Turisme d’Elx :: Palm Plantations

Municipal Park

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The Municipal Park includes the Colomer, el Real, Mare de Déu and Baix Palm Plantations, covering an area of approximately 6 ha. These plantations were bequeathed to the city’s patroness, the Virgin of the Assumption by Nicolás Caro in 1661. Today Elx Town Hall is responsible for their preservation and maintenance. They were converted into public gardens in 1946, initially covering an area of 20,000m².

The park’s most noteworthy elements are the 18th century Molí del Real, formerly a corn mill which was powered by a headwater from the main irrigation channel; the Visitors’ Centre, an oriental-style building; the Rotonda, a beautiful open-air amphitheatre; the Hort de Baix; the dovecote and the bandstand, and the Tourist Information Office, again built in an Oriental style. There is also a tourist train that visits the most important parts of the park.

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