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But before I get into listing things, I thought I'd pass along some background information.
WHERE DO THE LARUES REALLY COME FROM? As near as anybody can figure, the LaRues seem to come from a part of France called Picardy. Picardy was founded by the Picards, who, according to tradition, are descended from an ancient Celtic tribe. In the early 1600's, there was a family living in Picardy that went by the name of "de la Rue du Rozoy" which meant "of the Street of the Rozoy." Rozoy (pronounced "rah-zwah") is a town on the river Serre, 30 miles north of Reims and 35 miles west of Sedan. "The Street" is taken to mean not just any street, but an "important" street. One of these families did in fact have a coat of arms -- but whether or not any of us can lay claim to it is not too clear.
HOW DO YOU SPELL LARUE? Here are some samples: La Rue, Le Roux, Larew, Lerrew, Larrew, La Rew, Lerrue, Laroux, Roux, Rue, La Roue, Le Roy, and even Laraway. My great-grandmother, Mrs. Christopher Columbus LaRue, spelled her name sometimes with a small "r", sometimes with a capital "R." Abraham LaRue, the first one in the country, once made a will where he spelled his own name three different ways on the same page: La Rue, Larew, and Larowe. La Rue means "the Street," as I've said. Le Roux means "the Red" (someone with red hair, maybe). La Roue means "the wheel" (as in "roulette" or little wheel -- maybe La Roue was someone who made wheels for a living). Le Roy means "the King" -- usually someone who waited on the king. But like I say, seems like "the Street" is still the best.
I kept reading that the LaRues left France because they were Huguenots.
WHAT'S A HUGUENOT? Way back in 1517, a German named Martin Luther started raising big and little ruckuses, and eventually founded the Protestant religion (so-called because he was protesting some practices of the Catholic Church). John Calvin made what he thought were some improvements on Protestantism and in a burst of modesty called it Calvinism. Most of the kings and queens of that time were Catholics. When the French Calvinists (who called themselves Huguenots, meaning "oath-comrades") started talking about open rebellion against the royalty of France, the royalty got a little peeved. One time they got so irritated they engineered the "St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre" -- which was about as bad as it sounds. The Huguenots lost. Understandably, a lot of Huguenots started to think about maybe moving to a quieter neighborhood down the road. America, for instance.
- Francois de la Rue (1606-1689) was born in about 1606, probably in La Rochelle, France. A Huguenot, he then moved to Picardy to escape Catholic persecution. Legend has it that he and his two brothers had done something that upset the King of France. Because they were about to be beheaded, they decided to leave the country, which strikes me as pretty smart. In approximately 1666 he fled to Mannheim-in-the-Palitinate. This was a Protestant province in Germany. He may have lived a while in Switzerland. He certainly lived for a time in Holland. Anyhow, he and some of his brothers -- some say three, some say four -- came to America around 1680. (There was a Matthew, a Reuben, and a Bartholomew in the same place at the same time. Who knows?) Anyhow, everybody moved on pretty quick. Francois died in Albany, New York, on June 22, 1689. Some people think this Francois character is our direct ancestor. In my opinion, Francois was the great-uncle of the man we'll get to later: Abraham the Immigrant.
- We know that someone called Anthoine Le Roux , "widower of La Leu in the Low country, and Marie Jery, widow of Jean Fremeau of Armentier, married in the French Church of Manheim 16 May 1655." [From French Reformed Church documents translated from the Old French, courtesy of James David Wood, who successfully got himself into the Huguenot Society of California with this documentation.] Myself, I think Anthoine is Francois' fourth brother. At any rate, Anthoine's story is pretty good: when the LaRues arrived in Germany, they were confronted with the "bitter winters of 1654 and 1658," and apparently some bad floodings of the "Rhein River." As if that weren't bad enough, apparently they had cause to fear the Inquisition. Their new city was attacked and laid waste by French Catholic, Bavarian, and Turkish armies. Anthoine went through three wives, then died himself, somewhere between 1665 and 1667. Get this: according to one story that I can't find any proof for, his son Abraham (apparently from a marriage before the one in the church records, which was his second) fell dead while pulling a wagon of bodies smitten by the Black Death, supposedly around 1666. That's probably a little too dramatic to be the truth. He probably died on the way to America.
