Posts on ‘September 9th, 2008’

Villamartin
The Villamartin development began in 1972 and has evolved into a splendid Mediterranean village of 1500 apartments, townhouses and villas with three excellent 18 hole courses at its heart, including the original Club de Golf Villamartin and the new Las Ramblas de Orihuela and Campoamor.
Villamartin is fast becoming one of the most prestigious golf courses [...]

Villajoyosa
Villajoyosa, or La Vila Joiosa (the joyful or happy town), is known as the jewel city and is the historic capital of the Marina Baixa district. Villajoyosa skirts a great sand range fringed with palm trees and has a charming fishing port, here you will find houses painted bright colours, ochres, reds, yellows and blues [...]

Torrevieja
Torrevieja as a town dates from the early 18th century when it was a fishing village built around one of the watchtowers that flanks the Costa Blanca coastline.  This watchtower was called the “Old Tower” or la Torre Vieja, because of the bad condition that it was in, and this is where the village took [...]

Santa Pola
Santa Pola is located on the coast, approximately 17 kms south of Alicante city. Santa Pola is a small fishing port of on the Costa Blanca and is famous for its variety of landscapes, from mountain ranges to sand dunes, but, above all, it is known for its salt works.
Santa Pola has managed to [...]

San Pedro del Pinatar
San Pedro del Pinatar (meaning St. Peter of the Pine Woods) is situated in an ideal spot on the Mediterranean coast and just a few minutes from the Northern shores of the Mar Menor. With a resident population of 15,200 numbers can swell to almost 60,000 during the summer months. This is [...]

Rojales
The beautiful town of Rojales, just inland from Guardamar del Segura and is traditionally a farming village. Lying as it does on the banks of the Segura River, water has played an important part in its past and present history. Present day Rojales has been able to combine its tradition and culture with a more [...]

Pilar de la Horadada
The lovely village of Pilar De La Horadada is often referred to as The Drilled One which can be somewhat confusing until you discover that it is named after the Watchtower which has a hollow middle hence the similarity of something which has been drilled.
Like many watchtowers along the coast it was [...]

Pedreguer
Pedreguer is close to the beaches of Javea and Denia yet it is away from the maddening crowds and so it makes for a good holiday location if you want to enjoy the northern Costa Blanca. Pedreguer is surrounded by orange groves and vineyards and a trip inland to the Jalon Valley or Orba Valley [...]

Orihuela
With over 50.000 inhabitants Orihuela is a major resort in the area and is located 22 km from Murcia and 59 Km from Alicante, at the Spanish Mediterranean sea. It is the capital of the vastest region in all Alicante and its 338 square metres of municipal area goes from inland, far away from the [...]

Ontinyent
Ontinyent is 360m above sea level, in the southwest of the valley surrounded by mountains, in the province of Valencia. This area forms the Val d’albaida, of which Ontinyent is the capital. At the moment 32,000 people live in the 126m2 municipality.
Ontinyent is a medieval town built around the cliff like banks of the river [...]