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The island of Tabarca</sup>

One big part of Hive Open Days '26 next to all the exciting presentations will be our special Saturday trip to Tabarca Island, a small inhabited island in the Valencian Community. We'll board a boat in the morning for the ~22km crossing, spend the whole day exploring, and return to the mainland in the early afternoon.

Tabarca is tiny: around 1.8 km long and just 400 m wide. It's the smallest permanently inhabited island in Spain, home to only about 68 (counted in 2011) year-round residents today. But don't let its size fool you. This place has seen pirates, kings, and rescued prisoners.

For centuries, Barbary pirates used the island as a hideout to launch raids along the Spanish coast. That changed in 1768 when King Charles III paid the ransom for dozens of Genoese families who had been enslaved by the Ottoman Bey of Tunis. He brought them here, built them homes, and surrounded the settlement with fortified walls to protect the coastline from future attacks. The former prisoners named their new home "Nueva Tabarca" after the Tunisian island they had lost. (tabarcaisland.com)

In 1986, Tabarca became Spain's first marine reserve, protecting the largest Posidonia seagrass meadow in the Spanish Mediterranean and waters full of groupers, sea bass, octopuses, and even seahorses.

Today, there are no cars, no banks, no chain stores. Baroque stone gates, a church, a lighthouse standing alone at the edge, whitewashed houses on streets where nothing hurries. It feels like stepping into a 1950s fishing village frozen in time.

You'll have plenty of time to swim in the crystal-clear water (around 19°C 🥶), grab a cool drink, or simply sit in the sun with friends. If you're into history, love nature, or simply want a slow day by the sea - this one's for you!

Una parte importante de Hive Open Days '26, junto a todas las presentaciones, será nuestra excursión del sábado a la Isla de Tabarca, una pequeña isla habitada en la Comunidad Valenciana. Embarcaremos por la mañana para cruzar los 22 km de trayecto, pasaremos el día entero explorando y regresaremos al continente a primera hora de la tarde.

Tabarca es diminuta: unos 1,8 km de largo y solo 400 m de ancho. Es la isla habitada permanentemente más pequeña de España, con apenas 68 residentes fijos (según el censo de 2011). Pero que su tamaño no te engañe. Este lugar ha visto piratas, reyes y prisioneros rescatados.

Durante siglos, los piratas berberiscos usaron la isla como escondite para lanzar ataques a lo largo de la costa española. Eso cambió en 1768 cuando el Rey Carlos III pagó el rescate de decenas de familias genovesas que habían sido esclavizadas por el Bey otomano de Túnez. Las trajo aquí, les construyó casas y rodeó el asentamiento con murallas fortificadas para proteger la costa de futuros ataques. Los antiguos prisioneros llamaron a su nuevo hogar "Nueva Tabarca" en honor a la isla tunecina que habían perdido. (tabarcaisland.com)

En 1986, Tabarca se convirtió en la primera reserva marina de España, protegiendo la mayor pradera de Posidonia del Mediterráneo español y aguas llenas de meros, lubinas, pulpos e incluso caballitos de mar.

Hoy no hay coches, ni bancos, ni cadenas comerciales. Puertas barrocas de piedra, una iglesia, un faro solitario en el borde, casas encaladas en calles donde nada tiene prisa. Es como entrar en un pueblo pesquero de los años 50 congelado en el tiempo.

Tendrás tiempo de sobra para nadar en el agua cristalina (unos 19°C 🥶), tomar algo fresco o simplemente sentarte al sol con amigos. Si te gusta la historia, amas la naturaleza o simplemente quieres un día tranquilo junto al mar, ¡esto es para ti! (translated with deepl.com)

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