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Torre de les Caletes

Torre de les Caletes

Highlight • Historical Site

Torre de les Caletes

Recommended by 24 cyclists out of 26

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Parc Natural de la Serra Gelada

Cycling is not permitted at this location

You'll need to dismount and push your bike.

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Location: Benidorm, Central, Alicante, Spain

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1. City tour by Benidorm - Circular to La Cruz

28.9km

02:14

650m

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2. Playa de Levante – Mirador de la Cruz de Benidorm loop from Benidorm

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440m

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3. Torre de les Caletes loop from el Racó de l'Oix

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00:40

230m

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DakenH

August 18, 2023

Good path to get there and well worth it. Once you arrive, you will notice that the rugged rock walls are almost more imposing than the tower itself. Recommended!

The area around Benidorm was constantly threatened by raids by Barbary pirates who came from the coast of Algiers. To avoid this threat, King Felipe II ordered the construction of a network of watchtowers along the entire coast of Levante. The engineer Juan Bautista Antonelli was in charge of designing this network of towers and fortifications.

These towers were guarded by two men on foot and two on horseback, who were responsible for monitoring and transmitting alarms to the other towers and castles by means of bonfires.

The Torre de les Caletes is so named because it is located in a strategic place to monitor the cliffs of the Serra Gelada, where the pirate jebeques who attacked the area used to hide.

Further information about the tower can be found at:

journees-archeologie.eu/c-2023/fiche-initiative/15486/Torre-de-les-Caletes

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Harry

December 25, 2021

Even the drive to the tower is nice. 5 meters wide and tarred road. Pedestrians and cyclists only, forbidden for cars. Partly very windy.

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Enbicia2

October 25, 2023

In the Torre de Caletes there is "an iron cannon, 3 artillery bullets of 7 and 12 caliber and a field gun carriage. It dominates two coves, one on the east and another on the west and the island of Benidorm.
This place transports us to Benidorm of the Modern Age, where the area was constantly threatened by raids by Barbary pirates that arrived from the coast of Algiers.

Benidorm at that time was located in the small walled center in the area known as El Canfali, and the authorities of the time, specifically King Philip II, ordered the construction of a network of watchtowers along the entire Levante coast to avoid that threat. .

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Location: Benidorm, Central, Alicante, Spain

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Torre de les Caletes

1. City tour by Benidorm - Circular to La Cruz

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3. Torre de les Caletes loop from el Racó de l'Oix

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