During an excursion to Guadalest from our cruise, we were taken on a scenic drive from Alicante to…read morethe beautiful mountains. Guadalest was a highlight of our visit to Spain and would love to come back to see more of this neat town at our own pace. Guadalest is not wheelchair accessible due to the climbing steps, so be prepared to be physically active during your stay. There are plenty of shops in the town with local vendors and it didn't feel overly crowded during our quick stop. Enjoy the 360 views of the sweeping mountain tops as you walk around the village. Guadalest is truly a wonderful place to see in Spain and I highly recommend going!

Guadalest is a very small village of half-hour drive from Alicante. The whole village can be…read morevisited in 20 minutes. It's full of tourists who probably have come from the beaches close to here. In this beautiful village that is located on top of a little mountain, you can walk and enjoy the breathtaking views on every side, or sit down at a bar and have a drink - which is very reasonably priced. The green/blue marsh (Pantano in Spanish) that is covered by a yellow/white mountain range is probably the greatest attraction of Guadalest. However, if you wish to spend more time, you can visit one of the few museums around the village. There's one that is a traditional house. The entrance for this one is free, but photography is not allowed.

This museum is both inside and outside. The inside had some wonderful artifacts on display that…read morewere recovered from the excavations. The outside is a huge amphitheater that had many stairs to go down to the lowest area or up to the top. It is interesting to see and makes for a great photo opportunity. This is definitely a must-see when on a tour of the city.

A nice, free, self guided tour from the cruise port. The walk isn't bad, good views, and you can…read morecircle to the port through the old town area. Takes about 3 hours at a good pace...budget 4 hours if you want to be more leisurely!

This is a great musuem it has hundreds of wonderful artifacts found in the ruined ships at the…read morebottom of the harbour, the musuem is modern and has computers to show you around diffrent nautical sites in spain. The discoverys come from the roman and the punic era and include some wonderful elephant tusks with writing on them, silver coins and oil burners as well as statues and parts of ships. There are several different monitors which have different cartoon games showing you what it was like in roman times and several tubes of water with intereative devices like divers and vacuums to show you how the arceology was discovered the site has everything in english and spansih and has some really interesting descriptions of what it was like in cartagena years ago. Disabled access is great there are lifts and ramps the musueam is down the ramp and the nice cafe is on the first floor there is full wheelchair access to all the displays it was 3 euros to get in with under 18 and over 60 free well worth a visit