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Altea
The dome of Altea's church, blue with a white geometrical design, is one of the symbolic images of the Costa Blanca. Altea is situated on a hill whose summit is above the white tile floor of the parish church. This fabulously cluttered and uncluttered center of the old town, Altea with a special tourist attraction.
Alicante
Alicante is located in the bay of Cabo de las Huertas Cabo de Santa Pola and, at the foot of Monte Benacantil. Alicante overlooking the sea and the fertile huerta, in the vicinity of the city.By foot you can walk through the streets of the Old Town and the Plazas del Carmen and Quijano. Climbing up to the Castle of Santa Barbara with a wonderful view over the city of Alicante.
Benidorm
Benidorm's beaches are a range of leisure, thereby Benidorm on the Costa Blanca has become an important tourist spot. Benidorm has some of the best beaches in the world. Playa de Levante, where most bathers are staying, is located 2 km from Old Town. Playa de Poniente is located near the old town, near the Finestrat cove. The historical center is located around the Canfali viewpoints.
Calpe
In the thirties, writers such as Hemingway spent their summers in Calpe. The first hotel in Calpe Penon was next to the Rock, the Ifach Parador. The Morro del Toix and the Penon Ifach and mark the extremities of Calpe's bay. The Penon Ifach and is the symbol of Calpe and the Costa Blanca. It is the highest rock in the entire Mediterranean and divides the coastline of Calpe in two.
Denia
The capital of the Marina Alta, is a modern cosmopolitan city, both for tourists and residents. Denia owes its current importance to its historical place in the region "par excellence", a city that was known during the Middle Ages as Marquesado en Denia. The name comes from the Latin name Dianium, the origin of the name of its inhabitants, the Dianenses. Daniya was its Islamic name.
Elche
Elche is located on the Costa Blanca and is surrounded by more than 300.000 palm trees. Elche is the third most populour city of the autonomous region of Valencia. Elche encompasses the entire range of attractions, the province offer to tourists, history, natural riches, beaches and the influence of citizens on the culture and traditions. These all areelements worth mentioning from this modern, thriving and growing city.
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Guardamar
Guardamar del Segura to be a city that was by the course of history in a position to reap the benefits of natural adversities. Location at the mouth of the River Segurain Guardamar has always been an important place. The area, known by the Greeks, was the only inhabited by the Iberians as witnessed the discovery of the Dama de Guardamar "at the Cabezo Lucero.
Javea
Javea is located in the northern part of the province of Alicante, between the capes of San Antonio and La Nao. The Cabo de Nao separates the bays of Valencia and Alicante and is the most westerly point on the coast of Valencia. Frequent attacks from marauding pirates forced the inhabitants of Javea, go to 2 km from the coast to the walled city. The wall Javea held until 1877.
Orihuela
Orihuela was the Episcopal seat in the province of Alicante for almost four hundred years, and its civic traditions and artistic heritage have been affected by this major religious influence. Orihuela possesses five national monuments. Orihuela extensive district stretches to the Mediterranean, where there are beautiful sandy beaches with a range of services, including Playa Flamenca, La Zenia, Cabo Roig and Campoamor beaches. Campoamor and Cabo Roig offer two ports suitable for leisure.
Santa Pola
The ancient Roman port of Santa Pola on the living sea is a populous city with nearly 15 km fine sandy beach. Santa Pola's past has always been closely connected with the sea and the sea has its own economy, culture, gastronomy and identity of his people. In ancient times Santa Pola was Elches port and managed to build one of the biggest fishing fleets in the Mediterranean.
Torrevieja
The salt and the sea are the elements that have marked the history and the presence of inseparable and have determined the reality of Torrevieja. At the beginning of the last century, Torrevieja was only a guard tower and a few houses. When the La Mata Saltbuildings moved to its present site in 1802, a rapid urbanization beganto formTorrevieja. Today, Torrevieja produces about a million tons of salt, so it is now the main European producer of salt.
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