The Route of the castles of Vinalopó is a historic and cultural route[1][2][3] located in the interior mountains of the Province of Alicante in Spain. It connects castles built to protect the populations of the Vinalopó Valley during the Middle Ages.
The route is about 75 kilometres long and passes through nine different municipalities in the valley, connecting numerous defensive castles and fortifications, among the most of any region in Spain, including those at Villena, Biar, Banyeres de Mariola, Castalla, Sax, Elda, PetrerorNovelda. They are a military and architectural heritage of the era of Muslim rule in Andalusia (Al-Andalus in Arabic), and later of Christian rule, when the area formed the borderlands between the Kingdom of Valencia and the Kingdom of Castile.
The Route of the Castles of Vinalopó the following itinerary, in order:
