Running around Benitachell

the festivities with the chupinazo ‐ loud bang ‐from the town hall bal ‐cony before a traditional music concert at 7.30pm.

Today, Thursday April 13 will see a street pa ‐rade and a visit to the Ana Maria Espinós retire‐ment home to collect the statue of San Vicente be ‐fore taking it in a reli ‐gious procession to the Ermita de San Vicente Ferrer for a ceremony.

The fiesta commission will then visit the deco ‐rated streets and offer everyone coca cake and mistela sweet wine.

On Friday the fiesta queens will be crowned in the Plaça VIé Cente ‐nari, followed by live mu‐sic by the Titànic orches ‐tra in the Town Hall square.

Fiesta events continue until Sunday April 30.

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THE Volta a Peu run returns to Benitachell on Saturday April 15.

This race of the Circuit a Peu Marina Alta is the most demanding of all the races due to its steep slopes. It passes through a rural land‐scape of great beauty next to the wells of l’Abiar, the traditional riuraus, fields of vineyards and the narrow and beautiful streets of the town centre.

The route is 8.1 km long with a gradient of 170 me‐tres.

Between the children’s races and the main event, some 1,200 ath‐letes and their families are expected to come to the town to experience the event. The children’s races will start at 4pm from the Avenida de València, with the adults’ races starting at 6.30pm.

“For the runners it is a challenge to face this leg‐breaking race. Other towns design flat and fast courses to break participation records, but our race is dif‐ferent and has a great at ‐traction,” said the president of the Volta a Peu and the Club Multiesport Beni ‐tachell, Juan Zaragozí.

Registrations will be open until Friday April 24 at www.somesport.com.