Exhibitions and fairs
ALICANTE ALICANTE HAS FALLEN
The exhibition ‘Alicante has fallen, the war finishes here’ commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War is taking place at the Casa de las Máquinas in Alicante city.
The exhibition is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 09.3013.30. It is closed on Mondays. Admission is free.
A visit can also be tied in with a guided tour of the Séneca and Balmis air raid shelters, which take place every Wednesday at 18.00, Fridays and Saturdays at 12.00 and 18.00 and Sundays at 12.00.
General admission to the guided tour is €5 and must be booked in advance by email at cmemoriahdalicante@gmail.com or by telephone on 690 004 431.
The telephone booking service is available from Monday to Friday from 10.00-13.30 and 17.00-20.00. The tours are in Spanish but can be arranged in other languages for groups of 10 people or more. Prior notice is required. Casa de las Máqiunas is situated at the junction of Calle Portugal and Calles Italia.
OCEAN RACE EXHIBITION
Exhibition looking at Spain’s involvement in the Volvo Ocean Race at the Volvo Ocean Race museum in Alicante port. The display contains more than four decades worth of exhibits showing the country’s role in what is one of the toughest sailing races in the world.
Open Tuesday to Thursday and Sundays from 10.00-14.00 and Friday
and Saturday from 10.0018.00.
Admission is free
A NIGHT WITH BRUCE DICKINSON
Dec 7, 2019: Iron Maiden vocalist, Bruce Dickinson has plenty to talk about and will be undertaking a speaking tour of Spain in December. The evening is based on his book, What Does This Button Do?
As is to be expected there are just 666 tickets available for the Alicante show, which is at the Teatro Principal.
The show will be in English and prices range from €43.50 to €65 and on sale now through www.instanticket.es
TITANIC: THE RECONSTRUCTION
Until November 10: Titanic: The Reconstruction, exhibition at La Lonja del Pescado.
The centrepiece is a 1:30-scale – 12 metre-long, 4.2 metre-high and 3.9 metre-wide reconstruction of the doomed vessel. It also contains the recently restored Brush D.24 car, manufactured in Detroit in 1909, which was linked to the boat, but never made it on-board and the original painting El Sueño del Titanic by Enrique Gran, amongst other jewels. Open Tuesday to Sunday 10.3021.30, except August, when it opens from 16.30-22.00.
It is closed on Mondays.
General weekday admission is €8, at weekends this increases to €10 and tickets are available from www.instanticket.es
CALLOSA D'EN SARRIA
CONCHA FLORES VAY
Permanent artistic paintings exhibition open on Saturdays from 11.00 to 14.00
For more information or to view Concha Flores Vay's works please visit her website www.cuadros vay.com or call 645 882 644
DENIA TAPAS TRAIL
Until Nov 17: Fill your boots on gourmet dishes for the price of a couple of coffees each on Dénia's annual Tapas Trail.
You can get a bite to eat with a glass of wine, beer or Martini in participating restaurants for just €3 each. Dine out and win prizes!
JAVEA ARTS & CRAFT MARKET
Every Sunday through out the summer a variety of market stalls are on the promenade in Javea Port, where all products on offer are handmade by the stallholders.
Gifts and products include toys, handbags, jewellery, clothes, paintings and crafts. from 11.00 until 14.00.