Bike lane in Jávea

Finally, the building works of the lanes dedicated to bicycle transit across the historic city centre in Jávea, Arenal and Duanes del Mar have concluded.

The works to build this bike lanes network started in August 2010 and ended on April 2011.

As we have reported in previous posts, the Town Hall took the opportunity of the bike lane building works taking place to undertake improvement works in nearby areas, such as it was made with the pavements at Vía Augusta.

This initiative adds up to others that aim to make of Jávea a greener place, like the creation of 2 new waste collection points.

Now it is a lot easier to cross Jávea corner to corner with your bicycle by using the routes that cross the city through the historic city centre and along the coast.

The project had an allocated budget of €352,820 and was subsidised by the Estate Fund for Employment and Local Sustainability 2010 —Fondo Estatal para el Empleo y la Sostenibilidad Local 2010.

The Moors and Christians 2010 Javea

The Moors and Christians Festival in Jávea

The festivities continue in Jávea with the “Moros y Cristianos 2010” ( the Moors and Christians ) in honor of  San Jaime  (St. James) from Saturday 10th to Sunday July the 18th  2010, in the streets of the  Duanes del Mar.

This year the captaincy is held by the Filà Baharìs, and the captains are Francisca Marta and Joaquín Garreta.

The celebration is to begin on Saturday July 10th with the inauguration of the XI Medieval Fair (from the 10th to the 14th July), with the firing of the rocket that announces the start of the holidays and the official presentation of Moors and Christians in the Avenida Jaime I in Javea.

On Thursday July the 15th you can behold the re-enactment of the  landing of Moorish troops on the beach (Playa de la Gravea) with the Moorish Ambassador who manage to conquer the Christian Castle of Jávea. On Friday July the 16th the celebration of  the Christian reconquest of the castle. Saturday the 17th at 19:00 the parade through the streets of  Duanes del Mar. The parade takes us through the streets of  Pasaje Pio X, Calle Cristo del Mar, Calle Lepanto   and ends at the Avenue Jaime I. On  Sunday the 18th at 20.00 the parade continues taking the same route as on Saturday. The Moorish Captaincy 2010 of the Filá  Baharis will close  with the magnificent  Grand Parade to be followed by a fantastic display of  fireworks (at 00:00 hours).