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By *aretobareCouple
over a year ago
Central Portugal |
15km from Spain in Portugal here - very interesting as we love trips to Spain and there are some fabulous couples that we may have winked above. Love it here 19 degrees and very sunny yesterday xx |
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By *ncubus1976Man
over a year ago
Fuerteventura/Gran Canaria |
Hi all. I live at the North of Fuerteventura. No better place to get full tanned and relaxed. A little paradise on the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Let me know if planning to visit the island.
Xxx |
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"Just wondering, just being nosey. We've recently moved from Barcelona to Malaga. "
if this is a quiz ,,, answer the spanish,,, 1 point to me,,,  |
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By *andP19Couple
over a year ago
Alicante , Spain |
We are 15km inland from Alicante centre. We are happy to travel within a 50km radius of Alicante and welcome invites and club meets. Could also do with some introductions to the best naturist beaches as we have only been here for six months and are still exploring. |
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By *UY4CPLMan
over a year ago
Vera & Almería, Spain |
I live in the mountains of Almeria about 40 minutes from the capital (las Alpujarras Amerienses) and about 1½ hours from Vera Playa. Out of season (October to May) I occasionally stay in Vera Playa while working there. I often travel to Murcia, Granada and Málaga and sometimes to Alicante, Jaen and Madrid. I would welcome visits/invitations from educated, respectful and sexy people.  |
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"Hola,everyone we are looking to make the full time move to Spain next year, any suggestions for good areas or ones to avoid  xxx have a nice day "
There really isn't a single answer to that.
One mans bustling resort is another mans hell hole. Equally someones peaceful rural retreat is someone else's ghost town.
Your knowledge of the language would also be important. No point going for somewhere rural where you will find very little English spoken and you've not got Spanish up to at least survival level.
If your Spanish isn't good then you would be better looking at somewhere with a year round expat community.
If you fancy one of the holiday resorts then check what happens in the winter. Many close down, especially when you get further north up the coast.
A lot of people get drawn into this myth of "real Spain" then finish up halfway up a mountain with chest pains when the nearest hospital is an hour away. We do actually know someone that it happened to. He died.
The only advice we would give is to rent before you buy or at least visit an area a few times and at different times of year.
That lovely place you stayed at in July could look very different in January.
While some people look down their nose at it we prefer the Orihuela Costa area (although not the town itself)
Great beaches plenty going on, even in the winter, a good mix of Spanish and international residents, and handy for 2 airports.
After saying that you may not like it at all.
As I've no idea what your preferences are, that is about as much as I or anyone else can say.
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"Hola,everyone we are looking to make the full time move to Spain next year, any suggestions for good areas or ones to avoid xxx have a nice day
There really isn't a single answer to that.
One mans bustling resort is another mans hell hole. Equally someones peaceful rural retreat is someone else's ghost town.
Your knowledge of the language would also be important. No point going for somewhere rural where you will find very little English spoken and you've not got Spanish up to at least survival level.
If your Spanish isn't good then you would be better looking at somewhere with a year round expat community.
If you fancy one of the holiday resorts then check what happens in the winter. Many close down, especially when you get further north up the coast.
A lot of people get drawn into this myth of "real Spain" then finish up halfway up a mountain with chest pains when the nearest hospital is an hour away. We do actually know someone that it happened to. He died.
The only advice we would give is to rent before you buy or at least visit an area a few times and at different times of year.
That lovely place you stayed at in July could look very different in January.
While some people look down their nose at it we prefer the Orihuela Costa area (although not the town itself)
Great beaches plenty going on, even in the winter, a good mix of Spanish and international residents, and handy for 2 airports.
After saying that you may not like it at all.
As I've no idea what your preferences are, that is about as much as I or anyone else can say.
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Thanks we are looking at renting to see if we settle in a place OK, definitely don't want to be in the middle of nowhere, but also not in the Hart of a tourist hot spot, but happy to look at any suggestions x  |
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"Hola,everyone we are looking to make the full time move to Spain next year, any suggestions for good areas or ones to avoid xxx have a nice day
There really isn't a single answer to that.
One mans bustling resort is another mans hell hole. Equally someones peaceful rural retreat is someone else's ghost town.
Your knowledge of the language would also be important. No point going for somewhere rural where you will find very little English spoken and you've not got Spanish up to at least survival level.
If your Spanish isn't good then you would be better looking at somewhere with a year round expat community.
If you fancy one of the holiday resorts then check what happens in the winter. Many close down, especially when you get further north up the coast.
A lot of people get drawn into this myth of "real Spain" then finish up halfway up a mountain with chest pains when the nearest hospital is an hour away. We do actually know someone that it happened to. He died.
The only advice we would give is to rent before you buy or at least visit an area a few times and at different times of year.
That lovely place you stayed at in July could look very different in January.
While some people look down their nose at it we prefer the Orihuela Costa area (although not the town itself)
Great beaches plenty going on, even in the winter, a good mix of Spanish and international residents, and handy for 2 airports.
After saying that you may not like it at all.
As I've no idea what your preferences are, that is about as much as I or anyone else can say.
