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Roda Golf - New DVD presentation

We recently received this cracking DVD from Roda golf, we are sure you will enjoy seeing it yourselves! Click here to see the video, and optionally leave a comment! Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

Roda Golf and Beach Resort can never be accused of skimping on quality! We just received this new promotional DVD which does a great job of showing of both the developement, and the local area. We hope you enjoy this little update. We will soon be back with a little video of our own that we shot during our recent inspection of the Phase 4 apartments which are cracking along...just don't compare the video quality!

 

 

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Roda Beach Club - July 2008 - Part 2!

Gallery and two movies! We can't keep away from the Roda Golf Beach Club! With the weather as perfect as it has been lately, we found an excuse for another visit, and this time we took our photographer. We also shot a couple of little videos for you. Although we freely admit we are not video experts, we think that the videos give a really insight into what it is actually like in and around the beach club, so for that reason we include them for you. Click here to see the gallery, watch both videos and optionally leave a comment! Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

We can't keep away from the Roda Golf Beach Club in La Manga! With the weather as perfect as it has been lately, we found an excuse for another visit, and this time we took our photographer. We also shot a couple of little videos for you. Although we freely admit we are not video experts, we think that the videos give a really insight into what it is actually like in and around the beach club, so for that reason we include them for you.

We visited the club on a Monday, so it was pretty quiet, although some people were in evidence around the pool. We also saw a few people covered in mud on the beach. the local mud is said to have therapeutic properties

The staff were extremely helpful. The young lady in reception took the time to explain a little of the history of the club, and how the unusual building had originally been constructed for a top minister in Franco's government. She also took the time to translate the restaurant menu into English (we'll publish it soon) and showed us around the entire complex

On the ground floor you will find the main entrance, and walking through to the beach side you pass the bathrooms and the elegant and modern spiral staircase to the first floor. As you leave the reception area you emerge between the bar (on your left) and the restaurant to your right. Both areas are fabulously modern and clean. The shining white floor emphasising the white table linen. The glass doors which encompass the entire area where retracted, and a light breeze flowed through the entire club. We haven't visited during the evening yet, but it must be an extremely attractive and romantic place to take dinner.

As one leaves the rear of the beach club through the vast sliding glass doors the beach is of course directly in front, and the sea just a few meters away. there are stylish loungers arranged on the beach. Walking around to the left we find the pool area just next to the outdoor bar seating. The outdoor bar tables had bar menus, and the snacks and drinks seemed reasonably priced (there are pictures of the menu in the gallery and full size (very readable) on our Flickr page here). The pool area is splendid, and has ample loungers. We hear from Roda that entrance numbers are strictly limited, so we are sure the pool shouldn't get overcrowded

Heading back inside, we crossed the bar and restaurant area and headed up the spiral stairs to the first floor. What a stylish area! there are six stunning day beds arranged in the central area, affording magnificent views out over the Mediterranean. Whilst to the the left is a table and chairs. Around the corner to the right is a small alcove with a sofa and chairs. We noticed a dumb waiter here to, ready to send up a couple of cocktails before dinner we imagine! The whole upstairs area, is surrounded by glass, and many doors lead outside onto the veranda. Walking around afforded more lovely views of the sea, and across the pool area.

All in all the Roda Golf Beach Club is a modern and attractive place to be. Whether for a swim and mud bath, or as an evening detination for a romantic dinner. Do yourself a favour and check it out for yourselves!


Roda Golf Beach Club - July 2008 - PartII


A "walkthrough" of the Roda Beach Club...

Roda Golf Beach Club Now Open

We have just returned from our first visit to the Roda Golf Beach Club since its official opening on July 10th. All we can say is "wow!" It is everything we were hoping for and more. A number of you have already visited the this newest luxury club in Spain, and so far all the comments have been very positive.Please click here to see the gallery of more than 40 pictures, and our report! Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

We have just returned from our first visit to the Roda Golf Beach Club since its official opening on July 10th. All we can say is "wow!" It is everything we were hoping for and more. A number of you have already visited the this newest luxury club in Spain, and so far all the comments have been very positive.

We were very impressed by the decor and the general feel of the place. Whilst there are still a few minor "snags" to be resolved, the place looks and feels fantastic, the views from the upstairs relaxation area are quite spectacular. It is just such a great place to relax away from the swimming pool and bar area and just enjoy a quiet, intimate cocktail, whilst looking over the Mediterranean sea.

The swimming pool is quite lovely, and there is plenty of space to relax and chill out all around the beach club. There are great grassed areas, sun beds in abundance around the pool, there are dozens of sun beds on the beach itself, and well equipped terraces both inside and out, all with breath taking views over the Med!

The restaurant is very spacious and beautifully finished, there are lot's of staff in attendance, so good service should be assured, but even if it is a bit slow, just relax and enjoy the views!

The restaurant and bar caters for both snacks and a-la-carte dining, so you will be spoiled for choice.

This is a wonderful facility with something for everybody. Please remember to protect yourselves from the sun, particularly at the beach club, because there is a regular breeze which can make you think it is not so hot, so be careful.

