El Mirador De Guadalest​

Located on the northern edge of the Marina Baixa district of the Alicante province, around 25 kilometres north of Benidorm, is the charming and historical village of Guadalest. Perched on a mountain, some 595 metres above sea-level, the houses and Castell (castle) of Guadalest overlook a wide valley which is bordered by the mountains (sierras) of Aitana, Serrella and Xorta. At the base of the valley is the Guadalest river and the stunning, turquoise coloured Embalse de Guadalest reservoir.

The Castell de Guadalest and the original houses of the village, were built by the Moors during the Arab occupation (8th to 13th Centuries) and were accessible (as they remain today), only by way of a 15 metre long tunnel, carved in solid rock. This would have been an easy place to defend, during the constant conflict between Moors and Christians in those distant times and in fact the Moors held out in Guadalest far longer than in many of the surrounding towns and villages.