Enter the confluence of the neighborhood of Benalúa and the one of La Florida, Alicante has a new park that has been constituted as a green lung for the area. It has many large trees that provide shade in summer, benches to enjoy the environment, playground for children, a multipurpose room for various municipal courses and monuments. The park is located in what used to be the tram depot and depot until 1962. It still retains some details that recall this era as the name of the park itself. In the same enclosure there is also a municipal heated indoor pool.
With an area of 80,000 square meters, Presidente Adolfo Suárez Park is the largest 'green lung' of San Vicente. It is located between the Canastell industrial estate and the urban area, behind the Hospital, which serves as the backbone between the industrial zone and the urban area. It has areas of trees, meadows, two artificial lagoons, wet areas, a traffic park and land reserve for sports equipment, cafeteria and other services. The project includes the planting of more than 600 trees, 40,000 shrubs and 15,000 square meters of grassland. From a viewpoint, where a monolith has been installed in homage to former President of the Government Adolfo Suárez, you can see the entire park and the city. The park has three accesses for the area closest to the urban area, the industrial estate and the northern zone.
The La Marjal flood park is located a short distance from San Juan beach, in an urban area developed on a land that formed a marsh in the past. It is a unique park that, in addition to the leisure and entertainment functions of all parks, fulfills another hydraulics function: in case of heavy rains it serves like glass of retention of pluvial waters, reducing the risk of flood in the low part of the district, being able to store up to 45,000 m3 of water. Inside the retention vessel there is a large pond surrounded by aquatic vegetation where you can observe the flora and fauna typical of the natural wetlands of Valencia (marjales). For the maintenance of water under suitable conditions, there is a recirculation circuit that includes a waterfall, a small pond and a river. A hill formed with the lands from the excavation of the retention vessel provides excellent views over the park and the Alacantí region, with the mountains in the background. It also recreates the mountain vegetation and the Mediterranean agricultural landscape. This park has been awarded by the Spanish Association of Parks and Public Gardens with the Alhambra prize for the best project of the year 2015.
Los Almendros concentration camp (also known as Los Almendros detention camp or simply Campo de Los Almendros), was a concentration camp for military and civilians at the end of the Spanish Civil War created by the rebellious two days before (30 March 1939) of the end of the war. It was located in the municipal area of Alicante, Spain, about three kilometers from the urban area, in the area known as La Goteta, on the way to Vistahermosa, on the side of the Valencia highway (now Avenida de Denia).
The Natural Park of the La Mata and Torrevieja lagoons is between the municipalities of Torrevieja, Guardamar and Los Montesinos. It is considered one of the most important European wetlands, which is why they are part of Lista Mar, a list of natural areas created in 1960 in France. Qualified "of international importance", they have the status of SPA and since 1994 it is a Natural Park. Located in a depressed area closed to the sea, the lagoons communicate with the Mediterranean through channels such as the Acequión; the water enters by gravity and floods the La Mata lagoon that acts as a preheater. In turn, the two lagoons are linked through another channel, so that the water previously heated in La Mata passes to the Torrevieja lagoon where the salt is extracted once it has crystallized. The Visitor Center is located in the old Forest House of the hamlet of La Mata (Torrevieja), located about 400 m from the N-332 Alicante - Cartagena, at km 64.5 point. Access to the Visitor Center is made from the national road by a paved road. Staff: 2 environmental educators. 1 Technical Service of Management of Protected Natural Areas CITMA. Hours of attention to the visitor: From 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday) From 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) Days that the center will remain closed: January 1 and 6 and December 24, 25 and 31. Walking route: The Route on foot, has an itinerary in which most of the ecosystems of the park are present. The route allows to contemplate a wide panoramic of all the park, the fauna and the flora, the typical vegetal formations and the birds, true protagonists in any humid zone. The Acequión is an artificially open channel to allow the entry of sea water that constitutes a small representation of the marine habitat. There are species of marine fauna and flora such as crabs, algae, actinias, posidonia, worms, polychaetes, fish, etc. Water enters La Mata by gravity, because the lagoon is lower than sea level. From here you can observe the salt marsh vegetation, located on the banks of the lagoon. These plants have internal juices with high salt concentrations in order to withstand the high saline concentration of the soil and the high temperatures without dehydration. Some of them eliminate the excess of salt by the leaves, which gives them a whitish color. From the Observatory you can see the different waterfowl of the lagoon. According to the time in which the traveler makes the visit, you can see different types of birds, since some of them stop at this place to rest and feed on their long trip to Africa, while others spend the winter because where they live , the Arctic tundra, normally has uninhabitable conditions in this epoch. In spring they return to their usual home. Other birds, on the other hand, live throughout the year in the Park. They are sedentary. At this stop you can see gulls, plovers, stilts, avocets and terns, flamingos and black-necked grebes. The silence at this point must be total to avoid frightening the birds. The third stop on the road occurs in Pinada. From the distance we can already see the reed, a typical plant in this type of zones whose presence denotes the existence of fresh water. In this last stop there is an important set of Aleppo pine and stone pine as well as eucalyptus trees. The latter are the result of artificial repopulation. Also in La Pinada you can see an important salt marsh area. The visitor can look for the signs left by the animals in their path, try to differentiate the different types of pine trees or, simply, rest under a shadow. In any case you can enjoy your stay in the Park. The fourth stop is the El Zampullín observatory. In the Natural Park, concentrations of thousands of Grebes have been counted, becoming the main wintering point of the Iberian Peninsula. The Mata is an area of rest and feeding during the migration of the birds.
