04/10/2026
Meetings
Next meeting
Tuesday 13th October
10:00 for 10:30
Club de Tenis, Calpe
For more information, call 639 637 520 or email calcalpe@gmail.com.
Last Meetings
Annual General Meeting - Tuesday 19th May
Club de Tenis, Calpe
Carole, the President, gave a talk on what help can be obtained from the local social services and those of the Valencian Generalitat social services
The full minutes of this meeting can be read in our members’ area.
Carole's talk can also be read there—and downloaded as a PDF.
Tuesday 17th February
Club de Tenis, Calpe
Representatives from Pellicer and Heredia Lawyers gave a talk on Reverse Mortgages and making Wills in Spain.
The full minutes of this meeting can be read in our members’ area.
Centro de Salud
Christmas 2025
AFPO run a translation service in the Calpe Centro de Salud (details on this website). The photograph shows members of AFPO giving a box of chocolates to the staff of the Centro de Salud at Christmas.
If you would like to help as an interpreter call Noel on 620 687 633.
UK Embassy: older Brits in Spain
February 2026 update
The Foreign Office has updated its survey of the things that we need to take account of when growing older here.
In a page on the government website, they cover everything from medical care to finances to wills to funeral plans to going back to the UK.
AFPO recommend that you call up the page: Planning for later life as a British person in Spain. It's well worth reading!
Calpe elections (2023)
New Council (to 2027)
The new Calpe Council has now voted. For the next 4 years (in principle) Calpe will be run by a coalition of 3 parties, and Ana Sala, the current mayor, will continue in post.
The party with the most individual votes, the Partido Poplular, who wanted to force Ana Sala out, have instead been forced into opposition.
Up-to-the-minute news, togther with detailed analysis of the results of the elections (held on the 28th of May) can be found in our members’ area.
From the members’ area
In this section, we provide extracts from the announcements, news items and updates which our former President, Keith Wildman, publishes every day. To read the complete posts, you need to join the Association.
Announcements
Sailing – October 16th to 18th in Calpe
(Notice posted: Sunday, 4th October 2026)
Calpe will bring together the 18 best teams in the country in the Spanish Cruiser ChampionshipThe Real Club Náutico de Calpe will host for the first time, from October 16 to 18 and coinciding with its 50th anniversary, the Lotteries with Sport Trophy with crews from 13 regional federations Spanish Cruise Championship Lotteries with Sport […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
More on the Gastronomic fair – until Monday, October 5th
(Notice posted: Saturday, 3rd October 2026)
Calpe brings the White Prawn, the Peix de Calpe and its local flavours to Alicante Gastronómica The municipality participates until Monday with its own stand, daily tastings, two show-cookings at ‘Saborea Costa Blanca’ and free bus excursions during the weekend Representatives of Calpe during the first day of Alicante Gastronómica 2026, with the White Prawn […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Calpe game party – October 8th
(Notice posted: Friday, 2nd October 2026)
CALPE GAME PARTY is here! Next Thursday, 8 October, the Domingo Crespo Sports Pavilion will be transformed into a huge space dedicated to video games and digital entertainment with Calpe Game Party. An afternoon to play, compete and have fun together, featuring: Virtual reality Driving simulators Arcade zone Video game tournaments and competitions Free-to-play consoles […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Non-Motorised Mobility Plan – Calpe consultation on October 19th
(Notice posted: Saturday, 26th September 2026)
The plan to move around the Marina Alta without a private vehicle: investments of 12.3 million in more than 390 kilometers The MACMA presents the first draft of the Non-Motorised Mobility Plan: it proposes to create 77 sections to structure the region between the coast and the interior or to build a footbridge for cyclists […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Acoustic ordinance – consultation until 20th October
(Notice posted: Saturday, 19th September 2026)
Calpe opens to the public the revision of its acoustic ordinance after almost ten years The public consultation will be open until October 20 and will address, among other aspects, the schedules of the works in summer, secondary activities and the inspection and sanctions regime. The Council of Calpe has opened this Friday a period […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
News items
TRAFFIC LIGHTS
Sunday, 4th October 2026
Valencia is ahead of the DGT and suppresses flashing amber at 45 traffic light. The reform of the traffic regulations introduced on October 1 eliminates the coincidence of yellow for cars and green for pedestrians. The DGT will allow exceptions and the Cap i Casal awaits the ‘small print’. One of the traffic lights where […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Discontent
Sunday, 4th October 2026
Experts point to segregation between neighbourhoods and community weakness as obstacles to transforming discontent into a collective response A protest called last week in the centre of Alicante, which reflects the discomfort and discontent of its citizens The professor of Urban Planning at the UA, José Ramón Navarro Vera, warns of the lack Inaccessible housing, […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Price study
Sunday, 4th October 2026
The difference in the price of an average home in the Marina Alta: from €62,400 in Vall d’Ebo to €540,000 in Jávea or Teulada The coast leads the average purchase prices, while the inland valleys register the lowest amounts A square metre costs almost six times more in Jávea than in Castell de Castells Buying […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Historical
Sunday, 4th October 2026
Memory of Calpe. Domingo Crespo Mengual, Canals (1900-1989): “The light of the Crespo On the night of September 8, 1936, a dozen foreign militiamen who had arrived in “La Pepa” entered the casino at 24 Calle Mayor to drink. One of them demanded that the owner take down a painting of The Holy Supper. Then […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Visitors
Sunday, 4th October 2026
The Peñón de Ifach registers 34,535 visitors during the summerThe Calpe natural park leads the influx registered in the protected areas of the Valencian Community, which exceed 94,100 visitors A total of 34,535 people passed through its visitor centre or were attended by environmental educators, within a summer in which Valencian natural parks counted more […]