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LesterOR

More options May 8, 10:18 am

From: LesterOR <Leste...@sbcglobal.net>

Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 07:18:49 -0700 (PDT)

Local: Thurs, May 8 2008 10:18 am

Subject: Re: Villamartin, Costa Blanca

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Stewart,

It's a bit far from Torrevieja, but if you want off the beaten track,
take an easy drive about 45 minutes east of Lorca to Velez Blanco.
There's a nice castle there (although the main courtyard is missing,
having been lifted out part & parcel & shipped to Manhattan during the
romantic era). There's also a cool set of "cave" drawings -- really
"side of cliff" drawings -- that offer a spectacular view of the
valley below. If you go to the drawings, be sure to get a guide to
explain them. When I was there several years ago the municipality
employed guided tours off the side of the road for a small fee.

Lester

On Apr 28, 5:59 am, "Stewart Fishburne" <s...@globalnet.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi all

> It appears that my partner has won a (genuine) free week's accommodation in Villamartin, Costa Blanca to be taken between October this year and March 2009. A quick look at the place suggests that it is a golf/sun/beach/bar resort not far from Torrevieja. This doesn't match closely (if at all) with our preferred holiday preferences of countryside and villages/museums and cities/restaurants.

> But it seems churlish (even rude) to decline a prize won at her place of work. This is not a part of Spain I know anything about. Before I go and buy a guide book and do the normal web research, is there anyone on the group who could make recommendations as to things we might like to do/see/visit in that area?

> Thanks

> Stewart

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