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Wednesday May 23rd 2025

La Plana and the Windmills

Normally the History Group meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, however our next meeting will be Friday 23rd May at 10.30 for 11.00 at our usual venue Javea Players, when we welcome back from Canada,Peter Atkinson presenting Sorolla, Benlliure and Blasco: Valencia’s Greatest Painter, Sculptor and WriterI am sure you all know that Peter researches his talks very thoroughly and is an excellent speaker. On his visit back to Javea from his new home in Canada he is…

Normally History Group meets 2nd Tuesday of the month, however next week there are two travel grouptrips. So our next meeting will be Friday 23rd May at 10.30 for 11.00 at our usual venue Javea Players, when we welcome back from Canada Peter Atkinson presenting Sorolla, Benlliure and Blasco: Valencia’s Greatest Painter, Sculptor and Writer I am sure you all know that Peter researches his talks very thoroughly and is an excellent speaker. On his visit back to Javea from…

Next meeting 27th May

Last Friday 26 members of the Getaway Guided Walking group had a very enjoyable hike in the Font Roja Park, led by our 2 excellent guides Fran and Cristian, who gave us a lot of information about the Parc and how people used to make their living in this area many years ago. It was a hard life all year round for the local inhabitants, who had to sustain themselves by utilising local industries such as the production of charcoal from dry branches of…

Tuesday 20th May 2025 Our Travellers’ Tales meeting in May will be a presentation by the group leader, Angela Chantry, entitled “Cruising from Australia to New Zealand”. Venue: The Javea Players Studio, (a few minutes walk from the Mercadona carpark, Javea pueblo). Doors will open at 10.30 am with the presentation commencing at 11.00 am and lasting for approx. 1 hour. Cost: 2 euros per person on entry which goes towards the cost of room hire. If you would like…

The flags were flying and the old much-loved victory war songs were sung at a special VE Day celebration at the Javea Players Studio! Nearly 60 U3A members, wearing red, white & blue with some dressed for the occasion in old wartime uniforms and commemorative T-shirts, turned up to relive the nostalgia of the end of the Second World War in Europe. The celebration was organised by Angela Chantry and our thanks go to her for putting on another fabulous…

The Beautiful Mirador of La Falzia

THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED – to go on the waiting list contact Sandra von Esebeck quiz@u3ajavea.com To be held at Javea Golf Club 20th May – 7pm for 7.30pm prompt start. A two course meal (menu below) will be served half-way through the quiz. Half a bottle of house wine (red, white or rosado) is included, or you may have a beer (with or without alcohol) or a soft drink. Coffee is not included unless selected as an…

Jesús Pobre and the Windmills

U3A Photography Group

Travel Trip to Gibraltar

Bookings are essential and close on 4th May.

Last Friday almost 40 members of the History Group set off on our one day Field Trip “In the steps of Al Azraq, Moorish Warlord of the Marina Alta” The weather was excellent as we left Javea and made our way to the Val Gallinera beyond Pego to view from afar the 10th century Islamic castles at Benirrama and Alcala. Group Leader Keith Smith and Christine Betterton Jones of Friends of Xabia Museum talked about various aspects of the history…

Granadella Woods

The next Discussion Group meeting will be held as usual on 25th April, at the Javea Social Centre. The subject is important to everyone as everybody uses digital or paper money. If the Eurozone is headed towards a cashless society, how soon will it happen? The discussion will focus on a few subtopics : – What have been the results in Sweden as they have moved to eliminate cash transactions across the retail space? – How can we overcome citizens’…

May 2025