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Marchuquera
Gandia, 46728, Valencia, Spain
Set in foothills of the mountains in orange groves.
Quiet with beautiful views.
5 mins from the large town of Gandia
15mins from
the beach of Gandia and the port
1hr from Valencia
airport
1 hr 20 mins from Alicante airport
A GREAT PLACE TO
VISIT
Marxuquera is an area that lies to the west of
the town of Gandia, stretching to the municipal boundaries of Ador and
Palma de Gandia, with the mountainous areas of Sierra Falconera in its
centre and Sierra Grossa to the west. Its total land area is
approximately 750 hectares, or 12.21% of the total area of the
municipality of Gandia.
Crossing through Marxuquera is the road that
lies to the west of Gandia and which leads to Simat via La Drova and Barx
across the Coll dels Caragols. It is here that we can appreciate the
scale of the mountains that enclose our wonderful valley. From any
point in Marxuquera you can see the guardian of the valley – the mountain
of Monduver – rising up in the distance like an 840 metre high giant which
seems to watch over our lives from above.
Nature has ensured that Marxuquera is divided
up into two distinct parts with the mountain of Falconera in the middle,
which exactly separates Marxuquera Alta and Marxuquera Baixa with the road
called Raco de Tomba. The climate here, combined with the protection
given by the mountains and the gentle prevailing breezes, all serve to
provide an environment conducive to a healthy life.
The name of Marxuquera has now been applied to the area of the entire valley, which extends to the municipal boundaries of Rotova, Palma de Gandia, Beniopa and La Drova, but previously was used to identify only the collection of houses that grew up in what we now call Ermita de Marxuquera, dedicated to the beloved Virgin of Monduver.
GEOLOGICAL
BACKGROUND
This coastal plain, as it is described in many books, is geologically very complex, which explains the formation of numerous caves and caverns. Because of this, Marxuquera is the perfect area for cavers and researchers of the archaeological remains found in the caves (men such as H. Breuil, L. Pericot and others), which date back to prehistoric times. There is a widely held opinion that the name of Marxuquera comes from the belief that the sea used to reach as far as the mountain slopes, substantiated by various findings of marine remains in the area.
THE CLIMATE
Summer is the longest of the seasons in
Marxuquera 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 Marxuquera’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.
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