Barx

Barx

The historic village of Barx is located just 1.3 km from La Drova.

The village boasts many shops including, two supermarkets, a chemist, two bakers, three butchers, a bank, and a tobacconist. There are numerous bars and restaurants providing excellent meals at ridiculously low prices. A typical ‘menu del dia’, consisting of a three course meal with wine and coffee, costs around 7 Euros.

A weekly market is held on Tuesdays, where many bargains can be found, as well as fresh fish from Gandia.

There are many fiestas in Barx, the main one celebrated during the third week in August. This fiesta is in honour of St Michael and the Divine Shepherdess, of whom there is a statue overlooking the village. During the fiestas, there are lots of activities including theatre shows, live bands, fantastic pyrotechnic displays, with the celebrations carrying on throughout the night until 6am!

15 mins from the large town of Gandia
25mins from the beach of Gandia and the port
1hr from Valencia airport
1 hr 20 mins from Alicante airport

THE CLIMATE

Summer is the longest of the seasons in Barx and is a very settled one with few spells of unstable weather. The Mediterranean dictates the weather we experience here between May and September with its daily pattern of breezes (except on those days with a strong westerly wind). There is little of no rain; when it does occur it is in the form of storms set off by Mt. Monduver or even the sea. The first type forms in the afternoon on days of humid heat and almost complete calm, and the second type frequently takes the form of exceptionally heavy downpours. All that is an exception, however, because the summer in our valley is a bright and dry season with plenty of irrigation and with maximum temperatures of 40° which are tempered by the Mediterranean breezes.

The onset of Autumn begins in September, generally with less turbulence than with other seasons. Once again the Atlantic winds sweep over the Iberian peninsular and bring with them the first rains, whilst at the same time the warm winds retreat southwards and are replaced by the first, albeit still mild, cold fronts. This, coupled with the rains caused by the Mediterranean (the Gota Fria phenomenon and storms from the east), mean that during this time 70-80% of Barx’s total rainfall occurs, with November being the wettest month. The winds increase to level 3 or 4 and the temperature drops very rapidly and steadily.