Folleto Alicante Convention Bureau Ingles 2011

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BEAUTIFUL,MEDITERRANEAN,

UNIQUE,

ALICAN



Alicante: a city that looks out over the Mediterranean Sea, over the Mare Nostrumof the Romans, our sea and everyone’s sea, looking out from its majestic SantaBarbara Castle, from its magnificent harbour, from its beautiful sandy beaches...Alicante is also a city that looks back on the past that has made it what it is today;a fusion of many highly varied cultures which have left their mark throughout thecenturies. Of course, Alicante is also a city that looks towards the future, with greatprojects in mind and a lot of dreams to fulfil.

Cosmopolitan, cultural, commercial, a university city...Alicante has so much more. The wide range of activitiesit has to offer and places to discover have made thisprovincial capital a meeting point for tourists, studentsand professionals... many of whom visit the city each

year to discover the city’s museums, enjoy its beaches,stroll along its streets and really get to know this citywhich has so much to offer.

The exceptional climate allows you to explore the city’sstreets, squares and avenues on foot all year round,taking them in your stride whilst enjoying the spectaculaMediterranean sunlight. For this very reason, thanksto the writer Wenceslao Fernández, Alicante has beengiven the nickname “the House of Spring”.

If you want to discover more about what Alicante has tooffer, just keep on reading…



MONUMENTAlicante radiates culture from all iwish to discover the city through iis a brief summary of what you ca



SANTA BÁRBARACASTLE

The Moor’s Face - Cara del Moro

Without a doubt, one of the most emblematic images of

Alicante is the profile of Mount Benacantil, known by all as“the Moor’s Face”due to its likeness to a human face. Aslegend has it, this figure has arisen from a tragic story of love and death from the times when the city was ruled bythe Moors.

Santa Bárbara Castle

This is the city’s most emblematicbuilding. Crowning the top of MountBenacantil, at 166 m above sea leveland overlooking the beach, the majorityof the rooms still standing date backto the 16th century. Well worth amention are the keep, the Baluarte delos Ingleses bastion and the Salón de

Felipe II hall, among others. Visiting thecastle is a must in order to gain the bestviews of the city and the Alicante coast.It is even possible to make out the Islandof Tabarca.



The Town Hall

An 18th century Baroquepalace, built between1699 and 1780, this is aunique building on threefloors flanked by twotowers and crowned by abalustrade. On the pillarwhere the rail of the main

staircase starts you can findthe so-called “cota cero”,the reference point fromwhich the height above sealevel of all other points inSpain are measured.

Santa María Basilica

Although this building dates back to the 13th century, it wasn18th century that it took on its current form with the addition oand the incorporation of new rococo-style altarpieces, as wellmolding and the organ, doing away with the austerity and simoriginal building.

San Nicolás de Bari Co-cathedral

This is one of the most important buildings inthe old quarter of Alicante, built in honourof the city’s patron saint between the years1616 and 1661, and promoted to thestatus of co-cathedral in 1959. The austerityof its Herrerian façade contrasts with itsluxurious interior, in which the impressive

gold altarpieces are particularly noteworthy,especially the high altar, as are the Cristode la Buena Muerte carving representingChrist on the cross, the cloister with aninterestingly Mediterranean aura and theBarroque communion chapel.



MUSEUMS

Alicante has a wide range of muoffer. Through the city’s museumslearn about the Neolithic period or its modern era, the art of bullfiinternationally renowned Hoguer



MARQ

Designed and created to be thefirst 21st century museum, theAlicante Archaeological Museumhas always opted to modernisethe traditional exhibition system,and was consequently namedEuropean Museum of the Yearin 2004. Visitors are introducedto the geographical area of Alicante and offered a historicaltour from prehistoric times right

up to the present.

MUBAG

Located in the heart of the old quarter, the Gravina FineArts Museum offers the public the main exponents

of Alicante art from the 16th century up to theearly decades of the 20th century. Its workshave been selected from the Alicanteprovincial council’s collections.

Museo Municip

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Nativity Scene Museum - Museo de Belenes

Located in a traditional house in the old quarter of Alicante, this museum boasts a collection of Christmasdioramas, created by artists of the Alicante NativityScene Association, as well as nativity scenes from otherparts of Spain, Europe, Asia and Africa. This is a clearexample of the city’s deep-rooted tradition in the buildingof nativity scenes.

The Bullfighting Museum -Museo Taurino Municipal

Housing a permanent exhibitiondedicated to the most famouslocal bullfighters, such as VicenteBlau, Francisco Antón, José MaríaManzanares or Luis Francisco Esplá,

this museum also has a library, aconference and exhibition room andan audiovisual room, where meetings,slideshows and talks on bullfightingare held.

MUA

Opened in 1999, this is one of the few university

With a collection devoted to Contemporary Art, tresearch, production, conservation, documentatioeducation. A convergence of art, music, theatre, archaeology…

Lonja del PescadoExhibition Hall

A curious building constructed in thehistoricist style with Arabic elements,erected at the beginning of the 20thcentury, which was originally used as a

fish market within the port facilities of thePoniente area and was opened as anexhibition hall in 1992. The sheer size of the building makes it ideal for holdinglarge art exhibitions as well as otherartistic, literary, charity and festive events.



