Places to visit.:
Specific suggestions for places to visit include:
Altea – an old village with plentiful restaurants and local artists’ galleries.
Javea old town, with an excellent fresh produce market and small local restaurants.
Denia, a small town with excellent clothes shopping and restaurants plus fast ferries to Ibiza and other Balearic islands.
TerraMitica Theme Park (approx. 45 minutes away by car).
Bernia/Aitana – the mountains (to 1500m) and hinterland to the South and West.
Guadalest – a medieval village high in the mountains reached from the road only through a pedestrian tunnel.
Alicante – a flourishing, modern city.
Valencia – Spain’s third largest city and a place to find locally made furniture.
Both Calpe (7km) and, even more so, Benidorm (25km) have active ‘night lives’. Calpe is built in the shadow of the Ifach de Penyul, a 350M high rock sticking out of the sea.
There is a helpful tourist office in Moraira where you can find out more information during your st