Trying to calm down a little now been a bit of a workaholic, daughter started big school so had to c...
Trying to calm down a little now been a bit of a workaholic, daughter started big school so had to cut back to be home for her!
Zoe30
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Moraira on the Costa Blanca and is just under 2.5 hours flight away from Gatwick, the weather in June is as you would expect fantastic with temperatures up into the 90’s daily and with nearly 12 hours of sun shine what more could you ask.
Moraira is situated north of Alicante away from all the hustle and bustle of Benidorm. Moraira lies in a bay on the south eastern coast of Spain, between the larger resorts of Javea and Calpe, 80km around 1 hours drive from Alicante airport. And 110km 1 hour 15 minuets from Valencia, with excellent motorways and costal roads from both directions.
The Costa Blanca is known as Spain’s ‘White Coast’
which is because of its miles of white sandy beaches and warm water.
Moraira is a pretty fishingvillage based around the cobbled square with a very pretty marina an fish market, stunning churches, main square and back streets bursting with shops, restaurants and bars, makes this town worth exploring, Moraira has been designated as a conservation zone of extraordinary beauty so there is a height restriction and density of buildings are strictly controlled.
Nestled amounts the green mountainous scenery, and pine covered hills it gently slops to the town which has many pretty shops to explore, there is a small beach here and is a water sports enthusiast dream, beautiful blue flag beaches, and a large marina where there are some fantastic boats to have a nose at.
One of the fantastic features of Moraira is the white cliffs and the amazing headlands that rise from small bays and secluded coves, some of which are only accessible by sea. The Costa Blanca has 34 blue flag beaches 3 times the number awarded to the Costa del Sol as they only hold 8 awards.
The scenery is not boring in the slightest, there are lots of small villages to explore set deep in the hills, the one thing with the Costa Blanca the further inland you go the hillier it gets which makes for excellent driving, some of which are not for the faint hearted!
Just up the coast is Javea a growing town with an amazing backdrop of the Mont Montgo (mountain), it combines new with old and has combined the traditional side of Spanish life with the more Cosmopolitan side very well, the beach here stretches for some way and it of course beautiful white sands and some small shingle coves to explore, being on the beach water sports are plentiful.
Calpe is just a short drive north of Moraira with a fantastic sandy beaches which at night is brilliant as it comes alive with all the bars which run along the promenade, during the day at the far end of the beach there has to be one of the beach fish and chip shops I have ever eaten with the fresh fish caught that day.
Calpe is a very busy town like Javea which makes Moraira a very sleepy town in comparison, but if you want the fast pace of a busy town one is never to far away. Saturday is market day in Calpe and can get extremely busy which may be worth avoiding if you do not like large crowds.
Friday is market day in Moraira where you can purchase the usual tat plus some lovely hand made table cloths and home wares, leather to take home, my only regret was my suitcase was not big enough for the paella pan I had my eye on.
My overall opinion of Moraira was very pleasing I was quite surprised at the beauty of the country side even though it was an hour’s drive from Benidorm, the people were amazingly friendly and nothing was ever too much trouble. When we were out in the evening and they knew we had a child with us they tried their best to get us seated as soon as possible then there was never a rush to get rid of us like some places.
Public transport was brilliant, especially the train ride from Moraira to Calpe with its hairy mountain pass. You could not do with out a car, as you would be restricted to the main parts and would be unable to explore the surrounding lemon, orange and almond groves which would be amazing thing to see in the spring early summer, we were there when the trees were laden with fresh fruit.
The food was fantastic, everything from the sea fresh that morning. Eating out was not expensive and the drinks were also cheap.
If you were self catering and had to do the shopping at major supermarkets the produce was good and plenty of it, wide variety of regional classics, all very cheap in price. For example one bottle of wine over here we used to buy, which they sell in Tesco is £3.99; over there you can purchase the same bottle with the label for 59p.
If you ever thought the Costa Blanca was for the masses you would be wrong, I was and I would definitely be going back!
Thank you for reading!
Cheers
Zoe x
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