, lost its "Spanishness". There are hardly any Spanish people there, and there aren't many opportunities to assimilate into the Spanish way of life, so I suppose that's what you should expect.
Are there any Spanish places within 30 minutes of Alicante airport? Yes! Loads of 'em! For instance, if you drive like some of the Spanish, you could be in Torrevieja Centro in not much longer than that.
If you come out of the urbanisations and come into Torrevieja Centro, the town that the whole of the surrounding area seems to call itself by, you might just find the bit of Spain you've been looking for.
Come and have a look!

Regards,

Dennyman

[JWhite]

Surely this is the danger with all up and coming new urbanisations. The thing that makes me smile is when people first move to Spain they ask for british areas to buy in because they want to hear their own native tongue and be with "friends" but then complain when some years later they are completely engulfed with their own nationality and the spanish have moved out.

Having said that we wanted a "little spanish town" and picked Algorfa, it didn't bother us that it was mainly spanish and that we are only just learning the language so do not understand the shopkeepers etc., in fact we love it that way as we are making friends and being helped by the local people to improve our Spanish and learn their way of life, but I wonder what it will be like in 10 years time as apartment blocks are going up all around us. It seems such a shame that the reason some people want to move to Spain is to be amongst the spanish with a different way of life and eventually find themselves in Blackpool with the sun (less the fun fair)! Such a pity.

[archiebake]

Hi,
I agree with dennyman I did not like the idea of being on an urbanisation ,allthough we did like some of the houses, so we chose to be in Torrevieja .Listening to some of the posts I do not know how we managed it but all my vecinos are Spanish, It is good fun thats,for sure and iit certainly does stretch my language skills.Plenty of Spanish people her on your door step.
archie

[chezwade]

I agree with Jwhite

that`s why we bought in Formentera as it is still a nice Spanish village surrounded by other villages.

[beastess]

Perhaps it has something to do with the reasons people emigrate to Spain. Some people go there because they make a conscience decision to do so, beleive they will have a better standard of living and have every intention of integrating with the native population. Others can't make a success of their lives in their native country and believe the streets will be paved with gold in Spain and so go there seduced by the cheap alcohol. cigarettes and sun (if that's not a recipe for self destruction, what is?) and I suspect there are all shades of colour in between.
Where these people fit in the salt of the earth and drunken pig yob ignorant categories is in the eye of the beholder or often the ear. A walk through any market can usually pick them out.

[Steve B]

1. The vast majority of people in Playa Flamenca are happy with their lot.
2. I can think of many towns in England where you will never hear an English accent.
3. Be happy where ever you are and enjoy your surroundings whatever they may be. :P

[ItsSpainNotUK]

Thanks for the feedback except Steve B. They may be happy with their lot but like to spoil it for us. They should just stay home with their foul mouths, letting kids run wild, treating the place like a rubbish dump. At least the Mercadona still speak Spanish. Just heard the only Spanish bar in Flamenco Beach has closed down.

Looking about.

Regards

John