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10 Specialty Museums in Costa Blanca That You Shouldn't Miss
Costa Blanca is the name given to Alicante's coastline in Spain, which stretches over 200 kilometers. It is an incredibly popular holiday destination for tourists, because of the marvelous weather and beaches. Costa Blanca is family friendly, thanks to the huge range of activities available there from beaches and golf to museums and parks. There are the beaches, such as Los Náufragos in Torrevieja with its volleyball nets, golden sands and Blue Flag status, or smaller beaches like Serragrosa with its crystal waters, ideal for swimmers. But there are also golf courses (particularly the Villaitana club de golf near Benidorm) and watersports facilities and cultural sites like museums and galleries, such as the La Asegurada Municipal Museum in Alicante which has extensive collections of Spanish art. You will need a couple of weeks on the Costa Blanca just to scratch the surface of its entertainment potential.
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1. Museo Escolar de Pusol
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5.0 based on 69 reviews
Fifty years preserving traditional culture and giving rise to a unique school project. You have much to discover School Museum of Pusol.
2. La Imprenta en Torrevieja
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By U7572MQjohnm
My wife found this museum online and wanted to visit, we went on a Tuesday as one of the days it opens, opening time 11:30am and 2 ish. The gentleman who runs it was very friendly and enthusiastic about all the wonderful things, a lot of old printing equipment and working machines that he happily will show you working, he was a printer himself before computers changed things, it’s not only printing related and well worth a visit, a gem of a place to visit. Entry is free but there is an antique piggy bank for donations ????
3. Museo Casa Estudio Enrique Lledo
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
Located in Busot, near Alicante´s famous beaches, and only a few kilometers from Cuevas de Canelobre, this museum is in a traditional house preserved as in the 19th century. Enrique Lledo, well known artist in the region, used it as his studio until his death in 2013. His paintings and studio are integrated in the building. It is FREE to enter the first Sunday of every month or by reservation.
4. Palau d’Altamira
5. Museo The Ocean Race
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4.5 based on 640 reviews
The Ocean Race Museum is a modern installation where visitors can enjoy a close-up view of the world's longest and toughest professional sporting event and learn about the heroes who battle the oceans in this race around the world. Take a trip through the history of the regatta and the marine world in this state-of-the-art interactive space. The only museum in the world dedicated to a race considered the Everest of Sailing.
Reviewed By Bev082 - London, United Kingdom
And yet another awesome free museum to visit in Alicante ….. The Ocean Race Museum, a modern exhibition space that opened in 2012 with the aim of sharing the rich heritage of the history of the Ocean Race (one wants to say Great!!). The exhibits within educate the visitor all about ocean currents, the wildlife the crews get to see on route, the equipment on board and the construction of these magnificent boats. You get to learn all about the technological innovation and human effort that the challenging race demands. You can enjoy first hand through the high-tech 3D simulators and interactive touch-screen panels what life is like on board, plus about marine life and ecosystems and of course of the competitors of the maritime race. Its technology lets visitors learn both about the race and the environment in which it takes place. Its an opportunity to get a close-up view of the world's longest and toughest professional sporting event and learn about the heroes who battle the oceans in this race around the world. It also presents the history of the regatta, it is the only museum in the world dedicated to the most demanding nautical challenge of our times, a race considered the Everest of Sailing. The museum aims to attract landlubbers and sailing enthusiasts alike, with its presentations about life at sea, sailing and sports. Rather than being a simple repository for artifacts (although there are a number of small items on display), the museum is an interactive institution. Housed in the museum are state-of-the art interactive installations allowing visitors to experience the wonders of the thrilling ocean race and get a glimpse of the challenges that the competitors have to face. The Ocean race is a yacht race around the world, held every three or four years since 1973. Originally named the