- Abraham (d. 1680, but I still don't think he was hauling corpses at the time) is kind of troublesome. We know from Church records that Anthoine had a son named Abraham: on "the 6 December 1658 have been married in this church Abraham Roux young man, son of Anthoine Roux, Bourgeois of Manheim, and Jeanne Du Four, widow of Isaac Fremor, daughter of Jean Du Four Bourgeois of Manheim." (Obviously, either this Abraham was the child of a marriage preceding his father's marriage to Marie Jery Fremeau, or he was 3 years old at the time.) From this same source of records, we know that Abraham and Jeanne had a child also called Abraham, born on March 1, 1664, baptized March 1664 in Mannheim. From other sources [Otis Mather'six Generations of LaRue and Allied Families: containing sketch of Isaac La Rue, Senior, who died in Frederick County, Virginia, in 1795, and some account of his American ancestors and three generations of his descendants and families who were connected by intermarriage, Hodgenville, KY, 1921] we know that Abraham had a son named Peter. According to several sources, [as described in Karl Larew's book: Garret Larew, Civil War Soldier, Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1975.] this first Abraham died on the ship, some eight or nine years before his own father. Incidentally, Garret Larew looks a lot like my first cousin Kenny LaRue of Mountainburg, Arkansas.
- Abraham LaRue (1664-1712) is often called "The Immigrant" and he's the only one we know much about. Not long after he arrived, he owned land in Ulster County (often called Esopus or 'Supus), New York from 1688 to 1690. In 1690 he sold the land and moved to Staten Island. He was twice elected constable of the First (northern) Division of Richmond. Abraham had two wives. We're descended from the first one: Maria Magdaleine Uzille. She was baptized on December 3, 1662, and belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church. They were wed in 1687. Some people spell her name Gille -- a Dutch corruption of the original French. Abraham and Magdaleine had one child, Peter, baptized on March 25, 1688. Shortly after this, Magdaleine must have died, because Abraham married again in 1690, a woman named Olive Gerritszen Cresson, a widow with several children of her own. Abraham died in New Jersey in December 1711.
- Peter (1688-1783) was born in Kingston, New York, moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, then in 1749 followed his sons to Frederick County, Virginia, where he died in 1783. Other than that, we know only that he was a farmer, and when he went rafting on the river his voice was so powerful it could be heard for two miles. He married his step-sister, Elizabeth Cresson. (They were no blood to each other. She was the daughter of Olive and Olive's deceased husband.) Peter and Elizabeth had five children: Isaac, Abraham, Jacob, Elizabeth Pierson, and Anna Suber. [From "Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York," 1891.]
- Isaac LaRue, Sr. (1712-March 1795) married Phebe Carman. Isaac was born in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in 1712. He lived there until 1743, when he moved to Orange County, Virginia. He is recorded as entering the Lower Shenandoah Valley, where he settled at a place called Long Marsh. He seems to have been quite prosperous. Although he started out with a simple log cabin, by 1779 he owned a total of 40,730 1/2 acres in Kentucky alone -- about 300 more in Virginia. He also had over 100 horses. Additional livestock included his ten children: Samuel, Elizabeth, Jacob, John, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, James, Jabez, and Mary. Interestingly, he voted in an election for the House of Burgesses of Virginia back in July 24, 1758. The list of voters is still around -- in George Washington's handwriting, who happened to have been one of the candidates.
