Tourist attractions Elche

A listed "national artistic garden" is a delightful retreat in the palm grove. The "priest’s garden" takes its name from José Castaño Sánchez (1843-1918), a chaplain who inherited the garden and then devoted his life to it. In an ..

This museum is dedicated to the history of palm groves and is located in the former plantation of Sant Placid. The history of Elche’s palm groves, and the cultivation of the palm tree (in fact a giant herb rather than a tree) for dates and bleached p..

Although originally planted by the Phoenicians, it was the Arabs who used their skills to expand and develop this palm grove , which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. Unique in Europe in terms of its size, it benefits from the mil..

On the same promontory as the Castle of Mola , the Shrine of Santa Maria Magdalena was built between 1918 and 1946 by architect José Sala Sala. Trained in Barcelona, he was clearly influenced by Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia . The trapezoidal plan recall..

Pleasant park at the end of the palm grove covering more than 5 ha divided into four gardens. The most remarkable is the Hort de Baix .

An absorbing account of Elche’s famous festival. Multilingual audio-visual resources allow the visitor to understand the festa and the medieval origins of the legend of the consueta (a manuscript from which the festival sprang, found on the beach..

This monumental 18C baroque church was designed for staging the Mystery Plays and has an interesting portal by Nicolas de Bari.

Housed in the Altamira Palace, the museum contains pieces from digs mainly in La Alcudia. Note the sculpture and ceramics from the Iberian period and the Illici Venus, a delicate white marble Roman sculpture.