Tourist and holiday information for Spain including concerts, gigs & shows. Guadalest, beautiful mountain village.Popular trips from Benidorm
Castell de Gudalest is one of the most popular tourist trips from Benidorm and coach loads take the short journey every day. Despite this, the pretty mountain village of Castell de Guadalest remains attractive and unspoiled. The old castle situated impossibly at the top of a cliff is in a world of its own and gives wonderful views over the surrounding hills, lake and countryside. The approach to the castle is on foot by a short footpath from the main village. An old Moorish village and the effect of their work can clearly be seen in the terraces cut into hillsides so as to enable crops to be planted.Their are tourist shops and museums, cafe's and local ammenities. One of the atrractions is The Museo de Micro Miniatureswhere you can see a microscopic version of Goyas 'fusilamiento 3 de Mayo' painted on a grain of rice. also Goyas 'The Naked Maja' painted on the wing of a fly; there is also a scuplture of a camel passing through the eye of a needle.Contact telephone 0034-965885062open daily until 9pm April- September Guadalest, Spain - the Eagle's Nest carved into the MountainThe Eagles Nest.
Close to Altea and Benidorm but in reality a world away is the amazing village of Guadalest. Occupying one of the most stunning, beautiful and interesting places in all Spain, this small village is precariously perched on the pinnacle of a granite mountain, giving fabulous views across the valley carved out by the River from which the village takes its name.Getting to Guadalest by the twisting road that climbs ever upwards, passing through the village of Polop, is almost as spectacular as the position of the village, but the breathtaking views make the drive worthwhile even for the more nervous passengers!
On reaching Guadalest you can see why the Moors, who constructed castles to defend the area, considered this place a site of strategic importance.Some of these castles were unconquerable and the remains of several can still be seen today, even though they were bombarded in the 18th century during the Spanish war of Succession.
However the building you will see on most of the postcards is the whitewashed bell tower of Penon de la Alcala which seems to cling to the mountain face.
Intriguingly the old village and castle is accessed through a tunnel carved from the rock and when you reach the other end and see the ancient houses, you seem to have been transported to another age.
Guadalest has plenty of museums, so you can learn more about its history, little crafts shops and places to buy a souvenir of your visit. Costing only a few euros the visit through the tunnel to the village is definitely worthwhile as the castle tour (starting at 10am) takes in the dungeon (great for the kids) and offers fantastic views across the valley from cobbled footpaths and lookout points.
The population of only 200 people now dedicates itself entirely to tourism, hence some of the area's best museums being located here. If you want to be transported to another world when land was fiercely defended, don't miss a trip to the village of Guadalest!"beautiful places to visit in Spain. best places to visit in Spain. Interesting places to visit in Spain. Entertainment in Spain."
Guadalest Tourist Office: Tel. (+34) 965 885 298
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Avda. de Alicante, s/n
03517 El Castell de Guadalest (Alicante)
Telephone number: 965885298
Fax: 96 5885385
E-mail: turismoguadalest@guadalest.es
guadalest@touristinfo.net
Micro-Gigantic Museum
Address: Calle del Sol, 2
Postal Code: 03517
Summer timetable: from 10 to 21:00 h.
Winter timetable: from 10 to 18:00 h.
Monday to Sunday.
Price: Adults: 4,00 €, Children: 3,00 €
Adult group: 3,00 €, Children group: 2,00 €
Description: In this museum you can find two collections: miniatures you can look at through magnifying glasses and giant sculptures.
Among the miniatures, the most important are:
• A bull ring on a pinhead
• A bible written on a hair
• A flea riding a bike on a seed
• The church and the tower of Guadalest on one quarter of a centimetre
• An ant playing the violin
• A miniature of the Kremlin
• A village built on a bone of two centimeters.
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