Whitbread Round the World Race after its initiating sponsor, the British brewing company Whitbread. However in 2001 it’s name changed to become the Volvo Ocean Race after the Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo took over the sponsorship, in 2019 the name changed again, it is now known as The Ocean Race. Since 2008, Alicante has been the start Port of the race, races being held in 2011, 2014, 2017 and the next race in 2022. Although the route changes each race to accommodate various ports of call, the race typically departs from Europe in October, and in recent editions has had either 9 or 10 legs, with in-port races at many of the stopover cities. The most recent race, the 2017-2018 race started in Alicante and concluded in The Hague in the Netherlands, with stopovers in Lisbon-Portugal, Cape Town - South Africa, Melbourne -Australia, Guangzhou -China, Hong Kong, Auckland -NZ, Itajai -Brazil, Newport and Cardiff in Wales and Gothenburg -Sweden. The race takes nine months to complete with sailors battling to be the fastest around the world, facing high seas, fierce winds and the most challenging conditions. Each of the entries has a sailing crew who race day and night for more than 20 days at a time on some of the legs. To minimize the boat's weight, crews rely on freeze-dried fare for sustenance, throughout the race they are exposed and subjected to temperature variations from −5 to +40C (-23 to 104F) and will often only take one change of clothes! Since the 2008–2009 race there has also been a dedicated media crew member called the On Board Reporter (OBR), who does not contribute to the sailing of the boat, but is responsible for sending images and videos to race headquarters via satellite from the middle of the ocean. In the 2017–2018 race the number of crew ranged between 7 to10 (plus the OBR) depending on the gender ratio, with the rules providing an incentive to having women sailors on board. The Hall of Fame is pretty impressive with video screens in the museum showing footage and interviews with the heroes of ocean sailing such as Sir Peter Blake NZ, Torben Grael Brazil and Tracy Edwards UK. The museum is build on the site of the former naval station, it has two floors, the main exhibition hall, including a simulator where visitors can experience some of the sensations of ocean racing, plus a library, fill the ground floor. Upstairs is a large multipurpose space for educational workshops, temporary exhibitions and maritime conferences, along with a cafeteria with a large terrace overlooking the harbor (currently closed due to Covid restrictions). As mentioned entrance to the museum is free, taking Covid precautions once inside its mandatory to wear a mask (which it is in general everywhere here), at the entry your hands are sprayed with a sanitizer spray then you are issued a pair of rubber gloves to wear so that you can touch the buttons, panels etc and enjoy the interactive exhibits which are quite serious and not just for kids! I had so much fun playing with the various exhits learning how the boats work and perform even to getting to steer one, however i’m not quite ready yet to compete in the next 2022 race!! Located outside in front of the museum is a hull of a competition boat, the Brasil 1, that participated in the 2005-06 ocean race coming in third. The first Brazilian boat to take part in the Volvo Ocean Race. Brasil 1 is made up of parts and materials from ten different countries, NZ, Australia, US, Italy, Finland, Sweden, France, UK and Denmark, in addition to Brazil of course, where the boat was built. Prior to Covid it was possible to board the boat to see and experience the cramped living conditions of the crew …. but for now folks you’ll just have to enjoy its colourful exterior!
6. Micro-Gigantic Museum
7. Museo de Hogueras
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4.5 based on 211 reviews
Reviewed By Photofanatic7 - Cheltenham, United Kingdom
I loved this museum! It should be on every visitors itinerary as it celebrates the official fiesta of Alicante, The Fogueres de Sant Joan (Bonfires of SaintJohn). It's packed full of the fantastic, colourful figures that have been saved from the bonfires that consume all the other figures that have been created for the annual fiesta. The detail and humour in these -sometimes rather naughty- figures is a real credit to the people who make them. This is an art gallery/museum with a difference. There is a similar fiesta and museum in Valencia but the Tourist Office said that Alicante's was much bigger and better! Entry is free.
8. Museo Arqueologico de Guardamar
9. Museo del Palmeral Huerto de San Placido
10. Exposicion Los Clicks Toman Benidorm
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4.5 based on 29 reviews
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