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ROUTE 4. GUARDAMAR REFORESTATION PROJECT Distance: 3 km walking (you can also cycle)Time needed: 2h 30minThis route starts in the Engineer Mira House Museum (Tourist Office), where you’ll discover a key person in the recent history of Guardamar, the Forestry Engineer, Mr. Francisco Mira Botella. The different rooms of the Engineer Mira House Museum depict the dramatic events and the project carried out to fix the sand dunes that were advancing towards the town in the early 20th century. The moving sand dunes had already ruined some of the agricultural land and several houses in Guardamar.
The next on route stop is placed at the intersection of Engineer Mira Avenue and the path that will take you to the Old Nursery in the forest. Enter the King Alfonso XIII Park where there is a bronze statue of our well-loved Engineer Mira, who was named a “foster son” of Guardamar. There is also a stone memorial, in honour of the forest guards who have protected the pinewood. Follow the path that will take you to a group known as the Old Nursery, traditionally used to provide trees and shrubs for the forest. See the Forestry House, which was used to house the forest guards and a cistern covered with a canyon vault to collect rain water for drinking and irrigation purposes. There is also another 1945 bust of Engineer Mira.
The last section is another promenade, of about one kilometre, through this magnificent town forest park. Walking you will observe the sand dunes reforestation. The main species are Aleppo pines, stone pines and, to a lesser extent, eucalyptus and palm trees.