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Villamartin Plaza

Palm trees are overgrown paths between restaurants and bars, all filled with Spanish architecture

There are many attractions on the coast of Orihuela . Through great views , varied scent of lemons and oranges growing near the roads , to the history of the region and the wonderful weather throughout the year . At the heart of this wonderful place Villamartin Plaza was built. The place is alive both during day and night. During the day you can relax in the sun on the terraces of local bars and restaurants, which are the best places to drink something cold and listen to parrots.

Villamartin Plaza is a unique place . Palm trees are overgrown paths between restaurants and bars , all filled with Spanish architecture . The iron balconies , terracotta , ceramics and Spanish lamps create a unique atmosphere , which in conjunction with the exotic scent stimulates all the senses. You can eat here everything from regional specialties , to international cuisine. This place attracts crowds of food from countries such as England, Germany , Argentina , Italy and America . You can not only enjoy it , but also you can come to the pub or a disco , even late at night. Irish pubs, wine bars and night clubs are a great attraction for young visitors . There is a security who looks after the order and thus it is one of the safest places in the area to visit or live.

You can find more: http://www.villamartinplaza.com/

Mud of the Mar Menor (Lo Pagan)

Only a few kilometers from Torrevieja

Only a few kilometers from Torrevieja there is Mar Menor with its special mud, which has medicinal features. The mud contains high levels of potassium, calcium, magnesium and sulfur. It is recommended for skin diseases, it has a stimulating effect on wound healing and anti-inflammatory and anti-rheumatic effects. The level of magnesium, calcium, sodium and iodine is much higher here than in other Mediterranean regions. It has been proven that warm salty water affects the human body by actively increasing blood circulation. As a result, toxins are eliminated from the body. Mud can be applied to the whole body and you have to wait till it will dry in the sun. Then you can wash it with water from a salty lake. Sea water in this place also has medicinal features.

Vineyard Enrique Mendoza

Get to know the process of wine production

We recommend a visit to the winery, Enrique Mendoza, where you can not only taste of Spanish wines but to explore the place and get to know the process of wine production.

Nature reserve El Huerto de Cura

A botanical garden, which is located in Elche

El Huerto del Cura (in Valencia, Hort del Cura) is a botanical garden, which is located in Elche, in the province of Alicante. The garden has about 13,000 m². In terms of botanical known for its Europe’s largest palm. In addition to palm trees grow there Mediterranean plants such as pomegranate, jujube tree, orange trees, fig and lemon.

Calpe

A tourist destination that offers a variety of activities for the whole family

Calpe is a tourist destination that offers a variety of activities for the whole family .
It is a quiet and safe place , which , except that it has clean beaches, offers many parks and green spaces. Also, hotels and restaurants have programs for adults and children .
Things to do :
• Casa Nova – a typical fortification dating from the late seventeenth century, built on a rectangular plan .
• Castellet de Calp – it ruined watchtower on the coast of the late sixteenth century tower protected against attacks by Barbary pirates. There is very beautiful view for the sea.
• Buildings Ricardo Bofill – a famous architect , whose works can be seen in Calpe . The most interesting are : red wall , Xandu and amphitheater .
• Ermita de San Juan de la Cometa – hermitage at the end of the seventeenth century, built on a rectangular plan .
• Poble de Ifac – archeological site , which so far has not been studied , is located at the foot of the Pens de Ifac .
• Pou Salat – rural construction of the eighteenth century , which served the residents to obtain water and animals as a waterhole .
• Peñón de Ifac – Rock formation at which the established nature reserve is a symbol of the Costa Balnca . Rock is a kilometer long and 332 meters high . On both sides of the rocks there are the beautiful sandy beaches.

Parque del Molino del Agua

Mud lagoon

Mud and brine

The undoubted highlight of Torrevieja are mud baths in the nearby lagoon – Laguna Rosa . It is a natural park where everyone can benefit from mud and brine . Some people come every year to Torrevieja, just in order to take advantage of the medicinal muds . And how to do it?

Practical Council is as follows:

– Take a plastic receptacle , useful also paddle or other tool by which naczerpiemy mud ,

– Take a bottle of water ( to rinse off after exiting the lagoon , because the water is highly saline ) .

On the shore of the lagoon should take mud and grease it. After lubrication should walk the banks of the lagoon until dry mud. On average, it takes time to 1 hour . Then enter the lagoon and rinse thoroughly . The lagoon should not be bathed more than half an hour. After the bath, mud – brine , rinse with water, which brought together.

What give the baths ? Mud lagoon includes , among others, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur , silica and many other valuable minerals . PH ranges from 7.12 to 8.45 . Mud have anti-inflammatory , soothing to the skin , the skin becomes soft and smooth, and people who have problems with various skin eruptions such as acne , inflammation, psoriasis , etc., may be used specifically for the face so . white mud , which is also located at Laguna Rosa . Baths are widely used with rheumatic diseases , as well as eg cardiovascular , respiratory , etc. Thanks compounds contained in the mud , and in the same lagoon, the local treatments have a beneficial effect on our body . Improves blood circulation , and the body are removed numerous toxins . I think that all this can be combined with a stay at the seaside, a mud – salt baths here are absolutely free.

Waterfall L’Algar

Breathtaking, spectacular waterfalls

Just 15 minutes’ drive from Benidorm waiting breathtaking, spectacular waterfalls. In the summer swimming in their waters guarantees fantastic refreshing.
By maintaining constant temperature of 18 degrees Celsius throughout the year, the waterfalls and rivers forming them should be at the top of every visitor Costa Blanca.

