Oh what a night. New Years Eve 2012 at Condado De Alhama was certainly a success for all the bars and restaurants and the guests attending.

The party started early at around 7pm at Al Kasar with fancy dress at The Clover, a cabaret night at the Bulgarian Bistro and a gourmet 8 course meal at La Cata. There was something for everyone. Pre party drinks were being served at Sabores and Bokao, both of which then closed around 9pm only to re open again after midnight for late night celebrations. Bokao hosted a late night dance party that went right through till about 9.30am the next morning.

It was a night to remember and a night that certainly got 2013 off to a great start. I hope everyone had a wonderful New Years celebration. I wish you all the happiness and peace in the world for 2013.

From us at Condado De Alhama, Happy New Year and we will see you soon.

2012 was a great year for Condado De Alhama, so many changes and improvements. Hundreds of new owners are now a part of our community and despite worries we now have enough facilities on site to never have to leave. Take a look back at our year and know that in 2013 the plans for Condado will make it even better.

In January 2012, we were talking about the Club House, wondering and worrying if we were ever going to have one. News came that IRM planned to move the old Polaris World office onto the golf course. It looked like this….

Now just one year later, it looks like this and sits proudly on the Jack Nicklaus golf course. Condado De Alhama now has a club house.

In February 2012. The much loved Clover Bar was opened under new management, thus giving birth to the privately owned Al Kasar commercial units and opportunities. IRM, the new owners of Condado De Alhama had purchased Al Kasar and intended to lease the units privately. Lynn and Neil peeled themselves away from the already operating Condado Club Sports and Social centre and began serving you in The Clover. Can you believe that was a year ago in February. Our resident real estate agent Rupert at Quality homes also opened his office to serve your real estate needs in Al Kasar, responsible for helping and representing many of the new businesses that opened during the year.

In March 2012, The Condado Club released their new look and new menu. After extending the kitchen and adding some colour, the old look of The Surgery..was gone. The Condado Club organized kids entertainment throughout all the school holidays, started their bike hire program and became the base for the kids and family entertainment throughout the year. The club run by Paul and Rachel is today, a friendly family cafe/bar and entertainment venue. After opening their new function room it is hard to beat their versatility.

In April 2012, Murcia was named the Top Global Property Destination in  the International Living Magazine.. and this kicked off the party season for the year and the good news kept coming. We were to get a Tapas Bar…Bokao begun construction, today a much loved tapa bar run by owner Julio. The food is excellent and Julio greets everyone with a smile.

April was a good month, another business signed up to join the community, The Ice Cream Parlour signed their lease and turned this…

Into this..

In May 2012, Condado De Alhama residents Brian and Helen Yeldon and Alysia Saunders worked very hard organizing the fund raising for the brain cancer charity, The Seve Balesteros Foundation gala day.

The community was showing great signs of growth, getting stronger in visitors and spirits were high.

In June 2012, La Cata joined the Condado family, a great addition to our facilities serving food all day and all night…open 7 days a week. A lovely family run restaurant. The excitement  of the approaching summer continues when Miguel Jimenez visited Condado to play a round of golf. The big street market returned to Condado and was billed as the BIGGEST market on the south coast. Too much news for June, it was a big month in Murcia and Condado.

In July 2012… The crowds had arrived and FIESTA was the big news. Organized by Mileniun Levante with a little help from a small committee..Condado was introduced to many locals who came to see what all the fuss was about.

It was clear by now, that 2012 was going to be the busiest summer in Condado History….

In August 2012, the number of visitors continued to swell and we had another addition to Al Kasar.. this time a Boutique. Carols gift shop and boutique opened with a selection of clothes, golf gear and house items, the community welcomed her with open arms, and next door to her a furniture store run by Paco Molino. The left side of Al Kasar is by now fully occupied by new business and Condado De Alhama was about to celebrate it´s best fiesta yet. Enjoyed by thousands. Al Kasar filled with Camels, ponies and stalls for our Roman Market Fiesta.

In September 2012, The Club House Bar and Cafe opens it´s doors to serve golfers.

More news of an ever expanding Al Kasar as The French Bistro signs their lease. We haven´t seen any start of their construction yet but I am sure they will be in next years look back. We introduced you also to all the children that live on Condado that were preparing for the coming school year in Murcia. Another sign, that Condado, our little village is growing.

In October 2012, The Mayor visits Condado for the official opening of The Club House, although it had been open for a little while the official opening with the Mayor brought a lot of news time attention on Condado.

For Halloween, all the businesses of Al Kasar got together with the help of Mileniun Levante to work as a team to bring Condado, the BEST and biggest Halloween Haunted party.

In November 2012, More great news..Condado De Alhama continued to grow and expand with the news that we would be soon home to an American Diner. Construction on this venue begun and is continuing today.

