Spectacular Museums In Alicante

Alicante is described by many who visit it as a magical place on earth. Why is that? Well, Alicante is the most popular and famous resort on the Costa Blanca which is one of the sunniest coasts in Spain. This means that Alicante enjoys a pleasant and warm climate all year long, making it the perfect destination for a seaside holiday.

Alicante deserves your attention because it is a place where diversity says it all: you will find here a little bit of everything. Due to the fact that the city is a very diverse one, the tastes and desires of any type of tourist can be fulfilled in Alicante. It is no wonder that it is a very popular tourist destination, isn’t it?

You will find in Alicante beautiful landscapes, spectacular promenades, long beaches covered with golden sands, shallow waters of a crystal clear blue, old, narrow and cobbled streets, modern and futuristic buildings, theatres, concert halls and last but not the least, a long list of museums. That sounds like a lot of fun, doesn’t it?

Alicante’s museums

A very important attraction of Alicante is represented by its museums. Those who love art, architecture and culture will find in the list of Alicante’s museums a series of names from which they can learn a lot; this is the reason why the museums of Alicante occupy important places on the sightseeing list of the city.

One of the most popular museums in Alicante is the MARQ. MARQ is the Archaeological Museum of the city, built in 1932 and moved to another building in 2002, the building that initially hosted the San Juan Dios hospital. MARQ is a very distinguished museum in Alicante if not the most distinguished one due to its spectacular avant-garde style and modern audiovisual techniques.

The combination of these two brought the museum a special prize in 2004: the year’s ‘’European Museum’’. A spectacular number of objects are displayed here: no less than 80,000, all of them discovered in the Alicante area during the centuries. The objects date back to the Stone Age, the Roman Era or to the Medieval Era. Some of the collections are hosted for just a short period of time, so make sure you include the visit to the museum on the list of your activities because it completely deserves your attention!