Benicolet

Population: 582 hab. Municipal area: 11,3 km2 Altitude: 241 m. Demonym: benicoletà, benicoletana Town Hall Phone no.: 96 283 01 20 Web: www.benicolet.es E-mail: benicolet_alc@gva.es

MONUMENTS Historic Center

Characteristic of a humble and labrador town, we can find the church of San Juan Bautista, the En Medio Street, used for Valencian ball competitions in the brush modality or the monument in memory of the Poassa, an old community watering hole for cattle.

Church of San Juan Bautista

Dates of the seventeenth century and has a single nave with two chapels between the buttresses. Highlights include the classic decoration of the pilasters and the bell tower of two bodies and square floor plan.

BENICOLET

Font Vella (Old Fountain)

Place where formerly the women of the village did the laundry and collected water for domestic use. It is currently restored and enabled with tables and burners to make barbecues or paellas with firewood.

Riuraus

Recently Benicolet has recovered traditions from its ancestors that give meaning to what it is today. This is the case of the “l’Escaldà de la Pansa” (Scalding of the raisin) Feast. A tradition that goes back to the beginning of the nineteenth century as a procedure by which raisins are made of the muscat grape, in the lower part of the Benicolet mountain range you will find a sample of the ancient riuraus.

If you visit Benicolet during the feast of the ‘Scalding of the raisin’, you will live two intense days where everyone goes out on the street to enjoy music, workshops, gastronomy, expert talks in riuraus and as not, of the scald.

FESTIVITIES

January: St. Antonio Abad Thursday before Ash Wednesday: ‘Cassoles’ (typical dish: rice with crust) in the mountains. June: St. Juan Bautista First weekend of August: patron saint festivities dedicated to the Immaculate, the Divine Aurora and the Christ of faith with parades of Moors and Christians Second weekend of September: feast of the Scalding of the raisin October 1: Feast of the Virgin of the Rosary

EXCURSIONS

• Font Vella recreational area • Equestrian route, the Mas of Xetà • Route of the Fountains and the Lime Kilns

It is part of the itinerary number. 3 of the Vall d’Albaida routes.

LOCAL PRODUCTS

• Agricultural products