Villas for Rent in Calpe, Apartments to Rent
CALPE
Costa Blanca Villas and Apartments
Holiday villas for rent and apartments for rent in Calpe on the Costa Blanca on the Spanish Mediterranean coast. Calpe has many holiday properties for rent - one and two bedroom apartments, large villas and detached houses, set on their own or on a complex.
Calpe is mid-way between Javea / Moraira and Benidorm on the northern Costa Blanca. Calpe is a bustling town with many bars and restaurants and long fine sandy beaches, making it the perfect venue to rent your holiday villa or apartment.
Calpe, an attractive, bustling old town with wide avenues where
modern and old architecture sit side by side, was a popular venue in the
1930's for writers such as Hemingway. Calpe is dominated by the Penon de
Ifach, the highest rock in the Mediterranean and which divides the beaches of Calpe in two.
This limestone rock is 332 metres high, extends one kilometre into
the sea, and is a Natural Park preserving its unique ecological treasures such
as the Ifach carnation. One of the best views of the Costa Blanca
can be enjoyed from the top of the rock, which is renowned by climbers
for its difficult and unique features, although it can be climbed by
several routes of varying difficulty.
On either side of the rock are the wonderful Levante and Arenal sandy
beaches, and to the south is the famous Calpe fish market. The fishermen deliver their catch each day and sell it through the public auctions on the
quay. And around the harbour, the local excellent restaurants display
the raw fish for you to select for your meal.
Between Les Bassetes and the Morro de Toix are 11 kilometres of
sandy beaches, with coves such as La Manzanera and Les Urques,
where you can scuba-dive and fish. The Cueva dels Coloms, which faces towards Altea, is a freshwater cave only accessible
from the sea. The fabulous, clean beaches are flanked by
restaurants, bars and clubs offering a great range of food and
entertainment.
The town is nearly 3,000 years old and still has a
sense of history and tradition. The earliest archaeological discoveries
date from the prehistoric Iberian tribes, and were found at the base of Ifach cliffs. The town was then colonised by the Phoenicians and Romans, and The Queen's Baths, the site of a Roman
"factory" where fish was dried and salted, can still be seen today at the foot of the Penon
The Christians and Moslems lived together peacefully, despite many
attacks from pirates between the 14th and 17th century. The town
gradually retreated further away from the sea for greater protection from the
pirates, and protective perimeter walls were built. Today, the only
sections left of these walls are the Peça Tower next to the church,
which is the Valencian Region's only example of a Mudejar-Gothic style church.
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