Calpe is a very popular tourist resort on Spain's northern Costa Blanca coast line. Calpe is set in a stunning location with hundreds of beautiful Spanish villas looking over with views of Calpe's most famous landmark the Penon d'Ifach.
Calpe is popular with visitors all year round as Calpe has hot sunny summers, warm springs and autumns, and mild winters. Calpe is home to many young families with children in the summer months owing to its beautiful blue flag beaches and overall facilities on the beaches.
The promenades are lined with cafes, bars and restaurants as well as shops and boutiques. During the winter and autumn months you will find many northern European, particularly German visitors, escaping the bad weather seeking a brief respite. During the off peak season there are many apartments up for rent, making this a popular time to visit.
Hiring a car when booking a holiday to any tourist resort on the Costa Blanca is almost a must as most of the resorts are sadly lacking any transport infrastructure and Calpe is no exception.
You can easily fly into three airports, Alicante, Valencia or Murcia all within a two hour car journey to Calpe with Alicante being the nearest just under an hour away by car. There are a few budget airlines offering cheap tickets into Murcia, Alicante and Valencia such as Ryan Air and Easy Jet. Of course thinking of car hire Easy Jet has links to Easy Car when it comes to thinking of booking your Calpe car hire.
An advantage to hiring a car when visiting Calpe is that you don't have any expensive airport transfers and you aren't tied down to the resort either. You can explore further afield and truly make your holiday your own. There is much to and see when visiting Calpe. Ten minutes away by car you have Altea with its picturesque old town and church on the hillside, while twenty minutes awayby car you will find the thriving, vibrant city of Benidorm which you can almost see from Calpe owing to its tall buildings.
Benidorm is the entertainment capital of the Costa Blanca. Famous for its nightlife and sometimes outrageous entertainment you can also have a more classy evening out and enjoy a sit down dinner with a show at Benidorm Palace, or take your family for a day out at one of Benidorm's theme parks. Aqualandia with its rides and flumes, Mundomar next door with dolphin seal and parrot shows, or take a trip to the ancient world at Terra Mitica riding its roller coasters, swings and rides as well as live entertainment, or take a day out at Terra Natura with its four themed areas, admiring the animals in their natural habitats and enjoy the live entertainment there.
Calpe has it all - beaches, good food, fantastic weather and a lot more on its doorstep, all to be explored if you have hired a car.
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Mark Eastwood is a writer and expert on the Costa Blanca and especially Spain. For more information take a look at his Calpe tourist information page. Make sure you get Calpe car hire to really see the area properly.
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