Europe Fall 2024 - Digging Deeper Into 'Why Campello' #3

I noted in my #2 post on 'Why Campello' that I wanted to show you in more depth the particular aspects of the main street, Saint Bartemeu, that make Campello a particularly easy, and walkable place to hang out. That's what we're going to do today. So today we are going to...

SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND IN CAMPELLO WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF MY APARTMENT

 Within 5 Minutes

I won't show you all the food options but this is very cool traditional Alicant rice dish place that is literally 50 steps away from the parking lot entrance of our place.

 

Another 2 minutes up a hill is the first of FOUR supermarkets by us.

 

Not shown over it is a mega-Chinese 'everything' store where we've bought crocheting material, a kitchen spatula, and a hat.

And right across the street from the parking lot entrance, another supermarket

 

 Right across the street from the corner of our building property

A Bank with ATMs

Need a new pair of prescription glasses?

Right across the street from our main walking entrance

 With a shoe retailer right next door

Only a few steps further 

A new medical clinic will be opening soon

Just another 100 or so steps further and we have

A Pharmacy

 A place to get your paper and writing needs

 Hair cuts for those unsure of their sexual orientation

And a few doors down, one for those quite sure of their orientation

Go back across the street and few hundred steps more and all your party needs are taken care of.

Need something notarized for the notorious Spanish bureaucracy? Got you covered.

 

 Slightly further up...

...Yet a Third Supermarket

That's three legitimate supermarkets within five minutes. Two of which have custom meat, fish, and deli sections as well as bakeries!

Need a new refrigerator or washing machine? 

 

 Across the street from the Mercadona complex we find...

A laundromat

One selling electronics

An open medical clinic

A place to get your fiber optic purchased

 An Indian restaurant selling not the usual stuff

And the newest of many Doner Kebab places in town.

Within 5 to 10 Minutes

Sometimes you just have to really hoof it to find what you want.

Need toner? Printer supplies? Things copied?

My all time favorite athletic shoe place (that bailed me out after I melted my shoes the last time I was here)

Another of the general merchandise stores selling just about everything.

 Ferrokey - a truly awesome store selling hardware, small appliances, carts for carrying groceries that everyone has here.

 Need more Chinese general merchandise? We got two more

 

 And across from them a Truly Great Wine Store

I go here for good local wine but they have stuff with cobwebs on them costing hundreds and hundreds of Euros.

And if three supermarkets were not enough, here is yet another. We went here a lot last year when we were staying at the other end of town.

 

So there you have it.

Everything you can get within 10 minutes walking distance of my apartment (not counting innumerable clothing stores, Spanish small eateries, real estate agents, and hair/nail places.