Hello fellow travelers!
We want to tell you today's plan because it has been a bit… weird… because there are a lot of plans in one.
The beginning was that we wanted to get to know Tabarca Island.
They told us it was beautiful and we were looking forward to visiting it.
Just if you don't know it, Tabarca is an island just opposite Alicante.
As we were going to visit Tabarca, we took advantage of the opportunity to have dinner in Monastrell restaurant
and try their rices. Besides, we had a birthday party, so… a perfect plan!
So, we let you get on with the video.
Please, watch until the end! There is a surprise that is not Tabarca or Alicante… Let's watch it!
This is the door of Monastrell's restaurant.
It's the only restaurant in Alicante city with a Michelin star.
Its chef is María Jose San Román. Let's see if we could see her and ask her some questions.
The products that represent your cooking are the rice, saffron and the extra virgin olive oil.
Why did you choose these products?
Maybe because they are the products that represent Spain the best.
Olive oil is everywhere, we live in Levante, "Rice Land"…
and we colour the rice with saffron…
We have to say that we not only had a great dinner but also we drank 5 bottles of wine.
Not just the two of us! There were seven people!
What was the plate dish that you enjoyed the most?
Do you remember anything that you ate?
Without any doubt… black rice, yummy!
I would choose the one of rice with European smoked eel.
It was not eel!
Sorry, it was moray!
After so much food and wine, now it's time to go for a walk!
We are going to enjoy such good weather going to the island of Tabarca.
You can go from Santa Pola or Torrevieja, which are closer to the island.
It will take you just 50 minutes in these boats.
Behind us there is Tabarca island. They call it "the flat island" as you can see…
This island is populated since the 3rd Century.
In the 14th century these fortifications were built in order to keep the Berberisque pirates from settling here,
and from here they could attack the coast.
In order to maintain the island under control of the Crown and to settle a permanent population,
Carlos III brought 70 Ligur families who came from the Tabarka island in Tunisia.
These families had been enslaved by the King of Tunisia.
In Winter and Autumn there is a boat that comes every morning and leaves in the evening.
However, in summer, there are a lot of boats coming and going.
You will see that there are a lot of restaurants. Fish, rice, caldero… now you will see what we are going to eat…
Sandra, I see you are licking your lips… how is the red prawn of Santa Pola village?
The prawn is very nice, but, besides I ate a lot of prawn's heads…
yes, because the rest of our friends don't like them!
In Tabarca it is very common to eat "caldero".
It consists of two plates: first, fish with boiled potatoes.
The fish is locally called "gallina". And second, rice made with the fish…
Well Tabarca was really cool, right?
We didn't have such expectations about it. We thought it could be a very touristy place.
Do you remember the surprise I told you about, ok?
We took advantage of this trip to visit Villena. It's a village in the inland of Alicante.
It's very cool, it has a castle and the medieval quarter surrounded the castle.
What was in Villena that weekend? The Medieval Party!
Let's go to Villena!
The Medieval Party commemorates the arrival of the Catholic Kings in 1488.
The castle of the Atalaya is perhaps their most characteristic building.
It was built at the end of the 12th century.
There is a beautiful mixture between the Moorish and the Christian culture.
What we really recommend to you is to come to Villena during this party.
All the citizens reveal their love to their village dressing up as Medieval people,
and there are a lot of shops, local food, medieval music, activities for children…
The party is celebrated in the Rabal neighborhood.
In fact, it's very funny that this party is not paid for by the Mayor, but the neighbors of the Rabal.
We are waiting for the Torch parade to get to the castle.
Now, the trip is finished!
So, it was worth it to see the part of Villena, right? We truly recommend that you visit it!
We give you more information in the video box and on our website, viajandoanuestroaire.com.
You know that we are looking for ambassadors! We want you to show us your village!
We are sure you have a lot of parties, gastronomy…
there are so many small great places to enjoy in Spain!
Send us an email to viajandoanuestroaire@gmail.com, you explain everything about your village
and we will commit to go, ok?
You know that you can find us on our social profiles with more trips.
See you soon!
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