Giant mushrooms!
I am looking at the photos of these mushrooms I met today and simply don't know how to start the post... It is still unbelievable to me, and there are huge chances you will not believe me either but that is the truth - Giant mushrooms, taller than people exist! 😱
They live in the city of Alicante, Spain. The street's official name is San Francisco Street, but when I typed in search of my navigation "Calle de las setas" (Mushroom Street), it was also immediately recognized. The map's indications took me exactly there - to the giant, human-like mushrooms.
You see, it is quite unbelievable, as many times we see so small, cute, tiny mushrooms and we simply can't imagine this.
We have to see and touch them to believe!!
So, are you ready to take this walk in the company of Giant Fungi Gentlemen with me? Let's go.
I parked my car in the harbour of Alicante and walked for just a few minutes when I arrived at the Portal de Elche. There starts this street and its main attraction, as you will see in the following photos.
The mushrooms are 4 metres tall, according to the info I found here and were made by José María Escrivá. Apparently, the street had a gloomy appearance and it was not safe and attractive to the citizens, nor the tourists. The solution was found - improve its appearance and place these huge mushroom figures, paint the pavement, fix the facades, open more shops and restaurants etc.
It seems that they got a good result - now it is one of the most visited streets in this part of the city.
And it is not just the mushrooms that are interesting here but also the little snails, bugs and insects that live on their hats. There was one yellow snake on the top of one mushroom:
Also a few ants, ladybugs and more cute snails :))
I tried to capture the whole mushrooms but unfortunately, the lady I asked to take this photo was not really paying attention to the face and the hat of the Giant Fungus... she cut them off hahaha. So, what you see here is that I am hugging a mushroom stalk. 😂
Anyway, I still strolled in this street a bit and also saw slides and smaller mushroom houses.
These were so cool but also already worn out - I guess many people (adults, not just children) enter these houses and take photos popping out from these holes. At least that is what I saw today 😁
I hope you also enjoyed this cool encounter with the Giant mushrooms in the #Mushroomstreet.
I did, a lot and even better it happened today, on Friday, when it is time for #FungiFriday! 🍄
So cool. I bet kids love that street! 😁
I also think they do, but as we see -adults love it too 😁
No doubts about it!
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It was a great idea to put mushrooms in the street. they are lovely... Can you take one to cook it for dinner?? jajaja... thanks for the pictures!!
Hahahaha, if I would take one and prepare it for dinner... I would not write these words now in a good physical and mental state 😂
These guys looked like Amanita muscaria which are poisonous 😬
Oh oh jajaja
Mushroom street! :D
I wonder if they decorate them with Christmas lights when the time comes.. that must look so cool :)
I will have to go back then for Christmas and check it out.
They had been placed several years ago and I didn't know it - just found out about its existence on Thursday evening.
Friday - I was there 😂
These are my favorite things to make on the road because when I go inside the village I find these things and they look so beautiful.
How beautiful the mushrooms with the creatures that live in them. Snails, butterflies, worms. I am thinking how my child would like to walk around there and would be amazed. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Cuba.
I didn't notice butterflies, but probably they would also pose on these mushroom caps. Yes, your son would definitely love walking here. Greetings
Hello my friend how nice the street with mushrooms looks like a street out of a fairy tale. I liked it very much and how many stories I could think of in prose and verse. I'm glad you show it. Today I would like to be in Spain in Almeria there is a book fair and there is a stand on the 15th with books of tenths and novels and poems by the wonderful author Alexis Diaz Pimienta. But well you are not in Almeria jjj. Greetings friend.
If teleport machines existed, you could quickly visit Almería for the book fair and Alicante too, to walk among these giant mushrooms and create verses 🍄
Si me llego hasta Almería
también yo busco a Mipiano
para entregarle en su mano
mi libro de poesía.
Será una gran alegría
caminar por Alicante,
ahora que estoy distante
en sueños yo me trasporto
y la distancia yo acorto
en un poético instante.
🙌🙌🙌
gracias por este regalo poético @yanerkidiaz
I will make a note to visit the street when I go to Alicante again. In the last year I haven't had the chance to go back.
