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Please click on the links below,
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Airlines
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Car
Hire
CarJet
- offer car rental from various airports worldwide, including all those suitable
for visiting the Meditteranean coast of Spain. |
Economy
Car Hire - offer car rental in most European destinations (and
a few outside Europe), including all those suitable for visiting the
Meditteranean coast of Spain. NB/ For what is is worth, this is
the firm I have used regularly. |
Rhinocarhire - offer car rental from various airports
worldwide, including all those suitable for visiting the Meditteranean coast
of Spain. |
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Community
| Mazarron Country Club -
Commmunity Pages & Bulletin Boards |
"Mazarron Country Club" - Community of Owners
(http://www.mcccoo.org)
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a website maintained by the 'Community of Owners', the governing body
at Mazarron Country Club.
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'Soapbox' (replaces the former
'Mazarron Country Club Additional Residents Group')
(unlinked - see notes below)
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NB/ The 'Soapbox' bulletin board is open
to membership only for those who own property at Mazarron Country Club, but
I am not permitted to post a link to it here. If you are an owner at MCC
you should already have received an invitation to join the new bulletin board
if you were a member of the old bulletin board. If you are an owner of property
at MCC and you wish to have access to the new bulletin board (or to resolve
difficulties with accessing it), please email:
mccsoapbox@aol.com
for assistance.
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Social Clubs/Groups with their own websites |
MCC Social Club (http://www.mccsocialclub.org/)
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the objects of the Club shall be to encourage the promotion of all types
of entertainment, and other activities incidental or conductive to the
furtherance of these objectives.
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Country Club (& Friends) Events Group
(http://www.countryclubeventsgroup.org/)
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the object of the Club shall be to encourage the promotion of all types
of entertainment & events.
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| Mazarron Country Club -
Information, Property Rental & Services |
Mazarron Country Club (http://www.mccmurcia.com)
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a comprehensive website for the development where my holiday home is located,
run by a resident of Mazarron Country Club.
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Costa Calida Online
(http://www.costacalidaonline.com)
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property management services, short and long term rentals and day tours;
based at Mazarron Country Club.
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Costa Calida Luxury Villa
(http://www.calidaluxuryvilla.com)
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a villa for rent at Mazarron Country Club, plus various other MCC villas
for rent.
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| Sundry Websites and Bulletin
Boards (suggestions for useful websites about Spain to add
here are welcome) |
Murcia Today
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News, what's on, and general information about the Murcia Region of Spain,
all in English (formerly 'Simply Networking').
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y alicante.com
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Your guide to tourist information about Alicante (Spain), resources,
entertainment, culture, lodging.
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Consular
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Foreign Exchange
Rates
| Foreign Exchange - Indication
Rates |
European Central Bank (ECB) -
exchange rates against the Euro(Æ) from the ECB. Please note that although
these rates are adjusted daily they are not 'real time' and should be used
for guidance purposes only. |
World First - rates between the world's major currencies.
Please note that although these rates are adjusted regularly they are not
'real time' and should be used for guidance purposes only; the rates are
for inter-bank transactions (i.e. GBP5mio+); the rate for a specific transaction
will depend on the amount and currency required. NB/ For what is
is worth, I have used this firm very satisfactorily. |
XE.com
- cross rates between the world's major currencies. Please note that although
these rates are adjusted regularly they are not 'real time' and should be
used for guidance purposes only. |
| Foreign Exchange - Travel
Money (Currency Banknotes) |
www.compareholidaymoney.com
- If you are considering buying Euro or other currency banknotes for your
trip, you can obtain far superior rates than from your own local bank branch
if you investigate buying on-line. NB/ For what is is worth, I
have used one of the firms included in this comparision website,
Travel FX, very
satisfactorily. |
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Note: |
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you have a specific transaction to arrange. |
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Post
Office
Correos Espana (Spanish website)
- enter the town which interests you, in this case 'Mazarron', click on 'Ver
oficinas', then select 'Mazarron' in the second box which will appear
- Post office / Mazarron - Pz. Ayuntamiento, 2 - Tel:968590028
- Post office / Puerto de Mazarron - Virgen de la Fuensanta, 6 -
Tel:968594860
- Post office / Camposol - Camposol 'B' Sector (below 'Consum' supermarket)
- Tel: 968199427 |
Mailing address for Mazarron
Country Club
A suggested mailing address for MCC is shown in the 'Location' page
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Public
Holidays
You may download a list of Public Holidays for
Mazarrón (Murcia Region) by clicking:
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here for calendar year 2013
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the attached list is in .PDF format. If you do not
already have a .PDF reader, you may download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat
Reader by clicking
here.
Sources:
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Murcia Region official website (Calendario
de fiestas laborales para 2013 de la Región de Murcia), list of
public holidays in Murcia Region - please click
here (or the back-up copy
here).
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Official Gazette of the Spanish State, Ministry
of Employment and Social Security (Boletín Oficial del Estado,
Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social), list of public holidays in
Spain for 2013 - please click
here. The list is in .pdf format
and will take some time to download.
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Rail Travel in
Spain
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Recipes
I participated in a 'recipe exchange' amongst friends and acquaintances
near where I have my Spanish home and wish to share both my own recipes and
those shared by others. I will probably add additional recipes in due course.
The recipes are eclectic and not specifically Spanish. If you are looking
for a meal idea, why not try out one of the receipes currently available
by taking a look
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Spanish
Information
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Supermarkets
Consum
(Spanish website) - nearest branch is at Camposol.
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click on 'Buscar' in the link at top right and select Province
(Provincia) and Town (Población), then click on 'buscar'
to show your nearest branch[es] and opening times. If you select only Province
(Provincia) and then click on 'buscar' this will list all branches
in the selected Province; if you selected 'Murcia' as the Province, this
will include the branch at Camposol, Sector 'B' (shown under 'Mazarrón');
click on '(info/+folleto)' to see a map and full address details.
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Eroski
(Spanish website) - nearest branches at Murcia (Nueva Condomina) and
Cartagena.
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Lidl (Spanish website) - nearest branch at Puerto
de Mazarrón.
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click on 'Información al cliente' label near top of page, then
on 'Tiendas' in left menu - enter 'Mazarron' in 'Población'
box, then click 'Buscar', finally on top item in box which appears.
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Mercadona
(Spanish website) - nearest branch at Puerto de Mazarrón.
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Upper
(Spanish website) - nearest branch at Puerto de Mazarrón. (Operates
under the 'Spar' brand franchise.)
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Weather
Information
Weather information for Mazarron (Spanish website) -
'TuTiempo.net'
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