- Jacob LaRue, Sr. (May 1, 1744-August 15, 1821). The oldest of his parents' ten children, he married Mary Frost, in 1765. He built a big stone house (as well as a barn and milk house) called "Bloomfield" in Virginia 1775. In the gable end of the house is a dressed stone with the inscription "Jacob and Mary 1775." In 1783 records show that he owned 18,000 acres in Jefferson County, Kentucky, and another 8,136 in a few other counties. Moved to Hardin County, Kentucky in 1798, mostly because of his wife's health. Mary had just lost a son. She lived only 6 years after arriving in Kentucky, dying in 1804. Together, they had 10 kids: John, Phebe, Hannah, Isaac, Mary, William, Jacob, Jr., Samuel, James, and one named Deidamia. In 1805, Jacob married again, and had three more kids: Morgan J., Sarah Jane, and one named Jesse V. We know that Jacob planted an orchard of 50 or 60 acres. The appraisement of the estate mentions 13 slaves and a distillery (supplied by the orchard). He planted an asparagus bed which his descendants used for 75 years after his death. After his second marriage, he was elected to Justice of the Peace of Hardin Co., a position he apparently held in good health for some time. He spent the evening of Sept. 14, 1821 teaching his young daughter Sarah (13 years old) how to mold pewter spoons -- before dawn of next day he passed away from an attack of "acute indigestion," probably a heart attack. Buried five miles north of Hodgenville in family burial grounds. [From Everhart - Miller and Allied Families, by Mrs. Allie Everhart Miller; West Point, Miss.: 1931, pp. 72-77.]
- Samuel (d.1826 -- or, Aunt Lula says, 1840) married Elizabeth Waters (or Dodge). According to Aunt Lula, he and Elizabeth left Virginia for Kentucky in 1806. We know for sure that the couple settled about a mile west of his father. Samuel was a major in the Kentucky State Militia. 6 children: Lucinda, Louisa, Josiah, Lydia, Mary, and James. Also buried in family burial grounds.
- Josiah (b. 1804-d. 1870?) Called "Si," he married Mary Castleman (b. 1810 in Hardin County) in Floyd County. They had 13 kids: Samuel, John, James C., William, Jacob, Squire, David, Benjamin Hardin, Sarah, Thomas, Elizabeth, Lydia, and Elvira. Si seems to be the one responsible for leaving Kentucky, no doubt because there wasn't enough room for all his children. He moved either to Arkansas or Missouri. William, incidentally, was a twin, but his brother died in infancy. [LaRue family Bible.]
- Samuel (b. 1830) married Mary Burdine (or Burding or Bodine, b. 1830 also) in 1851. Again according to Aunt Lula, Samuel had a limited education during his youth, and left Kentucky at the age of forty-one, bound for Arkansas. He apparently did all right -- he owned 300 acres of Ozark country, and cleared and planted about 110. Like his great-grandfather Jacob, he raised an orchard: 1,000 apple trees and "a large number" of peach and plum trees. Samuel and Mary had seven children: Letitia, Elvira, Frances, Grace, Christopher C., Elizabeth, and Martha or Maratha.
- Christopher Columbus (b. March 2, 1859, d. Aug 21, 1932.) married Margret Trentham (b. Sept. 14, 1865 and d. Apr. 22, 1961) on March 2, 1882. Both seem to have been very interested in family history. It was Christopher that drew up the family tree -- and probably Margret that maintained some of the family records. It was certainly she who was about to ship the family Bible off to a LaRue in Kentucky interested in geneology, when Walter (son of James C.) LaRue came along looking for the same kind of records. He was from Springfield, Illiois. She said to him: "I don't know you -- but I can tell by the ears you're a LaRue." [I'd always heard that there was a family Bible somewhere, but nobody could figure out what had happened to it. Now we know: Walter got it on account of his big ears.]
- Jesse James, Sr. (b. May 19, 1896. d. Dec. 11, 1962.) in 1913 married Etta Florina Nolan (b. 1897, d. 1918) with whom he had three children: Harrison (b. 1914, d. 1918), Bessie Florine (b. December 8, 1916, d. June 22, 1979) and Nellie Etta (b. November 9, 1918). Etta Florina died after giving birth to Nellie Etta in 1918, the same year the son Harrison died. Jesse's second marriage was to Mildred Arlington (b. Sept. 22, 1904, d. April 29, 2004) on September 19, 1922. They lived in both Chester and in Mountainburg, Arkansas. Jesse was a master stone-mason. His unusual diamond-groupings of rock can be seen throughout the Ft. Smith area, particularly in the Mountainburg school building. Mildred may have had mixed blood. Her mother, Grandma Barber (her second marriage -- Mildred was the only issue of her first) lived to be 80-odd years, and maintained on several occasions that her husband Leslie was a full-blooded Indian. The children of Jesse and Mildred were: Jesse James, Jr., Kenneth (also a stonemason), Joyce, and Keith.
