On this 7-hour private tour from Alicante to Guadalest,
we will visit some of the hidden treasures of Alicante, taking you into the center of the historical city
and then up to the mountains.Here we will encounter Santa Barbara Castle, a spectacular historical building, 166 meters above sea level, offering beautiful views below of the bay of Alicante.
We will walk through the old town center
with its typical Mediterranean setting.
You’ will also see the Cathedral of St. Nicholas, built over the remains of a Moorish Mosque.
We then drive to Guadalest, situated on top of a five-hundred-meter-high rock, which overlooks a beautiful lake.
The small village, originally of Arab origin
and declared a Historical site, with its castle of San José, a Muslim fortress
from the 11th century, accessed only through a tunnel inside rock.
The castle, overlooking the town, was first Muslim settlement
in the area and became part of the Crown of Aragon.
The fortress itself houses the whole town.
We will then head to the algar waterfall
is a spectacular formation of nature, before heading back to Alicante.