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Barx
Gandia, 46728, Valencia,
Spain
Barx
The historic village of Barx is
located just 1.3 km from La Drova.
The village boasts many
shops including, two supermarkets, a chemist, two bakers, three butchers,
a bank, and a tobacconist. There are numerous bars and restaurants
providing excellent meals at ridiculously low prices. A typical ‘menu del
dia’, consisting of a three course meal with wine and coffee, costs around
7 Euros.
A weekly market is held on Tuesdays, where many
bargains can be found, as well as fresh fish from
Gandia.
There are many fiestas in Barx, the main one
celebrated during the third week in August. This fiesta is in honour of St
Michael and the Divine Shepherdess, of whom there is a statue overlooking
the village. During the fiestas, there are lots of activities including
theatre shows, live bands, fantastic pyrotechnic displays, with the celebrations carrying on throughout
the night until 6am!
15 mins from the large town of Gandia
25mins from
the beach of Gandia and the port
1hr from Valencia
airport
1 hr 20 mins from Alicante airport
THE CLIMATE
Summer is the longest of the seasons
in Barx and is a very settled one with few spells of unstable
weather. The Mediterranean dictates the weather we experience here
between May and September with its daily pattern of breezes (except on
those days with a strong westerly wind). There is little of no rain;
when it does occur it is in the form of storms set off by Mt. Monduver or
even the sea. The first type forms in the afternoon on days of humid
heat and almost complete calm, and the second type frequently takes the
form of exceptionally heavy downpours. All that is an exception,
however, because the summer in our valley is a bright and dry season with
plenty of irrigation and with maximum temperatures of 40° which are
tempered by the Mediterranean breezes.
The onset of Autumn begins in September, generally with less turbulence than with other seasons. Once again the Atlantic winds sweep over the Iberian peninsular and bring with them the first rains, whilst at the same time the warm winds retreat southwards and are replaced by the first, albeit still mild, cold fronts. This, coupled with the rains caused by the Mediterranean (the Gota Fria phenomenon and storms from the east), mean that during this time 70-80% of Barx’s total rainfall occurs, with November being the wettest month. The winds increase to level 3 or 4 and the temperature drops very rapidly and steadily.
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