Always remember to shower when entering the pool after being on the beach and in the sea, the sun tan oils will ruin the pool. There are also foot showers available to remove all sand.

It's been a long wait, but we really believe it has been worth it - the place get's a big "thumbs up" from all of us at Roda Golf Info, we hope you enjoy the latest pictures of the beach club and please feel free to leave any comments, all positive of course.

Well done Calidona and Roda Golf!

Please remember that, as always, these images are also available at "original" (very big!) sizes on our Flickr page here: www.flickr.com/photos/rodagolfinfo/ and we would also like to remind our visitors, that our services are made possible by the kind support of Calida International Properties. Thank you.

The Roda Beach Club gets it's OFFICIAL opening date!

The news we have all been waiting for! We finally have official confirmation of the opening date for the roda beach club. It's July the 10th, well in time to catch up on our tans! STOP PRESS. the phone number for bookings changed to 968 147 350!Click here to read the official notification from D. José Luis Pérez Carrión Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

Here it is! The exciting news, that was pretty easy to predict if you have been following our coverage of the Roda golf Beach Club construction. Earlier this week we published a full report with a gallery of more than thirty pictures, and just two days ago we sent our first Roda Golf video to YouTube showing just how close things were getting, and how busy the builders were. Well now it's official! Please see below the letter that many of you may have received today from Calidona:


Dear Owners,

We would like to inform you that as of the 10th of July until the end of September the Roda Golf Beach Club will reopen its doors with all its facilities.

The Beach club boasts a swimming pool with jacuzzi, changing rooms, a “chill out” area with incredible views over the Mediterranean, food and drink, cocktails, direct access to the beach with water sports nearby.

The swimming pool, beach and changing rooms will be open from 10.30 am to 8.00 pm from Monday to Sunday. The Bar & Restaurant services will also be open every day from 10.30 am to 1.00 am. Reservations are recommended for lunch or dinner on 968 147 350

There will be a bus + ferry service available to make your day out more pleasurable and comfortable. It will depart from the golf car park and will circle the resort, taking you to Santiago de la Ribera where you will take the ferry to Puerto Tomás Maestre, and from there, a bus will transport you to the Beach Club. The total cost (return trip included) is 12 € per person. Please reserve on 968 147 353 or personally at the Club house Pro Shop to use this service.

For additional information, enquiries or reservations, please, contact 968 147 353.

We hope to see you there!!

D. José Luis Pérez Carrión
Subdirector General
Comercial & Marketing

Roda Golf Beach Club - The Video!

Something new and informative for you! We would like to present our first little video, showing just how busy things are getting down at the Roda Golf Beach Club in Murcia which is always set to open THIS MONTH! Let us know what you think.Click here to see the video of the Roda Golf Beach Club! Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

We tried something new this month, and whilst we cannot claim to be professional video editors, we think it's been pretty successful! We wanted to convey just how busy things have got down at the Roda golf Beach Club which is due to open THIS MONTH!

Don't forget that we have our Roda golf Beach Club full report and gallery available with more than thirty high resolution images. Remember you can also see them on our Flickr channel

We hope that our little videos will prove useful and entertaining to all you owners and investors here in Roda Golf and Beach Club, Murcia. We'll try to make some more videos for you soon. As always, please just let us know if there's something specific you'd like to see. And as always, please bear in mind we can bring you this service thanks to the support of Calida International Properties

See you soon in the Roda Beach Club!

 

FULL REPORT and gallery - The Roda Beach Club - June 2008

Here we are in June already! The sun is shining, and the builders are really cracking on over at the Roda Golf and Beach Resort Beach Club! We were there three days ago with our photographer! You will not believe the changes! Click here to see just how far the Beach Club has come! See the gallery and optionally leave a comment! Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

We are very excited to provide you all with the very latest and up-to-date pictures of the Roda Golf beach club which is set to open in July.

The amount of work that has been undertaken since our last visit is just incredible, we at Roda Golf Info did not believe they would be ready by July, however the place has undergone a complete transformation.

All the beaches are now immaculate, there was even a beach sweeper cleaning the beach as we were there. Most of the gardens are now in place and they were busy planting all the various shrubs and plants during our visit. The swimming pool was looking fantastic and was being filled before our eyes.

The style and quality of the building itself was absolutely phenomenal, the various bars are now ready with beer pumps in place (excellent news!) the open plan kitchens, in a similar style to the kitchen at the Roda Golf clubhouse have also been installed. Most of the terraces and walkways throughout the beach club have now been completed - whilst there is still lots of work to go, the place look just incredible!

The remaining work seems to be mostly just "tidying up", other than that everything seems pretty complete.

They have about fifty sliding glass doors that fold back on to themselves which bring the outside in, or the inside out, not quite sure, but is just an amazing feature. There is so much glass upstairs and downstairs that you get the feeling of being outside even if you are inside, it all looks so light and airy, which of course it is, and the views over the Mediterranean Sea from all parts of the beach club is fantastic.

