Internet
La Tienda in Los Gallardos is run by an English couple and has good internet access, a small DVD rental library and sell English books and cards.

Total Entertainment in Turre has five computers, are cheap and helpful and make good coffee. They also sell English books, newspapers and have a DVD rental library.

The Word in Turre also has a small internet area.
There is an Internet Café on the Playa above Ferreteria la Collera, opposite Bar El Patio 2000 and several of the bars and shops have a computer you can use.

Markets
Tuesday
Los Gallardos
Wednesday
Bedar (very small)
Mojacar
Thursday
Carboneras
Friday
Garrucha
Turre (excellent for vegetables)
Saturday
Vera (huge, covers several streets in the town centre and sells everything)
Sunday
Flea-market on Sunday mornings at the bottom of the hill up to Mojacar village.

Horse riding:
There is a stables just off the road to Cabrera. Pass the restaurant and clubhouse at El Cortijo Grande and head on towards Cabrera. Follow the signs. You can go hacking in the hills riding Western style. Nice people and well run.

Walking:
There are numerous lovely walks around the village, though they are unsigned and largely a matter of trial and error.
Take the track to the left of El Cortijo up over the hill on that side, or take the Serena road and take the track to El Pinar and back to the village.
For a guided walk and a chance to meet people, there is a walk every Tuesday morning at 10a.m. Hermann, a Dutchman who lives in the village, organises these popular walks. Meet at the bottom of the village on the Serena road, at the bottom of Calle Mar by the dustbins. It's fine just to turn up and walks last around an hour and a half to two hours. They are not, generally, too strenuous.
If you have a dog with you, be very careful if you walk on a Sunday. This is the day when many of the Spaniards go hunting with guns and a dog could easily be confused with another target. There is a convention that your dog should wear a red scarf in the hills on a Sunday so that the hunters will realise that it is not game.

Golf:
There are several good golf courses in the area. Notably:
El Cortijo Grande. (950 468 176) (www.cortijogrande.net). Off the road from J520 of the Autovia to Turre. Also has a bar & restaurant.
Desert Springs (near Vera and Cuevas de Almanzora)
Valle del Este Golf
Marina Golf, Mojacar