The first thing I saw in photos when I found out I was going to be living in Alicante was the castle. "Oh cool," I thought, "that will be fun to go see one day." Well turns out I see it everyday. The castle over looks the city on a huge mountain. It is a sacred place for the people of Alicante even though it is also a huge spot for tourists to go.
One can either spend the good part of an hour (or more, I wouldn't know) to climb up the stairs to the castle, causally passing by the moat and old castle doors or one can take the elevator that has been strategically placed in the center of the mountain. Castillo Santa Barbara over looks the entire city of Alicante.
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| The city, the mountains, and the Mediterranean Sea. |
There are cool archways, passages, and walkways that were originally built by the Moors, but the palace has been extended since it was forst built in the 10th century. The castle boasts cannons, a palace, dungeons, a moat, the ruins of a small church and a look out tower over the Mediterranean.
The bull ring in Alicante.
My host mother, Dani (the Faroese exchange student also living with us), and me!
The streets of Alicante, and a large blue cupola.
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