Yet again Calidona have exceeded all of our expectations, yes we have to wait a little longer for this fantastic facility, but the great news, it is here now and WOW! are you going to enjoy it.

We hope you enjoy these latest pictures and this update, if there is anything we can do for you, or you world like to see on this web site, please just let us know.

Stop Press! Roda Beach Club gets an official opening date!

That's right folks, you heard it HERE first...the official openeing date for the Roda Golf Beach Club! Click here to read the good news about the Roda Beach Club! Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

Work under way at the Beach Club last April! - Click to enlarge
Work under way at the Beach Club last April! - Click to enlarge

Great news "straight from the top" today! We can now inform everyone that the Roda Golf Beach Club will be opening in "mid July". The last time we were at the Roda Golf Beach Club was at the end of April, and we could see then how the work was cracking on. Well, not it's very nearly time to enjoy all that work...from the side of the pool with a cold beer!

We'll get back over to the club as soon as we can to update the pictures we can offer. And you can be sure we'll be there the day it opens to take some pictures for you, just like we did the day the Roda Clubhouse opened! No rest for us, but then Calida International Properties are sponsoring us to bring you the latest information. Perhaps they'll buy us that beer too? :)

See you all soon in the Roda Beach Club!

Visit and full report - Roda Golf Beach Club

We have had a large number of requests for this report, with updated pictures from our regular visitors, who are growing increasingly fed up with the negative posts on a few "independent" forums out there about the beach club at Roda Golf and Beach Resort. This report has 30, COMPLETELY UP TO DATE and massive size pictures too! Click here to read the full article, see the gallery and optionally leave a comment! Read this article, and optionally leave a comment

Work going on! A lot of it! -  Click to enlarge
Work going on! A lot of it! - Click to enlarge

Photo gallery is below this report! Hover over it for controls, click it for descriptions. Or go straight to the Flickr set for high resolution views!

We have had a large number of requests for this report, with updated pictures from our regular visitors, who are growing increasingly fed up with the negative posts on a few "independent" forums out there about the beach club at Roda Golf.

We visited the Roda Golf beach club on Friday 25th April and were very pleasantly surprised at the amount of work that has currently been completed, also the amount of work under construction, there were about 25 men working. Only a couple had decided it was too hot and were enjoying what looked like a well earned "siesta" under one of the beautiful palm trees!

The Roda Golf and Beach Resort beach club is progressing nicely, the location is fantastic, for those of you who have not been lucky enough to visit the area, you are in for a very pleasant surprise.

There was a massive amount of work to be done but due to owner pressure, the beach club was opened last year with a very limited service, it looked nice and was a pleasant alternative to the local beaches in Los Alcazares. However, for it to be considered a 5 star beach club, which is what you all want, the building needed to be taken back to the bare structure, well that has happened in the closed season.

You must also remember that now that the new clubhouse has been completed and opened, with huge success I might add, (see our roda golf clubhouse post here) there are more men available for work on the beach club.

There has been lots of new steel added, as well as a new floor for the upstairs. A number of internal walls have been removed, and all the area outside has been cleared. There are lots of building materials laying around, however they will all be used in due course.

The beaches have been swept and all the beach debris has been removed, we actually watched a couple of trucks taking it away whilst we were there.

The Beach Club pool - Neglected...for now! -  Click to enlarge
The Beach Club pool - Neglected...for now! - Click to enlarge

The swimming pool has clearly been neglected, obviously as nobody has been using it for about 10 months, it looks like nobody has cleaned it in that time either, this pool will take just a week or 2 at most to be restored to it's former glory, but it has the potential to be spectacular, what with it being only 40 paces to the Mediterranean sea from the pool!

The gardens again have the potential to be superb, it is a massive area with loads of room to simply lounge around and relax whilst you decide, "is it the pool or the sea"? Not a bad choice, we call that a "win win" situation! :)

We were lucky enough to meet some new owners who had just purchased this week, they were checking out the location and the planned facilities for the first time, Matt and Rachel and their 14 week old daughter Macy from Porthcawl, South Wales. They absolutely loved the place! Matt, who own his own magazine, "Seaside News", commented that even though the place was a mess, he could see the potential for one of the nicest facilities he has ever seen.

Matt who loves to surf, and has travelled the world in pursuit of that elusive monster wave said, "the peace and quiet here, and the natural beauty of this area is just fantastic and we can't wait to use the beach club".

Nice one Matt, thanks for your time. We hope you and the family had a safe trip home.

In our opinion, this beach club is going to be awesome. We have always felt that, and if the new Roda Golf clubhouse is anything to go by, I think we will be right. The planned opening is the last week of June, which is when all the water parks in the area open, so nothing strange there. Be patient and get ready to be wowed, because even though there have been considerable delays, Calidona so far are exceeding everybody's expectations with the finished product.

We hope you enjoy these most up to date photos of the beach club, please feel free to leave a comment or request any further information.

Look out for our next news item coming soon, and remember, you can click the gallery for descriptions of each photo!