La Isla del Júcar

Activities

The strategic location of La Isla del Júcar allows diverse and varied activities inside and outside the house. Here we detail some of them:

• Pool, sun and gastronomy

Without leaving the house we can enjoy a full day in the sunny patio, from a breakfast with orange juice, having an aperitif while we cook a barbecue or a paella and taking a bath in the pool or a nap under the umbrella in the solarium.

• Trekking

La Isla del Júcar is surrounded by routes and with the Via Verde Carcaixent-Denia to the door where you can practice hiking and bicycle touring.
The proximity of the Natural Parks of La Murta and La Casella makes La Barraca de Aguas Vivas a strategic center to get to know them and walk their paths.
La Barraca de Aguas Vivas is part of the Route of the Monasteries that can be done on foot, by car or by bicycle, along which you can visit the monasteries of La Murta, Aguas Vivas and Valldigna, among others.

• Cycling and Mountain Bike

One of the most practiced activities in the surroundings for the variety of routes and routes.

• Beaches

The offer of sea and sun a few kilometers is endless. Extensive, clean beaches, equipped with services such as showers, parking, wooden paths to the beach, lifeguards, beach bars (in season), hammock rental, sailing sports, surfing, etc.
You can choose between familiar, quiet, nudist, textile, urban, and undeveloped beaches

• Cultural tourism

A few kilometers away we find cities of great cultural and historical richness, such as Xátiva, Gandía, Alzira or Valencia itself.
In the tourist office of the different cities will provide us with detailed information about these and other activities that we can enjoy in the area.

• Golf

For golf lovers 2 km away. from La Barraca de Aguas Vivas, there is the La Galiana golf course, an 18-hole course and an extraordinary free access route for the practice of this sport.

There are also companies specializing in active tourism that can complement our stay in La Isla del Júcar.

Festivals

Valencia is the land of festivals. Fallas, Moors and Christians, The Bonfires of S. Juan are the best known. In the cities near La Barraca de Aguas Vivas you can enjoy any of them in all its fullness without having to travel to the capital.

• Fallas

Las Fallas are celebrations with a deep-rooted tradition in the city of Valencia and different populations of the Valencian Community and are celebrated from March 15 to 19.
The Fallas monuments are exposed for several days in the street and burned on the night of March 19 amid firecrackers and fireworks.
Currently, Las Fallas are classified as a festival of International Tourist Interest.

• Moors and Christians festival

The festival of Moors and Christians was born as a reminder of the stage of Muslim power in the Iberian Peninsula and the battles that were alternating power between Muslims and Christians.
In Alzira, the first week of October is celebrated in honor of St. Catherine.
Music has always accompanied the Festival of Moors and Christians since its inception.

• San Juan's bonfires

The night of San Juan, June 24, is one of the most magical evenings of the year and the beaches become a fire scenario with many bonfires.
People stand around bonfires to commemorate the shortest night of the year.