Thread: moving to costa blanca

Hi All
im new today to this forum
We are looking to relocate to costa blanca mid 2010, we are just checking out some areas. We need to be near the airport 30/40 drive alicante and murcia if we can, GOT to have a good primary state spanish school nearby as our children will be 8 and 10 then, and got to be a safe area as i will mostly be there on my own as my husband is still going to work in london a few days a week and comute
We are thinking about a long rental first maybe 12months just to make sure we have all settled in and kids like school and surrounding etc
Any information you have how big or small will be great

Thanks

Gaynor

Hi Gaynor, Try San Miguel de Salinas, Lovely village with nice villa urbs around it. It has a great primery school and state of the art Spanish secondry school. Many people with kids try to move here just for the postal code of San Miguel so they can get thier kids into SM school. We are 20 mins form Murcia airport and 30 from Alicante.
My daughter is 12 just gone from primary to secondry school and she loves it.

hi and welcome to the board. 30 to minutes drive from Alicante airport gives a huge radius. Are you wanting somewhere on the coast or inland?

Hello herewecome, welcome to the Absolute Spain Forum, I am sure you will get plenty useful information here.

Do you drive... Public transport is poor in some areas. Where I live, there are plenty of houses to let at reasonable rates. There are school buses, but if you are on your own, you won't be able to rely on public transport. We are half way between Alicante and Murcia airports with low cost airlines.(about 30 minutes to each) and a short drive or long walk to the fabulous beaches of Guardamar del Segura. We are across the lake from San Miguel de Salinas..So maybe somewhere in the area would be suitable. You mentioned security, I would not recommend the coastal area where security seems to be more of a problem.

CD

Hi and welcome we have a house in playa flamenca every thing to hand

Dave & Bev