Ten assistants and a bus to the San José cemetery for All Saints' Day
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The reinforcement at Almería's main cemetery starts this Friday, October 30, and runs until Monday, November 2.
Almería's five cemeteries are open from this Friday, October 30, until Monday, November 2, with uninterrupted hours, from 9.00 to 18.00. The largest reinforcement is concentrated at San José and Santa Adela, which adds ten assistants to attend to the public and for cleaning and disinfection tasks. At Cabo de Gata, El Alquián, La Cañada and Cuevas de los Medinas there is one assistant assigned to each.
At the main cemetery, the North, South and Side doors are enabled for entry and exit. In addition, a free electric vehicle accompanies people inside the grounds who need it, especially people with reduced mobility.
Classical music and bus to the door
On Sunday, November 1, from 11.00 to 12.00 and from 12.30 to 13.30, Valkiria String, with Iris Electric Chelo and Nadia Violín, offers live classical music at San José and Santa Adela.
To get there, Surbús extends the route of lines 2 (Centro-Torrecárdenas) and 3 (Nueva Almería-Torrecárdenas) to the cemetery on Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1, between 8.30 and 18.30, when they head toward the Hospital Universitario Torrecárdenas. Stop 19 (Carretera de Huércal, 24) and stop 20 (Carretera de Huércal, 56) are out of service; the nearest are 423 (Avenida del Mediterráneo-Colegio Europa) and 24 (Asociación de Vecinos La Torre). Line 18 (Torrecárdenas-Costacabana) keeps the Saturday schedule on the 31st, with a frequency of 22 minutes, and on Sunday the 1st it leaves from Oliveros with reinforcements between 8.30 and 17.30.
The Policía Local monitors traffic with a permanent presence at San José and on a roving basis at the rest of the cemeteries.
Where to ask and what you cannot do
The municipal cemeteries office, at the entrance of the Tanatorio-Crematorio Municipal Sol de Portocarrero, is open on October 30 and 31 and November 1 from 9.00 to 14.00 and from 16.00 to 18.00, and on November 2 only in the morning, from 9.00 to 14.00. There you can ask for the map to locate a burial unit. Questions are answered at 950 884 828.
You cannot enter before opening or after closing, because outside those hours the paths are cleaned. Access is also not allowed to unauthorized vehicles or with animals, except guide dogs, nor taking photographs without permission. The stepladders work with 50-cent or one-euro coins, which are returned when they are returned.
There will be masses on November 1 at 12.00 in the Jardín del Recuerdo de San José and on November 2 in La Cañada (16.30), El Alquián (17.00, with a previous procession of the Virgen del Carmen from the parish at 16.30) and Cabo de Gata (17.00). In Cuevas de los Medinas it will be in the morning, pending confirmation.
The councillor for Obras Públicas, Mantenimiento, Accesibilidad y Economía Azul, Sacramento Sánchez, asks citizens to organize visits and not leave them for the last hours of the day, as indicated by the Ayuntamiento.