Lucentum
Lucentum, called Lucentia by Pomponius Mela, is the Roman predecessor of the city of Alicante, Spain.
Lucentum, called Lucentia by Pomponius Mela, is the Roman predecessor of the city of Alicante, Spain. Particularly, it refers to the archaeological site in which the remains of this ancient settlement lie, at a place known as El Tossal de Manises, in the neighborhood of Albufereta.
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Worth seeing in and around Lucentum
3 places 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.
- 01Santa Bárbara Castle
Santa Bàrbara Castle is a fortification in the center of Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain. It stands on Mount Benacantil bordering the sea, which gave it enormous strategic value since from it you can see the entire bay of Alicante and its land surroundings.
3.9 km · castle in Alicante, Spain · Wikipedia - 02Benacantil
Mount Benacantil is a mount that dominates the urban part of Alicante, and is the characteristic image of the city. The mount name appears as Banu-l-Qatil in the work of Muslim geographer Al-Idrisi in the 12th century, but it is possible that this is an error of transcription because it does not make sense in Arabic.
3.8 km · mountain · Wikipedia - 03El Barco, Alicante
El Barco is a residential apartment tower in Albufereta, Alicante, Spain. It is formally called Torre Vistamar de la Albufereta, meaning "Albufereta Sea View Tower".
1.1 km · building in Alicante Province, Spain · Wikipedia
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Getting to Lucentum
- Airports
- Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández (ALC), 14 km · Region of Murcia (RMU), 87 km · Valencia (VLC), 125 km
- Corvera → Lucentum87 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · €11–16
- Valencia → LucentumTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Ibiza (Eivissa) → Lucentum175 km · quickest by road, 5h 56m · €27–38
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Lucentum
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 Lucentum. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inDon't get confused between the departure level (level +2) and the bus level (level -2); the latter is used by charter buses.
- Go nextTabarca – there are several companies near the port which offer boat trips, from 45-minute excursions on a catamaran to all-day trips to the island.
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Next door to Lucentum
Lucentum is 4 km from Alicante, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- TRAM Metropolità d'Alacanttrademark of the FGV lines linking the metropolitan area of Alacant500 m