The Queen Baths in Salt

The volunteers will basically clean up a natural area called “Baños de la Reina“, an important Roman site of Calpe. For centuries it has provided fish to the bigger towns, such as Valencia, Alicante or Elche. Therefore it was essential to have a close resource of salt, in order to conserve the fish captured. Volunteers will prepare the site in order to allow the archaeologists to go on working in this historic place. The archaeological excavation is still going on. Because of the humid some unwanted plants (grass and so on) are growing on the excavation area. We will cut these little plants with scissors and clean the area a little bit. Volunteers may also be asked to help cleaning Las Salinas , a natural area with a pond made in the old salt mines now full of flamingos that long ago was used to throw rubish. Work will be done Monday – Friday, approx. 6 hours per day. Volunteers are going to start working at around 8:00 and will finish at 14:00. After 14:00 they will be free to enjoy the beach. With the hot weather of Spain, work can be quite demanding for some volunteers. You can see a nice video in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ywhzDuDHt8&t=14s