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Ibi

Ibi is an inland town of about 24,500 people in the province of Alicante, in the Hoya de Alcoy comarca, and the largest in the Hoya de Castalla valleys. At 816 metres above sea level it is one of the highest towns in the province. It is best known as the cradle of the Spanish toy, an industry that in the 1970s and 1980s employed almost the whole working population. Metal and plastics factories have since largely replaced the toy makers. The Valencian Toy Museum, founded in 1990, now occupies the old Payá Hermanos factory and shows more than 450 toys. The Arcade Vintage video game museum, opened in 2019 in the former Rico factory, has over 300 arcade machines, pinballs and consoles. The parish church of the Transfiguration, with its blue-tiled dome, stands on the square beside the 18th-century Casa Gran. To the north, the Menejador peak reaches 1,356 metres inside the Carrascal de la Font Roja natural park. The Moors and Christians festival in September is the town's main celebration. Ibi suits families travelling with children and walkers looking for mountain air away from the coast.