- Jesse James, Jr . (b. October 11, 1924, died October 3, 1997) married Margaret Elizabeth Waack (b. July 5, 1925, d. June 7, 1985) on Jesse's 28th birthday, Oct. 11, 1952. When he was about 17 years old, Jesse left Arkansas for a job with Boeing Aircraft in Seattle Washington. When World War II broke out, he enlisted in the Navy, and served on the SS California. After his hitch was up, he and a friend worked the railroad from Arkansas to North Chicago. Here he met his wife-to-be, a nurse at Downey Veteran's Hospital. Their issue: James Howard, Suzanne Eileen, Todd Kevin, Mary Elizabeth, and Kathleen Anne.
- James Howard (b. July 13, 1954) married Suzanne Temple Galvin (b. March 27, 1956) on April 16, 1983, and was lucky at that. It is he, it is I, who has assembled this chronicle. As of this writing (1996) we have two children: Madeleine Lee LaRue, b. September 6, 1987, and Max McLaren LaRue, born February 15, 1994. Despite my attempts to be thorough and accurate, I am solely responsible for any errors in the account.


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Albany, NY -- Nearly $1 million in grants for 11 projects have been awarded to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in New York state.
The 989,664 in Specialty Crop Block Grants will help ensure long-term viability of a variety of specialty crops grown in New York state.
"Specialty crops are incredibly valuable to thesState's economy, environment and quality of life," said state Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Patrick Hooker. "These federal funds will allow some of the best and brightest in New York state research new varieties, learn new techniques to control proven pests and share their newly-acquired information with the rest of the industry so that all can benefit and prosper from these grants."
The awarded projects primarily focused on specific plant health, pest and productivity challenges – a priority expressed by the industry during the public comment period and supported by the committee during the review process.
A total of 92 applications requesting over $9.3 million were received by the Department. The awarded grants, which were competitively chosen, average $90,000 each and do not require matching funds. A list of the awarded projects is attached.
Specialty crops are defined by as fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture and nursery crops (including floriculture), herbs and spices.
New York state produces a wide range of specialty crops that include fruits and vegetables, wine, maple syrup, horticulture and nursery crops. Specialty crops generate $1.34 billion annually in New York and make up one-third of the state's total agricultural receipts.
Grant award recipients are:
Cornell University, $199,750: reducint the impact of phytophthora blight on vegetables
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, $35,055: developing a way to reduce fire blight infection of apple rootstocks
Ag Experiment Station, $39,189: improving forecasting and management of strawberry powdery mildew
Ag Experiment Station, $82,251: improving the competitiveness of the snap bean industry
State Integrated Pest Management Program, $82,816: increasing utilization of IPM tools in the Christmas tree industry
Ag Experiment Station, $54,450: identifying the health benefits of New York peaches and apricots
Cornell University, $189,064: testing new botrytis leaf blight onion lines and hybrids to develop the best strategies for disease control
Cornell University, $72,620: advancing adoption of reduced tillage systems in convention and organic vegetables
Johnson's Honeybee Farm, Eaton in Madison County, $57,025: demonstration of Northeast-based honeybee production and disease management
Cornell University, $90,672: reducing production costs and improving wine quality through root zone management.

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Productivity and R and D at the Firm Level
This paper analyzes the relationship between output, employment, and physical and R&D capital, for a sample of 133 large U.S. firms covering the years 1966 through 197'.
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Roddy Yagan, 23, of Liverpool, was ticketed for speeding and charged with reckless driving, a misdemeanor.
State police said Yagan was stopped speeding by a trooper on Interstate 87 in the town of Athens, south of Albany. State police did not say when Yagan was stopped, but the speeding initiative began Aug. 6 and ended Tuesday.
More than 22,176 tickets were issued by troopers during the initiative. More than 10,000 of those were issued for speeding. Yagan was the only person specifically mentioned by authorities in a statewide news release detailing the initiative.
