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Costa Blanca includes the well known Benidorm along with opportunities to get away from the crowds in attractive surroundings.

Situated in Province Alicante / Region Valencia

Cities along the coast : Alicante, Benidorm, Cabo Roig, Denia, El Campello, Gandia, Gran Alacant, Guardamar del Segura, Javea, La Marina, Santa Pola, Torrevieja, Villamartin

Nearby Costa : Costa Calida.

Main city Costa Blanca : Alicante


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Car Hire Costa Blanca

  Holiday Autos   -    
Holiday Autos offers the best fully inclusive car hire prices. Get cheap car hire quickly and securely online with holidayautos.co.uk, the experts in online car rental.

  Sixt   -    

Camsites & Caravanning Costa Blanca / Valencia

  Eurocampings   -   ACSI Camping Guide

  Camping & Caravaning en Espaa

Holiday Homes / Apartments

 Interhome    -   Holiday homes Costa Blanca
All properties are checked on a regular basis. All homes can be booked on-line. Properties are shown by destination.

  Soleara   -   Splendid villas and self catering cottages

 

James Villas   -   Villas and villas with pools to rent with James Villa Holidays

Holidaylettings.co.uk 

Hotels Costa Blanca
 
  Booking   -   Hotels Costa Blanca   -   Hotel Guide Costa Blanca
Hotels in and around Costa Blanca : Alicante, Benidorm, Calpe, Denia, Torrevieja, Altea, Alfas del Pi, Pilar de la Horadada, Guardamar del Segura, Playas de Orihuela, Santa Pola, Jávea.

 
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.

 
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

  easyJet holidays   -   Costa Blanca Holidays

 lastminute.com

Thomas Cook  

James Villas   -   Villas and villas with pools to rent with James Villa Holidays

Jet2Holidays



Travel Guides Costa Blanca / related books

Amazon.com - Travel Guides Costa Blanca 

 DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Costa Blanca   -   Mary-Ann Gallagher 
DK Eyewitness Top 10 Costa Blanca travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions of Costa Blanca. Whether you're looking for Costa Blanca's best hotels and restaurants, the best beaches of Costa Blanca or the liveliest nightlife in Costa Blanca; this pocket-size travel guide is packed with essential information for every corner of the city, whatever your budget. There are dozens of Top 10 lists including Costa Blanca's Top 10 tapas bars, Costa Blanca's Top 10 beaches, Costa Blanca's Top 10 nightspots and Top 10 Medieval villages, there is even a list of the Top 10 things to Avoid! The DK Top 10 Costa Blanca travel guide is packed with beautiful illustrations of the greatest Costa Blanca's attractions and provides the insider knowledge every visitor needs. A FREE pull-out map and day guide is included with the Top 10 Costa Blanca travel guide to ensure you don't miss a thing!
Paperback: 144 pages; Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (1 Jun 2009); ISBN-10: 1405339799; ISBN-13: 978-1405339797.

  Costa Blanca Walks: West v. 1  -  Bob Stansfield (Author)
Paperback: 288 pages; Publisher: Cicerone Press; 2nd Revised edition edition (1 Oct 2004); ISBN-10: 1852843306; ISBN-13: 978-1852843304.

  Costa Blanca - Denia, Calpe, Benidorm, Alcoy, Alicante, Torrevieja   -   Gill Round (Author)
50 Walks.
Rother Walking Guide [Paperback]; Paperback: 160 pages; 1 July 2007; ISBN-10: 3763348379; ISBN-13: 978-3763348374.

  Map Costa Blanca (Michelin Zoom Maps)
Publisher: Michelin Editions des Voyages (1 April 2009);
ISBN-10: 9782067141452; ISBN-13: 978-2067141452; ASIN: 2067141457.

Transport / How do I travel to Costa Blanca

The Costa Blanca is serviced by Alicante airport, with all parts of the Costa being within one hour drive.

See AENA for information about Alicante Airport.

