Undoubtedly, Villena clearly identifies with his Atalaya Castle, whose erect profile outlined on the horizon recalls the Muslim and Christian cultural miscegenation. It is undoubtedly the most significant monument of Villena and its identifying element next to the Treasury. Its great uniqueness and historical value led it to be declared a "Historic Artistic Monument" in 1931 and, currently, enjoys greater protection since it was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest. Thanks to the archaeological excavations carried out by José María Soler in the seventies of the last century, we know that the origin of the Atalaya Castle dates back to the end of the 12th century. Its location on the hill of San Cristóbal, a moderate elevation of the Sierra de la Villa, allowed him to exercise control and defense of the surrounding territory. Its use extends in time from the Muslim era to the Contemporary Age, living diverse events from the Muslim occupation of these lands to the War of Independence. After the Christian conquest in 1240, the fortress passed into the hands of the Infante de Castilla Don Alfonso, who created the Señorío de Villena for his brother the Infante Don Manuel, from whom don Juan Manuel inherited it. The famous writer spent much time in this fortification dedicated to literature and hunting and reinforced the defenses of the Castle to house his fiancée, daughter of Jaime II of Aragon, who remained several years in the castle until reaching the age of majority to be able to to contract nuptials with Don Juan Manuel. Architecturally, it has a double walled enclosure with a rectangular to a rectangular plan. The outer wall is defended by twelve towers and the interior by circular cubes and a large tower of homage of four floors, the first two are Muslim and the rest Christian as evidenced by the coats of arms of Juan Pacheco, Marquis of Villena, located on the four faces of the facade. The most outstanding of this tower are the Almohad vaults of the first two floors, the stairs of pointed vaults and the graffiti that are conserved in the walls of the different rooms, of Islamic and Christian symbolism made by the prisoners of the wars of Succession and of the independence. Schedule: Mornings: Tuesday to Sunday, holidays and Monday eve of holidays. Guided tours at 11:00, 12:00 and 13:00. Afternoon: Tuesday to Saturday. Guided tours at 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Closed: Monday all day and Sunday evenings and holidays. Ticket sales from the Visitor Reception Center (next to the Castle) and at the Tourist Info Office (Plaza de Santiago). Price: € 3 (€ 1.5 with discount). Attention: -The guided tours begin with punctuality, the sale of tickets at the Visitor Center ends five minutes before the guided tour, so please arrive well in advance. -The people who arrive late will have to wait for the next visit, as long as there is availability. -If you come to Villena from the A31 motorway, take the Villena Sur exit and follow signs to Castillo de la Atalaya. -Turismo Villena is not responsible for the tourist information regarding the existing Castle on different web pages. - For the safety of the visitors, during storms with electrical equipment and / or orange or red warning due to strong gusts of wind, the Atalaya Castle will remain closed. -The entry of animals is not allowed, except for guide dogs. Atalaya Experience: Once a month the Association Echoes of Memory, together with the Department of Tourism of Villena, offer since 2015 Atalaya Experience, a unique way to know the Castle of the Watchtower through the people who lived in different historical periods. A show that has received critical and public applause.

The Torre de Rejas (in Valencian: Torre de Reixes) is a defensive tower located in the vicinity of the huerta Alicante, in the entity of Santa Faz, belonging to the city of Alicante (Spain). It owes its name to the two large bars that it has in its main façade. In 1997 it was classified as an Asset of Cultural Interest, together with the rest of the defensive towers of the Alicante vegetable garden. The legend holds that it was the mansion of the Arab corsair Ben Aymet, who ordered the destruction in the 12th century of the city of Lloixa, located in the vicinity of San Juan de Alicante; After the conquest, his troops were quartered in the tower. The current building is the traditional noble houses in the Huerta de Alicante and corresponds to the sixteenth century, highlighting its fortified tower. It belonged to the Talayero family, whose coat of arms is sculpted on the facade. It was later turned over to the architect Miguel López González, who carried out a thorough restoration of the building in the 1940s, contributing to the remains of the cloister of San Nicolás.

The Provincial Palace of Alicante is a neoclassical building of the first third of the twentieth century located in the Spanish city of Alicante. It is the headquarters of the Provincial Council of Alicante. Its construction corresponds to a work of neoclassical style and baroque ornamentation, giving great importance to the order of symmetry. It has been cataloged as the "culminating work of the casticismo (purity/authenticity)". It is possible to emphasize its great porch in the entrance with its two towers in the main facade, excelling a great balcony in which a great fronton rises. The building is completed with a garden, closed by an iron gate that surrounds the entire building and was installed later on. It is the so-called garden of celebrities for its monuments of famous people from the city of Alicante. The internal distribution of the building combines different needs such as offices, bureaus, meeting rooms, etc. The facades are composed of two marked stripes, in the lower strip the horizontal composition predominates, lacks ornamental elements except the padding, the upper body is composed of two floors and its decoration is different from the lower body. In the main façade the axial symmetry predominates, both laterals are placed two cubic towers, one each side.

