--- title: "Biar – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Biar, Spain: Biar is a town and municipality in the comarca of Alt Vinalopó, province of Alicante, Spain. Nearby: Castle of Biar. Every way there from the…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/biar" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/biar.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Castell_de_Biar_des_de_la_carretera_de_la_Canyada.jpg" --- Municipality in Valencian Community, Spain # Biar Biar is a town and municipality in the comarca of Alt Vinalopó, province of Alicante, Spain. ![Biar](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Castell_de_Biar_des_de_la_carretera_de_la_Canyada.jpg) Biar · Wikimedia Commons The place Biar is a town and municipality in the comarca of Alt Vinalopó, province of Alicante, Spain. Biar lies at the foot of the Serra de Mariola and is located 39 km from the city of Alicante. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biar), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Biar One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Castle of Biar The Castle of Biar stands on a hillock overlooking the town of Biar, in the comarca of Alt Vinalopó. 0 m · castle · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_Biar) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Castell de Biar Initially built in the 12th century by the Moors, the castle was conquered by King Jaime of Aragon and eventually marked the border between the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. 2. Museu Etnogràfic Municipal The 19th-century building houses a collection of regional historic and cultural artifacts, with a focus on ceramics. From [Wikivoyage: Biar](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Biar), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do Moros i Cristians (Moros y Cristianos / Moors and Christians). 10-13 May. Biar celebrates the Christian reconquista like many other towns in the area, complete with mock battles and bonfires. From [Wikivoyage: Biar](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Biar), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat 1. Pizzeria-Restaurante Chao Chao A well-established pizzeria/tapas bar. From [Wikivoyage: Biar](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Biar), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Biar **Airports:** Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández (ALC), 43 km · Region of Murcia (RMU), 97 km · Valencia (VLC), 98 km\ - Alicante → Biar Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/alicante-to-biar) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Alicante&to=Biar) - Valencia → Biar Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/valencia-to-biar) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Valencia&to=Biar) - Corvera → Biar Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/corvera-to-biar) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Corvera&to=Biar) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Biar) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Biar Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Biar. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Chefchaouen](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chefchaouen) MA 8 ways of moving, 30 sources 555 km 2. [Merzouga and Erg Chebbi](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/merzouga) MA 8 ways of moving, 41 sources 888 km 3. [Cinque Terre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cinque-terre) IT 7 ways of moving, 23 sources 1,065 km 4. [Zermatt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zermatt) CH 8 ways of moving, 26 sources 1,078 km 5. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 1,341 km If you know how people move in Biar – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cbiar&title=Biar&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fbiar), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Biar Biar is 40 km from [Alicante](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/alicante), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. [The place page for Biar](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/biar) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Spain](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-ES) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/biar, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt