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5 ideas for guided tours in Alicante

• MARQ Archaeological Museum

  

  The Museo Arqueológico de Alicante isn’t just about objects — it’s about how they speak. Prehistoric bones. Roman tiles. Bits of medieval iron. Five main rooms: Prehistory, Rome, the Middle Ages, Iberians, and then what came after.

  The layout is clear, but never cold. Kids wander. Adults stop. There’s sound, space, light. In the center, one area shows how archaeologists work — the digging, the brushes, the quiet patience.

  More than 80,000 pieces live here. Traces of the Mediterranean, scattered across centuries. Pulled from the soil, now set under glass.

• Santa Barbara Castle

  

  To reach Santa Barbara Castle, perched high on Mount Benacantil, start from the center. Walk uphill. The path curves past the Parc de la Ereta. And little by little, the view spreads — the bay, the rooftops, the port, all of Alicante unfolding below.

  But the view’s only part of it. With a guide, the place shifts. Voices from the past show up. Stories you wouldn’t know to look for.

  The Paseo Alto climbs steep. No rush. At the top, the fortress stands still. Once held by Arab rulers. Then taken by Alfonso X of Castile in the 13th century. Three sections: a weapons yard, a main tower, and below, a later part added in the 1700s.

• The Esplanade of Spain

  

  Located just near the port, the Esplanade of Spain is a privileged place to walk by the sea. Be careful, you won’t be alone. The whole city and the tourists are crowding in this place.

  It is not less than 6 million colored marble slabs (red, black and white) that it was necessary to arrange to form all this path in the shape of waves. People come here at all hours of the day, and it is very pleasant to enjoy a little shade under the 4 rows of palm trees that have been placed along the promenade.

• Guadalest

  

  Often listed among Spain’s most beautiful villages, Guadalest sits high on a hill, about an hour from Alicante. Mountains all around. White houses clinging to the slope, looking down across the valley.

  Up here, what’s left of an old castle still stands. You follow a quiet path, from the outer walls to what remains inside. At the top — the view spills open. The sea, far off, and everything in between.

  The village winds gently. Small streets run past balconies loaded with flowers. In the Arrabal district, little shops spill out onto the stone. Glasswork, hand-stitched linen, painted ceramics, soft leather. Made slowly, shown proudly.

• The island of Tabarca

  

  About eleven nautical miles from Alicante, off the Cape of Santa Pola, there’s Tabarca — the only island around here with people still living on it. Or rather, it’s a small group of islands: La Cantera, La Nao, and La Galera.

  It’s tiny. Maybe 1,800 meters long, 400 wide. But it stays with you. An old fishing port that hasn’t tried to change. Bright houses, simple and low. Clear water beaches. And if you walk a bit, to the western edge, you’ll find quiet coves, tucked behind the rocks.