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Oct. 23, 2013 - James Kirby, associate professor of chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, will make a presentation about the use of automated response systems in a small class at the next meeting of the University's Sigma Xi Chapter from 2-3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31, in the Carl Hansen Student Center, Room 225, on the Mount Carmel Campus.
Kirby will discuss his experience using ResponseWare, an online program that allows all students in a class to answer questions, giving the professor real-time information about whether the students are comprehending the lesson.
"I am trying to determine whether there is a significant difference in exam performance based on whether the topic was taught 'traditionally' or with ResponseWare," said Kirby who is using the technology in his inorganic chemistry class.
"The early results suggest a slightly better performance correctly answering the questions on topics where ResponseWare was used, but there was not necessarily a statistically significant difference," Kirby said.
Kirby, who joined the Quinnipiac faculty in 1996, holds a doctorate in inorganic chemistry from Georgetown University. He also holds a master's degree in instructional learning from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Trinity College.
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It's certainly not on par with, or even close to, the frenzied fun of the 1990s, but this year's Delaware River shad run is stacking up to be relatively decent.
"From the catches along the river so far, it's been a better season than we've had in five or six years," said shad expert Gary Conner. He was discussing the section of the river between Lambertville and the Delaware Water Gap.
"There have been some very nice catches," Conner said. "As far north as Sandts Eddy, six miles north of Easton, Pa., one of my friends caught 11 in three hours."
That friend, Ron Bauer of Bethlehem, Pa., has been using a No. 1 flutter spoon and downriggers, said Conner.
"He fishes about a mile and a half north of the boat ramp in a spot I showed him 25 years ago," noted Conner.
Back then, the river was just about to begin a phase of huge shad runs, an era that began to die out in 1999 and is now the stuff of nostalgia.
"Yes, this is a better season than we've had, but is it in any way like it was? No. It's not nearly as good as it was back then," said Conner. "You can see it in the number of fishermen on the river. There used to be 50 to 70 boats out there. Now you'll see five or six boats."
Conner fondly remembers when his wife won the shad tournament in 1999 by landing 247 fish in six days. This year, even though the shad fishing has been relatively been good so far, an angler would be lucky to catch 100 fish in six days, Conner said. Noting that Bauer spent four hours the other day and caught only one shad (while six other boats on the water nearby caught only two fish total), Conner warned that the fishing can be hit-or-miss.
Another expert shad angler, John Punola, recently spent four days chasing shad along the upper Delaware (north of Port Jervis, N.Y.). He said his best day yielded 14, all caught from the shore using small shad spoons of chartreuse, silver and lime green.
"I have steadily maintained my belief that there would be a good number of shad this spring, and they seem to be in good numbers from Easton to Port Jervis and beyond," said Punola in an e-mail. "The anglers I met and spoke with were catching shad, although I understand that some anglers downstream haven't done too well, whereas some have done great."
As of Friday, the river around Sandts Eddy was about 66 degrees, a bit warmer than the optimum for fishing since shad begin spawning at 62 degrees. But rainfall that came Friday, and the cold front that brought it, should cool the water a bit.
"Night-time temperatures determine the river temperatures, not daytime," Conner pointed out. "Always check night-time temperatures."
Something to look for, in lieu of catching shad -- if the river stays warm -- is spawning. You can see this happening, near the surface, in quiet pools around dusk.


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Boys and Girls Club could displace Alcoholics Anonymous
A request by the local Boys and Girls Club to manage a city-owned building could displace the Port Orchard chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous, which has used the building since before the city took ownership.
The Active Club, located at 1025 Tacoma St. in Port Orchard, is owned by the city, which in turn rents it to a variety of community groups.
Among the pet-oriented and community organizations, one room is reserved for the local AA group, which holds up to three meetings daily.
The ownership has caused some issues for the city, including the fact that rental rates do not cover the cost of building maintenance.
This led to a discussion between Mayor Lary Coppola and Port Orchard Police Chief Al Townsend examining the idea of the Boys and Girls Club taking over management of the building.
Townsend, who is also chairman of the Boys and Girls Club board, said the club will request building use rent-free, although the club would pay building and maintenance costs.
It would then take over the building with certain permanent activities and orchestrate the rental of the space to other community groups.
