Torrevieja by Jacki Flanagan

Torrevieja is a fast developing Mediterranean coastal town, situated approximately 30 miles from Alicante / Murcia airports on the Costa Blanca, in the south east of Spain. It is easily accessible from the main N322 road and the A7 motorway, and is an ideal location for a summer or winter sun holiday, with an average of 320 days sunshine each year.

The town is situated next to the sea in the south of the Valencian Community, and it boasts lots of beaches, a natural park, and salt lakes where there is an abundance of flamingos and other wildlife. Due to the vicinity of the salt lakes, Torrevieja benefits from a microclimate that has been a long favourite with the Spanish and Nordic tourists, who come year after year for its beneficial effects. Torrevieja has even been voted as one of the best places to live by the World Health Authority.

A popular place to stay, Torrevieja caters well for tourism, with plenty of activities on offer by day or night, although it isn't a resort in the package holiday sense. The town provides first class facilities for lovers of all sports - there are golf clubs, a flying club, a variety of water sports, and the municipal stadium with an athletics track, sauna and covered courts for tennis. Visitor numbers increase greatly during the summer months of July and August, and Easter is another popular time; it's no wonder that with such a fantastic climate, lots of restaurants and shops galore, Torrevieja is the ideal choice for a fun-packed holiday in the sun.

If day trips are your thing then there is plenty to do and see around the Costa Blanca:

Guadalest - set high up on a pinnacle and carved out of a mountain top in the midst of truly stunning scenery

Terra Mitica , Mundomar, Terra Natura - three parks in the same vicinity just outside Benidorm: Terra Mitica is a large theme park, and Mundomar is a Marine Exotic Animal Park

Alicante - the capital of Costa Blanca, excellent for its shops, beaches and castle

Murcia and Cartagena - Murcia is a very Spanish town, steeped in history, and Cartagena is a seaport with natural harbour

 

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