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Excellent advice, it applies to almost any country where you’re thinking of relocating.
Our advice is always to rent for a year before you even consider buying.
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"Hola,everyone we are looking to make the full time move to Spain next year, any suggestions for good areas or ones to avoid xxx have a nice day
There really isn't a single answer to that.
One mans bustling resort is another mans hell hole. Equally someones peaceful rural retreat is someone else's ghost town.
Your knowledge of the language would also be important. No point going for somewhere rural where you will find very little English spoken and you've not got Spanish up to at least survival level.
If your Spanish isn't good then you would be better looking at somewhere with a year round expat community.
If you fancy one of the holiday resorts then check what happens in the winter. Many close down, especially when you get further north up the coast.
A lot of people get drawn into this myth of "real Spain" then finish up halfway up a mountain with chest pains when the nearest hospital is an hour away. We do actually know someone that it happened to. He died.
The only advice we would give is to rent before you buy or at least visit an area a few times and at different times of year.
That lovely place you stayed at in July could look very different in January.
While some people look down their nose at it we prefer the Orihuela Costa area (although not the town itself)
Great beaches plenty going on, even in the winter, a good mix of Spanish and international residents, and handy for 2 airports.
After saying that you may not like it at all.
As I've no idea what your preferences are, that is about as much as I or anyone else can say.
Excellent advice, it applies to almost any country where you’re thinking of relocating.
Our advice is always to rent for a year before you even consider buying.
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Yes we are definitely going to rent and do lots of research on areas before we pack up and move, but it's still nice to hear what places are like first hand |
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By *aretobareCouple
over a year ago
Central Portugal |
On most occasions I would say rent but at the moment with official inflation at 8% but a real reduction of 15% since last year I think you would do better to research and buy. As an example one of our friends bought 5 years ago for 400k and sold last week for 1.2 million - we have another friend that has looked for 18 months and is watching their money devalue. |
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"To balance that, a friend sold his house a couple of weeks ago. A fairly modern house in a very desirable town near the Med.
He got slightly less than he paid for it 21 years ago.
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To be fair though prices 20 years ago were off the scale. The property boom was getting close to its peak and new build prices were going up almost monthly.
When I first came to this area 18 years ago I looked at a 3 bed townhouse on the market for 190,000€. After the 2008 crash prices plummeted and probably bottomed out around 2014. Then similar houses could be bought for less than 100,000€.
Today the same houses are around 150,000€
Also it was a bit different for the Brits who had changed money from sterling in those days.
Someone buying the above townhouse when the pound was trading at 1.50 to the euro would have paid 126k in sterling.
Sell it today and even though you would have taken a hit in euro's you would have almost broken even when changing it back into sterling. |
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True enough. The European house market is quite differ to that in the U.K.
Generally U.K. house prices show an upward trend long term, apart from occasional blips.
I can really only speak for France where prices are much more stable, with no real peaks and troughs.
But the advice regarding renting before buying still stands for me.
Moving to a new area, let alone a new country, requires a lot of research and a lot of luck.
To make such a big step (often after retirement) and investing a huge amount of money isn’t a gamble for me.
I’d need to know as much as possible that I wouldn’t want to be in the move again a short while later.
We’ve seen so many people up sticks and move back to their home country when they could have avoided all that stress by getting to know their prospective new home a little more.
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"True enough. The European house market is quite differ to that in the U.K.
Generally U.K. house prices show an upward trend long term, apart from occasional blips.
I can really only speak for France where prices are much more stable, with no real peaks and troughs.
But the advice regarding renting before buying still stands for me.
Moving to a new area, let alone a new country, requires a lot of research and a lot of luck.
To make such a big step (often after retirement) and investing a huge amount of money isn’t a gamble for me.
I’d need to know as much as possible that I wouldn’t want to be in the move again a short while later.
We’ve seen so many people up sticks and move back to their home country when they could have avoided all that stress by getting to know their prospective new home a little more.
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Yes of course.
Our advice would always be to rent first.
If after a while you decide that an area isn't for you, then it is much easier to move out of a rental than to try and sell up.
We've seen many make that mistake over the years. |
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Hi Mr & Mrs we live out here and the mask regs have been reduced, not necessary to be worn in the street but as you walk into a bar most do, then once seated masks off, we`re out in the country hardly anyone bothers at all now, if you catch it now you`re clear again within 3 days, just like a cold? let us know if you venture out. |
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"Telegram group for Spain join for chat 
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Tried to join the group through the link but was unable too. Telegram info in my profile could you invite please.  |
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Sure Buddy everyone is welcome to the chat group , you Will be requested basic info like age, location , gender and fabs profile nothings that is not public on fabs already
This is due to keep everyone safe and filter bots that could ruin the group chat experience |
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By *yesgreenMan
over a year ago
north and south |
"I’m in Mijas , near Malaga , up for sexy meets x"
Holiday only with girlfriend Malaga first time to celebrate four years together 31 may to 3 June so hopefully some sightseeing sun cocktails and relaxing days and enjoying life together |
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love to hear from you.... it could be fun?
We are between Malaga and Granada x