Europe's largest palm grove is found in the town of Elche a few miles inland from Alicante on the Costa Blanca. The area is 1.5 square kilometers. Nowhere else in Europe can you find more palms in one place, more than 11,000 palms. It has both a beautiful park and a large plantation. Some of the trees are over 300 years old. On a hot summer day, it is good to walk in the shade of the palm trees, or sit on a bench to read a newspaper. In its heyday in the 19th century, the par