MUSA

The Museo de Alicante (Alicante CityMuseum) is located within the walls of SantaBárbara Castle. The items on show introducevisitors to the city’s past and its evolution,since prehistory to present times, in adifferent and dynamic way.

MACA

The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo deAlicante (Museum of Contemporary Art of

Alicante) accommodates Alicante’s 20thCentury Art Collection and the permanentexhibition of municipal contemporaryart collections. This museum also offers acomplementary cultural programme.

Centro Cultural Las Cigarreras (Las Cigarreras Cul

Back in the early 19th century, these 3 warehouses were part of ttobacco factory. Reconverted into a first class cultural platform, thaccommodates La Caja Negra (Black Box): a multipurpose auditoconcerts and theatre performances.

Besides all of this, Alicante also has several asites to visit, among which the Iberian Romanparticularlyremarkable. This is the old Alicancalled Tossal de Manises, at a mere 3.5 km

modern city, in the area known as La Albufera historical artistic monument in 1961 and isone of the most important archaeological siteValencia, as the entire urban area covering sbeen preserved.



PLACES OF INTEREST



Alicante Theatre -

Teatro Principal A neo-classical court building, opened in 1847 andrecently restored. Inside its beautiful decorative elements can be appreciated inthree clearly distinctive areas: the vestibule, the horseshoe-shaped auditoriumand the stage.

“House of the Witches” - “Casa de las Brujas”

An unusual example of modernist architecture from the end of the 19th of the 20th century. Declared a place of cultural interest, it is currently tRegional Valencian government in the city of Alicante.

Gravina Palace - Palacio Gravina

An 18th century building which belonged to the Count of Lumiares andlocation for the provincial archives. It currently houses the city’s Fine Arknown as MUBAG.

Central Market - Mercado Central

Built between 1911 and 1912 upon the 18th century wall which surrouOn its façade, dominated by a great staircase, the modernist mosaics mbroken tiles are of particular interest.

Plaza de los Luceros Square

Built in the 1930s, this is an artistic monument in a local expressionist snature and the four bright stars that shine in the starry sky. Plaza de losde los Caballos - square of the horses -, as it was known well into the 1emblematic part of Alicante, located in the very heart of the city.

Alicante Theatre, the Las Agustinas Convent, Maisonnave Palace, GravinaPalace,… Everyone who visits Alicante will be fascinated by the rich artisticpatrimony they will find at every turn.

Alicante Provincial Council - Palacio de la DiputaciónProvincial de Alicante

Opened in 1931, the rooms of this neo-classical style palace house an importantart gallery and at the rear of the palace there is a garden - Jardín de las

Celebridades Alicantinas -, which contains monuments andsculptures in honour of local celebrities.

In the city centre, theMaisonnave Palace, datingfrom the 18th century andcurrently home to the localarchives is also well worthpointing out, as is theCanónigas de San AgustínConvent, also dating from the18th century.



PARKS AND CITY WALKS

La Explanada is, without a doubt, the best place to take a stroll in Alicante, but there aremany more, as we will show you below.

Explanada de España

One of the most beautiful esplanades in Spain. Its image has become famous thanks tothe monumental mosaic made up of more than six million marble tiles in threedifferent colours (red, cream and black) which imitate the waves of

the nearby sea. In the centre it has an auditorium whereconcerts are held by the city band.

La Ereta Park

Located on Mount Benacantil, thispark offers the possibility to follow aroute from Santa Barbara Castle tothe old quarter.

Canalejas Park At the end of the Esplanade, visitorscan find Canalejas Park. Its entrancesare flanked by stone lions anddogs and the park is particularlyinteresting due to its giant hundred-

year-old rubber plants. It alsoboasts a stone map of Spain and amonument in honour of the Alicantewriter Carlos Arniches.

And to close this chaptemention the promenadeour beaches and delighvisitors to the city. In adboasts wide avenues wifor walking, such as theFederico Soto and Doctvistors from the Plaza deMediterranean Sea.

Municipal Palm Tree Park Located at the southern entrance to Alicante and facing the sea, this park livesup to its name with hundreds of palm trees scattered among pathways andareas with waterfalls.



ISLAND OF TABARCA

In the past, the shores of this island were refuge to Berber pirates. Now these shoresbelong to Alicante and a visit to the island is almost a must for all those who visit the city.Tabarca is a symbol and reference of tourism on the Costa Blanca and the Mediterraneancoast with its wealth of landscapes, architecture and nature off the beaten track. In fact,the walls surrounding the town on the island are both of artistic historical interest andcultural interest, and its waters have been declared a Mediterranean Marine Reserve dueto their excellent quality and the biodiversity of their wildlife. Thanks to all of the above itis an true natural monument.

Carlos III ordered a village to be built there in the 18thcentury to house several families of fishermen who werebeing held prisoner in the Tunisian city of Tabarka. Particularlynoteworthy are the church, the walls and San José Castle.

