Costa Blanca Region

Between the mountains & the Med - Altea, Costa Blanca

Fast Facts

A few quick facts about the Costa Blanca and the province of Valencia:

• Costa Blanca means ‘white coast’ obviously referring to the miles and
  miles of beautful white sandy beaches.
• Costa Blanca is the 200 km coastal
  ribbon of the Province of Valencia
• The region boasts  more than 300 days
  of sunshine a year
• Inland there is a huge area of mountains, sierras, river valleys and natural parks.
• The entire Costa Blanca region has a rich and distinguished history and many artefacts have been found dating back to the Neolithic Era.
• Historically the Costa Blanca has been invaded and occupied by various important civilizations including Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Visigoths, Carthaginians, Moors, Romans and Arabs. Each civilization has left its own identity on the region which can still be explored and enjoyed today.

How to get to the Costa Blanca

Plane:

Three airports serve this region; Valencia in the North, Alicante a few miles south of Benidorm and Murcia just over the border to the South.

With Spanish roads tending to be better, wider and emptier in the UK, it's easier to choose the nearest airport that you wish to travel from in the UK, and, possibly, leave a longer, more pleasant, drive from the Spanish airport.
Road:
 
Road:

Road links to northern Spain have been improved, with the A7 toll motorway running more or less right through to the ferry ports of northern Spain, or connecting to fast roads up to the Channel tunnel.

Ferry:

Sail from Plymouth to Santander with Brittany Ferries -

www.brittanyferries.co.uk
08703 665 333
- or from Portsmouth to Bilbao with P&O -

www.poportsmouth.com
08706 000 613
- then it's just over 800 kilometres to the Costa Blanca

Train:

A £41-billion investment in Spain's railways over recent years ensures a fantastic train service between Spanish cities. From Waterloo, take the Eurostar to Paris -
www.eurostar.co.uk
08702 649 899
then change for the TGV Atlantique which goes to Barcelona. The Euromed service will whisk you to Valencia in three hours or Alicante in four and a half.
www.raileurope.co.uk

08705 848 848

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