Iberians, a school-museum and a winery, the countryside of Elche on a weekday.

The Camp d'Elx, the countryside of Elche, is where the city stood before it was Elche and where the way of life in it was kept. This day covers it by car, without entering the centre: an Iberian and Roman site, a museum that began in a rural school, rice with crust cooked over wood and a family winery. Do it from Wednesday to Friday: that is when all four stops are open.

The day, stop by stop

9:00 · Set off. From Alicante, the dual carriageway to Elche, the EL-20 ring road and the CV-855 towards Dolores. The site is at its kilometre 2.

9:30 · La Alcudia. The Iberian, Roman and Visigothic Ilici, where the Lady of Elche appeared. Interpretation centre, domus, baths, basilica with a mosaic and the Monographic Museum. Allow two hours; it closes at 14:30.

12:00 · Puçol School Museum. More than 90,000 objects of the countryside and the city of a century ago, gathered since 1969 by a rural school. UNESCO recognises it as a good practice in safeguarding. On weekdays it opens until 17:00.

14:00 · Restaurante Cachito. Next to the museum. Rice with crust cooked over vine-cutting wood. Book and remember that it closes on Tuesdays.

16:30 · Bodegas Faelo. In Matola. An hour and a half through the grandfather's cellar, the vineyard and the barrels, with four wines and an aperitif for €20. Book the visit: it is Monday to Saturday, by appointment.

18:00 · Head home. In Alicante around 18:30.

If you change the plan

If birds appeal more, swap La Alcudia for the guided walk at El Hondo, which leaves early and ends with a picnic. If it rains, the MAHE, in the centre of Elche, tells the history of Ilici under cover.