http://www.javeavillas.co.uk/blog A visitor's guide to Javea in Spain Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:07:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Where can you get good tapas in Javea?  It's a question I am asked a lot and the answer is that there are many good places - and here is one of them.  Down at the Port facing the sea is El Clavo.  On the right you can see the ... http://www.javeavillas.co.uk/blog/2008/09/14/javea-tapas/ There are lots of day trips you can take when you are in Javea - and one that is well worth the while whether you have a musician in the family or not is to the guitar factory in Gata de Gorgos, about 9 km from Javea. I should make ... http://www.javeavillas.co.uk/blog/2008/09/06/javea-guitar-factory/ Villa rental in Javea we do - but this is one villa we can't rent out. Next time you're on the Arenal Beach take a look at the Parador. Look closely and next to it you may see the mystery villa. The swimming pool is supplied by water from the sea, ... http://www.javeavillas.co.uk/blog/2008/06/01/javeas-mystery-villa/ Every year in Javea they decorate the Promenade with the most fantastic sculptures.  The best place to see them is down at the Port near the tourist information office where you can find a guide to the artists that made them and a little bit about the works.  While you're ... http://www.javeavillas.co.uk/blog/2008/05/10/javea-boardwalk-sculptures/ I first came across the work of Oscar Bento by accident.  He had a selection of his work displayed in Los Remos restaurant on the Arenal in Javea and I thought it was really lovely - tranquil seascapes, vistas of the beach, the beach at night so I looked into it ... http://www.javeavillas.co.uk/blog/2008/04/27/javea-art-gallery-and-tapas/ It's not something we do very often when on holiday, but I can recommend getting up really early!  Take a trip down to the arenal beach and watch the sun come up.  At first you have just a faint hint of the dusky light brightening and then you see the fireball ... http://www.javeavillas.co.uk/blog/2008/04/04/javea-beach-arenal-at-sunrise/ It's so often the way - you've look forward to your holiday for ages, made a mental list of the books you'd like to catch up on, but you haven't had time to buy them, the airport was a frantic nightmare and the kids wanted to look at PS3s and ... http://www.javeavillas.co.uk/blog/2008/03/26/bookshops-in-javea/ I started the evening by heading down to the Parador on the Arenal. It’s a great place to have an aperitif and watch the sun go down. Some people are put off going to the Parador thinking that it is for residents only, but that’s not the case. Although it ... http://www.javeavillas.co.uk/blog/2008/03/18/hello-world/