 
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  Airline Tickets Costa Blanca /  Bargain Flights to Alicante
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Links

  Benidorm   -   Official tourism site of Benidorm
An authentic tourist resort, with clean, golden beaches of outstanding quality. Modern buildings and wide avenues, hotels to suit everyone, a warm climate encouraging visitors to come 365 days a year. Whether you want an active or a restful and relaxing holiday - it's yours for the asking, day or night. Nightlife or beachlife.
Benidorm, with the theme park Terra Mítica and other attractions like Terra Natura, Mundomar and Aqualandia has become a favourite place to go for Mediterranean civilisations, fauna and nature. A fun place for culture, for all ages.
  Cabo Roig   -   in the hot heat of Southern Costa Blanca
It is in the Alicante Province, yet close to the border of Murcia, La Manga and the Mar Menor.
  Denia   -   Ajuntament de Denia [ Town Hall Denia ]
Dénia, halfway between Alicante and Valencia, the judicial seat of the comarca of Marina Alta. The ferry to Ibiza and the other Balearic Islands departs from Dénia daily. The city also serves as the northern terminus for a picturesque metre gauge railway line through the mountains from Alicante [ locally known as the Limón Express ], run by FGV.
  El Campello   -   Ayuntamiento de El Campello
El Campello has a 23 kilometre coastline with beaches ranging from the Muchavista Playa which borders on the much visited San Juan Playa to rocky coves such as the Cova del Llop Marí and the cove of Morro Blanc. There is a nudist beach in the rocky Lloma de Reixes cove.
  Elche
Visitors to Elche have a wide range of places of interest and activities to choose from. If you want to know a bit more about our history and culture we recommend an enjoyable stroll along the monumental route. In just a few hours you will be able to see our most emblematic monuments as well as visiting interesting museums.
If wildlife is what most interests you, we suggest an ecological route taking in Elx marshes, of great ecological value. Neither must you forget a visit to Elche's beaches or the beautiful palm plantations that make up the Elx Palm Grove, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. See Turismedelx.com.
The City of Elche is in a truly privileged location. 20 kilometres from Alicante and 50 kilometres from Murcia, it is in a strategic position forming, together with other nearby towns, the southern axis of the Mediterranean Arc, a district that boasts great dynamism in both demographic and economic terms.
  Gandia   -   city and municipality
Gandia is located on the Costa del Azahar, 65 km south of Valencia and 96 km north of Alicante.
It was an important cultural and commercial centre during the 15th and 16th centuries: in the 15th it had a university. It was home to several important poets including Ausiàs March, and produced the novelist Joanot Martorell, but it is perhaps best known for the Borgias, through their family title, Duke of Gandia.
  Gran Alacant
Gran Alacant is a beautiful town located on the hills of Santa Pola in Alicante (Costa Branca), characterized by a beautiful horizon of mountains, white beaches, palm trees and a pleasant Mediterranean climate.
At Gran Alacant there is vast and beautiful nature park. One can walk for hours, to rest at a lookout where you find rare birds in the ponds or to discover the park by mountain trails arountd it. For the persistent hiker there is a beautiful 2 hour beach road taking you past pristine beaches and natural beauty to the beautiful town of Santa Pola. Within a radius of 30 km you will also find four golf courses and for the extreme athlete you have a paragliding school in Gran Alacant where theu teach all the tricks of paragliding.
  Guardamar del Segura   -   Ajuntament de Guardamar del Segura
At the end of the 19th century the town experienced serious problems as a result of the advancing sands. Planting rows of pine trees, which now give Guardamar del Segura its uniquely striking combination of woodlands and beach, have halted the advance. Today the area is a 840 hectare Forest Park called the 'Dunas de Guardamar', and has been declared an Area of Natural Interest. The Reina Sofía Park is a good place to walk and admire the scenery within a magnificent setting of native flora and fauna. The park, with its lakes, waterfalls and trails, is beautifully designed. Guardamar's 14-kilometre coastline has fine sandy beaches.
  Javea / Xabia   -   Xabia.org   -   inorthern part of Costa Blanca
Jávea, framed by the Capes of La Nau and Sant Antoni on the shores of the Mediterranean sea, is a town of great beauty, magical landscapes, a haven of peace and serenity. Here, Nature has been so generous and splendid that it is difficult to find a similar place. The sea is pure blue, clean and revealing. The mountain, washed by the Mediterranean sea, offers us lush vegetation and many local species of flora and fauna.
  La Marina   -   coastal village administered by the city of Elche
It features non-urban beaches, dune systems and large pine forests. The main beach is 1,100 meters long, although it continues south to the beach in Los Tusales of Guardamar del Segura. See http://turismedelx.com/
  Santa Pola
The Roman Porutus Illcitanues is a populous and lively seaside city with almost 15 kilometres of fine sandy beaches.
The Salinas (salt-flats) are another interesting aspect of Santa Pola. Exploitation of the salt-flats began at the end of the 19th century and they extended over an 880 hectare area that produced 100,000 tons of salt per year. The area is now a Nature Reserve where many migratory birds pass the winter. The reserve is also the natural habitat of several aquatic species such as albatrosses and herons.
  Torrevieja   -   Torrevieja.com 
There are several magnificent sandy beaches including Los Locos, El Acequión, Los Náufragos, La Mata and El Cura. The southernmost beach, the Náufragos beach, offers a range of amenities. The Cura beach is situated between the Levante dock and the Punta Carral. Across from the Punta Carral is the Los Locos beach. The longest and most northern beach is the la Mata from where excursions can be made to the tourist vantage point of the Moro Tower, one of the medieval towers that give Torrevieja its name. 

