The story of our adventure in Spain



In October 2002 we purchased a holiday flat in Guardamar on Spain's Costa Blanca - not far from Alicante and Torrevieja and we try to spend a good part of the year in Spain.

This blog hopefully will contain our thoughts and impressions of Spain - the good and the bad and lots and lots of photographs of not only Guardamar but the rest of Spain as we eventually get to explore it.

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Tuesday, 19 August 2008

ABC Wednesday - E for Elche

Elche is famous for shoe production and .......


....... Elche is famous for the palm trees that are grown all around the town - you'll find not only parks and displays but plantations of the things.. If you are an avid lover of palms then Elche is the place to go. 

Not too far from Alicante on the Spanish Costa Blanca


The palm was introduced to Elche by the Arabs who conquered and settled in Spain in the early Middle Ages .



Palm Sunday in Spain and the odds are that the palm leaves in the church will have come from Elche.



A pleasant place to wonder through - a whole day could be spent there ..

Sorry I have used some of these pictures before in May ...


12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, those pictures are really wonderful!

My E picture is now posted, too! You can check it out HERE if you have the time. Thanks!

Leslie: said...

Great post! We have palm trees here, too, believe it or not. :)

Kim from Hiraeth said...

I didn't think there'd be palm trees in Spain! They are beautiful. Interesting post!

CaBaCuRl said...

The gardens you've shown us are so cool & serene.

Ivar Østtun said...

I've been in Spain twice. A beautiful country. Nice people :-)

magiceye said...

very informative too!

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Anonymous said...

Fine place.
You may find palm trees in Nordic countries for instance in Trelleborg in Sweden.

Gemma Wiseman said...

palm trees always spell beautiful holidays to me! These pics are stunning!

Jane Hards Photography said...

Nver aplologise for re using lovely images. Very peaceful E's.

Bear Naked said...

Exquisite photos of the palm trees of Elche.
Thank you for sharing.

Bear((( )))

mrsnesbitt said...

Palm trees would not like the british summer! Mind you, neither do the british! LOL!
Great pictures, thanks so much.
D

kaycee said...

lovely photos. i miss palm trees...

thanks for dropping by & checking out my PH this week. Have a great weekend =)