Furthermore, Tabarca is the only inhabited island in the region of Valencia. It is situated off the coast of Alicante, eleven nautical miles from the coast, and very close to Santa Pola.The island can be reached by boat from Alicante harbour where several boats make thetrip to the island on a regular basis.

Everyone who visits Tabarca canenjoy magnificent coves andbeaches with crystal-clear waterand a picturesque fishing port.

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BEACHES

Alicante’s fifteen kilometres of coastline aredotted with magnificent beaches, internationallyrenowned for their fine sand and water quality.

For this reason, most of them have beenawarded the blue flag by the EuropeanUnion. Without a doubt, one of thecity’s main tourist attractions and a truedelight for visitors. Alicante’s beaches.



GASTRONOMYSHOPPINGLEISURE

FESTIVALSINCENTIVES



GASTRONOMY

Alicante’s typically Mediterranean cuisine is one of the city’s greatest tourist attractions.Over the years it has gained in richness and variety.

Rice is the staple ingredient, with the main varieties being arroz a banda (rice cookedin fish stock), arroz a la alicantina (stove cooked and oven finished for a crispy crust),caldero (stewed with fish) and arroz caldoso (creamy rice). Fish and seafood are alsohigh up on the list of specialties, especially in their salted varieties: mojama (driedtuna), roe, bonito tuna or dried octopus. Typical desserts include aniseed rolls, cocaboba (sponge cake), raisins, dates and other dried fruits. Ice-cream, turrón (almond

nougat) and chocolate are also characteristic of the region, as are the excellent wineand liqueurs such as Fondillón or “la paloma”.

Visitors can enjoy this cuisine in the restaurants that line the city’s streets, or purchasedelicacies in the shops and stalls located in front of the Mercado Central (Main Market).

SHOPPING

There are several shopping areas in Alicante, both in the old town

Avenida Maisonnave is the main commercial thoroughfare. As weaccommodating two El Corte Inglés department stores, the avenuevariety of shops and specialised boutiques. The city centre is also shopping, mainly in streets as famous as Calle Gerona, Castaños near Alicante’s Main Theatre. The hippy stalls along La Explanadabuying crafts and costume jewellery. The Mercado Central (Main

Alfonso X El Sabio, or the markets on Calle Teulada, or in the areBenalúa and Babel are also well worth a visit. Last but not least, thshopping centres that combine restaurants, shops and leisure.



El barrio

Dozens of bars, pubs and taverns to suit all tastes, types and trends fill this part of the city’s oldquarter from La Rambla to Santa Barbara Castle. The narrow streets, where the old Muslim citylayout can still be seen, work in harmony with the city’s nightlife.

Sports Marina

This area has become a complex devoted to pleasure sailing. Situated right in the heart of the city, it has a shopping area, restaurants and a leisure area. What’s more, you can enjoyspectacular views and walks around its innovative structure next to the sea. Its recently openedCasino also makes for a select place to have some fun next to the sea. A new sports dock hasalso been opened on its eastern side for the start of the Volvo Ocean Race.

El Golf

San Juan beach, next to Alicante Golf Club, is a trendy place for the younger generations. Here you can find restaurants, cafés and bars which open until the early morning, all in a setting thatrecreates the streets and squares of a typical Spanish village.

LEISURE

Alicante nightlife is, without a doubt, one of the liveliest on the Spanishmainland, due to the combined influence of the city’s excellent climate, thearrival of tourists all year round and the hospitality of the people of Alicante.There are many cafes, bars and pubs, where you can sit both inside and out,as well as nightclubs offering the visitor a wide selection of places to have fun,dotted all around the city.

Hogueras de San Juan

Declared to be of International Tourist Interest, the Hogueras festival in Alicante, and in which the summer solstice is celebr

to 24th of June, days in which more than two hundred papiererected all around the city and which will be set on fire on 24

Moors and Christians

A very popular festival in Alicante and in the entire province, festival is a spectacular reconstruction of the Reconquest of Amusic, the gunpowder, the parades and the great atmosphere

Santa Faz

The second Thursday in Easter a traditional pilgrimage calledplace, in which the relic of Santa Faz is revered. Thousands ofive kilometres between Alicante and the monastery every yea

Easter

Religious artworks are paraded around the streets of Alicantecombine devotion and entertainment. The most notable procewhich passes through the steep streets of the old town known(a silent procession) and “los dos encuentros” (during which aencounters a sculpture of Christ).

FESTIVALS

Alicante also has an abundance of celebrations, parties,commemorations, festivals,… a wide range of possibilities whichattract the attention of visitors all year round.



- Theater staging visits to Santa Bárbara Castle.- Catamaran or sailing boat excursions toTabarca Island.

- Wine Tasting.- Segway Tours.- Cookery Courses.- Gymkhanas in the city.- Golf.- Horse Racing.- Trekking.- Mountain Bike.

- Bungee Jumping.- Canyoning.- Four-by-four excursion- Paintball.- Bungee Jumping.- Orientation activities.- Boat Race.- Sailing.- Windsurfing.- Diving.- Snorkel.- Kayac.- Beach Volley.- Beach Football.- Tourist Routes: Castles

Route; Elche; La MariCalpe, Denia.

OTHER ACTIVITIES



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