New Posts For Thread: Cheltenham Festival in Spainhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30425873/cheltenham-festival-in-spainA group of us are fed up with extortionate Hotels restaurants and ticketing prices at Festival time so have decided to fly out to Spain for the week. We fly into Malaga and are thinking of basing ourselves at Torre De Mar for the week. Are there anyI have an apartment in Spain an hour south of Benidorm (torrevieja region) and many bars of English/Irish orientation show racing during the day, so in a bigger resort you'll have no problem.Also re internet bets, getting on with the likes of Paddy Phttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30425873/cheltenham-festival-in-spain?post_id=543289161#543289161I have an apartment in Spain an hour south of Benidorm (torrevieja region) and many bars of English/Irish orientation show racing during the day, so in a bigger resort you'll have no problem.Also re internet bets, getting on with the likes of Paddy PTue, 27 Jan 2015 03:42:53 -0600Another shout for Benidorm.Was there for Royal Ascot a few years ago and it was brilliant, 3-4 bars you can sit in drink 1 Euro beers and have a bet.Get in the Winning Post for Brekkie, full day on the 1 Euro Beers, Watch the racing, smash the localhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30425873/cheltenham-festival-in-spain?post_id=543288799#543288799Another shout for Benidorm.Was there for Royal Ascot a few years ago and it was brilliant, 3-4 bars you can sit in drink 1 Euro beers and have a bet.Get in the Winning Post for Brekkie, full day on the 1 Euro Beers, Watch the racing, smash the localTue, 27 Jan 2015 02:27:45 -0600Sorrty for the ignorance but what is VPN and how do you get it. We can get RUK international for a one off £29.95 subscription and Channel 4 is still available on Intelsat 907 so anyone with Sky can access it.I seem to recall C4 said they were goinghttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30425873/cheltenham-festival-in-spain?post_id=543288769#543288769Sorrty for the ignorance but what is VPN and how do you get it. We can get RUK international for a one off £29.95 subscription and Channel 4 is still available on Intelsat 907 so anyone with Sky can access it.I seem to recall C4 said they were goingTue, 27 Jan 2015 02:18:09 -0600You can of course phone bets but you wont get on to BF or bookie sites unless you have VPN or some such like.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30425873/cheltenham-festival-in-spain?post_id=543279959#543279959You can of course phone bets but you wont get on to BF or bookie sites unless you have VPN or some such like.Mon, 26 Jan 2015 14:22:50 -0600A lot of people have done it before but I have not heard of anyone going over for a few years now. Somebody said on an expat forum that english tv is really difficult to get in Southern Spain even with an enormous dish. I am going to email RUK to shttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30425873/cheltenham-festival-in-spain?post_id=543278945#543278945A lot of people have done it before but I have not heard of anyone going over for a few years now. Somebody said on an expat forum that english tv is really difficult to get in Southern Spain even with an enormous dish. I am going to email RUK to sMon, 26 Jan 2015 13:23:50 -0600Went to Benidorm the year Long Run won the Gold Cup, had a full week, no-holds-barred fun, sun, betting and drinking and if I'd lost on every race it still would've cost less than the annual jaunt to HQ. Was great and no problem finding bars to watchhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30425873/cheltenham-festival-in-spain?post_id=543278657#543278657Went to Benidorm the year Long Run won the Gold Cup, had a full week, no-holds-barred fun, sun, betting and drinking and if I'd lost on every race it still would've cost less than the annual jaunt to HQ. Was great and no problem finding bars to watchMon, 26 Jan 2015 13:00:47 -0600We are going the opposite way over over the Irish Sea this year and going to Cork.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30425873/cheltenham-festival-in-spain?post_id=543278495#543278495We are going the opposite way over over the Irish Sea this year and going to Cork.Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:47:08 -0600A few years ago a group of us went abroad to watch the racing as we were bored of cheltenham. We had a villa with wifi so viewing and betting was fine. If you'd rather watch it in a pub I'd get there a day or two earlier and have a look about. You'llhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30425873/cheltenham-festival-in-spain?post_id=543278467#543278467A few years ago a group of us went abroad to watch the racing as we were bored of cheltenham. We had a villa with wifi so viewing and betting was fine. If you'd rather watch it in a pub I'd get there a day or two earlier and have a look about. You'llMon, 26 Jan 2015 12:45:26 -0600To be honest we only booked flights early at £60 a pop. If its a problem we stay in the UK.I am trying expat sites as well. Either last year or more likely the year before a bar ownerwas advertising packages for the week in the RP which sparked thehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30425873/cheltenham-festival-in-spain?post_id=543277279#543277279To be honest we only booked flights early at £60 a pop. If its a problem we stay in the UK.I am trying expat sites as well. Either last year or more likely the year before a bar ownerwas advertising packages for the week in the RP which sparked theMon, 26 Jan 2015 11:18:09 -0600Booking somewhere away for the festival without checking with certainty that you will be able to watch and bet on the races with ease sounds crazy to me. There must be answers online palhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30425873/cheltenham-festival-in-spain?post_id=543276945#543276945Booking somewhere away for the festival without checking with certainty that you will be able to watch and bet on the races with ease sounds crazy to me. There must be answers online palMon, 26 Jan 2015 10:49:14 -0600