Viewpoints

Designated a Site of Cultural Interest, the Renaissance city walls of La Vila Joiosa are a unique example in the Mediterranean. Built in the 16th century to defend the city from corsair pirates, today they form part of a fascinating historic complex alongside its fortress-church.

The Aguiló Tower is one of the oldest coastal watchtowers in the Marina Baixa region and one of the finest examples of the anti-pirate defense system along the Valencian coast. Built around 1530 on a spectacular cliff, it was used to monitor the sea and warn of possible attacks by Barbary pirates using smoke and fire signals.

The Malladeta Tower stands atop the Malladeta site and archaeological site, visually overlooking the coast and Paradís Beach. This structure is linked to Dr. José María Esquerdo, a prominent neurologist and psychiatrist, as well as one of the most prestigious political figures in late-19th-century Spain and leader of the Progressive Republican Party. From this tower, he oversaw the psychiatric sanatorium he built at the foot of the hill, next to the sea.

The center was part of the innovative medical project developed by Esquerdo, a pioneer in Spain in the introduction of modern neuropsychiatry and advanced therapeutic methods such as occupational therapy, which he also applied at the sanatorium he had previously founded in Carabanchel (Madrid) in 1877.

This cove, with its pebbles and sand, is located 3 kilometers from the town center in the direction of Benidorm. It is 160 meters long and is divided in two by a rocky outcrop. It is one of the coves with the longest tradition of nudism in the Marina Baixa region.