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North Coast Route
You can walk along seven kilometres of coastline to the north. Towards the port restaurants, cafes and shops abound. You will then find spectacular cliffs and pebble beaches. Part of the path follows the cliffs. This path was used by large flocks from the districts of Alcoià and the Comtat. They came down from…
Baths of Neptune and Basseta d’Oli (panel no. 17)
In 1915 Andrés Martínez Segarra built a marine spa here that existed until 1970.
In this panel you have a tactile image of the Baths of Neptune.
The beach closest to the port is known as Basseta d’Oli, literally ‘the oil pool’ but figuratively ‘the still pond’.
It is so called because it is sheltered and there are barely any waves.
On June 23rd the magical rituals of St. John’s Eve are celebrated here:
crowns of oleander are thrown into the water in memory of the shipwrecked,
bonfires are made with old objects and the first nine waves after midnight are hurdled.
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