After a winter of chasing around trying to find a bar open in the evenings for a pre-prandial drink or two, things are looking up!
After the traumas caused by nine named violent storms (LINK), heavy rainfall, high winds, flooding and lots of damage to homes, outbuildings, crops and livestock, as we approach Spring, three grand openings have been announced.
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Tomorrow Friday, a brand-new venue opens in Montejaque. A former house has been turned into a bar/restaurant, to be run by two brothers from the village, Ruben and Borja. who a few years before had La Terraza I and La Terraza II, just outside the village.
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On Saturday the refurbished Don Benito /Ronda Valley Hotel re-opens as Hotel Don Manuel. The hotel has been closed for two months while new owner David Garcia and his team have given the hotel a complete makeover.
A completely new colour scheme, new furniture and a re-arrangement of the internal space in the public areas. The bedrooms have been stripped bare and re-done.
Lots of people will be looking forward to 1.00 pm on Saturday.
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The third grand opening is at at Molino del Santo in Benaojan Estacion. Their planned opening was for St Valentine's Day, but that was ki-boshed when the barriada was shut down for fear of a flood from the Montejaque dam.
They are already back in action, so it won't be long before the missus and I go there to celebrate something or other.
As for me, I shall attend both openings tomorrow and Saturday and we'll both be off to Molino del Santo soon!
© Paul Whitelock
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