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Está muy cerca del puerto, allí aparqué en el Casino Maditerráneo del puerto y en un abrir y cerrar de ojos estaba ahí 😊
I love the little faces on the mushrooms! How original that you are there, I never imagined a street with those sculptures. This one gave me a lot of tenderness!
Indeed, the mushroom gentleman here looks at the little ant 😍
It's beautiful!!! I have to look for one of those sculptures hahahaha
Go to the forest where the fairy lives so you can find some giant mushroom sculpture hahaha
Soon I will go to the botanical garden... don't say anything, there are fairies there! I went to the forest a few days ago!
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@mipiano A charming street, I can imagine the children running around and watching with amazement that beautiful place. everything has a very tender coloring. beautiful landscape that you transmit us with your images.
Yes, children like it but so many adults too. Instagram is probably flooded with photos of these mushrooms :D 🍄 Thank you @lanoican for stopping by 😇
I want one of them, very cool! My favourite street would be. I wonder if they sell or specialise in mushrooms 🍄 around there. ;)
I don't know if the shops on this street specialise in mushrooms, I didn't notice any. There were mostly clothes shops, ice cream shops, bars restaurants etc., at least these I saw. I should visit it again one day :)
What a great and lovely idea. Thanks for sharing
Thank you 🍄
¡Mira la cara de este! Morí 🤣
Jajaja
Tenían unas caras divertidas 😁
Pero yo no llegué ni hasta la barbilla de la setas 😂
¿Qué diré yo? Con esta estatura de gigante de la cabeza al cielo 😉
Para ti estas setas parecerían diminutas 😁
I DID enjoy the mushrooms !
I love the whimsical expressions of the faces on the stems and the critters that were looking down from their caps.
Fun post !
The facial expressions of each of them were hilarious 😂
A lot of fun - all the adults seemed dwarves compared to the mushrooms haha
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Ingenious solution to the security problem of that street. The mushrooms are great, walking among those giants must have made you feel like Thumbelina or Alice.🤭 Hugs
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I think everyone feels that way while walking among these giants 😁🍄
what a great way to brighten up the shopping street and make it more welcoming.
Probably other creatures (maybe cats lol 😂, then you would definitely visit it hahahaha) made in this funny way would do the same or similar influence on improving the situation of the street :)
definitely not cats !! 🤣
I loved that street, those giant mushrooms are beautiful.
A whole story for young and old to enjoy. Nice ride and I see you enjoyed it.🐌🐚🐞🐛🦗❤️😁🥰
I did enjoy it, true. Well, I always enjoy visits to other cities, and these mushrooms were an extra 😉
I didn’t know about this fun street, I liked the idea. It was a creative solution for a depressed area. It’s a proof of the power of art and imagination. 😍
Like in Zaragoza, when they completely transformed that part, El Tubo - now it became the foodie spotlight of the city ;))
I can't believe a place like this exists, what a beautiful pedestrian street @mipiano
I didn't believe/know either. But now we are sure it indeed exists!
The cuteness overload -- loved it!
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For a minute, I thought the mushrooms actually existed😄. The paintings look really lovely and their facial expressions are quite interesting.
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Haha, a bit tall mushrooms, and yes, with interesting facial expressions !! 🍄
Have a lovely day 😚
Those mushrooms are tall and giant too. I have always seen the little ones but here is a surprise to see such big ones. That was a beautiful tour around the street.
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thanks, I also enjoyed this little mushroom stroll. ;)
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Such a happy trippy street!
I was super happy to walk in that happy street. Well, I found out about its existence just the evening before going there ;D
This is a beautiful street to behold.. seriously, mushrooms can be this tall? 🍄
See how they are standing so unique and beautiful... thanks for taking us with the tour...
#dreemerforlife
They can be this tall, you see, compared to me - but just as sculptures haha 😜
Wow, this is incredible. When I read giant mushroom I thought they were natural ones, lol. But this is beautiful, a perfect tourist site. I bet you had an exciting visit.
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Hahaha, just cute sculptures. Btw, what is the dreemerforlife tag? I encountered it in several comments
Cool.
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