It is situated over a smooth hill next to the sea and in the heart of the city.

• Walking access: Stairway near the Town Hall.
  
  
• Car access: starting at del Cid Avenue, Sant Francesc Street. You can drive your car and reach the upper part of the castle without leaving it (except if there are musical concerts in the castle or other special events.)
  
  
• Phone: 96 642 06 56
  
  
• Opening hours: (every day)
  • Nov/ March: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
  • April-May: 10 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
  • June: 10 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
  • July-August: 10 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. (Night opening hours: until 00.30 h. Except for “Music at the castle” concert days.
  • September: 10 a.m. 1.30 p.m. and 4 p.m. 8 p.m.
  · • October: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
  
  
• Price:
  Adults: 3 €
  Childrens (8-14 years olds): 1 €
  Pensioners: 2 €
  Students: 2 €
  Cars: 3 €
  Groups (minimum 10 people): 2 €

Sites of Interest
On both sides of the Entrance Gate: RED TOWER (15th C.) and THE BODY OF GUARDIANS TOWER (12th century, remodelled in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The TOWN’S ENTRANCE GATE, of Almohade style (12th c.), with posterior remodelling. Outside, we find pointed arches, of Almohade style and inside we find a vaulted arch, of which a part of the original is still preserved.
THE COUNCIL TOWER (15th century). The town’s council met in this tower.
THE GOVERNOR’S ESPLANADE AND THE GOVERNOR’S PALACE (PALAU DEL GOVERNADOR), which houses the Archaeological Museum.
THE SOLDIERS’ BARRACKS, used as a warehouse or lodgings for a permanent defensive troop.
THE BASTION’S ENTRANCE GATE, with 3 arches of different periods and the BASTION ENTRANCE GATE, of great strategic importance since it controlled the access way to the palace’s walled enclosure. (18th century).
THE DIAMOND POINT is a defensive bastion owing its name to the shape of its tower.
WATER CISTERN (15th c.), a cistern that was used to collect water.
THE COBBLE STONE STREET was the only access, admitting the use of wheels and it was considered the Main Street. Its cobbled pavement dates from the 14th century.

Historic Interest
It is was one of the main elements defining the historic topography of the town’s urban development. Remains of houses and forts going back to Roman Dianium have been excavated on its slopes. Its design goes back to the Muslim period between the 11th and 12th centuries. Since then, we can trace different reforms through its architecture. We must point out those from the Almohade period, the construction of the Red Tower and the Council’s Tower in the 15th century, the bastions and other Renaissance defensive systems, including the rebuilding of the Governor’s Palace in the 16th and 17th centuries, sponsored by the Duke of Lerma, Marquis of Dénia.
During the Spanish War of Succession (early 18th c.) the palace and the Villa Vella or Old City were destroyed and the abandonment of the military outpost in 1859 have defined the past few centuries.
Currently, the Castle is a highly symbolic heritage site, the place where a great number of preservation and restoration works are carried out and from where innovative dissemination proposals are carried out.