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About Altea

Altea one of the most beautiful cities along the Costa Blanca with about 15 000 habitants can be reached using the AP7 highway. About 15km north of Benidorm and just south of Calpe, Altea is one of the view villages which maintained most of the former fishing village flair of the past times.
Famous for its church Nuestra Senora del Consuelo or Virgen de Consuelo with its fantastic looking blue roof. One of the view places along the Coast, Altea center still gives you this kind of spanish village look. The city of Altea feels a little bit divided due to the passing of the national road N-332 which separates Altea a little bit from its beach and harbor area.Beside the road you will find shops and Altea car hire offices. Altea, along with the church, the most attractive placearound Altea is its harbor with many nice restaurants and bars.
If you stay in Altea, you should also visit the little villages around; especially La Nucia to the north of Altea with its Sunday market is worth a nice day trip.
Some kms. away from Altea you will find the mountain area of Sierra de Bernia which reaches up to 1130 mt high hills. From that area you will have a nice view on the Altea area and the coastline. All around Altea there has been a huge construction boom happening over the past years.

Not so much along the coastline but more in the hills surrounding Altea. Therefore, many construction companies and Altea real estate firms have come up with developing areas around the hills of Altea. Some of the buildings around the mountains are used for Altea hotels and Altea apartments.
The over 5 km of beaches along Altea are divided into different sections. The Cap Negret north of Altea, followed by the La Roda and the Cap Blanc to the south. Along the yacht harbor you will find the beaches of Pueblo Macarat. Altea beaches are not those sandy beaches as you might expect along the south of the Costa Blanca and Alicante, but they sometimes offer wonderful views and nice niches to stay and relax. On our special page about golf courses around the Costa Blanca, you can find the Altea golf course and many other courses nearby.
Altea is a worthwhile visit. Due to the mild Altea weather conditions even in summer, the city is a must on every tour around the Costa Blanca. Either visiting Altea town itself or the Altea hills surrounding it, you will love it.

Altea is a Valencian town and municipality located in the province of Alicante, Spain, north of Benidorm on the section of Mediterranean coast called the Costa Blanca. It has an area of 34.4 km² and, according to the 2002 census, a total population of 17,608 inhabitants.
At present, the economy of Altea is based on tourism, which started to grow in the 1950s because of its good weather, beaches and the beauty of its labyrinthine streets with whitewashed house-fronts. Altea is protected on the north by the bluffs of the Serra Bernia, creating an especially mild microclimate. Its seafront esplanade is planted with palms.
The Iberian coastal settlements at the mouth of the Algar River in the wide Bay of Altea were joined by a Greek marketplace, named Althaia.[1] During the Moorish domination the land around Altea belonged to the Taifa de Denia until it was recaptured by Christian Spaniards in 1244 under James I of Aragon. The town was quickly fortified, and walls were erected to enclose what is now known as the "old town" from outsiders. This maze of cobbled narrow and crooked streets with glimpses of the bay is one of the better features of the town. One of its places of tourist interest is the church of Nuestra Señora del Consuelo or La Mare de Déu del Consol ("Our Lady of Solace"), easily identifiable by its picturesque blue and white domes, tiled with glazed ceramics.