Los Montesinos is an enthralling Spanish city filled with character & custom. Los Montesinos is likely one of the Vega Baja villages of the Southern Costa Blanca, Spain. It’s positioned within the Alicante province throughout the Comunidad de Valencia,
A brief drive away from Torrevieja the place you’ll find many bars and eating places and a buzzing nightlife, it’s simply accessed from the AP7 motorway or the principle twin carriageway, the CV-905. It’s roughly a 20 minute drive from Murcia Airport and a 35 minute drive from Alicante airport which makes this a very fashionable vacation spot on the Costa Blanca. The ‘Blue Flag’ seashores of Guardamar del Segura are solely a ten minute drive.
Los Montesinos has a peaceful and tranquil really feel about. It sits on the sting of the attractive salt lake which creates a microclimate that makes it one of many healthiest locations on this planet to dwell in line with the World Well being Organisation. It’s surrounded by orange and lemon groves and within the springtime you possibly can odor the beautiful scent of the orange and lemon blossom and see the numerous almond timber with their pinky-lilac blossom.
Los Montesinos was named after the noble household that ruled the city and lands surrounding the village in previous occasions. Additional again in historical past, it has Roman origins together with the principle highway within the course of Jacarilla, Bigastro & Orihuela. Generally known as the Through Augusta, it was an important highway in Spain through the Roman occupation.
The village’s foremost financial system has primarily been agriculture, nevertheless in newer occasions the economic district has grown with many Spanish & British companies providing quite a lot of providers and industries.
There are two colleges in Los Montesinos, the first faculty is Virgen del Pilar and the secondary faculty is Los Montesinos les Antonio Sequeras. Each are very respected, wanted colleges.
Los Montesinos is a superb place for retirement because the climate on this space is generally dry and sunny all 12 months spherical with sizzling summers and delicate winters which is nice for individuals affected by arthritis, rheumatism and bronchial asthma.
Regardless of it is development, the city has retained it is typical Spanish really feel and has a really pleasant neighborhood of Spanish and English. All important services and facilities are inside straightforward strolling distance, from recent meals outlets, supermarkets, 30+ bars, eating places & tapas bars, colleges, a music academy, medical centre, municipal sports activities centre, parks, and a complete host of different outlets & services.
It’s nice to be in a pleasant place the place you possibly can neglect concerning the automotive and stroll to the whole lot you want.
The city has quite a few fiestas all year long, as do the entire native cities,
Though right here the principle fiesta is in October and lasts for a complete (Hectic) week.
The hamlet of La Marquesa is discovered simply exterior the city, and each September there’s a fiesta in honour of the Virgin of Rosario.
The fiesta is open to everybody starting at 11am and goes on into the night. It’s so good to have the ability to spend the day in an actual Spanish setting. Often there are a couple of British individuals there for a part of the day however principally Spanish households having fun with their picnic model lunch. There may be additionally enormous, scrumptious paella free to all and is completely scrumptious. A number of the locals put on their Nationwide Costume, additionally horse riders trotting their stunning horses across the grounds in readiness for the procession the place they comply with the statue of the Virgin via the fields behind the a lot photographed previous church of La Marquesa.
There’s a bar and a barbecue nevertheless most individuals take their cool packing containers with their very own food and drinks, seize a seat at one of many tables and settle themselves down for the remainder of the day whereas listening to the DJ enjoying a collection of music through the afternoon and the dwell band within the night. It’s such enjoyable to bounce with the native individuals and attempt to converse with them in our poor Spanish.
You can find that your Spanish turns into a lot better after the first few glasses of rioja, and fabulous if you end up on the 2nd bottle!!
Welcome to the ‘REAL’ Spain!!
