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27th IBERIAN GATHERING CALPE - 10th-12th MARCH 2023
DANCE CRIB FRIDAY (strathspey server link)
DANCE CRIB SATURDAY (strathspey server link)
CALPE 2023 - FRIDAY dance programme pdf file
CALPE 2023 - SATURDAY dance programme pdf file
The Javea Scottish Country Dancing Group hosted the 27th Iberian Gathering of Scottish Country Dancing in 2023 in Calpe.
The band was the Frank Thomson band, and the teacher, Jim Stott (from the Aberdeen Branch) .
The event was held at AR Diamanté Beach Spa Hotel and Convention Centre, Av. Juan Carlos 1, 48, 03710, Calpe, Alicante (photo of the hotel above was taken by Martina Müller-Franz)
The Diamanté Beach is an excellent hotel in terms of its size and the services and equipment it offers including a large wooden floored ballroom. The dance cribs are still available here for Friday and here for Saturday Dances were usually walked through once each evening.
Underground parking was available at the hotel at a reduced cost of €10 per 24 hours.
The hotel is well situated along the Calpe coast, 10 minutes walk to the seafront and is 76 km from Alicante Airport.
Airport bus services with Beniconnect and Alsa Autobus are available as well airport taxis.
The finalised price for the whole weekend to include 2 nights, 2 breakfasts, dinners (with drinks included) 2 Balls, walkthroughs and 2 classes with live music was €235 per person sharing a double room and €320 per person in a single room. The total amount had to be paid by 21st January 2023. (Participants had to pay a deposit of €100 at the end of October to secure their place)
Triple occupancy rooms were available, on request.
The breakfast and dinner buffets included suitable options for vegetarians.
To register the Calpe Weekend, participants had to contact the Iberian group with which you were associated (or wanted to be associated!) . A list of Iberian groups is available on this page Alternatively, you was possible to contact the main organizer, Carole Evans, directly at the following email (changing (a) to @ ) scd.javea (a) hotmail.com
Extra nights: The hotel contact for anyone wishing to book extra nights before or after the weekend was Jaime Masó jmaso@ar-hotels.com with copy to Ana Padilla apadilla@ar-hotels.com
The Javea group negotiated a price of €59.55 per person per extra night at the hotel with the Director Jaime Masó. The hotel’s policy was to offer half board which included breakfast and a substantial evening meal, including wine and water. (It was possible to to change this to a lunch if preferred.). For single occupancy, there wass an additional cost of €36 per person (meaning that a double with double occupancy cost €119,10 and a double with single occupancy cost €95,55)
To obtain the above price, it was necessary for people to let the hotel know that they were part of the Javea SCD Group event booked for March 10th – 12th March 2022
For those who only wanted bed and breakfast for extra nights, it was possible to book via, through Booking.com. People were advised to add a note via the booking.com messaging system that they would be staying for the two nights of the dance weekend as well and would prefer not to change rooms.
GETTING FROM ALICANTE AIRPORT TO THE VENUE: Transfers via shuttle buses, minibuses and private taxis from Alicante airport to the hotel could be booked via the Beniconnect company www.beniconnect.com . Many participants used this service and as far as we know, all were very satisfied!
GETTING FROM ALICANTE TRAIN STATION TO THE VENUE:The Beniconnect company also offers a service from Alicante train station.
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