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.
This green corner next to the Acequión beach has a children's play area, a bandstand for musical concerts, a beautiful old restored fountain and various plants and trees.
The aquarium is the oldest in the Valencian Community, and it includes 9 large glass tanks containing flora and fauna from the Mediterranean Sea. Its facilities are dedicated to showing part of the fauna and flora of the Mediterranean Sea, being in this way an important educational and recreational tool which introduces our closest maritime surroundings (the bay of Santa Pola and the Island of Tabarca). The water comes directly from the sea, and after processing it is brought to the aquarium. The idea of keeping fish in captivity isancient. In Rome, Greece and above all in the Orient some species were kept in costal rocks, in ponds, lagoons or at the entrance of seas for leisure purposes or as food reserves. Most of the species which the aquarium keeps were donated by the sailors of Santa Pola.
It receives this name from the Old Railway Station inaugurated at the end of S. XIX and that maintained the railway route between Torrevieja and Albatera, at the moment in disuse and reused like green route. This station was formed by several buildings, some of which have been used for different uses: Habanera Museum, Interpretation Center of the Salt Industry and Natural History Museum. Inside the park is the Monument to the Salinero and the Canal del Acequión, made in 1482 in order to communicate the sea and the Torrevieja Lagoon. It emphasizes within its channel a bridge of masonry of the S.XV
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 "Cabo de las Huertas" is named after the "huertas alicantinas" (orchard / vegetable garden), which, along with the port, was the great economic engine of the city. It is located between Albufereta beach and San Juan beach. It is not a sandy beach, it is rocky and has beautiful crystalline waters. It is not crowded like the great beaches of Alicante, which has made it a good location for nudist beaches. Some of its most famous coves are "Palmeras", "Cantalares" and "Judíos".
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