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Los Dolses lies between La Zenia & Villa Martin just South of Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca. It is situated within easy reach of Alicante and Murcia airports and is 5 minutes from several 'Blue Flag' beaches. It is also very close to shopping centres, bars and restaurants. Ideal for Holiday's and short golfing breaks.

Los Dolses and Rioja are 5 minutes walk from VillaMartin plaza and is a developing complex. There are a range of bars and restaurants and is worth a visit.

Los Dolses Restaurants and Bars

Los Dolses plaza commercial centre is a short drive or about a 15 minute walk from Villamartin plaza on the road towards La Zenia.

Casa Zeng

Well established Chinese restaurant. Set menus and a la carte.

Tlf: 96 676 52 80

Gingers Bar

A sports bar with an Australian theme. Pool. Open 9 a.m.. until late. Bar food from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Happy hour from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. all draught beers 2� per pint.

All Salts bar/diner

Everything from a snack to a steak.

Back und Wurstshop

German beer, light meals and snacks. Rindergoulash, hacksteaks aus schweinfleisch, bockwurst, frikadellan etc.

Hellies

Bar cafe.

Shakira I

Indian restaurant and takeaway. Opens at 5:30 p.m. 10% off takeaways.

The Sporting Life

Bar. Live sporting events on T.V. , 'Quiz nights' and 'Spanish nights'.

Castaways Bar and Grill

You'll get a good welcome from Alan, Lil, Mark and Tammy. Children's menu. Sky sports.

Open everyday 11:30 until late except Tuesdays when they open at 17:30.

Bistro Rita's Welt

German eiscafe (ice cream parlour) and restaurant.

Open Mondays to Friday 12 a.m. until 12 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Closed on Wednesday.

Gorch Fock

German restaurant. Steaks from the 'lava grill', schnitzel, German sausages etc.

Casa Zheng

Chinese.

Open every day 11:30 a.m. to 16:00 p.m. and 18:30 p.m. to 24:00 p.m.

Angels Bar

Family run Scottish bar with a wide range of cocktails.

Tlf: 966 764 160

Los Dolses Takeaway

Fish and chips, kebabs, burgers, chicken, pies etc.

Bar Wicked

Bar/cafeteria. Bar food - chilli, cottage pie etc.

Madigans Bar

Irish bar. Bar food including all day breakfast and Sunday roast. Big screen

PB's

Bar with food and sky TV. All major sporting events shown.

London Pub

Sports on TV. Sandwiches, baguettes and all day breakfasts.

Mr Big's cafe bar Italiano

Open 7 days a week from 6 p.m. until late.

Tlf: 650 247 946 0r 669 883 033

Hollywoods

On the top level of the centre (level 4) with superb views of the Mediterranean. Hollywood themed with photographs of your favourite stars. Open from 5 p.m. with bar food - burgers, hot dogs, toasties. Occasional live entertainment during the summer season.

The Alexandra

Bar with pool table. Entertainment. Live racing and you can place a bet here.

Tlf: 966 764 823

The Live Lounge

Breakfasts, light meals. Live entertainment

Bensons

Air conditioned bar with satellite TV and live entertainment.

Run Tao

Asiatic restaurant serving Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and Japanese food. There are set menus, 'samplers' and a full a la carte menu. There is a lunchtime menu of the day from 10�.

Tlf: 966 730 792

Nicky's Irish bar

Food served all day and there are bar snacks.

Tlf: 966 764 157

The Half Cut bar

Pool table, terrace and live music.

The Humble Spud

Traditional 'Chipper' diner and takeaway. Madelaine's home made pies are highly recommended. There are savoury pies such as Steak and Steak & Kidney as well as sweet pies (fruit).

Ole Bull

Gastronomia Noruega ( Norwegian restaurant ). Very stylishly furnished. Have a 'as much as you can eat' BBQ on the terrace every Wednesday and Friday.

Open from 6:30 p.m. until 11 p.m. Closed on Monday.

For reservations phone: 966 764 429 or 68 0858 007.

The Real India Villamartin

Well established Indian restaurant - Goan style.

The food is very good, and with the Goan/Portugese influence you can try dishes (Pork dishes for example) which you wouldn't see in your typical 'Indian'.

"Early Bird" & "Children's Menu" served on the Terrace from 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. or 'A la Carte' Dining until 11.00 p.m. every night until end-September 2006.

For reservations telephone: +34 966 764 527 (leave a message if no one answers)

Casa Carmelina

Italian restaurant and pizzeria.

Merendero Los Cucalos

This Spanish restaurant is not in Los Dolses itself but is to be found just off the road to Los Dolses coming from La Zenia.

After crossing the motorway bridge turn left at the first roundabout (sign posted 'urb. La Solana') immediately before the first houses you see on the left - 'Residencial Oporto'.

Continue straight on. It looks like you are heading to a dead end but this is an illusion. As you get closer you will see a single track road which you take. Continue down this road and the restaurant is on your left. Have a daylight scouting mission to find the exact whereabouts.

The food is good and there is live entertainment in the evening at weekends. There is a children's play area at the rear of the restaurant to keep your little ones amused.

Open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. until midnight.

Closed on Monday.

Tlf: 965 976 639 or 653 11 0340

Worried about the future of the current real estate market? For investors who understand what is happening, this is actually a great time to make money investing.

Real estate is cyclical and always has been. There was a large national article published that stated Las Vegas real estate had completely capped out and there was no place for it to go but down. Ironically, that article was published nearly half a century ago! Has real estate gone up in value in Las Vegas in the last 50 years? You bet, and not just a little! Now does that mean real estate is going to keep going up like it has the last few years? Don't plan on it, however I'll explain the benefit of this type of media coverage and how it is invaluable.

It creates fear that scares off a lot of people from investing (creating more opportunity).

It eliminates aggressive scam investments (as we saw rampant with builders in Florida and Las Vegas the last few years).

It makes people question the value of their properties (creating more flexible sellers).

Here is something to consider: do you know any ultra successful real estate investor that is afraid of flat or declining house prices? Quite to the contrary, knowledgeable investors understand when markets are flat or down it just weeds out beginning investors, makes people panic and means more opportunity.

What's important to understand is <strong>just as real estate is cyclical, so are the amount of buyers and sellers in a given market</strong>.

We're not just buying properties and hoping that they will appreciate or go up in value. That's not investing, that's speculating!Your completely dependent on future growth that is entirely out of your control. That's a conventional mindset and will not work in flat or declining real estate markets especially in the short term. Like any business, you need to make well calculated decisions. In real estate, that includes making creative, risk free offers and setting up your exits appropriately for the specific investing circumstances.

There are also better creative real estate strategies for down and soft markets</strong> like wholesaling, flipping/assignments, lease options, foreclosures, short sales, and "subject to" investing. But even when doing rehabs or fixer uppers (which are not usually recommended in down markets) there are still good ways to make a good profit with the right system and proper planning, such as factoring in depreciation and extended selling possibilities.

This is why faster, lower risk, more creative real estate investing strategies like wholesaling houses are better to use during market declines. The point is market conditions should not determine whether or not you make money; it's how you approach it and what is appropriate for the circumstances. When you structure risk free deals and make calculated decisions, the real estate market conditions will never be a determining factor of whether you are successful!