Defensive positions on the Clot de Galvany

The nature reserve at Clot de Galvany - just behind Carabassi Beach - as the coast road heads down the hill from Gran Alacant to Arenales, is littered with some of best preserved Civil War defensive positions that have survived for the best part of 80 years. These bunkers would have been set up to cover a land based attack on Alicante from an invasion possibly springing from landings along the coast anywhere down as far as Cartagena 100km south. A network of bunkers, trenches and other defenses can be found throughout the nature reserve and it takes a couple of hours or more to cover the ground in a fine setting where you can also spot rare breeds of birds and other wildlife in this natural sanctuary. Can well recommend it for a visit, maps at the entrance locate the Civil War era bunkers.