Castle Guadalest

Free tasting of local sweet wine , orange juice or honey with medlar

Traveling picturesque landscaped mountain roads to reach the place where you can combine relaxation with admiring the beautiful view – tiny town of Guadalest . When traveling free tasting of local sweet wine , orange juice or honey with medlar . St. George’s Castle . Joseph dominates the city . It was built in the twelfth century , in 1644 it was destroyed by the earthquake. After the conquest of Christian again in the thirteenth century, the town was rebuilt . Guadalest still has a Muslim majority , and it is still under the rule of various old , Spanish noble families of Aragon and Spanish Catalonia . During the War of the Spanish Succession in 1708, the Castle of San José was bombed and destroyed by the west wall , and the house was burned Orduna . In 1974, El Castell de Guadalest received the title of historical and artistic city in Spain.

The main street is Guadalest Casa Tipica , eighteenth century house museum , showing the old tools and methods of work of farmers in this part of Spain . Sights are also beautiful , untouched spirit of the times , the surrounding village near Guadalest . This surrounding mountains with great hiking trails around the villages and towns scattered around this corner of Spain.

These attractive surroundings also like birds of prey . Above the limestone cliffs often hover eagles and autumn you can enjoy griffon vultures

La Manga Lagoon

A peninsula , having about 24 km long

La Manga del Mar Menor ( Murcia ) is a peninsula , having about 24 km long. It was created due to the deposition of sand by the sea tides . On the western side is the Mar Menor , almost large salt lake , connected only by a narrow channel from the sea. While in the east extends to the Mediterranean Sea. Together the two are connected by small channels .

In the sixteenth century, what we now call the Mar Menor , was open bay , and La Manga a long string of islands , situated very close to each other . Over time, the sand deposited between them , until there was a peninsula of La Manga del Mar Menor .

Today the place is alive tourism. Thanks to the warm climate, the beaches are filled throughout the year, and visitors can enjoy a variety of water sports , especially sailing , as the Mar Menor is an ideal spot to practice sailing .

The Mar Menor is a unique place with special , in addition, the natural ecological factors , in addition, is the largest salt lake in Europe.

The coastline is 73 km, where there are beaches, to that of a transparent , shallow water .

Torrevieja

Lively coastal town

Torrevieja – lively coastal town of Torrevieja lies 45 km south of Alicante, on the Costa Blanca. For a long time fishing has been developping there, the city has its own port which is full of life all year round. You can find many shops, good restaurants and bars there.
More on: http://www.torrevieja.com/

Cave Canelobre

Beautiful stalactites and stalagmites

The entrance to the cave is situated at an altitude of 700 m above sea level You can use the services of a guide who speaks Spanish and English . Cave Canelobre has 150 million . years. From the terrace in front of the entrance to the cave offers a fantastic view of the surrounding mountains and the sea in the distance. The entrance to the cave has been carved out by the Republican army in 1936-1939 . During the war, they used it to produce a secret ammunition and repair of aircraft . In the middle of the three major platforms built high on 45m .

In the cave Canelobre see beautiful stalactites and stalagmites . We will hear in the middle of a quiet dripping water falling from the upper parts of the cave , creating beautiful reflections and water holes . Some rocks poformowały in imaginative forms: dragon head , jellyfish . The main part of a stalagmite shaped candelabra , from whom the cave got its name . Guide will tell you how the cave is still alive and is growing , but 1cm stalagmite growth takes 100 years!

More on : http://www.cuevasdecanelobre.com/

Alicante

Extraordinary experience for fans soak up the sun

Costa Blanca enjoys a reputation as one of the most beautiful regions in Europe. It is a real paradise on earth, where summer lasts almost forever , and a gentle breeze from the Mediterranean allows for great relaxation also those who have a problem with enduring high temperatures. Tabarca Island is the only inhabited , while the largest island in the city of Valencia, located about 30 km from Alicante , near the Cape of Santa Pola. Characteristic for this region are coral reefs, extremely clean and clear sea and varied vegetation , rare in this part of the world.

On tabarca can meet both typical marine fauna , as well as less typical dune and a multitude of prickly pear , which is the most beautiful flowering cacti. Tourists are visitors to the local underwater Natural Park available opportunity to enjoy everything that grows on the bottom of the sea , using a special glass- bottom boats . Those who do not like tourism group , can alone walk on the seabed , diving on the back.

Extraordinary experience for fans soak up the sun will break on the white beaches of this beautiful island, and it is because they do not make it a must-see tour of all the tourists. Thanks to the above Tabarca is calm and quiet , as if removed from another world.

Tabarca Island

The only inhabited , while the largest island in the city of Valencia

Cartagena

The age port city , located in the region of Murcia

Cartagena is the age port city , located in the region of Murcia, in the south – eastern Spain , on the Mediterranean Sea . For the fourteenth century, the history of this significant to the history of Spain, the city was very stormy – Cartagena frequented stamped first by Rome , and later by the Byzantine Empire , the Visigoths and the Arabs would eventually become the main base for the Spanish navy .

However, despite the raids and skirmishes that took place here , the oldest monuments of Cartagena exist till today . In the city you can find traces of both the Roman and Byzantine part of the story – the ruins of the theater Augusteum are close to what is left after the famous Byzantine wall , which once was the border between Cartagena and other provinces .

For the former Cartagena people two things were important – war and faith . Therefore, the city is full of cathedrals and churches , counting a few centuries. Beautiful sounding of the bell of the church of Santa Maria de Graca , built in the thirteenth century , today announces the residents and tourists, what time is.

Tired of admiring the ancient architecture of Cartagena you can visit nearby cafes and restaurants. At over a quarter million inhabitants the city is full of life , inter alia, through students , studying at the local university, but also by tourists who come here often on popular festivals . In the summer there are two – sea festival in June and music festival in July , and in November one , known to fans of the original film Maritime Film Festival .