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Staying in torrox pueblo

Posted: Tue Jun 1, 2021 9:37am
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Chicojohn1958

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Hi there if anyone can help stayed in old town by the fortress in Velez malaga and found very noisy dogs, music, cockerels ,is torrox old town the same or nice and quiet 

Thanjs

I

Chrissy

Posted: Thu Jun 3, 2021 12:07pm

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Posted: Thu Jun 3, 2021 12:07pm

Hi. I moved to Torrox Pueblo on June 1st and am surrounded by noisy dogs and children.   I’m thankful that I’m renting because I wanted somewhere quiet and here isn’t quiet at all. I’ll give it some time, maybe they are all on holiday and will leave soon. Wishful thinking?? 

Chicojohn1958

Posted: Thu Jun 3, 2021 5:33pm

Chicojohn1958

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Posted: Thu Jun 3, 2021 5:33pm

Chrissy wrote on Thu Jun 3, 2021 12:07pm:

Hi. I moved to Torrox Pueblo on June 1st and am surrounded by noisy dogs and children.   I’m thankful that I’m renting because I wanted somewhere quiet and here isn’t quiet at all. I’ll give it some time, maybe they are all on holiday and will leave soon. Wishful thinking?? 

Hi sorry to here this are you at the top of the village, Chrissy

Chrissy

Posted: Thu Jun 3, 2021 6:01pm

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Posted: Thu Jun 3, 2021 6:01pm

Chicojohn1958 wrote on Thu Jun 3, 2021 5:33pm:

Hi sorry to here this are you at the top of the village, Chrissy

I’m quite a way up......71 steps to be exact! 

Chicojohn1958

Posted: Thu Jun 3, 2021 7:07pm

Chicojohn1958

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Posted: Thu Jun 3, 2021 7:07pm

Chicojohn1958 wrote on Thu Jun 3, 2021 5:33pm:

Hi sorry to here this are you at the top of the village, Chrissy

Do you think it is the same allover the pueblo,Velez malaga old town was terrible,does noise go on all night

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pricklyone

Posted: Fri Jun 4, 2021 10:12am

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Posted: Fri Jun 4, 2021 10:12am

Many working Spanish towns & villages are noisy. Spain is noisy! Within built up areas there's strict laws about allowing dogs to bark at night but, if there's farming around then the laws don't cover those dogs. They will bark at foxes or owls or thunder. Or the moon. It's just what they do. Torrox pueblo can be noisy, there's cockerels and dogs and mopeds and people on phones and wheeling luggage (just heard that for the 1st time since March 2020!) and holding loud conversations and all sorts of other noise. It's something you have to accept in this part of the world, I'm afraid. Maybe somewhere the coast would be better? You're further away from the campos and narrow streets that carry noise. There's plenty of small, quiet areas, it's not all apartments by the sea that the estate agents show. If you look at places on the other side of the main road from the sea, there's some lovely streets that don't feel like a holiday resort. Don't be tempted by Penoncillo, which looks fab but the summer is punctuated by very loud, very late-night music and dancing from the bars on the beach!

I'm resigned to the noise here but, even with that, there are times I get fed up with it so, I imagine it must be hard for folk who were expecting a quiet life. 

pricklyone

Posted: Fri Jun 4, 2021 10:14am

pricklyone

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Posted: Fri Jun 4, 2021 10:14am

Chrissy wrote on Thu Jun 3, 2021 12:07pm:

Hi. I moved to Torrox Pueblo on June 1st and am surrounded by noisy dogs and children.   I’m thankful that I’m renting because I wanted somewhere quiet and here isn’t quiet at all. I’ll give it some time, maybe they are all on holiday and will leave soon. Wishful thinking?? 

The pueblo is a lot noisier than people think. Not from bars etc but, just from the day-to-day life of Spanish folk - it's a noisy country!

Chrissy

Posted: Fri Jun 4, 2021 12:40pm

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Posted: Fri Jun 4, 2021 12:40pm

Chicojohn1958 wrote on Thu Jun 3, 2021 7:07pm:

Do you think it is the same allover the pueblo,Velez malaga old town was terrible,does noise go on all night

I think it possibly is. Yes, the Spanish do talk in loud voices. I’d live in the middle of nowhere for some peace but not on my own. There’s always going to be some drawback wherever you live. 

Hazelnuts

Posted: Tue Jun 8, 2021 9:12am

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Posted: Tue Jun 8, 2021 9:12am

Chicojohn1958 wrote on Tue Jun 1, 2021 9:37am:

Hi there if anyone can help stayed in old town by the fortress in Velez malaga and found very noisy dogs, music, cockerels ,is torrox old town the same or nice and quiet 

Thanjs

I

I have a friend who has a house called Casa Hollandia which she rents north of Velez in the campo. You can find it online. Almost all Spanish pueblos are noisy. I can also recommend a place in Salto del Negro, a small casita to rent, if you are interested, let me know. Salto is reasonably quiet but fir both you would need a car and both are campo not beach.

AndyP

Posted: Wed Jun 9, 2021 9:58am

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Posted: Wed Jun 9, 2021 9:58am

I'll second what Pricklyone has said. Spain is a noisy country. Apart from dogs etc why say one word when thirteen words spoken loudly will drive the point home even more? It's the way of things and you largely just have to accept that "this is Spain". To be honest, for a quieter life you probably need to be surrounded by expats who sort of keep similar hours to you or nobody at all....

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