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EXCURSION TO
VALLE

DE RICOTE If there is a place where the Arabic In Archena, within Valle de Ricote, is
the Balneario de Archena -Archena's
influence can still be observed, that
place is definitely Valle de Ricote. The
Roman times. The healing waters
municipalities Abarán, Archena, Blanca, thermal spring spa-, known since
Cieza, Ojós, Ricote, Ulea and Villanueva spring from the ground at a
del Segura are within the cultivation temperature of 50º C.
area twisting by the river Segura, and
they take us to an idyllic world.
The Arabs left their heritage in this fertile
spot. Their influence can still be observed
in many traces of their culture and
mostly in the irrigation system. The calm
river takes visitors through winding
sections with black poplars, willows and
bush, behind which there are endless
fields with vegetables and fruit trees.

BLANCA

The town of Blanca -meaning white- was, due to the colour of the
surrounding rocks, known by our ancestors as La Negra -meaning
black-. Its important buildings are, most of all, the San Juan
Evangelista Church from the 16th century, the Casa del Conde (a
sign of the neoclassicism of the 19th century) which has become
the Hospedería Conde de la Vallesa, and the Victoria Theatre. The
Light and Water Interpretation Centre is very interesting too.