Newly renovated plaza near the port or the fairgrounds. In her is a hermitage of modernist style.
The Montgó is one of the treasures of the city of Dénia, being declared a natural park in 1987, as a result of its fauna, its flora and its landscape values. In this park we find more than 600 plant species, distributed among 753 m. Of altitude. They emphasize the coscojar, the cantuesar, the fennel marine, the violet rocky Valencian, the scabiosa rock, the black Sabina or the palmetto. Regarding the animal world, there are birds such as the yellow-legged gull or the Audouin gull, and various raptors, reptiles, amphibians and mammals (rabbits, genets, dormice, ...) It offers several hiking trails with which you can also enjoy the walk, with wonderful views of both the mountain and the sea that we find at your feet. A giant stone on the coast of Alicante Excellent A huge stone sentinel emerges in the plain of orange trees, near the coast of Jávea and Denia. For geologists, the Montgó is the result of a folding occurred about 10 million years ago, when the African and European continent collided; the horizontal plates that lay under the sea fractured and the most fragile areas emerged to the surface. But for those who love hiking and mountaineering, it is an attractive and solitary giant in the middle of the plain of Alicante, which cries out for being promoted to its summit. The characteristic silhouette of the Montgó, silent watchman of all the historical avatars that have occurred on this shore of the Mediterranean, separates the Alicante municipalities of Jávea and Denia. It is one of the natural parks richest in flora of the Alicante province, with 600 different vegetal species, among them Aleppo pine, lavender, Kermes oak and marine fennel. The ascent to its summit, at 753 meters of altitude, is very easy and suitable for all those who have a minimum of physical conditions. From above the view is lost to north and south by the twists and turns of a coast where the spaces that still preserve a bit of its original plant cover, such as Cape San Antonio, with the erased brick fever of the last decade are alternated . There are two ways to approach the mountain. The most direct and shortest is from the Les Planes shooting range, which is accessed from the Jávea road to Denia. Over here there is an hour and a half at a good pace to the top. From Denia the road is much longer, but allows you to enjoy the northern slope of the sierra. A wooden cross marks the top of the Montgó. With a bit of good sight and on a clear day you can see to the south the rocky and slender farallón of the Peñón de Ifach, standing out from the ocean blue, off the coast of Calpe.
Beyond the "Olivereta del Moro", a path appears that about 3.5 km from the village leads to the Source de la Mata. If we follow this path, we reach an old farmhouse, now in ruins and where we can see on the ground in front of the house, a stone cistern that was built in the late nineteenth century by the family that owns the house. This tank has dimensions of 11 meters long and 2.8 meters wide, and has two arches shaped curve at each end, giving it a significant architectural importance. If we follow the path down to the source, reach the place known as Font de la Mata. This place was prepared as a recreational area, which is very normal for the people to go around and eat the Easter cake on this site. Here are a stone fountain that is nothing more than a well that the Arabs were built to harness water for the field. The source has six stone steps in a dice to get off and collect water. But the most representative sign that gives this place are the two copies of kills ( mastic ) are born between rocks atop the fountain. These are two gigantic monumental trees, bushes and possibly the oldest and most spectacular of the Iberian Peninsula, and is a pride to find them here in the village of Gata de Gorgos.
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