The Hall of the Dénia Castle welcomed on Monday morning presentation of the tourist trail 100 Castles Costa BlancaCreated by the Provincial Tourism on the Costa Blanca and the support of the Institute for Tourism Research at the University of Alicante.
The president of the council, César Sánchez, accompanied by the deputy provincial tourism promotion, Eduardo Dolón, presented at the foot of the main historical icon of the city a route that brings together a selection of the 100 most important castles in the Costa Blanca divided into five different routes covering a total of 60 alicantinos municipalities.
Eduardo Dolón explained that this route aims seasonally adjusted tourism, while to focus on the monumental heritage of the province and increase both visits as the best positioning in the province of Alicante tourist level.
The president of the council, meanwhile, said that since the Povincial body are especially strengthening both the architectural elements such as festivals and traditions of Alicante municipalities to enhance tourism in the province.
As host of the ceremony was the Mayor of Dénia, Vicent Grimalt, Who recalled that Dénia Castle receives more than 100.000 visits per year, becoming a tourist and historical reference for the city.
routes
Dénia is part of the route Frontier castles Fear, Named for fear of corsairs and the need to provide the coastal enclaves that fixed population and avoid a hypothetical invasion. Next to Dénia, municipalities are in this route as Xàbia, Calp, El Verger, Guadalest, Benidorm or Pego.
The remaining routes are the Vinalopó Castles, Which runs the monuments of cities such as Santa Pola, Elche, Villena or Castalla; the Castles Key to the Kingdom, A name assigned Pedri IV of Aragon to the stronghold of Alicante, which includes monuments in Alicante, Mutxamel, Busot, Aigües El Campello and; Castles Tudmir, In the Cox, Guardamar, Orihuela or Pillar Horadada; and finally the route Castle Mountain, Which includes the municipalities of Jijona, Onil, Alcoy, Cocentaina, Agres, Gallinera or Lorcha, among others.
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As long as it does not appear in the 'afoto' there is no problem… ..
By the way, Mr. Grimalt, clean up the Castle. I was there this summer and it was embarrassing. Cables in the air, deleted or non-existent posters, archaeological remains to date ... a shame !!!!. Let's see if they wake up !!!!