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ALMANSA
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Latest trip to Almansa 18th- 20th October 2024 (report here soon) Recent visit from Almansa Almansa twinners came to Lymington 6-10 December 2023 ... photos here ... Previous trip to Almansa LITA twinners visited Almansa 10th-14th October 2018 You must be a current member of LITA to go on exchange trips or host visitors Previous exchange visits to Almansa Almansa twinners visit to Lymington 2016 Lymington twinners trip to Almansa 2014 Almansa Twinners visit to Lymington March 2013 Lymington twinners trip to Almansa 2012 |
Almansa in the province of Albacete lies an hour’s drive north west of Alicante, and was once the Moorish town of Al-Manxa. As a frontier town between the Moors and the Christians, it has a medieval castle on a steep limestone crag rising out of the Castilian plain. Around this lies the picturesque old town.
Modern Almansa has a population of 25,000 and its industries include shoe-making, a guitar factory and a bodega producing a high quality, but reasonably priced local (Denominacion de Origen) wine. The town is situated on the southern Meseta, a high arid tableland where cereals, saffron, olives and vines are grown. The surrounding countryside is undulating with fields of crops, and not far away is spectacular limestone scenery with caves and gorges. Almansa is a bustling community with good facilities including a market, theatre, cinema, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, various sports clubs and good shops. It has a Fiesta in spring and a Feria in late summer, both lasting about a week. These are particularly exciting times to visit the town. Exchange visits to AlmansaOur twinning link with Almansa dates back to 1993. We travel together, flying from Heathrow or Gatwick to Alicante and travel on from there by coach.
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Lymington International Twinning Association
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