Alicante City Centre: A Look at the 19th Century

🚶 Duration: 2.5 hours
🕐 Start time: To be arranged
📍 Meeting point: Teatro Principal
👥 Walking tour with an expert local guide
👣 Distance: approx. 2 km
⭐ Private tour

After the demolition of the defensive city walls in 1860, Alicante broke free from its medieval limits and expanded westward, creating a modern, elegant and bourgeois city. This tour invites you to discover the main axes of that transformation, where stately architecture and tree-lined boulevards became the defining elements of the new urban landscape.

🏛️ Tour Itinerary

• Starting Point: Teatro Principal – We begin at this temple of culture, a neoclassical jewel and symbol of Alicante’s 19th-century social life.

• Commercial and Modernist Axis – We walk along Avenida Constitución, lined with 19th-century buildings, until reaching the Central Market, a landmark of local architecture.

• The Heart of the Expansion – We continue along Avenida Alfonso X El Sabio towards the emblematic Plaza de los Luceros and the impressive Provincial Council Palace.

• Architecture and Noble District – We head down the administrative axis visiting Avenida Maisonnave, Plaza de Calvo Sotelo, and the curious Casa de las Brujas.

• Towards the Sea – The tour ends at the seafront, strolling along the Canalejas Promenade with its century-old trees, Casa Lamaignere, the iconic Explanada de España, and the charming Gabriel Miró Square.

✨ Highlights:

• Teatro Principal of Alicante – The epicenter of social life.
• Central Market – Architectural beauty and local tradition.
• Plaza de los Luceros – The city’s most famous fountain.
• Casa de las Brujas – A unique example of eclectic architecture.
• Explanada de España – The most iconic promenade of the Costa Blanca.

✅ Included:

• Expert local guide
• Walking tour through the main landmarks of the 19th and 20th centuries
• Personalized recommendations for gastronomy and leisure

❌ Not included:

• Personal expenses
• Anything not specified in the “included” section

Tour available by reservation. Perfect for those who want to understand how Alicante became the open and luminous city it is today.