The Alicante City&Beach Tourism Board has unveiled the first cultural tourism guide for the city, aimed at helping visitors explore its cultural and heritage offerings. A total of 25,000 copies have been printed, providing essential information in four languages: Spanish, English, French, and German. The guide includes a map that categorises various points of interest, including historical and monumental heritage, museums and cultural facilities, and artists' studios.
Ana Poquet, the city’s councillor for tourism, emphasised the importance of this new resource, stating, “With this guide, we want to highlight the cultural offerings of our city. It will be available at tourism offices and during national and international promotional activities by the Tourism Board.”
The guide also features QR codes that link to more extensive information about the city's heritage. In total, it highlights 43 cultural sites across the three mentioned categories.
Key cultural sites included
Among the historical and monumental heritage sites are the Castillo de Santa Bárbara, the Co-cathedral of San Nicolás, the Basilica of Santa María, the Bullring, the Town Hall, the Central Market, the Principal Theatre, and the Hermitage of Santa Cruz.
In the museums and cultural facilities category, notable mentions include the MACA (Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante), the MARQ (Archaeological Museum of Alicante), the MUBAG (Museum of Fine Arts of Alicante), Las Cigarreras, the Water Museum, and the Interpretation Centre of the Huerta Towers.
Artists' studios featured in the guide include those of Bañuls, Perceval Graells, Juanjo Hernández, and La Eléctrica, among others.
