EVERY NIGHT RESTORES LOCAL NATURAL LAND.
With your stay at Calas you can contribute seedlings to help restore Alicante’s hillsides with Alicante Renace. Each seedling costs €1.99.
- Native species
- Alicante’s hillsides
- A shared effort
HOW IT WORKS
YOUR STAY, WITH ROOTS IN ALICANTE.
- 01
CHOOSE YOUR SEEDLINGS.
On Alicante Renace’s page for Calas you choose how many to contribute: 1, 3, 5 or 10, at €1.99 each. It is voluntary.
- 02
ADD IT UP TOGETHER.
Guests’ contributions are pooled and linked to Calas.
- 03
OUT TO THE HILLS.
Alicante Renace puts them towards a community nature restoration activity in Alicante.
€1.99 per seedling, payment fee included. Secure payment with Stripe on Alicante Renace’s page.
LOCAL ROOTS
A HILLSIDE IS MUCH MORE THAN ITS TREES.
Alicante Renace knows the landscape, chooses the right species for each site and knows how to plant and care for them.
PLANTS THAT BELONG HERE.
Native species, suited to the climate and soil of each area.
A MEDITERRANEAN EYE.
With dry summers, choosing the right species for each site matters.
ROOM FOR LIFE.
Vegetation gives wildlife food and shelter and helps protect the soil.
Alicante Renace planting day. Photograph: Alicante Renace.
ALICANTE RENACE · SINCE 2014
RESTORE THE HILLS AND KEEP CARING FOR THEM.
Alicante Renace is the ecological restoration project of the Asociación Enamorados de Alicante. It brings together volunteers, families, schools, companies and public bodies to restore degraded natural areas across the province.
Planting is only one part: each intervention is prepared, species suited to the site are chosen, environmental education goes alongside it, and the team returns to follow it up.
Four ideas guide the project: land, participation, learning and continuity.
Discover Alicante RenaceHISTORY
FROM ADMIRING THE LANDSCAPE TO CARING FOR IT.
- 2010-2011
Enamorados de Alicante is born, a social media community sharing views of the province through photography and outreach.
- 2014
Alicante Renace takes shape. On 27 November it plants 400 pines on Mount Benacantil with schoolchildren from the north of the city.
- 2015-2021
The network of families, volunteers, companies and institutions grows.
- SINCE 2022
The project brings together planting, maintenance, biodiversity, education and follow-up.
Its partners include Alicante City Council, Calp Town Council, the Generalitat Valenciana and Aguas de Alicante, alongside a network of companies, schools and social organisations.
“Restoring is not planting: it is coming back the next year, and the one after, until the hillside can sustain itself.”
Daniel Aguilar started out observing and photographing the landscape. Since 2014 he has taken that view into the field, with a simple idea: local environmental problems need informed citizens and real ways to act.
HOW HE WORKS.
- Respond to the needs of each place.
- Explain every intervention.
- Bring different sectors together.
- Come back to maintain and learn.
- Report progress and limits rigorously.
BEFORE YOU JOIN IN.
Is the contribution compulsory?
No. It is voluntary and separate from your booking and the hotel’s services.
How much does it cost?
Each seedling costs €1.99, payment fee included. You pay on Alicante Renace’s page for Calas, with secure payment by Stripe.
Will I receive the seedling at home?
No. The seedlings go to Alicante Renace’s restoration work in Alicante.
What is it used for?
An Alicante Renace community nature restoration activity in Alicante. Guests’ contributions are linked to Calas.
When and where does the planting happen?
Alicante Renace announces the area, species and date of each planting day once they are confirmed.
What is Alicante Renace?
The ecological restoration project of the Asociación Enamorados de Alicante, running since 2014.
What happens after planting?
Alicante Renace works under agreements with local councils and the Generalitat Valenciana: it installs drip irrigation and carries out emergency watering in summer.
Can I follow the project?
Yes. In the Alicante Renace app you can discover Alicante’s nature, follow the planting days and get to know the project’s community.
CALAS JOINS ALICANTE RENACE.
As a member organisation, as part of our commitment to the environment and to Alicante.