Home again to rainy Bangor (with photographs!)

Arrived into Belfast International Airport in heavy rain! Bit of a shock to the system having left San Javier in 80 degrees.

I took a trip around the perimeter of Terrazas and took quite a few photographs. This one is the first I have seen of how the apartments will front onto the golf course rather than the street behind it.

The main thing I discovered when out there was that all the building on phase one is complete although there will obviously be substantial work involved in finishing the interiors.

Parts of the phase look readier than others, namely those to the west side of the resort. There were plenty of men & women at work on the sight although as it was around lunchtime when I visited so there were several workers like these - "laid out like a fish supper" as some of us Ulster folk would say.




There is a good degree of landscaping around the entire phase and it was just about possible to see pool areas between some of the blocks.



These photos are of the same area, which would be to the west side of the phase where it makes a slight turn.








The last of the blocks were being painted whilst I was there.





I was staying at La Torre for two weeks and tried to rent a property which would give me some idea of how things might look from the islands at Terrazas.

It was also good to get a feel for the facilities at
La Torre because I think it is likely that that is where many people who are in the early completions will rely upon for many of their requirements in terms of supermarket and restaurants.

I paid a visit to Hacienda Riquelme and although it appears that the building is largely complete the facilities are few and far between. There is a small temporary supermarket and a temporary bar as far as I could see and no sign of work starting on the "Town Centre". I would be open to correction on this but that is how things look to me. I was lucky to see a few apartments whilst there and if they ever find this blog, many thanks in particular to Jenny & Dave for allowing us to see your beautiful apartment.

If that follows through on the Terrazas development we will rely heavily on La Torre and I am pleased to report that facilities there are quite good with a decent range of restaurant choices at a range of prices. There are 2 bars where you could happily while away an hour or seven plus a large number of pools. The facilities should be greatly enhanced when the hotel opens and I understand that this is expected around the end of this year - the building appears to be at an advanced stage.


This is the only landmark that I could see which you can identify on the plan. It is the old "Country House" which will be renovated and will be the chill-out bar mentioned in the brochure.



To the left of it, the east side of the lake will start and on the other side of it the smaller of the islands will be built. In the foreground the "town centre" will be built and it will extend far beyond the right hand end of the country house.


I have several more photographs taken on my trip around the perimeter which I will eventually get around to posting. I also took 20 plus minutes of video although as much of it shows locations around the site I feel that it would be pretty boring in its entirety so I will try to edit it into something more watchable, the only problem being that I have never edited video before!! If anyone feels they would like to suffer the full video let me know and I will try to post it although I am not sure what size this blogsite will permit.

I would be grateful for any comments and indeed any information that others may have to share.