We are open for retreats in our cottage or flat at 69 Carrer Mare de Deu del Miracle, all year. We converted an old village house opposite our front door in 2003 to provide over-spill rooms for our residential courses here, but also to provide quiet, comfortable accommodation for retreats and relaxation, close to the […]
Delighted to receive yesterday John Godfrey’s latest poetry collection ‘Beautiful Contraptions’ – with a fine photograph on the cover of our Olive Mill. John visited the Almassera Vella on a Poetry course some years ago and I remember his fascination with the mill and the press and the way they used to operate. The picture […]
Ann Sansom of the Poetry Business ran a residential Poetry week at the Almassera Vella in June and it resulted in a happy coda as she invited me to read at the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere and join a workshop there. Ann’s courses at the Almassera Vella have proved the birthplace of a good deal […]
This summer we’ve switched the pool system to salt water and as a result have beautifully clean and clear water seemingly permanently. As the water has a tenth the salt of the sea it isn’t discernible as a taste and we no longer have that hint of chlorine. It also seems to resist algae. All […]
Almassera Vella Estate For SaleOctober 27, 2022 - 4:52 pmThe Almassera Vella Estate is now for sale and listed with Lopez Henderson, C/San Bartololomé 33, Local 1, 03560 El Campello, Alicante, SPAIN Tel +34 965 63 55 50 and see their excellent presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxV6pCtzD_M15 We’ve enjoyed a superb life-style here at the Almassera Vella and made countless friends via our courses and retreats, but we […]
A Walkway Above Relleu’s Amadorio GorgeFebruary 13, 2022 - 5:13 pmJust opened, a brilliant addition to the attractions of Relleu valley – a high walkway into the deep Amadorio gorge beyond the 17th century dam. Until this exciting addition, the gorge was virtually inaccessible as it descended from Relleu to the Pantano at Orcheta. Occasional daredevils have made it through the tortuous , narrow, occasionally […]
Excellent 2021 Olive HarvestFebruary 6, 2022 - 6:46 pm200 litres plus with a contribution from every tree in our Valero groves, a bumper harvest after last year. The Extra virgin produced excellent – and plenty over for friends. We went on to an olive oil tasting at nearby award winning ‘Señorios de Relleu – where Hugo Quintinilla let us sample his four varieties: […]