La Marina Urb,is a lively place in the summer,but gets a lot quieter the rest of the year,plenty of bars and restaurants,of which most stay open in the wintrer months.All types of food restauranta ie,British Indian Chinese French`etc.some public bus services,also a couple of companies run daily tour buses.People mainly friendly,at least five decent sized supermarket type stores.
La Marina is a very large Urbanisation places like Esquera and Oasis are attached to it,all of these are about 5 kilometres away from its main town(although much smaller than the Urb.)of San Fulgencio.A seperate entity entirely is La Marina pueblo,which although again about 4-5 kilometres from the urb,is entirely outside of the urb itself and technically has nothing to do with the urb.In my opinion a car is a neccessity to get around.The local beach is just a couple of kilometres further on than the pueblo.The Urb has many beaches nearby all within a 20 minute drive.For those taking permanent residence,and entitled to the Spanish Health System,you will find it much quicker than the English NHS. Torrievieha Hospital is so much more superior than any English NHS hospital that I have been to.i could go on but would take forever to give you all the pros and cons,but if you need to know anything specific,just put it on this forum,someone is bound to answer.Finally La Marina Urb is not the best place in the world to live or visit,but it sure as hell beats many places

Thanks very much for the reply,very helpful.

Pixie,
Get here quickly, they are currently doing 2 for1!

This map might help. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&vpsrc=0&ctz=-120&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=209026403265376072733.000463c14f7f78acccfd2&t=m&ll=38.129223,-0.677462&spn=0.04051,0.051413&z=14&source=embed

hi alan, i dont usually post much on this site, but was wondering if you knew if quicksave supermarket is still open, i had heard it was up for sale, or is there any new shops open, do you know much about the clinic across from supervalue, we are a family of 4, and was wondering how much it cost for a family of 4 to get any treatment if we needed it, i had heard someone say it was about 200 euros, but not sure if that was right, i would be grateful for any information about the urb, will be out next week.many thanks ann.

Hi Pixie
We have a villa in La Marina and a small bed place 200 yards from the supervalu and police station. If you have nowhere to stay and are looking for somewhere while you are searching we are ok for you to use ours for 50 euros a week just to cover the electricity/air con costs that you will use. It has all mod cons/double bed. . In fact you can phone for money saving tips ( including saving on flights) if you text me your e mail address. We are over at the villa ourselves 12 April for 10 days-
our website for 100's photos of the area and things to do Cath and Steve from Preston

hi thanks for your kind offer, but we have actually booked accomadation now, but how very nice of you to offer to help. thank you

Oops forgot to add, your website is excellent, great for ideas, thanks

Thanks Pixie

If you also want some help buying a property then let me know, I get offered homes that are not advertised with agents and come direct from the owners so the price is right.
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clydelauder,
Depending on if you are on holiday or you are to become resident in Spain,The answer to the cost at the Clinic is completely different,as is your age etc. if you are to become a resident.If you are coming for a holiday,you should bring your EHIC card,this will entile you to emergency treatment,at the clinic or the hospital,the U.K. government will eventually pay Spain for the cost,any medication you need will cost you full price,If you like you can visit the private clinic located on the strip,but you will have to pay for the visit.If you are to become resident in Spain the rules are different ,but if necessary just post on here,and I will do my best to give you the pros and cons.As for the shops etc. some bars and restaurants have closedbut a few have re opened under new management.Lidls have a small extension to their store and now do a nice range of fresh meat and fish,as well as a new bread counter.the rest are much the same as last year.Not sure about quick save but will find out and post later.

CLYDELAUDER

Quicksave is certainly open as usual! Whether it is up for sale or not I cannot comment on.

thankyou for getting back to me, all your help is gratefully appreciated.ann.

thankyou for your comments, they are gratefully appreciated, many thanks, ann.