The archaeological site El Monastil (Property of Cultural Interest), of municipal ownership, is one of the most representative and rich elements of Elda's historical heritage. It is located in the rural part of the same name, in the eastern foothills of the Sierra de la Torreta. Surrounded by the Vinalopó River, it occupies an approximate area of ​​3.5 hectares. The main access is made by the southern slope, connected to the north entrance (Elda-Hospital) from the A-31 highway (Madrid-Alicante). The occupation of this settlement dates from the end of the third millennium BC (Chalcolithic) and the Almohad period (13th century), with a special development between the Iberian culture and the Roman period. Throughout its history, El Monastil has maintained a constant central position in the Vinalopó River corridor, constituting, within the Elda Valley, a landmark on the traditional border between Alto and Medio Vinalopó. It has also been a strategic place to control the main historical communication routes between the coastal regions of Alicante and the interior of the peninsula. Settlement of the Bronze Age and enclave of the orientalizing period, it becomes an important Ibero-Roman oppidum, ranking the territory of the Middle and High Vinalopó during the second half of the first millennium BC. C. Most of the construction remains are located on the highest elongated spur of the site, the upper area of ​​the town, where remains of an Iberian, Roman and late Roman urbanism that shows houses of rectangular trend adapted to the irregularities of the place are preserved. , reused throughout these periods, and articulated around a central street that is divided into two roads to the western part of the settlement. On the southern slope of the town are the remains of a Iberian-Roman defensive system that fortified access to the oppidum, and that was possibly reused in the low-imperial and late-antiquarian periods. The remains of a singular warehouse of cereals are conserved outside the walls, located in the main southern terrace, which, in turn, houses a set of domestic and artisanal structures attached mainly to the Iberian and Roman periods. During this last period, El Monastil is traditionally associated with the Ad Ello mansion of Antonino's Itinerary. The vestiges of three kilns belonging to a pottery dating back to the late Roman period and the beginning of the imperial period stand out, as well as a small metallurgical furnace attached to the same stage. In the terraces closest to the river, south of the CV-8352 road, ceramic remains and vestiges of Iberian funerary monuments have been located. The upper part of the town is abandoned throughout the High Empire. After a broad chronological hiatus, during the low-imperial period the area is concerned, continuing the habitat until the Byzantine-Visigoth period, and beginning its decline and definitive abandonment during the Islamic era emiral. In the late antiquity period, the hypothesis linking El Monastil with the debated episcopal seat of Elo of the conciliar texts of Toledo stands out. Precisely in the western end of the high part of the deposit the vestiges of a Christian church of this stage are conserved. This church, which shows signs of abandonment and possible reuse in the early Islamic era, could be used as al-munastir. This denomination has remained substantially in the current name of the game and the archaeological site. Altogether, the archaeological site shows a relevant set of material constructions and vestiges of the following periods: Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Orientalizing, Iberian-old, full and final-, Roman-republican, altaimperial, bajoimperial-, Late-Byzantine-Byzantine and Visigothic, Islamic emiral and, to a lesser extent, the Caliphate and Almohad eras.

It was built In the 19th century, later known as Escalera de la Reina, so that Queen Elizabeth II could access the city by that stairway. It is located in the marina, opposite the Carbonell building and in front stands the Statue of Icarus, a modern interpretation of the myth of Icarus.

This beautiful town surprises even before reaching it. One of the most photographed panoramas by tourists is usually the view of its old town located on a hill, which can be seen just past La Nucia, since they are only 2 kilometers from both towns. The architecture of its historical nucleus is clearly of Moorish style and its situation, formerly with strategic aims, is currently a tourist attraction for the spectacular views with the bell tower of its church as protagonist. Its origins go back to the Iberian era. His castle, located on the highest point of the hill, has been a strategic military enclave for all the cultures that have passed through it.

Skate park named in homage to Ignacio Echeverría, who died in the London terrorist attacks when he confronted the attackers in defense of a woman. The sculpture is a creation of the artists from Alicante, Roberto Llopis and Tom Rock, which represents a skateboard track with a skateboard on top and an engraving of the image of Ignacio Echeverría.

Hernandiano in the corner is the house where poet Miguel Hernández lived with his family. Us discover its beautiful facade, painted the traditional way with gray base, recercado doors and windows in dark ocher and light ocher wall. Inside the visitor can relive moments of the poet's life through its rooms: the room of Michael, the kitchen, the patio shed for goats and the garden, which is the famous Higuera so often I am inspired by his first verses.

The municipality of Benissa has 4 km of coastline linking the towns of Moraira and Calp. The scenery of the area includes cliff tops, rocky coves, sandy beaches and tiny bays along the Benissa Costa. The territory of Benissa also contains terraced vineyards, mountains and palm trees. Spanish village houses, with doorsteps directly onto the street, internal courtyards and deceptively spacious inside. Old finques (a farm or country estate) sit on large plots amongst vineyards with panoramic views to the sea. Nearby towns along the Costa Blanca are La Fustera, Cala dels Pinets, Cala de La Llobella, Cala l'Advocat, Baladrar and Cap Blanc before reaching Moraira.

"The Santa Faz monastery, with a baroque style, is located five kilometers away from the city center, in the district of the same name. Inside it keeps a relic brought from the Vatican in the fifteenth century that, according to popular tradition, was the canvas with which Veronica dried the bloody face of Jesus on the way to Calvary. Every year, on the second Thursday after Resurrection Sunday, thousands of people from Alicante come on pilgrimage to carry out the Pilgrimage of the Santa Faz (Holy Face), this being the second most important pilgrimage in Spain after the Rocío. Inside there is a dressing room behind the main altarpiece, where the relic of the Santa Faz is kept. "

Municipality in Spain, part of the province of Alicante as part of the autonomous community of Valencia (autonomous community). The municipality is part of the Vega Baha del Segura district (mosquitoes). It covers an area of 12.40 km². The population of 1892 people (for 2010).