If your pre-Christmas preparations are set to take you turrones shopping, be careful about Monday as it is a local holiday in Jijona, the Valencia region´s most famous creator of the sweet treat. The town is currently in fiesta mode by the way.
When not in party mode, the town should be on your list of places to visit as they do Turrón Routes, similar to the tapas and gin ones, but with nougat, and you can visit the museum and learn all about this traditional favourite.
Monday is also a local holiday in Paterna and Ontinyent in our area, as well as Formentera del Segura and Hondon de los Frailes.
Monday is also August Bank Holiday in England and Wales, and just to mention the “C” word again, the next Bank Holiday in the UK isn´t until Christmas Day, whereas in Spain we have October to look forward to for both a national and regional holiday in the same week.
Back to this week though and Wednesday is next with a holiday in Casas Ibañez in Albacete, and Aviles in Asturias, important as always due to the number of Asturians who live in this area.
That´s pretty much it for this week in our area of interest, if we don´t cover where you are you can check with the local Social Security office, or your town hall.
One final date of note is that next Sunday we welcome month number 9 of this year, the 1st of September.
