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Castle
Castillo de Santa Bárbara
Fortress atop Monte Benacantil, 166 meters above the sea, with walls from different periods, viewpoints over the city, the port and the coast, and an elevator that starts by the beach.
Comunidade Valenciana · Spain
Alicante
In the destination Costa Blanca.
In the photo: Castillo de Santa Bárbara
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from Alicante.
Alicante (Alacant in Valencian) is the capital of the province of the same name and the gateway to the Costa Blanca. The Castillo de Santa Bárbara dominates the city from the top of Monte Benacantil, and below are the Explanada de España, the old quarter of Santa Cruz and Postiguet beach in the center. Boats depart from the port to Tabarca island.
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The local experience
What to see in Alicante
Street
Explanada de España
Promenade by the port, with a mosaic pavement of 6.5 million pieces in red, black and cream waves, four rows of palm trees and a bandstand.
Church
Basílica de Santa María
Gothic 14th-century church built over the main mosque, with a Baroque light-stone façade, two unequal towers and a gilded Rococo main altar. It is the oldest church in Alicante.
Cathedral
Concatedral de San Nicolás de Bari
Renaissance and Baroque church from the 17th century, with a 45-metre blue dome and a 15th-century cloister, seat of the diocese of Orihuela-Alicante together with the cathedral of Orihuela.
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Historic neighborhood
Barrio de Santa Cruz
A neighborhood of white houses and flowered stairways on the slope of Monte Benacantil, above the old town, with sea views and access to Parque de la Ereta and the castle.
Museum
MARQ Museo Arqueológico de Alicante
Archaeological museum in the former Hospital de San Juan de Dios, with rooms about the Iberians, the Romans of Lucentum, Muslim Alicante and underwater archaeology.
Beach
Playa del Postiguet
Urban beach with light sand in the centre of Alicante, at the foot of Castillo de Santa Bárbara, with a promenade, kiosks and the entrance to the elevator up to the castle.
Village
Isla de Tabarca
Small island about 20 km from Alicante, with an 18th-century walled village, a church, a lighthouse and Spain’s first marine reserve, roughly one hour by boat from the harbor.
Museum
MACA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Alicante
20th-century art museum in the former grain warehouse of 1685, beside the Basilica of Santa María, with works by Miró, Picasso, Dalí, Chillida and Tàpies.