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Evening Fair in Calp Old Town - 11th July to 11th September


You know about Calp*? You might know the Peñón de Ifach, the salt lake with flamingos and the long sea promenades. But do you know the old town centre at the top of the hill? Narrow little houses on each side of painted stairs decorated with plants in large pots, people still sitting outside talking over the day with their neighbours. Part of the medieval city walls, snug little bars and restaurants, where you can sit outside and enjoy your meal or drink in a nostalgic, quiet atmosphere.


In addition to all this, there is one of the Amata craft fairs with stalls selling craft work made by the people at the stall. Every evening at 7pm, from 11th July until 11th September, the Calle Libertat* is closed to traffic and some ten or fifteen artesans open their stalls. Stalls with wooden toys, leather goods, macramé, ceramics, painted roof tiles and all sorts of other interesting and unique pieces. Some of the people will be at work, and every evening, at 8pm one of them will run a workshop where children of all ages (come on, Grandma!) can have a go at making something with their own hands.


Some of the people on the stalls are pretty good jugglers or play music - and these have decided to amuse the motley crowd that passes in exchange for the odd coin in the proverbial hat. There are also three pleasant eateries in the street itself, with half a dozen more within 100 yards. All in all, a pretty good place to go when you’ve been watching the waves lap the beach all day.


To get there, walk up the Gabriel Miró (the main shopping street in Calp), keep going and after another 100 yards you pass the Town Hall with the flags outside. Just a little further the road splits, and you take a left-ish turn. Another 50 yards, and you turn left into the Calle de la Justicia*. Trundle along, and you pass the Plaza de España, which has a genuine fountain (not a very big one) in the middle - and there you are. Or you can take a ride in the little tourist train that runs all the way from the La Fossa beach up to the top of the old town (and back!), stopping at 100 yards from the fair.


For more information, ring Elvira on 639 979 678 (she speaks English) or have a look on www.amata.es (in Spanish and English), which gives some idea of what Amata does, and shows pretty photographs.


* Some time ago the official name was changed from Calpe to Calp. At the same time several streets got renamed as well, so you might remember the Calle Libertat as the Calle San Antonio and the Calle de la Justicia as the Calle Paternina.


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