Area Focus: La Romana

La Romana is a village of some 2500 people, located in the foothills of the Serra del Reclot a few kilometres from Algueña and several kilometres from Hondón de las Nieves and Novelda, in the autonomous community of Valencia, southern Spain.

The village is surrounded by countryside where vineyards and almond orchards are grown. The area is also noted for the number of quarries producing marble and limestone. There are a number of cave dwellings around La Romana which are still in use, many having been converted into modern homes. The main village is set out on a grid pattern of mostly one-way streets, with very few buildings higher than one storey, with clean, tree lined streets.

The town’s popular fiesta is held in the 3rd week of August each year, with a humorous parade held on the Thursday and Moors and Christians parades on the Friday and Saturday. In the autumn a gastronomica is held in the park.

There is a small weekly street market on Saturdays, around where the covered daily market is.

In the town you will find a mix of shops, bars and restaurants, both English and Spanish.
You will also find 2 of our advertisers, La Romana Self Storage, and Malvina Gift shop. Both adverts can be found on page 14.

Colin runs La Romana Self storage and offers secure units from 11M2 and from 25€ per month.
Malvina Gift shop is a lovely shop packed with gifts and artisan. They also now have their Christmas stock on sale.

You will also find Route 66 bar. If you like great home-made burgers, sandwiches and cakes in big portions, you’ll love La Romana’s taste of the USA at Tel’ and Akin’s Route 66 Deli!

At the back of the petrol station you can find Bodega Bocopa. This bodega offers wine tasting and has a cellar/shop open to the public.