  Alicante   -   main city at the Costa Blanca   -   Ayuntamiento de Alicante [ Townhall ]

  Port of Alicante   -   Puerto Alicante  

  Province of Alicante   -   Diputación Provincial de Alicante

  Aqualandia Benidorm   -   water park
  Aquopolis
El parque acuático de Alicante está situado en el centro de Torrevieja,  en la Vega Baja al sur de la provincia de Alicante. El Parque Acuático de Alicante ofrece una amplia gama de atracciones, tanto para adultos como para infantiles, con las que la diversión está asegurada. En el Parque Acuático de Alicante pasarás un día refrescante con mas de 15 atracciones: Jacuzzi - Hidromasaje, Hidrotubo, Kamicace, Zigzag, mini Zigzag, Pistas Blandas, Rápidos, Black Hole, Boomerang, Piscina de Olas, Lago de Actividades, Tirolina, Giro Tronco, Cascadas, Lago Infantil y Río Lento.
  Elx Palm Grove
  Golf   -   Las Ramblas 
  Golf   -   Villa Martin 
  Golf   -   La Finca 
  Golf   -   Real de Campoamoar
  Pola Park
  Terra Mitica   -   theme park

  News from Costa Blanca   -   Costa Blanca news
  News   -   Coast Rider English Newspaper
  Female-focus.com  
  News   -   Diario Digital de Torrevieja 
  Radio   -   Sunshine-fm   -   Costa Blanca's leading radio station
  University of Alicante   -   Universidad de Alicante
The University of Alicante was created in October 1979. It was formed on the basis of the Centre for University Studies (CEU) which had come into being in 1968. In this way, Alicante recuperated university studies which had disappeared in 1834 when its predecessor, the University of Orihuela, closed after two centuries of education.
The University of Orihuela was created by Papal Bull in 1545 and kept its doors open during two centuries (1610-1808).

Music, Arts & Culture, Events

  Instituto Municipal de Cultura - Torrevieja   -   Agenda, Museums and more
  Union Musical Torrevejense

  Bonfire festival [ Dénia ]  -   celebrated each March
Huge paper mache statues, called fallas are set up throughout the town, and then set ablaze.
  Bous a la Mar [ Bulls at the Sea ]   -   week long festival held in July in Dénia
The highlight of this festival is watching bulls run down the main street Marqués de Campo, only to be chased into the Mediterranean sea by those daring enough to enter a makeshift bull ring with them.
  Elche Mystery Play
The lyrical drama dating from the Middle Ages, is the city's most deeply-rooted cultural symbol. In 2001, UNESCO declared it a Masterpiece of World Oral and Intangible Heritage. The play is performed in the Basilica of Santa María every 14th and 15th August.
  Medieval Festival
Every year, Elche becomes the backdrop for the Medieval Festival transporting visitors back to medieval times and helping them to understand better the origins of this ancient city. The street market, strolling players, processions and fire jumpers take over the city for a few days during which there are also other cultural events such as seminars dealing with medieval music and theatre as well as striking performances of the Elche Mystery Play etc.
  Palm Sunday Procession in Elche
  Patron Saint Fiestas  [ Dénia ]
In Honour of the Most Holy Blood (Santíssima Sang) and their "Bous a la mar" (Bulls to the sea), declared a Fiesta of National Tourist Interest.
  The Moors and Christians  [ Dénia ]
With the disembarkation, fight in the castle and, specially, the gala cortège.
  All Saint Attraction Fair  [ Dénia ]
With fair attractions, specially longed for by children.

  Female-focus.com   -   see Events taking place between Alicante and Denia


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