Visit Abanilla in the province of Murcia to experience the real
Spain.
Enjoy life as it was 50 years ago, in this quaint, sleepy
village with its friendly inhabitants.
Dine in the warm summer
evenings in narrow streets filled with families enjoying their night
out!
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Abanilla rooftops
The small village of Abanilla is 28 kilometres north of
Murcia city.
With a population of around 7,500 inhabitants, it is a quaint little
country village, with
narrow, climbing streets. Some of the residents of Abanilla have homes in France too,
and may speak French as their first or second language.
The various parts of the
village are referred to by the influence of other countries, for example the
French area with wide streets, or the Moroccan area with narrow
streets.
Visitors fall in love with its charm and the traditional ways of
country life,
which continue today. At first glance, it appears to be a sleepy little village, but on
further exploration you will find it has everything to offer its
people.
When you first arrive, you will probably wonder where people do their
shopping as it is seems difficult to find food stores and there is no main
street with shops. But as you become familiar with village life, the
systems become more apparent. Life here is
probably similar to how it was in the UK fifty years ago before the age of
supermarkets, when you bought your daily provisions from the "corner
shop".
Stores are hidden away in the small streets behind the beaded curtains,
and sometimes
they can be difficult to find because there are no signs above the premises to
identify them as shops. There are carnicerias (butchers), panaderias (bakers),
fruiterias (greengrocers), pescaderias (fishmongers), zapaterias (shoe shops), correos (a post office) bancos (banks) and plenty
of bars and tapas bars.
During the summer months, the village is transformed at night, and takes on a different
atmosphere. Bar owners line the streets with tables, filling the roads with families enjoying their
evening meal. Other families will bring their chairs out onto the street and sit chatting with neighbours until the early hours of the morning.
In the centre of the village, in the Plaza de la Constitución, stands the
Ayuntamiento (the Town Hall), an impressive building dating back to 1762.
Just off this Plaza, the statue Corazon de Jesus (Heart
of Jesus) towers above the village from its vantage point in the Plaza
Corazon de Jesus, and is very impressive
when lit up at night. The energetic can climb nearly a hundred steps to the Plaza and the statue, but there are easier ways to reach it - which most discover after the climb!
From the
Plaza you have the most spectacular views over the village - so the climb really is worth the effort.
In the Plaza de la Purisma
you will find the impressive Church of San Jose, the patron saint, of 1712, and a newly erected statue to commemorate the Moors and
the Christians. And hidden away in the corner is the old public laundry
with its old sinks and wash boards. The laundry is still used frequently today by
young and old inhabitants alike, and it is common to see the women of the
village carrying their laundry in buckets or in baskets on their heads down
to the washroom.