Virtual Artisan Village
Altea (Alicante)
5, 6, 7 and 8 December
Christmas Fair with original arts and crafts
This year you will find our traditional Mercat de Nadal (Christmas Fair) in the renovated Avenida de la Comunidad Valenciana, just a few steps from the big (free!) parking. In a festive atmosphere we offer you a wide choice of original Christmas presents, all hand made by ourselves!
For the first time we will set up a colourfull Nativity Scene, where evry figure is made in a different material by a different artisan. For the younger visitors there will be workshops for children, puppet shows, story telling, soap bubble shows and table games, see programme below.
We open on Friday from 6 till 9 pm; Saturday, Sunday and Monday (a bank holiday in Spain) opening times are from 11 in the morning till 9 in the evening, although on Sunday we close an hour earlier. We stay open at midday,
The photographs on this page are from last year's fair.
Programme
Opening times:
Friday 18:00-21:00 h., Saturday and Sunday 11:00-21:00 h. and Monday 11:00-20:00 h.
Friday 5 December
18:00 Opening of the stalls
19:00 Official opening
19:30 Workshop for children: making a wire ring
20:00 Soap bubble show
21:00 Closing time
Saturday 6 December
11:00 Opening of the stalls
12:00 Workshop for children: making flowers with pipe cleaners
12:30 La torre de la sabiduría – puppet show
13:30 Soap bubble show
17:30 La abuela Ciruela y la ardilla Pilla – puppet theatre
18:00 Workshop for children: making a Christmas decoration with foam rubber
19:00 Acarreando cuentos de invierno – story telling
20:00 Soap bubble show
21:00 Closing time
Sunday 7 December
11:00 Opening of the stalls
12:00 Workshop for children: making a Christmas crown
12:30 La torre de la sabiduría – puppet show
13:30 Soap bubble show
17:30 La abuela Ciruela y la ardilla Pilla – puppet theatre
18:00 Workshop for children: making Christmas decorations looking like snowflakes
19:00 Acarreando cuentos de invierno – story telling
20:00 Soap bubble show
21:00 Closing time
Monday 8 December
11:00 Opening of the stalls
12:00 Workshop for children: decorating a Christmas candy stick
12:30 La torre de la sabiduría – puppet show
13:30 Soap bubble show
17:30 La abuela Ciruela y la ardilla Pilla – puppet theatre
18:00 Soap bubble show
19:00 Acarreando cuentos de invierno – story telling
20:00 End of the fair
To see on Google Maps how to get to the market, you can click on the image below.
