The Plaza de la Santísima Faz is one of the most picturesque and bustling of the old town of Alicante. Located behind the City Hall, it is one of the entrance doors to the old quarter, and it is accessed from the Calle Mayor, or from the lateral arches of the Town Hall. Flanked by tall palm trees, from the same, we can see a fountain with a relief of the Santa Faz on one of its fronts and the back facade of the Town Hall, whose beautiful door of the eighteenth century is considered one of the most beautiful baroque achievements of the eighteenth century . In short, the Plaza de la Santísima Faz is in an ideal location to make a stop on the way during the visit to the historic center of Alicante, to stop to eat some delicacy in one of its restaurants, or to visit the artisan market that It is held there on Fridays and Sundays. Formerly this square was called Calle de Guzmán and in one of its disappeared buildings (today, of new construction) we can find a descriptive plaque, which indicates that the illustrious Francisco Xavier Balmis i Berenguer was born there. (1753-1819), surgeon of Carlos IV and illustrious doctor, who introduced the vaccine against smallpox in America and the Philippines, and was named favorite son of Alicante in May 2003.

It is worth noting the cultural trail "Canal de la Rambla Salada-Los Lagos", whose route is composed of 14.5 km and lasts approximately 4 hours. During the tour, which begins about 7 km from Albatera along the road to the salt, those who take it will be able to admire hydraulic channels of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, geological formations, salt births, pools of water ... Path data: Travel distance: 14.5 km Cumulative difference in elevation: 300m Approximate time: 4 hours Trails that link: PRV-180 "La Algüeda" Historical Points: Hydraulic canal XVIII and XIX centuries Natural Points: Salt births and geological formations. Difficulty: High

Located in the Sierra de Oltá, it provides space to build fires with grills, an area with sinks, toilets, tables with benches, a playground and two parking areas.

El Clot de Galvany is a Municipal Natural Area located in the rural areas of El Altet and Los Balsares within the municipality of Elche, Alicante. Given its great environmental value has been declared in addition to Municipal Natural Area, Biological Station, Site of Community Interest (LIC) and Special Protection Area for Birds (ZEPA) on a large part of its surface. In its 366.31 hectares, it is possible to differentiate several ecosystems in which there is great diversity, both of flora and fauna, of high biological value due to its scarcity and degree of threat. You can also find fossil outcrops and geological formations of great interest. In addition there are elements of the archaeological and ethnographic heritage. It is an endorheic basin surrounded by a set of small elevations and closed to the sea by a coastal dune cord. In this physical environment, diverse ecosystems and ecotones converge, that is, spaces of transition between ecosystems, which generate a great biological diversity. Despite semi-arid and climatic conditions (thermo-Mediterranean), there is a very small space in which there is great geological deviry, an important variety of soils, a great biodiversity and a rich paleontological, geological and anthropic heritage.

"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. "

The most outstanding Building of Jávea's historical city centre is undoubtedly the Iglesia-Fortaleza de San Bartolomé (St. Bartholomew Church-Fortress), from the 14th to the 16th Centuries, with expansions in the 18th and 19th Centuries. The main work is framed within the Isabelline Gothic style. Its importance and history motivated its declaration as a National Artistic Monument in 1931. Its history began in the 1304 with the Building of the current Presbytery. However, due to the population growth and the attacks from Barbary Corsairs since the 15th Century, it was advisable to enlarge the fortress. Hence in 1513, the works began under the supervision of the Navarro master builder, Domingo Urteaga. It is a large Gothic nave headed by an apse, with three chapels on each side framed by the buttresses. Subsequently, diverse structures (Old and New Sacristy and the “Capilla de la Comunión” (Communion Chapel)) were added to the sides of the apse. In the North union between the apse and the nave, there is a bell tower completed in the 17th Century which was also used as a watch tower. It has a groined vault ceiling. Above the chapels, a gallery or triforium extends, with small Ogee arches that open into the interior nave and large windows facing the exterior due to its defensive purpose. The main construction element is the local “tosca” sandstone, where few decorative elements remain in its interior. There are also few decorative architectural elements in the exterior; we highlight the heraldic coat of arms above the access gates, the floral decorations of the voussoirs and the balls of the entrance doors. The complex is finished with battlements and equipped with arrow slits, spans for mortars and two parapet balconies over the gates and others have disappeared which formerly comprised a rail in the building’s upper section. It perfectly fulfilled its two objectives: To cover the religious needs of the town and defend the population against the attacks by the Barbary Corsairs. The substratum of the current cement pavement conceals an unknown set of funeral crypts and vessels, probably from the 16th Century. The church can be visited from 10:30 am. to 12:30 pm. from monday to friday. In the afternoons, saturdays, sundays and bank holidays will be open 30 minutes before the mass.

Dedicated to theVirgen del Carmen, patron saint of sailors, laying has great devotion in El Campello, was built in 1960 thanks to donations own sailors. In honor of his virgin, aroundJuly 16, the celebrated Fiestas del Carmen (or Carrer la Mar). On the altar of the Chapel we can see an altarpiece worked in tile where it represents the Virgin as the " Stella Maris " (Star of the Sea), the faithful protector of sailors who relied on the stars to guide and mark its course in the vast ocean. You cant not miss the events in honor of the Virgen del Carmen during your holidays!

