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What to see and do in Busot

What to see and do in Busot (L'Alacantí, Alicante): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 4 Monuments · 2 Nature · 1 Activities

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What to see and do in Busot

Busot
Village
Busot is a municipality in L'Alacantí, in Alicante, 19 km north of the capital, home to the Canelobre Caves. Its town centre sits on a hill on the southern slope of the Cabezón de Oro range, seven kilometres from the coast. Of Muslim origin, it retains the memory of an old castle and of a now-vanished glass industry, of which Arab pieces have been found in its kilns. It belonged to Alicante from 1252 until it passed to the Kingdom of Valencia in 1298, and became fully independent in 1773. It has 3,782 inhabitants (INE 2025), after strong growth since the 1990s owing to the arrival of residents from Western Europe, which reversed the decline of the first half of the 20th century. It celebrates its Moors and Christians festivities, documented since 1923.
Canelobre Caves
Nature
The Canelobre Caves open on the north face of the Cabezón de Oro, at 700 metres above sea level, in the municipality of Busot, 23 kilometres from the city of Alicante. They are one of the largest underground cavities in the Valencian Community, with a vault about 70 metres high, comparable to that of a cathedral. The visitable chamber, of more than 80,000 cubic metres, is reached through a 45-metre tunnel opened during the Civil War, then a shelter for Republican aviation. The guided tour descends to a group of formations called the Sagrada Familia, with a column more than 25 metres high, and reaches the El Canelobre stalagmite, more than 100,000 years old, which gives the cave its name. Inside, flowstones, gours and eccentrics can also be seen, among other speleothems.
Castle of Busot
Monument
The castle of Busot, of Arab origin and estimated to have been built in the 12th century, stands in ruins on the outskirts of the town. From it was driven the old traditional glass industry that characterized Muslim Busot, a craft activity linked to the fortress during the Middle Ages. Today it survives completely in ruins, as an archaeological testimony to the municipality's Islamic past.
Tower of Cabrafich
Monument
Historic tower in Busot, one of the heritage highlights of the comarca of L'Alacantí.
Hermitage of San José de Busot
Monument
The Ermita de San José de Busot, from the 18th century, stands at the entrance to the village and houses the image of the patron saint, to whom flowers are offered during the Moors and Christians festivities; it is also the starting point of the Three Kings' Parade every 5th of January.
Festivities of Busot
Activity
Busot dedicates its Moors and Christians festival to San José, the patron saint whose image is venerated in the hermitage at the entrance to the village and to whom flowers are offered during the celebration.
Church of San Lorenzo Mártir de Busot
Monument
A parish church built before 1596 at the foot of the castle hill, rebuilt after a fire in 1816 and one of the two most representative buildings in the historic centre of Busot.
The caves turned into a war workshop
Nature
During the Civil War (1936-1939) the great hall of the caves within the municipality was fitted out as an underground workshop to repair aircraft engines, sheltered from the bombing. Accesses were opened and electricity was laid on, and part of those installations can still be seen.