The Condado De Alhama entrance sign is lit up giving Condado a very impressive entrance…

Ending the year with a bang, the newest addition to Condado De Alhama is a well equipped gym located and open now at The Condado Club squash court area. You asked for it, and you got it. Run by James and Byron, its affordable and it´s open every day between the hours of 8am-10pm.

Looking back over our year on Condado I think we can all raise our glasses and say….

WOW! WHAT A GREAT YEAR

Happy New Year to you from us, and please join us this year in raising our glasses and dedicating a toast to Condado De Alhama. See you all in 2013 xx

It is now official, the classic 50´s American Diner is confirmed to open on Condado De Alhama and take it´s place in Al Kasar on the right as you enter from the main parking lot.

The diner will be family owned and run, Eric West his wife Yvonne, Son Graeme, Yvonne’s mum and dad and a couple of friends are all getting ready to bring this vision into reality.

The contracts are signed but Eric explains that he is not going to rush things, (he is already getting used to the laid back lifestyle of Spain) sourcing the right decor is going to be paramount and not as easy as that of a traditional bar. He says, he can´t put a date on the opening but knows the impressive impact it will bring to Al Kasar will be worth the wait.

Eric and his wife came up with the American Diner Theme idea for Condado while visiting their daughter in Jaen last year while she was studying on a one year placement course to be a primary teacher. He explains, she took us to her favourite diner, Tommy Mels and we were extremely impressed with the decor and the food. So the idea was born and here we are. We actually had an inclination to open a cafe on Al Kasar since we bought our apartment on Jardin 12 last year but it wouldnt have been possible at that time under Polaris Worlds strict licensing rules.  But now, under the ownership of IRM, we made some enquiries, and with the help of Rupert at Quality homes in Al Kasar, we´ve done the deal, and here we are!

We wish you all the success and share in your excitement. This is a very exciting piece of news for Condado. A themed restaurant like this could bring people from all over Alhama, Totana, Lorca. It is different to anything around here and I think it will do extremely well. Good luck from me personally and I look forward to following your progress in the coming months.

If you have a fantastic business idea, there are still a few openings at Al Kasar, contact Rupert at Quality homes, Al Kasar for more information.  rupert@lamangaclub.org

This weekend on Condado De Alhama is all set to be a great one. All the fun starts tonight at La Cata in Al Kasar  with their official opening party, Live music with the band Al Relente starting at 11.30pm with free champagne cocktails. Come and welcome La Cata officially to Condado De Alhama.

Tomorrow starting at 6pm we have the Condado Market at the Al Kasar parking area, a huge market selling everything for your home, your belly and your entertainment. Followed by, at 9.30pm in The Clover Bar we have Lenny Mitchel, a great entertainer taking you right through to the early hours of Sunday morning.

Sunday…well it is football time. Al Kasar venues have set TV´s outside with drinks bars and are all offering their specials, Bokao are offering free tapas and paella with your beer during the game. Make your way to your favourite bar..or to the one with a seat left if you are running late and enjoy the atmosphere of Al Kasar. It is going to be great, the excitement has been building for what will end with hopefully, a Spanish win.

Next week 4th July we have the Kylie Tribute show at The Condado Club, order your tickets now for the show and a buffet dinner. Tickets for adults are 15 EUR and children 7.50EUR. Reserve your tickets now at thecondadoclub@hotmail.com

12th July we have international medium Oscar Villages live at The Condado Club. It is going to be a very enlightening evening and a lot of fun. The last spiritual evening at The Condado Club was a full house and it was a great time, lots of laughs. Come along and see for your self. Tickets are only 5 EUR. You can reserve your tickets at thecondadoclub@hotmail.com

All weekend and well into November we have plenty of sunshine. Enjoy your vacation!

BOKAO, The new Music and Tapas venue on Condado De Alhama opened it´s doors last night with free champagne and tapas. The very modern bar has a young and vibrant feel to it and was very welcoming. The tapas on offer last night were excellent as was the service.

They are still waiting for their sound system to arrive but it is easy to see that this will be a popular music and dancing venue, they plan to have Spanish music in the very new future.

Sunday it will be a day of Paella, so if you didn´t come out last night be sure to visit on Sunday and taste some of their traditional Paella.

It is now possible to do a pub crawl on Condado, you can start off at the Condado Club who have also been busy with some very nice upgrades themselves to the function room, wander to Al Kasar to visit the ice cream parlour, the Clover Bar and now Bokao. Within the month you will have the choice of 7 entertainment venues to visit on Condado De Alhama.

La Cata, a classy bar, deli shop and take away is very close to opening it´s doors to the public aswell, their opening is expected either today or tomorrow.

Bokao staff and owners, welcome to Condado De Alhama