Orihuela Town Hall has been told it needs to physically remove all of the beach bars along its coastline. The Chiringuitos have been closed for some time, due to a wrangle over contracts but now the Provincial Coastal Authority (Costas) has ordered their removal from maritime land. As they are closed indefinitely, the structures are unauthorised and uninsured to be on the beaches, and if the local government doesn’t follow its instructions, then Costas will take steps to have them taken down.
The beach bars closed on 1st January, after the contract extension ran out and since then Orihuela Town Hall has failed to complete a new tender process for the contract and provision of services. The contract includes several services, not just the beach bar itself. It also covers sun loungers, water sports and activities and toilets. It is believed that several companies have bid for the new contract, including the incumbent supplier. However, given the complexities of the service Costas seem to doubt that the beach bars will be up and running anytime soon and maybe not even by the start of the summer tourist season.
Costas has been keen to point out that structures are only permitted on beaches if they are providing a service to the public and cannot complete the service from another location.
A letter was issued in March instructing the current supplier, Chiringuitos del Sol to removes its beach bars within 10 days. In response the company called on the city council to reopen the beach bars immediately so that a public service could be carried out over the Easter holidays and also pointed out that taking down the structures would have a negative impact on tourism and the local economy. However, this didn´t happened and the bars were cordoned off by the police.
The company is now legally challenging the decision made by Costas and is also requesting compensation for financial losses due to the DANA, Covid and inflation.
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What a sorry state of affairs, I suspect caused by a council that is uninformed and uncaring.
As a result, tourism is affected negatively because
1. Tourists not spending on the beach.
2. People not coming in the first case as a major facility is no longer here.
I, for one, will think of changing my holiday destination.
It has to be said this is a terrible loss for the areas beaches.
We’re at Playa Flamenca today and the place has very little atmosphere, there are certainly few people on the beach.
We used to love it here but it’s just not the same.
We’ve been going to La Zenia for 15 years now, definitely not the same atmosphere without the beach bars, sunbeds and toilets, hopefully will be back on next year
Write to the town hall and complain
Unbelievable, That is my Last holiday in this area. Good bye Orihuela Costa
Seeing the state of Orihuela costa, my family goes for holidays to Croatia,where they get clean environment and services as expected. Time to sell my holiday place in Playa Flamenca.
I will certainly sell my property in Orihuelo Costa and buy somewhere else.
No you won’t…????????
Yes I will!
Exactly right.
We have just come back
With children there was no toilet facilities & no bar such a shame ,
The beach wasn’t no where near as full as normal
People will spend there money else where ,
In other parts of Spain
Orihuela town take the money from the Costas and spend nothing on the Costas. Determined to kill off the beaches and local economies, Punta Prima was the first Chirinquitos to go now no licences for the rest. Stop giving licences to build more properties, people are not going to buy them if there are no facilities on the beaches. “Killing the Costas”
Having just came back from Cabo Roig / La Zenia without these beach bars they have sucked the life from the beaches.
It is so wrong.
At midday I counted 12 people on La Zenia Beach.
These facilities must be reopened before the visitors find a new destination for holidays and destroy the tourism trade fir these areas.
Exactly right.