Attractions
Archaeological Museum of Alicante, Placa Doctor Gómez Ulla, Alicante, Spain
Provincial Archaeology Museum of Alicante
The Archaeological Museum of Alicante is an archaeological museum in Alicante, Spain. The museum won the European Museum of the Year Award in 2004, a few years after significant expansion and reallocation to renovated buildings of the antique hospital of San Juan de Dios
Santa Bárbara Castle, Alicante, Spain
Santa Barbara Castle
Perched on a hillside, this historic 16th-century castle and fortress overlooks the town of Alicante.
Plaza de toros de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Bullring Alicante
The bullfighting fans of Alicante have a lot of history, we know bullfights were organized since the fifteenth century in wooden bullrings placed in different parts of the city.
In 1847 the architect par excellence of Alicante, Emilio Jover Perrón (architect of the Main Theater) is in charge of the construction of the bullring. 40 years after its first inauguration, the building was very deteriorated, and a comprehensive reform was carried out by the architect José Guardiola Picó. On June 15, 1888 the bullring was inaugurated with the structure we know today and with the most important figures of the time: Guerrita (replacing Frascuelo), Lagartijo and Lagartija.