Thysa and Wijnand Boon were elected honorary citizens bij the people of Polopos in 2019.

Thysa and Wijnand are the founders of Casa 3. They first traveled through Europe in a 40-year-old camper-van recording cooking videos and illustrating childrens’ books. They then found a way to win a house in the Alpujarra by competing in a Dutch reality show. Both had thrown out their televisions fifteen years earlier and were hardly fans of the genre.

Nevertheless, high culture prevailed when they were voted honorary citizens after organizing an art exhibition in Polopos with 30 regional artists participating.

They are still engaged with turning Polopos in an art colony and revitalizing and repopulating the village. Casa 3 is now an artist residence, a cooking studio and a bed and breakfast. Thysa has written and illustrated four children's’ books and Wijnand a cookbook.

They invite everyone to visit, make art, cook and live in Polopos!

 

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Having friends over is always a great opportunity to get to know your region better and to see everything through their eyes helps to rediscover things that you have gotten used to and sometimes take for granted. We drove up to Pampaneira and walked
This Saturday at 19hrs a choir will perform in restaurant @julia_polopos 🎶 The concert will be around 45 minutes long. They will sing light classical music from various countries, among which Spain and the Netherlands. A great accompaniment for an a
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A simple line is all it takes to keep our dog in check. Physically she is easily able to lift it with her nose and cross the line walking under it. She is not much of a jumper, but this too would be an option. But in her mind she is completely fenced
Een nieuw logo op de muur van het nieuwe restaurant @julia_polopos in Polopos! Twee jaar geleden deed Thysa dat voor @lacantinaverde_polopos ook al. We hebben genoten van de heerlijke vegetarische gerechten van @estherarenz en de vrolijke barman Ren&
About last night… What a crazy lightning show above Polopos yesterday!!! We were sitting front row @julia_polopos bar restaurant testing the menu for when they open in September. I have seen lightning many times before of course, but I never h
We were so lucky with the weather the day of the harvest, not too warm, but also no rain, which came two days later. We will go more into detail of the wine making process on our @bodegasalboran channel, for who is interested. Especially interesting
Polopos by night, taken from our vineyard bodegasalboran 🤩 Amazing to see how much light our tiny village produces and how it lights up the clouds from underneath 💡