February tourist tours

country where the earthquake struck.

this was the procedure that deployed a second group of Spanish firefighters, who also arrived on tuesday, to adiyaman. the team traveled from the Spanish city of Zaragoza and consists of seven people: three dog handlers, two health workers and two rescuers.

Many of the humanitarian convoys traveling by road through the south of the country – some of which become stranded for hours queuing at gas stations to refuel –are aiming to get to the hard-hit city of Gaziantep, the epicentre of the 7.8-magnitude quake, where a coordination point has been set up.

Carredent raises more money for Ukrainian animals

Staff and patients at Carredent dental Practice, torreiveja, have joined forces to raise a further 393.60 euros for the ukraine. this is the second donation made to the nowzad charity.

nowzad focuses on the plight of animals in the war-torn country. Whilst humanitarian agencies swiftly moved to support the millions of ukrainians forced to flee, there was limited support for the animal shelters, which had no choice but to remain in place along with the courageous locals who decided to stay and continue to care for the stray dogs and cats that had become accustomed to their care, even though it meant great personal risk for the ukrainians who stayed. nowzad established a staging post in eastern Poland in Przemyśl, where all donated supplies of dog and cat food, medical supplies including vaccinations and microchips and humanitarian support for the shelter teams and volunteers, mostly based out of Kyiv, can be proceeded and packed ready to cross the border into ukraine. nowzad has formed a charitable fund in ukraine; ‘nowzadLiviv’ which currently employs two ukrainian nationals at our warehouse situated on the outskirts of Lviv, to finalise the distribution onwards to the most needed shelters and volunteer groups within the east of the country. nowzad is committed to ukraine during this war and after when dedicated support will be needed to rebuild the capacity for providing animal welfare support within the country. the Councillor for tourism, María García, has presented the tourist routes scheduled for the month of February. on February 11th, 19th and 26th, the “ the minstrel and the stories of his home” will take place and on the 12th and 18th the tour “ the minstrel’s helpers” will take to the streets. they will all begin at 12 noon in Plaza del Carmen, where the new tourism office is located. on 12thFebruary there will be a cultural visit to the Sacred art Museum, which houses a Velázquez and a wealth of religious heritage and on the 18th of the month there will be a visit to the Cathedral, which is the smallest in Spain and is renowned forits treasures and its ornate organ. a visit to the Miguel hernández house-Museum has been scheduled for 26th February, with councillor explaining that “if orihuela is known for something, it is for being the birthplace of Miguel hernández”. María García said that the tourism department is preparing a special program for the month of March, in which the death of Miguel hernández will be remembered, in coordination with the departmentof Culture. the councillor reminded people that these activities are free of charge, although they have a limited capacity. those interested in taking part can do so by booking a place through the website:www. orihuelaturistica.es.

“We want to extend the footprint of the medieval market in order to make dramatized routes with a medieval theme,” the councillor said. also, in the category of cultural routes, a “Cultural Walk” has been scheduled for 19thFebruary and the “route of palaces” for the 28th of the month.

“Some of the palaces can be visited, such as the Marqués de rafal, and others can only be viewed from the outside, but it will show how the nobles of the city of orihuela lived”, she explained.