Santa Barbara Castle is located on the top of Mount Benacantil, which is 166 meters high. To ascend and visit it you can choose either to walk up the road or take the elevator that has several ups and downs scheduled throughout the day. The entrance to the elevator, which has a cost (whereas the 15 minute walk has no cost at all, but it is quite sloped), is done by the Avenida Juan Bautista Lafora. It is usually a bit overcrowded during the high season, so bear this in mind and adjust your schedule.

The Square of Luceros (Plaça dels Estels), is the most emblematic square in Alicante. It is the center of various social events and the place where "mascletás" (famous Alicante firecrakers shows) are held. The fountain has several statues and images, including four horses and the figure of an elf underneath them. All main commercial and leisure arteries of the city depart from Luceros, no wonder why it has become the epicenter for the most important festivities in the city.

Our castle-palace is a BIC erected by the Almohads at the end of the 12th century, occupying a 2,700 m2 polygonal enclosure with 10 square towers. For more than 800 years the castle-palace of Elda has been erected, it has been one of the monuments that best reflects the essence of the historical transformations and of the changes experienced by a small agricultural community of the valley of Medio Vinalopó that, with the Over time, it has become a large industrial and tourist city and administrative capital of the region. Islamic fortress, stately castle and county palace, was an expression of feudal power and rentier nobility and displays Muslim and feudal Christian architecture, witness to wars, noble struggles and peasant tributes, shelter of illustrious figures of the Royal Houses of Castile and Aragon , palatial residence of the nobles Corella and Coloma. The primitive access seems to be that it was on the southern flank, with a small protected enclosure and a bastion to shelter the population from possible dangers. From this phase have been recovered abundant objects mainly ceramic, glass, metal and a silver coin. The Christian phase changed its appearance, incorporating new doors and two quasicircular towers of ashlar masonry, chapel, noble rooms, warehouses and pantries, large underground cistern, secret corridor, powerful antemural and cemetery where more than 200 people were buried. Finally, the occupied walled area reached 5,231 m2 At this time there are numerous objects of ceramics, glass, metal, bone, coins, heraldic architectural ware and mural pictorial remains. When leaving in the early eighteenth century its last inhabitants, the Coloma, there is a process of irreversible deterioration, patent at the beginning of the nineteenth. In 1841 it is owned by the Crown and in 1848 it is auctioned for 121,000 reales, partially demolished and abandoned. Currently, work is being done to recover the spectacular dimension of this monument that interests researchers and professionals from all over the country. Therefore, your visit is not possible, although the objective is to try to open it to the public once the restoration process is finished, if experts advise based on the results obtained.

Doctor Antonio Rico Cabot was born in 1866 in Alicante. He obtained his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in Madrid, where he wanted to compete for a chair, but, faced with the fragility of his health, he returned to his homeland. In Alicante, he treated patients for free and won the affection of his fellow citizens. He was also a councilor in the City of Alicante and did much for his city, like recovering and hoisting lands, thus achieving a much better quality of life for everyone. A bust has been dedicated to him in the Ruiz de Alda Park of Monte Tossal. You can visit it by entering the Park through the Road of San Fernando Castle.

The tower is solid on the ground floor. To get inside it was necessary to climb a ladder that connected with the first floor. This improved the defence of the fortress in case of attack. From the first floor you can ascend to the second floor and from there to the cover terrace. The base is made of plastered masonry and the corners are made with ashlar reinforcement. The tower has several loopholes at different levels in all its facades. There is a chapel in the complex that preserves paintings with allegories to divine justice, the theological virtues and several cherubs. The residential building was articulated by a large hall that still preserves two arches. To the left, there is a store that was also used as a stable. The service units were located at the back of the ground floor. The main space was destined to the lords of the estate. There is a basement that preserves the cellar, a very important space where many wines were produced. At the rear of the house there was a large pool of water, pens and several oil mills. The estate was completed by extensive orchards with olive trees, carob trees, fig trees, almond trees and fruit trees, irrigated with water from the small irrigation canal of Ansaldo. This canal belonged to the network of irrigation canals of Alacant’s cropland. The estate is named after the Ansaldo family, native to Genoa, who first came to Alacant during the reconquest in the thirteenth century, at which time they received several possessions in Almoradí. In the fifteenth century, a part of the family emigrated to America and another to Cartagena (Murcia), attracted by the socioeconomic conditions of the city. In the seventeenth century the family settled permanently in Alacant where they carried out a commercial activity, especially wine exports. Currently, there are different proposals from the municipality to address the restoration and to make the most of Finca Ansaldo, as a space for cultural use, or as a centre of interpretation of the Torres de l’Horta (cropland Towers). The site has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest.