THE QUEEN BATHS IN SALT

The volunteers will basically clean up a natural area called Banos de la Reina an important Roman site of Calpe. Calpe has been a historical place since the Romans or before and 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. Nowadays, Calpe is a very famous touristic spot and the Banos de la Reina have become a great site preserved located in front of the Bay of Calpe. For some centuries this site has been worked and has been found very important discoveries such as antiques houses or thermals. Volunteers must prepare the site in order to allow the archaeologists to go on working in this marvelous and historic place. The archeological excavation is still going on. Because of the humid some unwanted plants (grass and so on) are growing on the excavation area. We have to cut these little plants with our scissors. And clean the area a little bit. And maybe the last day, they can ask tohelp with the excavations. And also in the second week the Town Hall can ask the volunteers to work on one more task. For example to clean up a natural park located close to the Salinas( a lake in the center of Calpe). During the 1970 s this park was totally green and the people were using this park for picnic and children s playground. Nevertheless for some years the areas around have been used by people to leave garbage. Nowadays the Town hall wants to make this park green again in order to use it as a playground for children. They had burnt all the rubbish there but all the glasses and the bottles left on the ground. The task will be to collect those glasses and send them to recycle. The local authorities have been trying to clean it with machinery but because it is a delicate area with its own microorganisms the correct way to clean has to be done by hand.