Community waste & recycling bins: what goes where?

Local authorities in San Pedro do a great job of providing communal street bins for waste and recycling purposes, ensuring that each household only has a short distance to cover to dispose of rubbish and recyclable materials. The signage and instructions on each dustbin can be slightly confusing though: for instance, […]

Schools in San Pedro Alcántara

As a Spanish town with many forgein nationality communities, San Pedro Alcántara has a comprehensive directory of educational facilities that cater for all ages and a variety of languages; within both the private and public sectors. Many of the privately funded institutes in the area focus on English as the main […]

How and where to park your car in San Pedro

To find a free parking space in San Pedro is gradually proving to be more and more difficult, as many of the areas in the centre have now been marked as Zona Azul (blue zones) where parking must be paid for from 9:00hrs to 14:00hrs and from 16:30hrs until 20:00hrs, Monday […]

San Pedro’s neighbourhood areas

Nowadays, San Pedro Alcántara is a tourist centre of the first order, with numerous luxury urbanisations and golf courses, although it still retains features of its colonial past. The seaside tranquillity, microclimate and its inhabitants’ friendliness, both locals and foreign residents, are keys to what makes this picturesque place so special. Its […]

Jade Beach – your San Pedro home on the beach

If you are looking for a perfect beach home, this development should be your number one choice. Jade beach is a gated community located only 100 metres from the beach and a couple minutes’ walk to the newly-renovated San Pedro boulevard with its multitude of bars and restaurants, local shops and […]

World cuisines to discover in San Pedro

San Pedro de Alcantara has changed in the past few years from a small traditional Spanish town into a cosmopolitan resort, and now with recent work that has been done to improve the infrastructure and look of the town we expect it to grow even bigger and attract more tourists and […]

The quirky landmarks and amenities of San Pedro’s coastal ‘paseo’

Of all the appealing neighbourhoods in San Pedro Alcántara, the seafront paseo has to be one of the best. The several lovely kilometres of pedestrian pathway follow the sea to provide a scenic platform for community amenities, quirky landmarks and an endlessly delightful viewing point. Everyday, the promenade hosts a variety […]