Guides
Guides from the caves, settlements and estates of Crevillent
What to do, and what not to do, with the doors and locks of this town: cave fronts, settler houses, fiesta nights, units on the estates. For who to call, each guide ends with the right page.
Caves and the old town
- What sits behind the front door of a cave house
A cave house in Crevillent has one built wall and rooms dug into the hill behind it. What that means for its door, the lock in it and how a locksmith gets it open.
5 min read
- Fixing a safe into a cave wall instead of brick
A safe is only as strong as what it is bolted to. What to weigh up before fixing one inside a cave house, and when a floor fixing is the better choice.
4 min read
The settlements
- El Realengo’s settler houses and the locks still in them
El Realengo was built in 1957–61 as a planned farming village. What to look at on the doors of its houses, and when the lock is worth changing.
4 min read
- Keys locked in the car at El Hondo
You walk the bird route to the hides and back, and the keys are on the driver’s seat. What to do from the car park, and what to tell a locksmith on the phone.
4 min read
Fiestas and getting home
- Keys left at work, and the train home to Crevillente
You get off the C-1 at Crevillente station and the keys are in a drawer in Alicante. Go back, wait for someone, or call a locksmith: how to decide.
4 min read
- Holy Week in Crevillente, and keys that go missing
Long nights in the centre and the dawn crowd at La Morquera on Good Friday. If the keys go missing during Holy Week, what to try first, and what to tell us when you ring.
5 min read
Premises and units
- A unit on I-Faima or Cachapets over an empty weekend
An industrial unit stands empty from Friday evening to Monday morning. The doors, shutters and padlocks worth checking before you leave, and what to do if one fails on Monday.
5 min read
Wear and care
- No sea air here, so what wears a lock down?
Crevillente is 25 km from the nearest beach, so salt is not what ruins its locks. Use, age, dust and a worn key are. How to tell which one your lock is suffering from.
5 min read
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