NewsflashXmas & New Year’s

22ND DECEMBER: FRIDAY The Rose Singers will sing traditional Christmas Carols and Church music at the Club House from 7pm; El Torrente & Crocodile Club will both be open. 24TH DECEMBER, CHRISTMAS EVE: SUNDAY El Torrente: Mulled Wine & Mince Pies served from 7pm. Open for drinks until 11pm. The Croc Club is open for…read more

Newsflash2007 Golf 4 All Pro-Am

The Desert Springs Resort and Golf Club is offering you the opportunity to play golf with the stars from the Ladies European Tour.  From 7th – 10th January 2007, 16 professionals from the tour will each compete with a team of three amateurs on the Indiana golf course, Europe’s only desert course, in the inaugural:…read more

NewsflashSpanish Classes

PROGRAMME OF SPANISH CLASSES HELD EVERY TUESDAY, FROM 3.30 – 4.30PM ALL RESIDENTS & HOLIDAYMAKERS ARE WELCOME! Tuesday 4th July:                  Basic Expressions, Greetings & Introductions Tuesday 11th July:                Meeting People Tuesday 18th July:                Restaurants and Cafés Tuesday 25th July :               At the Street Market Tuesday 01st August:           Supermarket & Shopping…read more

NewsflashFacial Offer

Experience the ultimate in scientific skin therapy. The Elemis Advanced Anti-Ageing facials offer remarkable, long lasting results, stimulating cellular activity, boosting circulation whilst effectively treating the face and eye area.  Receive your Age Defying Kit FREE. Your FREE gift is available while stocks last with every Visible Brilliance or Pro-Collagen Marine Facial.  ELEMIS VISIBLE BRILLIANCE…read more

NewsflashNew Facilities & Activites

Have you got a birthday or wedding anniversary to celebrate?  Maybe you just want to give yourself and loved ones a well-deserved treat?  Well, how about booking either one of our exciting new Leisure Facilities at the Private Reserve, or one of our Summer Activities – available to all our Residents and Holidaymakers.  We are…read more

NewsflashWLGU

The Welsh Ladies Under-21 Team has returned home after competing in the European Team Championships, which took place in Utrecht, Holland from 11th-15th July.   Qualifying in 8th position the team looked outstanding in their new Desert Springs’ apparel and managed to grasp the last place in the top flight. Despite the best efforts of all…read more

NewsflashMediterranean Cooking

Our exceedingly demonstrative Executive Chef, Steve “El Maestro” Pegg, will share some culinary secrets, of a strictly Mediterranean kind, in a series of Cooking Classes, which will be held in the Crocodile Club Kitchen from 12.00h – 13.30h approx., on the last Saturday of every month, from now until end of November, and on Saturday,…read more

NewsflashSunday Lunch & Pool

Spend an entire lazy Sunday at the Crocodile Club at Desert Springs, Almanzora’s only super luxury family resort.  Relax with pre –lunch drinks by the Croc Pool, or in the Bubble Pond, whilst the kids have a great time in the sand bunkers, the paddling pool and the games room.  Then enjoy a really splendid…read more

NewsflashStarry Starry Night

Dear All, On the 9th August, earth people in Almeria should be able to witness a phenomenon known as “la lluvia de estrellas” (The Rainfall of Stars), when a host of falling stars, shooting across the night sky, should be visible from the Almanzora region.  Did you know that a falling or shooting star is…read more

NewsflashSpanish Amateur Open

We announced in an earlier NewsFlash that the Desert Springs Resort and Golf Club has been selected as the host venue for the 2007 Spanish Amateur Open.  A starting field of 132 of the best amateur golfers from Europe will compete over 5 days on the Indiana Course in the attempt to become the 2007…read more

NewsflashSpanish Classes

Every Tuesday, from 4th July to 28th November, Estefanía will be holding fun and simple Spanish Language Classes for an introduction to everyday situations in Spain.  An outline of the first part of the programme is as follows: Tuesday 4th July: Basic Expressions, Greetings & Introductions Tuesday 11th July: Meeting People Tuesday 18th July: Restaurants…read more

NewsflashTennis & Paddle Club

Jim Gordon, our Sports Manager at the Sierra Club, has now organized a Tennis & Paddle Club to help you improve your game and to give you the chance to mingle with other players, both Spanish and English, residents and non-residents alike.  The Tennis & Paddle Club will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays, in July,…read more

NewsflashSunday Delights

The very traditional Desert Springs Sunday Roasts – “ much more than a cut above the rest” – have now moved to the cool and shady terraces and gardens of The Crocodile Club, overlooking Desert Springs.  The menu changes weekly, so you can keep coming back, and it includes:- A Selection of Starters; varying weekly,…read more

NewsflashOPS Commissions

An exciting announcement for Almanzora Bay Home Owners from the Directors of The Almanzora Group Ltd.  Given the success of the Owners Privilege Scheme (OPS) and the savings it has made to date, we have decided to focus even more on existing home owners, who in any case contribute so much to the success and…read more

NewsflashOpening Times

The Crocodile Club Pool The Pool Bar @ The Crocodile Club and all Leisure Facilities at The Croc are now open everyday from, 11:00am to 6:00pm (last drinks orders 5.30pm).   Ellie, our Pool Bar Supervisor, has been preparing her tasty fresh fruit cocktails for your enjoyment and our Executive Chef, Stephen Pegg, will be offering…read more