Playa Flamenca
The Costa Blanca, and especially the area around Playa Flamenca and Torrevieja are renowned for its health benefits, due to its unique micro climate and the salt lakes with it's abundance of minerals etc. also the fact that the area has over 300 days of sunshine a year the benefits are obvious.
Playa Flamenca is a mini resort in its own right. A weekly market is one of the largest around selling everything from freshly spit roasted chickens to hand woven rugs. Commercial Centres such as Flamenca Beach, Via Park I and Via Park II contain a myriad of bars and restaurants. The Blue Flag Beach of Playa Flamenca with its coves of golden sand and topaz blue seas is the place dreams are made of, all within walking distance of the apartment, approx 20 - 25 mins. Also within a 5 - 10 min walk is a pool & bar complex, called The Celtic Isle, this has a lovely pool area ideal for both adults & children, with an Irish bar and food outlet availabble.
With no less then three Championship Golf Courses and the resort town of Torrevieja just a 10 minute drive, Playa Flamenca is a well known and well loved place in which to enjoy your Spanish holiday in the sun.
There are three water parks in the area two of which are in Torrevieja (see Torrevieja link on the left) Benidorm is only 1 hour away where there is another water park called Aqualandia, also in Benidorm there are two theme parks Terra Mitica, and only opened in 2005 is another theme park, Terra Natura. If non of these takes your fancy, there are lots of interesting places to visit, Elche (see link) which is famous for it's palm tree forest and shoe industry. The city of Murcia is only about an hours drive away with an abundance of intriguing things to see and do. There are a number of markets held in the area on different days of the week, including a very good one within walking distance from the apartment, accross the ravine. A couple of must do markets are Los Montesinos, about 20 - 30 minutes drive away set in amoungst the orange groves. The other one is Ciudad Quesada "Zoco" which is about 30 - 40 minutes drive away, they are both held on a Sunday, as well as the markets they have cafes etc.
If all that is not enough or markets aren't your thing, for the more adventurous there is now a fully aproved and registered diving school on the way into Torrevieja, called Max Scuba Diving. If you are still feeling energetic you could hire a bike from a local bike hire company called The bike shop, they provide free delivery and pick up service.
Fly to Alicante Airport - Our apartment is just 40-50 mins drive from the airport, using either motorway or pretty coast road.
DIRECTIONS:
From ALICANTE airport, take N332 road to Cartagena for approximately 44Km, at Punta Prima look for slip road signposted for Playa Flamenca.
Alternatively take the AP-7 motorway heading to Cartagena. Exit at La Zenia through toll booth and follow directions given on booking.
Or fly to Murcia Airport - We are even closer to here, just 15-20 mins drive from the airport, again using motorway or coast road.
From MURCIA airport, take the AP-7 motorway to Alicante for about 25km, exit at the La Zenia junction through a toll, and follow directions available on booking.
Cheap flights available from Easyjet, BmiBaby, Thomsonfly, Ryanair, Jet2, Monarch, and many more from nearly all major UK airports. My tip is to check these sites regularly as the prices change dramatically from day to day, and advise to book well in advance if possible.
Many car hire places are available from both airports, we have used car-jet / solmar on many occations and can highly recommend them.
Due to things out of our control we no longer do Alicante airport transfers, but from January 2010 we can arrange pick-up from Murcia airport at a rate of €50 return.
There are two transfer company web sites we recomend to people, they are as below.
http://www.costablanca-restassured.com/airport_transfers.php
http://www.clydegrovegolf.com/?
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