GOOD START FOR CRAFT FAIR IN THEIR NEW LOCATION

Last Sunday the weekly Craft Fair in La Nucía started its autumn season in a new location. From February to June the market ran every Sunday in the square in front of the Town Hall, a very nice corner of the old town but a bit tight for space.

It looks like it was a good idea to change to the Plaça dels Músics along the main road: most passing cars slowed down to look what was going on, and, judging by the number of visitors, many decided to park their cars and have a better look at the colourful stalls.

The Plaça dels Músics offers more flexibility, is in direct sight of passing cars and has its own charm, with trees, a children’s playground and a bar-with-terrace. Also, the artesans have much more space, space enough to set up a little workshop next to their stalls to make the fair livelier and more interesting. And there is room for more stalls.

Plenty of room for up to twenty stalls, instead of trying to squeeze o dozen or so in a very tight space. And what stalls! Amata, the regional crafts association, has registered “Artesanía de Autor” as proof that everything shown on the stands is made by the people at the stall, not something you will see in many other so-called craft fairs. There are people working in the fair; if you have a special requirement and it is not too complicated, often you can get it done while you wait. Or you can place an order and pick it up a fortnight or three weeks later.

Each Sunday, from 10 till 2, between 15 and 20 stalls are set up, but there will be different people each week, so that participants can rest, or go to other week-end fairs. It’s a lively scene, with occasional live shows (ring 639 979 678 or look at www.amata.es for details, English spoken and English web page). On 20 October, for instance, Maxi and Dixi, a pair of extraordinarily talented musical puppets, will perform for their honoured public.

La Nucia Town Hall also organises guided walks round the Old Town, starting on the fair at 11, 12 and 13 hours in various languages, including English – in what is after all a very pretty town. All in all it promises a good way of spending Sunday morning

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