Nerja town hall is reporting that Quality Q flags have been hoisted on El Chucho, Torrecilla and Burriana beaches. The flags are awarded by the Spanish Tourist Quality Institute to signify that the beaches meet stringent standards in line with UNE-ISO 13009, a standard agreed at international level in more than 90 countries. In order for a beach to …
Torrecilla beach has become the first to benefit from improvements as the main holiday month approaches.
After being first announced in June, the Council has approved a project to improve street lighting at Torrecilla beach, particularly along the promenade.
The Council has started to replace the walkway at Burriana beach, almost half a kilometre in total.
A glorious sunny day, the sea was as flat as a pancake and there were quite a few people down on the beach, some looking extremely red…shiny red…painful red…ouch.
Burriana and Torrecilla beaches have once again been awarded the Blue Flag by ADEAC, adding to the three other flags already awarded to these beaches: The Q for Quality, the Quality Tourism flag and the ISO 9001.
The beach libraries – biblioplayas – on Torrecilla and Burriana beaches are now in their tenth year providing books, magazines and newspapers in various languages and even toys for the kids. A valid id of some sort is all you need to take advantage of the libraries which are open continuously from 11:30 to 19:30.
Burriana and Torrecilla beaches will once again be flying the ‘Q’ for Quality flags this summer with an awards ceremony planned for June 5th. In total, nine beaches on the Costa del Sol have been awarded ‘Q’ flags based upon criteria such as equipment, cleanliness, safety, lifesaving and information or services that benefit the tourist.
Rather splendid shiny, new stainless steel railings are now in place along the first section of Torrecilla beach and Plaza Fabrica de los Cangrejos.
Torrecilla beach was very popular today, as was Calahonda beach and El Chucho, or what’s left of El Chucho at the moment following all the winds and inclement weather.