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Calpe

Calpe an ancient fishing village is at the heart of the Costa Blanca within the region of Valencia. Calpe is a artists town, a port and a country town at the same time. Calpe is a town which is full of history and culture and its strategic location on the coast has attracted many vouagers and settlers throughout history. Calpe entered a period of redevelopment during the 18 th century consolidating the town in the 19 th century and laying the foundations for its current prosperity as a major attraction for both national and international tourism.

Calpe has a wonderful mixture of old Valencian culture and modern tourist trappings providing an ideal base from which to explore the local area on the many beaches. It has the most beautiful sandy beaches on the coast. Some of the interesting places to visit in the city are the Algar Waterfalls a beauty spot that is run with the visitors participation in conservation and development, Alicante the capital situated in a bay which is closed to the north by Cabo Las Huertas and to the south by Cabo Santa Pola, the most famous and city’s old monument is the Iglesia de Santa Maria is in the city center in the square, the Municipal Art Museum where paintings are on display, the Altea Hills Yachts around the Greenish Marina which is probably the most exclusive and home of some of the biggest luxury yachts on the Costa Blanca, the Aqualandia the huge amusement park for adults and the childrens and Aquascop the fantastic underwater world in the waters of Benidorm’s Island and Calpe.

Some of the other attractions in the city which are worth visiting are the Calpe Ifach, Calpe old town, Castillo Conde de Alfaz, Cactuslandia and the Pola Park. The town center is also home to the Museum of Archaeology and the Fiestas Museum. The port has a nautical club and facilities for yachting windsurfing and water skiing. Restaurants here in the city of Calpe serves mostly the locally grown rice, rabbit, chickem, snails, green beans, and tavella. A number of variations to this traditional paella are also accepted.