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17 November
-Meet TONI
Martínez Lopez SMdS' new
face of tourism at our newly opened Office for Foreigners & Tourist
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Toni has been
appointed as our new Office Manager for Tourism &
Foreigners at The Old Town Hall. She has a great
deal of previous
experience having worked in the same capacity at The
Seafront Office of Torrevieja's Tourist Information
Centre. Her role is funded in part by The Generalitat Valenciana
and when we spoke to her on opening day - Friday
16th November - she was busy compiling useful
information to help residents and visitors and promote San Miguel de Salinas.
Toni We send her our congratulations
We also spoke with our Councillor for Tourism Inmaculada Hernández Valero and she tells us that The Town Hall have applied for further funding to promote SMdS as a tourist destination. |
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San Miguel de Salinas doesn't have a beach but we do have
a Welcome Wave! More and more people are discovering the
character,
wealth of culture, the improved facilities
and sheer simplicity of pueblo's like San
Miguel de Salinas over the busy and bustling
coastal strip.
San Miguel de
Salinas can truly identify itself as a tourist destination. More
than ONE MILLION visits per annum are made to this website for information about San
Miguel de Salinas. And we are bringing you more information every day! |
holiday accommodation |
Pensión
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The accommodation at Pensión
La Oficina has now been approved and recognised by the Alicante Tourist Board (Servicio Territorial de Turismo de Alicante).
They have 6 very large rooms available for rent by the night or by the week. The price of a room that sleeps up to 3 people is only 40 euro incl.
IVA per night - this is an all year round price. All rooms have
Air-conditioning, hot and cold, English satellite TV. Tea
and coffee facilities, en suite shower rooms, large wardrobes.
All the facilities of the Bar and Restaurant. The pension is kept spotless clean and tidy at all times. With excellent views over the orange and lemon groves. It really is a totally relaxing place to stay.
Besides The Pension, La Oficina has a full restaurante with a fixed price “menu del noche” to compliment
their famous 8 euro “menu del dia”. Menu del noche has choice of starters, choice of main course and choice of sweet at an incredible price of 18,95euro. Try
their Tuesday Curry nights with fresh homemade curries.
They also also have live music every Saturday night always different artistes. See the
WHAT'S ON GUIDE for further information. |
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Our compliments to our
Councillor for Tourism - Inma Hernández - for finally
upstaging us with the new Tourist Map Book. We are pleased
to have liaised with The Town Hall and have our website
address emblazoned across the front in acknowledgement. We
ARE on the internet and we know that many tourist visitors
don't have the luxury. |
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The Municipalities of Algorfa, Benferri, Benijófar, Bigastro, Jacarilla, Los Montesinos, San Isidro, San Fulgencio and
San Miguel of Salinas are all working together in a joint venture to promote The Vega Baja as a tourist destination. The Association had also attended The International Fair of Tourism in Madrid in January 2006 and impressed both the public and the industry. |
Francisco José Walls Quesada, president of the Association of Economic Promotion emphasizes that this project is also about promoting the interior parts of the region, the village municipalities, with efforts made, through good investment, to invigorate all aspects of tourism and to maximize the benefits. Amongst the thousands of visitors to the Association’s stand was The Minister for Tourism Dña. Milagrosa Martínez who congratulated them for their excellent presentation of specially produced conference material with images of the area. All the visitors were treated to gastronomic samples and promotional literature. |
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Meet Captain Patrick
Moran and First Officer Aidan Killoran of
Ryanair. They spend a good deal of their working
days flying passengers from UK Airports to European
Destinations including Alicante and Murcia...they
are amongst our partners in the growth of the
Tourist Industry as their Company - Ryanair - offers
some of the cheapest flights to the Costas.
Patrick and Aidan told
us that they really enjoy their time in the air
flying in the new fleet of 737s even when, as on
this occasion, they had to battle to find a slot,
dodge French airspace due to an ATC's 'lightning
strike' and still get their passengers in 15 minutes
ahead of schedule. They promised to check out the
website to find their smiling faces! Thanks guys! |
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| As work nears completion of the
renovation of the Old Town Hall as a Foreigners Information
Centre coupled with a Tourist and Visitor Centre
for San Miguel de Salinas the Ayuntamiento prepares new information sheets
covering the 'most frequently asked questions'. They
hope to streamline a number of procedures for the
increasing foreign population of the town.
Originally built in 1840, the facade of this important
building has been restored and the interior has been modernized. It is expected
to open in the next two months. |
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And why would you choose San Miguel de Salinas as a
tousist destination?....You only have to look at our Website map of the area to see our location in the centre of the southern half of the Costa Blanca and with access to the motorway network on our doorstep we are the perfect holiday destination. And if you want sandy Blue Flag Awarded Mediterranean beaches there are many to choose from within 10 kilometres of the Town. Equidistant are the important cities of Alicante, Cartagena and Murcia with their historical interest and modern hustle and bustle. Then there is the diversity of the Salinas - our unique Salt Lakes, The Campo - the countryside with its' acres of Orange, Lemon and Almond Groves, and the backdrop of the natural mountainside. And there's more….every year we can guarantee 300+ days of sunshine.
Activities - absolutely everything you could want, From 90 top class holes of golf to horse riding and fishing, nightlife and wildlife. We have a regular cultural programme and there's no shortage of social events. Make sure you don't miss bargain shopping at our busy local street market on Wednesdays.
The best accommodation source is to be found in the rental self catering sector and whether it's an apartment with communal facilities or a villa for larger groups make sure you have a pool, you'll need it to cool off! Check our Property page
We won't tell you more about our beautiful pueblo here because you can surf our Website to find anything from Cave houses to Restaurants and Bars and all the other Local Services you'd expect from Good Hosts. Only one apology to make we are not on that frenetic tourist coastal strip with all that goes with it: actually we like it that way and we are sure you will! Finally, our only other guarantee is that you'll get a big Welcome Wave from everybody in San Miguel de Salinas.
Previous Update dated 14 June 2006 - on the completion of work at the new municipal office of information and tourism...more
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