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Rose bushes stand guard over the rows of vines at Casa Sicilia, which was visited by the Moraira-Teulada U3A wine tasting group on 1st February 2024. Up before dawn, on the coach by 8.30 a.m., 53 group members made the 90 minute journey down the motorway to Alicante and on to the Bodega, tucked away down…

Orange Grove Trip 17 Jan 2024

Jan 25, 2024

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in Gardening, Travel Reports

On Wednesday 17 January 53 members visited Huerto Ribera https://www.huertoribera.com/ in Carcaixent, which is 40kms inland from Valencia. The Huerto was founded in 1870 and the magnificent house built for the family is still in fabulous condition and occupied by them today. We were welcomed with coffee, tea, cake and biscuits and then treated to…

Wine Tasting Group Christmas Meal – December 2023

Dec 15, 2023

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The Moraira-Teulada U3A Wine Tasting Group celebrated their last event of 2023 with a Christmas meal at the new SAEN Restaurant (formerly known as Satari’s) in Moraira. Festive lights greeted us as we entered the restaurant and, after a welcome drink on arrival, 63 diners were served a traditional Christmas meal. The vino was already…

Wine Tasting – November 2023

Nov 10, 2023

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“I thought I’d do a Christmas Advert, like they’re doing on the telly and online.I can sell ‘Corcovo Image,’ Domingo, Franco and their wine!We were greeted by The Legend that is Franco, in his Slogan tee,He bought it for a fee, from a pop up ad on Facebook.Well I think I’m a legend also… I’ll…

Gardening Group Elche visit October 2023

Nov 7, 2023

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in Archived, Gardening

We had the opportunity to visit these beautiful gardens and they were a wonderful surprise. The Hueto del Cura or priest’s garden, started life as a family orchard

Dining Out @ Victoria Station – Sept 2023

Oct 15, 2023

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in Archived, Dining Out

On Tuesday 5th September 24 members of the U3A Dining Group went to restaurant “Victoria Station” in Parcent for lunch. This was the group’s first ever time there and an excellent way to start the 2023/2024 season of group activities. Whereas the usual practice is to offer one lunchtime and one evening event, it was…

Wine Tasting group – October 2023

Oct 10, 2023

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It was rather like the first day of term after the long summer holiday, when the Moraira-Teulada U3A wine tasting group held its first meeting of the new season. Like a bunch of naughty children, some tasters – you know who you are – just couldn’t stop talking throughout the presentation despite repeated requests for a bit…

Walking Football tournament – Oct 11th

Oct 4, 2023

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in WalkingFootball

Moraira (two teams) vs U.K. (two teams) Wednesday October 11th The tournament will be held at the football pitch at the sports centre in Moraira. From 10.30 am to 3.30pm Spectators are welcome. Please come along

The Dining Out group return to the renovated Restaurant Costa Marco – May 2023

Jun 24, 2023

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in Dining Out

On Tuesday, 16th May 60 Members arrived at Costa Marco Restaurant in Benimarco to be greeted by Sandra, Lily & Team with a glass of cava and delighted exclamations as Sandra recognised customers from long long ago at her previous incarnation as a member of the team at “La Masena”, albeit many members were visiting…

Wine Tasting summer finale at Satari’s with JJ Jones – June 2023

Jun 16, 2023

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64 Diners gathered in the early evening warm sunshine, in the garden at Satari’s, with the spectacular blooming Magenta Bougainvillea providing a perfect curtain backdrop for the talented JJ Jones entertaining us as Neil Diamond. Never mind the hearing aids of the mostly over 70’s, this Neil Diamond was music to your ears. In fact…

Wine Tasting at the Hill Top – April 2023

Apr 20, 2023

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