According to tradition, this sanctuary was built on the old Gothic parish of Saint Julian when a picture of the Virgin was discovered after the city had been reconquered. The old hermitage, or church was not built before the XV century and it is thought that it was in the place of the current crossing and the Hallazgo chapel or the 'Capilla del Hallazgo'. In 1747 the old temple was demolished and the present one built between 1750 and 1776 by Bernardo Rippa, with important refurbishment work being carried out throughout the XX century. It is a baroque temple, with a Latin cross floor and neoclassic façade, with an anagram of our Lady of Monserate (Ntra. Sra. de Monserrate). Orihuela turistica Inside the Hallazgo chapel is the cave where it is said that the Virgin Mary appeared and above this, the old niche which is dedicated to the Christ of the Good Death (Cristo de la Buena Muerte). The niche of the Virgin of Monserrate, patron saint of the city is in the main altar.

It is located in the Sierra de Oltà, in the recreation area called "Area recreativa de la Ermita Vella", which can be reached by a trail that starts at the "Monte Oltá" PR-CV 340 camping area. The building was constructed in 2002, features a gabled roof with curved tile, and is primarily made of stone.

The Basilica of Our Lady of Socorro is a religious building that belongs to the artistic style called Levante Valencian Baroque. Its large size is due to the will of the Dukes of Maqueda-Arcos to build a temple. The construction was carried out in different phases, beginning construction around the 1650s. In a first stage the ship was built to where the chapels conclude. This period would finish around 1674, being in charge of the works the architects Francesc Verde and Pere Quintana, who were the same master architects who worked in Santa María de Elche. Later a new push is given, building the communion chapel between 1722 and 1729, which is attached to the head of the church transversally. The place occupied by the communion chapel was the site of the old church, which in turn had been the Muslim mosque. Finally, between 1729 and 1737 the works of the temple are concluded, rising the Dome and the Bell Tower by the master stonemason Lorenzo Chápuli. The shape of the temple is longitudinal and cruciform, an expression of classical architecture of the second half of the 16th century. It consists of a single nave, to give a feeling of spaciousness, without obstacles to be able to visualize the altar well. On the sides we find small chapels between buttresses that communicate with each other so as not to interrupt the religious office. The access to these is made from the central nave by means of arches of half point of high thread. The pillars that separate the chapels are marked by red crosses inscribed in a circle, a symbol that was made during the last consecration of the temple and that reproduces the twelve apostles as spiritual columns of the church. The longitudinal plan has a clear relationship with the main altar that rises on three steps. In it we find the main altarpiece, which is made of wood in a semicircular shape that adapts to the altar. It was built in the second half of the 18th century and corresponds to the Rococo style. In the center of the altarpiece there is a niche that houses the image of Ntra. Sra. Del Socorro, a sculpture from the middle of the 20th century. The side streets contain niches with the carvings of San Pedro and San Pablo. In the attic we can observe a relief of the Glory, where the Eternal Father is emerging from a cloud surrounded by angels-child and the dove is represented as a symbol of the Holy Spirit. The roof is covered with a barrel vault with lunettes, which are those small half-moon vaults that are used to give light to the main vault. In the pendentives (curvilinear triangles that form the ring of the dome and rest on the arches), there are the representations of the four evangelists with their distinctive sign: Matthew with the Angel, Marcos with the Lion, Lucas with the Ox, Juan with the Eagle. It has three access covers. The main cover dedicated to the owner of the parish, Nuestra Señora del Socorro, whose authorship is attributed, according to the most modern studies, to the sculptor Juan Antonio Salvatierra, follower of Nicolás de Bussi The lateral cover of the side of the Gospel is dedicated to Saint Teresa of Jesus and the door next to the Epistle to Saint John the Baptist. We highlight: Angels, who are found in the 3 facades, are intermediaries between our world and that of the divinity. Fruits, symbolize abundance and respond to the desire for immortality. Flowers are the most abundant symbolic element of the temple, it symbolizes the transience of things. Leaves, very abundant in the façade, symbolize the whole of a collectivity, united in the same action and in the same thought. The sun and the moon are opposite signs that represent the conflicts of forces and the negative and the positive. The columns, masks, masks and cherubs, symbolize that they will protect everyone who does not enter with a predisposition to open up to the deity. The tower symbolizes the need to always be watching. The devil symbolizes that by remaining blindly subject to instinct, the fall of the spirit will occur. The crown symbolizes the reward of the proof of life and therefore a promise of immortal life. The parish was recognized with the distinction of Minor Basilica by Pope Benedict XVI by bull issued on July 15, 2006, adding to the basilicas of Santa Maria de Alicante and Santa María de Elche, thus recognizing the importance and influence of the temple in the religious celebrations, especially the Patron Saint Festivities in honor of Ntra. Sra. de las Nieves.