We suggest a group excursion to Guadaleste. Guadaleste is a small fortress town located in the mountains, at an altitude of 600 meters, 24 kilometers from Benidorm, and the village of the same name, about 200 residents of which in recent years live mainly through tourism. Directly on the rock are built two castles – Alcazaiba, from where you can see the whole valley, and Castillo del Rey, which is better preserved, although it survived the Spanish-Austrian war and an earthquake.
It is worth noting that in 1993 the fortress was transferred to the municipality and is recognized as a historical monument. Behind the rock is an ancient town with a church, a square and preserved houses. The current inhabitants of Guadaleste live in the valley at the foot of the rock. And above, behind the fortress wall, there are numerous shops, cafes and 8 small private museums, all worthy of a visit and attention. These are the Antonio Marco Dolls Museum, all the exhibits of which are created only from natural materials, and in which you feel like Gulliver; Microminiature Museum, where you can see paintings on the wing of a fly or a grain of wheat; Microgiant Museum, where in the eye of the needle you can see the whole bullfighting arena; an ethnological museum; a torture museum housed in an ancient Arab prison; the municipal museum “Dom Odruña”; a museum of antique cars and motorcycles; and, finally, the modern art museum Ribera Girona.
Around all this are mountains, dwarf trees and clear streams. But the most indescribable delight of all visitors to Guadaleste is the lake, or rather, the reservoir, located at the foot of the rock, with an extraordinary blue, and the castle itself, located at the top of the rock, and called the “Eagle’s Nest”.