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On the slopes of the Sierra Aitana Mountain, 15 kilometres from Villajoyosa and 23 kilometres from Benidorm, is the small village of Sella.  With approximately 500 River at the Baix windmill Sellainhabitants it has maintained all of its rural aspects despite its proximity to the popular tourist destinations.

The closeness to the Sierra Aitana peaks, mean that the climate is not as warm as the coast so it has not experienced the growth that has been seen in other areas exploited by tourism.  Indirectly, this has been favourable to the traditional character of the mountains towns like Sella.

The Rivers Sella and Arc surround the village joining together in the south before they meet the Amadorio and flow out to sea in Villajoyosa.

The Baix windmill is one of the many windmills marking the area.  There are five of them in total in SellaThe windmill was operational right up until 1968, when it profits were practically non existent and the machines finally ceased operating.

The windmill was a hydraulic mill, also known in the area as a Maquila.  A Maquila was a measure or portion of the flour, grain or oil, used as payment to the mill owner for his work.  The structure is still intact, as is the machinery and visitors can see the process in which the cereal is transformed into flour.shelter at the Baix windmill Sella

The windmill, used today as a rural hotel, retains its centuries old charm, surrounded by poplar trees and running water.  These elements along with the wind, which blows in from the Aitana, give the windmill and the surrounding area an unmistakable character.

Approximately 3 kilometres from the windmill and the village, in an area of olive, pine and carob trees, is the source of the river Arc.  Here the mountain has some magnificent vertical slopes.  They are not difficult to reach, great for climbing, and attract mountaineers from all over Europe. Then the surrounding area and the shelter, (constructed in an era before the existence of ropes, carabineers and mountaineering pins) are transformed into another world.

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