Personal safety - Page 3

00helen wrote on Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:37pm:

Hi,

I'm 50 and my partner and I have had a holiday home in North Torrevieja for the last 10 years. We are just down from hotel Masa so I think that's the area you're being recommended. It's a terrace on a small Urb, so a communal pool. 

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I've stayed here solo, with girlfriends, and with my family - I have never felt unsafe. We love the area, but if we were going to live here, like you we'd want more space and a private pool - though actually just having the garden to potter in is what we miss!

I don't think there are many villas of the size you mention in this Torrelemata area, not particularly reasonably priced anyway. We look to La Siesta and Los Balcones, perhaps the Torretas when 'house hunting' as these seem to have more space for less money.

I think even in Torrevieja centre it's quite family oriented, the clubs are in their own areas, so you would be unlucky to be a target. The only thing I saw (once) was someone doing the leaflets on the table thing (to pick up a phone) but we clocked it and no harm done. A general awareness for opportunistic theft is useful, as others have said.

You shouldn't have a problem with wifi, we use dvblab but there's loads out there. We have wifi cameras and they always seem to be connected.

Best of luck! Helen 

George55 wrote on Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:06pm:

As others have said, any town or city in any part of the world is going to have what you would consider rich/poor areas (either in absolute terms or relative terms or both!).

In the UK, going back many years I was assaulted (well, that's what the individual was charged and convicted of but I wouldn't have called it anywhere near that), I've also been the victim of fraud (someone successfully got HMRC to provide a refund in my name for a self-assessment tax return I ha...

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In Spain, we've been burgled once in 8 years - and while I don't want to do any victim blaming, that was due in part to a degree of forgetfulness by myself (due to having had one to many vino!).

I don't feel much difference in terms of my personal safety when wandering around here than I did in the UK or anywhere else in the world really and I'm a frequent traveller. The only place I felt notably safer was when I worked in Switzerland but the price of a pint was also criminal there!

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Golandrina wrote on Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:02am:

I have lived in Spain for over 18 years and have never had anything personal stolen such as bag, watch, phone, purse or jewellery.

Gemily1 wrote on Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:24pm:

I'll second what tebo53 has said unfortunately, where people have worked hard and paid for their valuable possessions there's always some lowlife who hasn't and wants to take them from you, but like John123456 states you have to be vigil and don't look like a victim.

Keep safe everyone

Jane1965 wrote on Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:49am:

I'm late 50s and have a home in Torrevieja and loads of places to go and amazing friends as well. I couldn't imagine being g anywhere else. I only bought my home 2 years ago. Benidorm great to visit for the town and amazing market but drunk people everywhere. Dont hessitate to ask any questions

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tebo53 wrote on Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:21am:

"But drunk people everywhere"

Thats not been my experience and I've lived here 10 years!! You must have been visiting the wrong area. Benidorm is one of the most visited holiday destinations in Spain outdoing Torrevieja by far.

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Benidorm has amazing beaches and the picturesque "old town" also is rated safer for overall safety and satisfaction than Torrevieja.....

Steve