Leisure time with unlimited possibilities

The Costa Blanca is unbeatable these days with its leisure and cultural offers. Sun and beach still take first place on the favourites lists of any tourist. These of course can be enjoyed in the beautiful interior or on the wonderful white beaches.  On the official web-site of the Valencia Ministry of Tourism

www.comunitatvalenciana.com you will find information about the beaches, services and even web-cams as well as interesting details about local fiestas, culinary delights, nature and leisure offers.

Above all the Costa Blanca has become a paradise for water sports and golfing during the autumn and winter months. Should you fancy an adventurous holiday, then there are no limits either: canyoning, rafting, cable-ski, quads-excursions or diving expeditions. The programme for hikers is far more relaxed than the previously mentioned activities. Apart from the hot months of July and August they’ll find ideal conditions in the surrounding mountains. Mountainbiking as well is becoming more popular all the time.

For the less sporty inclined there are lots of other possibilities. Leisure- and water-parks as well as safari-parks and zoos, museums, mini-golf, bowling, boat trips  or a journey in the famous “Lemon-Express” train  help to pass those precious leisure hours. A night at the medieval castle in Albir  is an experience not to be missed.

And if you feel the need to be pampered and looked after, then one of the many wellness-centres and spas will surely come up to your expectations. Extensive information about all these subjects is to be found under www.costablanca.org.

Things to do around Altea

Just 1 kilometre from  the Casa Altea you’ll find tennis and padel courts as well as the 9-hole-golf course Don Cayo. Altea itself  diposes of a beautiful Marina, a tennis club as well as a musical ans arts centre. 12 kilometres on, in the tourist town of Benidorm there is Aqualandia, a big aquatic leisure park as well as an aquatic zoo with all sorts of fish and sea animals. A must is Terra Mitica, the huge theme and leisure park for the whole family, and Terra Natura, where all kinds of wild animals are to be seen. Close to these parks 2 wonderful new 18-hole-golf courses have been created and last but not least Europe’s biggest and most spectacular wellness centre.

In the interior, only about 10 kilometres from Altea you enter into a completely different world and are greeted by orange groves, picturesque small villages and a beautiful landscape. Wonderful walking trails are waiting to be discovered. 25 kilometres inland there is also the famous Safari Sark Aitana,

Other excursions could lead you to the well known coastal towns of  Calpe, Moraira, Jávea and Dénia. A visit to the capital of the province Alicante is strongly recommended. The port, the most beautiful promenade the “Rambla”, as well as the old town must be seen and the rustic but at the same time sophisticated atmosphere must be experienced.