A Day Out at Elche
We were camping at Los Palmeras, Crevillente for a couple of nights when Cath expressed a desire to see the Unesco-listed palm trees in Elche, a short bus ride away. Our Lonely Planet guide spoke of thousands of trees and the famous El Huerto del Cura, the National Artistic Garden.
Here is a photo of a palm tree to set the scene.
We caught a bus with blue-tinted windows and 30 minutes later we were in Elche. The bus driver prounced it as 'Elshy' which fits with the Valancian spelling ie Elx.
We caught the tourist train along with a party of schoolchildren. The commentary was in Spanish, but we couldn't here it anyway for the happy noise.
We soon saw lots of palm trees
At the end of the tour we got off and wandered about on foot. Cath met some new chums.
and then we set off for the serious tour of the Huerta to view, inter alia, the Imperial Palm tree.
The garden is well worth the 3€ entrance fee.
There's more to Elx/Elche than just palm trees and we'll go back sometime to see more.
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Hi Brue, always nice to hear from you! Our last day in Spain today. We're at Hospitalet de L'Infant near Tarragona. Giant waves are pounding the beach just 50 metres from our pitch; the sky is grey; and there's nothing but wind and rain forecast. Apart from
that, our travels are going well, thank you :-)0 -
Hi Chas & Cath,
Just got back from London so I am just catching up. I am glad you made the trip to Elche, yes from memory the bus driver would likely pronounce it with a y on the end. We also enjoyed the palm gardens many years ago now and I doubt nothing much has changed.
Fantastic photos. Regards, Roy0 -
It will be worth another visit in October when they have a medieval festival of food and culture, street enertainment, cooking and everyone dressed in costrume, everything done in period
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Well that beats Dracena Avenue in Falmouth! Wonderful photos, would love to visit. Is the name split in speaking as El-che? Hope your travels are going well.
