Detached Holiday Villa For Rent In Calpe, Costa Blanca, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Shower Rooms, Private Pool

Calpe and the Costa Blanca

The Calpe area generally and activities

The Costa Blanca offers virtually year-round sunshine making it one of the most popular holiday destinations in Europe. Despite this, the Costa Blanca remains one of the most scenic areas of Spain, where unspoilt fishing villages and historic towns lie between miles of beautiful rock coves and white sandy beaches, most of which have received the prestigious European "BlueFlag" award for safety and cleanliness.

The property is only 15-20 mins drive from the popular coastal resort of Moraira and only a further 20-30 mins drive to the beautiful Jalon Valley with its terraced citrus and almond groves and wonderful scenery, Oliva, Denia & Javea. Benidorm is 30 mins drive away offering more attractions such as discos, nightclubs, shows, bars, Aqualanda Water Park and the theme park of Terra Mitica. Alicante airport is less than an hour's drive away.

In this region as you drive around the winding roads there is spectacular mountain scenery and many charming traditional towns and villages, such as Benissa, Gata and the magnificent fortress town of Guadalest built on a precipice.

There are also many other activities such as Mundomar Marine Park, safari parks, kiddies fair, tennis, golf, go-kart racing, climbing, walking, various water sports, sailing, swimming, diving, boat hire and trips nearby.

The local green countryside is dotted with beautiful individual white-washed villas. Shady pine woods, citrus groves and vine terracing make a pretty and relaxing setting for those wanting to unwind on a peaceful holiday away from the package tour crowds. This is a fantastic area with no shortage of things to do, or places to visit and catering for all tastes.

Local beaches and Calpe

The nearest beaches are about 5 minutes drive into Calpe with its fishing port, fish restaurants, marina and long promenades. They are long white sandy Blue Flag beaches with lots of restaurants, bars and children's play areas. Here you can find the famous spectacular Calpe Rock rising 332m high which dramatically divides the two beaches.

There are many other bars and restaurants in Calpe and nearby offering varied top quality local and international cuisine that cater for every taste (Greek, Dutch, German, Belgian, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, French etc).

The old town has narrow streets and is very picturesque with its museums, colourful paintings on the walls, traditional tapas bars and quaint park areas. There are well preserved Roman & Moorish remains which are evidence of Calpe's rich history.

The salt lake on the edge of the town is home to flamingos and numerous other aquatic birds.

The Saturday market is held in the streets at the top of the town, adjacent to the dual carriageway and is over a kilometre in length. Here you will find fruit and vegetables at the very end and stalls selling a variety of wares.

Further details about Calpe can be found here.

In Calpe you can enjoy all the hustle and bustle and variety of activities that it has to offer. See the official Calpe site here

Recomended restaurants in Calpe

La Viña de Calpe is a lovely olde-worlde type restaurant with attentive staff. You get good Spanish and European cooking here and a parrot to keep you company. A good bar to take pre-dinner drinks and study the extensive and quite expensive menu. Dutch owned. Take the Merced road to the beach with all the speed bumps. Found on the left side of the road, keeping the Hotel Esmeralda to your front. 1.25km from the villa-Tel: 965830955.

El Asador de Marino is the nearest good restaurant to the villa. This is a very typically Spanish restaurant serving excellent steaks and other dishes at a reasonable price, overlooking a swimming pool. It is just before La Viña de Calpe on the same side but not so expensive-Tel: 965874070.

Los Dos Cañones is a typical good Spanish restaurant where you will be warmly greeted by the owner and served some good wholesome cooking. Excellent lamb fillet. In the old town at the back of the church in a square-Tel: 95837492.

La Regata is located at the far end of the Levante beach from the Rock overlooking the sea 100mts to the right of Hotel Esmeralda. Next door to Fox's bar. Its not the cheapest place going in Calpe (£30ish for three courses with wine for two people), but the food is excellent - we are talking haute cuisine - and the bouillabaisse is completely stunning if you like sea fish, try it, otherwise a good menu to choose from. Open lunchtimes and evenings-Tel: 965833251.

Look for the fresh seafood on display in the fishing port restaurants, directly under the Peñon (The Rock), all will offer you an aperitif. They are all good. Prices depend entirely on what you eat, although the daily menu ("Menu del dia") is a super value 3 course meal, with bread and wine, or a soft drink for around 9€! Of these El Carro is, however, our favourite budget fish restaurant.

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