There is a NEW FaceBook group page that promotes and shares local events / activities and recommendations from Hondon Valley Residents… Join Hondon What’s On here..
>> https://www.facebook.com/groups/hondonwhatson/
The Aula de Cultura is a place full of activities
Hondon de las Nieves has a new Hall of Culture. It is establishing itself as a venue for a variety of activities and concerts for the local community.
For musicians, singers, actors, artists and dancers the Aula de Cultura has become a place full of life and new opportunites to perform or showcase their talents. Now the village has an ideal place for rehearsals and shows.
Finca El Romero – Bar & Restaurant in Barbarroja
A stones throw from Hondon de los Frailes is the lovely Finca el Romero home, restaurant, pizzeria and bar run by Thomy and Jean Philippe from Switzerland.
It is located on the verge of the small hamlet of Barbarroja in the middle of vineyards, olive- and almond-fields. It is tranquil and has all round mountain views.
Thay have a website for more details…or watch this YouTube video.
RATS in the Hondon Area !!
Ah ah… not the furry kind. No, the La Romana Amateur Theatre Society, started approx’ 18 months ago, by Frank Bishop. They produce local plays & comedies to help raise money for the local community.
Examples:
700€ – for the local Medical Centre
1000€ – Casa De Cultura, repairs to the stage areas
300€ – La Romana school, for a new digital camera and accessories
400€ – Casa de Juvenil, La Romana, for a new pool table
The RATS are on FaceBook and have expressed that they are always on the look out for volunteers / actors to be in or help run their shows.
… and their shows are very good with their most recent ‘farce’ production “Run for your Wife” being a great hit with the hundreds that came to see the comedy.
Hondon: “El Fondoner” Magazine
The local council (Ayuntamiento) of Hondon de Las Nieves have kindly produced a short magazine “El Fondoner” to inform and raise awareness of local community projects and activities. It is in Spanish and English and downloadable from the Ayuntamiento’s website.
Grenzenloos Concert to benefit Avolon.
Dear friends of Avolon,
We would like to draw your attention for a spectacular, great benefit concert given by the Dutch choir GRENZENLOOS. The concert will take place on the 21 of April 2012 at 21:00h in the Aula de Cultura of Hondon de las Nieves. Entry price just 3 Euros.
Grenzenloos donates all the benefits to Avolon. Avolon as you know supports the poorest of the village and every Wednesday and Saturday morning they sell second hand clothes and bric-a-brac in their charity shop in the market hall. The food and money collected will be given to the ones in need.
On Saturday morning 11 o’cl. 21st of April Grenzenloos will give a promotion concert in the plaza Mayor of Hondon de las Nieves!
from Frans and Berta
More info about Avolon:
> http://avolon-ayudavoluntaria.blogspot.com/
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inp3offka54
Major Cycle Race through Hondon Valley
One of the biggest cycle races in the Spanish sporting calendar, and the biggest in the entire Valencia community, the Cinturón al Sur de Alicante, will celebrate its tenth year by touring on the Orihuela Costa this weekend.
reports “The Leader” …… With at least 140 cyclists competing, escorted by 19 Guardia Civil officers and an additional 13 Guardia Civil ground troops, the race will start at the Gabriel Miró roundabout in Orihuela city at 16:30 on Friday evening, the 20th April,
>> Day 3, the final day on Sunday sees the riders set off from Plaza de Antonio Vicea near Villamartin at 10:00 in the morning, heading towards San Miguel, Bigastro and into Orihuela city, then continuing towards Redován, Benferri and Albatera, through the mountainous section at Hondón de los Frailes to La Canalosa and returning along the same route back to Orihuela city where the riders will finish this gruelling 112 kilometre race at between 12:30 and 12:55.
Horse Riding in Hondon
There are a few stables and horse riding opportunities in the Hondon Valley area. We have recently come across “Los Caballos Luna” who offer Riding Holidays.
“…through mountains and the countryside, between olive and almond trees, in the company of rabbits and birds of prey and all this in a beautiful natural area, at a cosy small-
They have a website here, if you want more details.
Hondon Valley on Facebook
There is a new Facebook group for Hondon Valley residents if you are into social networking … this one is mainly aimed at buying / selling stuff around the Hondon Valley community.
Alicante Wine Route
Well Hondon Valley is now on the Alicante Wine Route !!
The Provincial Tourism on the Costa Blanca has organized a day for the familiarization of the Alicante Wine Route. Interested groups such as local hoteliers, representatives of travel agencies, tourist guides, councils and commerce of the Alicante region are involved in the promotion.
>> More info on Alicante Wines
>> Bodega Cerdas (Hondon)
Members of the Alicante Tourism Board are working together with these groups to promote and encourage the Alicante Wine Route for tourists and visitors in a bid to boost tourism and income generation to the province.
“The wine tourism is an important tool to attract more tourists to our province and we should exploit potential and consolidate this with our range of sun and sand services“.
Members and parties have been dispatched to many wine related locations such as the Bodega Heretat Cesilia in Novelda, where they visited the facilities and where they have been introduced in the wine route and the wines with denomination of origin of Alicante.
The group has made a tour of vineyards and other crops Monóvar, Pinoso, Jumilla, Villena, Novelda and where he finally visited the Bodega Francisco Gomez and know the wine tourism of the province through Alicante winemakers and restaurateurs.
“The offer complementary to the Costa Blanca also focuses on the environmental fate and interior, where wine tourism, wineries and the wine sector form another attraction for visitors, while we promote the quality of cuisine and wines of the province” , pointed out Deputy of Tourism.
The Alicante Wine Route will include the towns of Pinoso, Villena, Novelda, Petra, Monóvar, Algueña, Hondón de los Frailes and Nieves , Salinas Vall del Pop and about 100 hotel establishments, restaurants, houses and wine shops in the province.
The route will also help promote the region’s traditions, monuments, treasuresand it’s typical local cuisine.