Vall de Gallinera · Cherry
Alicante · Comunitat Valenciana
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Eight small villages dot the Vall de Gallinera, inland in Alicante’s Marina Alta. From mid-March to early April the cherry trees whiten its slopes, and the Eight Villages route, a linear walk of about 14 km, links the hamlets.
What grows here
Cherries grown for fruit are the mainstay of the local economy, alongside almonds and olives. Recent harvests have been hard hit by pests such as Drosophila suzukii and by shifting patterns of frost and rainfall.
Municipalities
la Vall de Gallinera · la Vall d'Alcalà · la Vall d'Ebo
Usual season
From mid-March to mid-April
A guide based on past years, not a forecast: every year is different.
Festival
Cherry Festival (Festa de la Cirera) ↗
A weekend in early June, at the end of the harvest; it moves between villages each year
Did you know?
After the expulsion of the Moriscos in 1609 the valley was left almost empty, and the Duke of Gandia resettled it with some 150 families from Majorca, whose influence can still be heard in the local dialect.
Where
The pin marks the area, not specific fields. Fields are private: look from the tracks.
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