Torrevieja
has beautiful parks, gardens, plazas, churches, lagoons, beaches and sea
promenades, culture places (“Museum del Mar y la Sal” sea and salt museum),
casinos, sea tours, etc….
Tourist
information
Paseo Vista Alegre s/n, 03181 Torrevieja. Phone number: 0034 96 570 34 33 (Fax: 96 571 59 36)
torrevieja@touristinfo.net
TOURIST INFORMATION
OF TORREVIEJA
Sport:
The variety of the landscape
and the special climate of Torrevieja make sport one of the principal
attractive of the community of Valencia.
You can enjoy nearly all the various sports, whether on land or sea. Golf,
tennis, paddle tennis, fronton, soccer, swimming, sailing, snorkelling, etc.
Museum and culture
Among
all of the museums we must point out the floating
museums, due to their singularity. We are talking about the Submarine
S-61 “Dolphin” and the Police ship for Customs Surveillance “Albatros III”. In
2004 the submarine S-61 became the first warship of the Spanish Armada that was
turned into a floating museum.
The
most important museum in this town, due to what it jeans for this, is the Museum of the Sea and the Salt.
It is mainly an ethnological museum. You will learn about the origins of the
town and its brief but intense history. Do not leave the museum until you have
seen the exceptional works that are made in the museum’s workshop. Located in
the street: C/Patricio Pérez, 10. Phone number: 0034 96 670 68 38
Interpreting Centre of the Salter
Industry.
In
that place you will learn about the roots of Torrevieja, which implies talking
about its salt marshes. A brief visit will allow you to learn curious details,
as for example, the evolution y the use of the salt marshes and the value of
this exploitation for our village.
Located
in the Former Train Station: Avda. De la Estación s/n. Phone number: 0034 96 570 84 60
The
Museum of Easter Tomás Valcárcel is the only museum that is not directly related to the sea and the salt. So
this social culture centre has objects related to the culture heritage of
Easter in Torrevieja, a traditional celebration in our town. Located in the
street: C/Formentera s/n. Phone number: 0034 96 670 80 37
In
the “Museo de Belenes” (Christmas Cribs
Museum), which is a private museum,
you can contemplate from simple handmade figures up to figures made from
important artistic figure-maker of Spain and Christmas figures from
many different countries. Located in the street: Avda. Diego Ramírez, 20. Phone
number: 0034 609 453 514
Theatre, Exhibitions and cultural
activities
Torrevieja
boasts a cutting-edge cultural infrastructure and programme, a good example of
which is the Municipal Auditorium Theatre. It was designed by Alejandro Zaera
Polo and Antonio Marquerie Tamayo, world renown architects, recognised
particularly for projects such as the Passenger Terminal in the Yokohama Port and the Olympic Park for London
2012 (Alejandro Zaera). This cultural site has a total surface area of 1100
square metres, an approximate capacity for 700 people, a rehearsal room,
multi-purpose room, dressing rooms and offices.
The
theatre is in the “Plaza Miguel Hernández”. Phone number: 0034 96 670 68 38.
To
get any information about every cultural activity of this city, we recommend
you to visit the web site of the “Instituto Municipal de Cultura” www.torreviejacultural.com
International Habanera and
Polyphony Contest
One
of the city’s most important cultural events is the International Habanera and
Polyphony Contest.
It
is an international event where you will be able to enjoy songs which originated
from the crossings made by the Torrevieja sailors to the Caribbean.
Every year, at the end of July, you can enjoy this melody on the sea shores, in
the old area where the Torrevieja sailors previously piled up salt to later
transport it to the merchant ships. More information on www habaneras.org
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