"We haven't made any final decisions," Townsend said. "We toured the facility earlier this week just to get an idea about what makes sense. We could have an activity room, and a computer room. It could be a teen center, or be open to all ages."
Townsend said he had no opinion about sharing the facility, but admitted that turning it into a youth center might require AA to relocate just for space reasons.
According to county records, the building has a total of 8,520 square feet on two floors. It is valued at $727,840, although the city does not pay any property taxes.
The building came to the attention of the Port Orchard City Council at the Dec 8 meeting, when an AA representative requested use of the facility for 10 days over the holiday season for a round-the-clock "Alcathon" event.
The matter was discussed again at the Tuesday study session, during which several complaints about the building came to light.
Most of these had to do with how certain groups did not properly clean up after their activities.
According to a 1981 city council resolution, the building was donated to the city with the condition that it be made available to youth groups at no charge.
A 2006 action overturned the original resolution, establishing a few schedule for community groups.
If the Boys and Girls Club takes over the building and provides maintenance, this would comply with the intent of the 1981 resolution.
However, several AA members believe another condition exists — to always make the building is open for AA meetings.
On Wednesday, the AA was looking to find documents that support this belief, which it will present to the city at the appropriate time.
"We've been in that building for 50 years," said an AA spokesman, who requested anonymity. "I don't have any clue where we will go if we can't use it anymore."
Added another, "This place saved my life. Without it, I would not be able to stay clean."
If the Boys and Girls Club takes over the building, AA will not be the only displaced group, a matter that concerns Port Orchard resident Gerri Harmon.
"Before entering into any agreement, the city should send out a letter to all the groups that use the building," she said. "Before the Boys and Girls Club grabs the space, they should invite others to come in and say why it is important to them."
The matter is scheduled to go before the Public Property Committee, which has yet to be scheduled.
After that, it will be addressed by the full council.
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Happening Wednesday, July 25: Groundbreaking for Sloss Business District.
Birmingham's Mayor William A. Bell, Sr. will join Integrated Medical Systems International and Operation New Birmingham staff at 10:30am for the ceremony.
The newly designated business district is in Downtown Birmingham. The streetscape improvements include new signage, sidewalks, lighting, and landscaping along 2nd Avenue North and 33rd and 34th Streets.


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Eurocopter's subsidiary in Brazil, Helibras, has secured a contract to install new engines and avionics for 34 Brazilian Army Aviation Command AS365Ks. Under the agreement, Helibras will equip the helicopters with new Turbomeca Arriel 2C2 CGs, which feature full authority digital engine control (FADEC), as well as new digital radios and cockpit displays for PFD, navigation and tactical data.
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Situated near the beach, this apartment is within 1 mi (2 km) of Casino Mediterraneo Benidorm, Benidorm City Hall, and Cala La Almadrava. Placa del Castell and Church of San Jaime and Santa Ana are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Property Features
An outdoor pool, a seasonal outdoor pool, and a garden are available at this apartment. Self parking is free.
Room Amenities
All 13 apartments feature kitchens with stovetops and microwaves, plus balconies and TVs.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Torre GeronaBenidorm Alicante 03503
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Torre Gerona features an outdoor pool, a garden, and an elevator (lift). Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Total number of rooms - 13
- Number of floors - 16
- Free self parking
- Year Built 1986
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Outdoor pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Elevator/lift
- Garden
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Kitchen
- Microwave
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Balcony
- Microwave
- Kitchen
- Private bathroom
- Bathtub or shower
- In-room safe
- Television
- Stovetop
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Separate bedroom
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the apartment include an outdoor pool.
Hotel Policies
Special check-in instructions:
Payment types
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
24-hour check-in
No pets or service animals allowed
- Breakage deposit: EUR 200 per stay
Optional extras
- Television fee: EUR 3.85 per day
- In-room safe fee: EUR 2 per day
- Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 3 per day
Hotel Name
- Torre Gerona
- Torre Gerona Apartment
- Torre Gerona Apartment Benidorm
- Torre Gerona Benidorm
- Apartamentos Torre Gerona Hotel Benidorm
We should mention
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.