La Playa San Juan

Este verano, aparte de la playa, Alicante nos ofrece muchísimas cosas mas.. Una de estas cositas son las visitas guiadas teatralizadas al Castillo de Santa Bárbara patrocinado por el El Patronato Municipal de Turismo.

Todos los sábados hasta el 28 de agosto podréis disfrutar de una aventura que no olvidareis…Si nunca has visitado el Castillo de Santa Barbara ahora es tu momento y si ya lo has hecho seguro que no ha sido nada como esto.. Durante vuestro recorrido os encontrareis con un preso liberal del siglo XIX, la primera alcaidesa que tuvo la fortaleza, en el siglo XV, el último rey moro que vivió en Santa Bárbara en el siglo XIII y un militar inglés que vivió la explosión de la mina en el siglo XIX. Ellos contarán la historia que las piedras de este monumento histórico-artístico de Alicante guardan.

Os podéis inscribir en las oficinas municipales de Turismo y elegir uno de los tres pases que más os ajuste a vuestras necesidades: a las 11 de la mañana, a las 12.30 cuya sesión será bilingüe en español e inglés, y a las seis y media de la tarde. Las rutas son gratuitas.

The Municipal Arts Center of Alicante along with Asociación de Amigos del Camino de Santiago de Alicante is organizing an excursion to one of the most emblematic points of our Costa Blanca, El Peñón de Ifach, this majestic mound is a symbol of our neighboring town of Calpe, full of history and legends which seems like an excellent destination for a short trip

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I will say it again I love Public Works!

I have been wanting to write about the new pyramid-fountain in the Albufereta, called “La Isleta”, for some time now. To tell you the truth, I’m not sure if it is pretty or ugly, because when I look at it the only thing that runs through my mind is the number of ceros that went in to the construction (600,000 euros to be exact, a little steep for a fountain, don’t you think?

Well, this fountain has already been robbed of some of its letters on occasion, and they have been replaced and this is not to be critized, because vandelism in the end costs all of us money just because of the act of one individual.

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In a recent article in 20 Minutos they showed that our capital is growing at a good pace and this is good news. Neighborhoods such as Gabinet and San Blas are those who have experienced a greater influx of new neighbors, in the first the increase was 7.9% and 6.3% in the second, exceeding 10,000 18,168 residents respectively taken from the municipal data.

According to the municipal sociologist D. Antonio Balibrea this is largely due to the quality of the urban housing and the environment that surrounds them, as it is  young people who mostly choose to live there.

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Today January 31st is Tree day. A day we should take time out and look around our surroundings and give thanks for the nature around us. A great day to get to know what activities there are in the Alicante region to go and be one with nature..

Here are a couple of links that will help you do just that:

Link Alicante

Eltrenersenderista

Aestas

Rurismo

El viajero virtual

Por ahi no es

Enjoy nature everyday..

more information la verdad

photo Oscar Martin