This coming Sunday sees the small town of Riogordo celebrate the festival of the ‘Day of the Snail’ or in Spanish ‘Día del Caracol de Riogordo.’ This culinary celebration will see the town distribute 400 kilos of snails to the estimated 5000 attendees. Visitors are invited to taste this local dish prepared from land snails cooked in stock and spices such …
A 50-year-old man suffered a serious fracture on Friday afternoon after falling from a height of three metres in Riogordo in what is thought to have been an industrial accident.
Today is the XIV Día del Caracol – Day of the Snail – in Riogordo, Málaga province, where you can sample this traditional local delicacy.Aanise, orange peel, black pepper, aniseed, mint, bay leaf, thyme, pepper and salt are some of the herbs and spices used in the preparation of the snails.
A 63 year old man, initials A.J.M.B., died on Saturday evening after his car left the road in Riogordo and plunged down an embankment. The accident occurred at 20:45 at km 20.9 on the A-7204.
In 2001, Riogordo Council was convicted of illegally using an aquifer located on private land at El Cortijo de Aute and ordered to pay the owners €1 million. And as one might expect, this was not going to happen with any rapidity.
Ministry of Development delegate Ignacio Mena has been visiting the MA-3107 linking Riogordo and Benamargosa where emergency repairs have been carried out following landslides during the past months which necessitated the closing of certain sections. A comprehensive €600,000 renovation of the road is planned for 2013.
In July 2001, the Council of Riogordo was ordered to pay 118,858,322 pesetas (€714,352.90) in compensation to a local landowner for the enforced expropriation and subsequent use of an aquifer located on Cortijo de Aute.
The president of the Association of Municipalities of the Costa del Sol, Axarquia, Oscar Medina, and the manager of the funeral home in Riogordo, Juan Ortiz, have agreed a proposed project for the renovation and expansion of the facility.
An eleven year old boy is in a serious condition in the Hospital Materno Infantil in Málaga after an accident at a swimming pool on a finca in Riogordo.
Last weekend saw the inauguration of the new sports complex in Riogordo with the Minister of Tourism, Luciano Alonso, president of the Provincial Government, Salvador Pendón, and the mayor of Riogordo, Francisco Alarcón, in attendance.