Costa Blanca - Local Tourism Notes

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Costa Blanca - Local Tourism Notes

The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce operates the Official Spanish Tourism website which is translated into a number of languages including English:.

• See the SpainInfo website

Where To Stay

From the famous Paradors, which are a state owned chain of hotels usually located in historical buildings, to self-catering holiday accommodation directly on the seafront, you can find out about various types of accommodation available to you on the Costa Blanca from: Holiday Accommodation in Spain

• To find accommodation on the Costa Blanca see the page on Hotels Costa Blanca and Holiday Accommodation

Tourist Office Contacts

 The staff at most tourist offices speak English. They are usually very helpful with all tourism questions as well as questions on public transport and more. If you're in need of some help, they're always worth asking. 

• To find listings of all local tourist offices on the Costa Blanca see the page on Tourist Offices & Information 

Official local tourism authorities have comprehensive websites in English providing much useful information for a tourist to the region 

• The region of Valencia has an official tourism website: Comunidad Valenciana
• The region of Murcia has an official tourism website: Murcia Touristica

The main Tourist offices are:

• Benidorm Tourist Office
  At: Avenida Martínez Alejos 16, 03501 Benidorm
  Tel: 965 851 311
  Fax: 966 808 858
  e-mail
• Alicante Tourist Office
  At: Avenida. Rambla Mendez Nuñez, 23, 03002 Alicante
  Tel: 965 200 000
  Fax: 965 200 243
  e-mail
• Valencia Tourist Office
  At: Calle Poeta Querol, s/n (Bajos Teatro Principal), 46002 Valencia
  Tel: 963 514 907
  Fax: 963 519 927
  e-mail 
• Regional Tourism Office of Murcia
  At: Plaza Julián Romea, 4, 30001 Murcia
  Tel: 902 101 070
  Fax: 968 277 742
  e-mail
  Website

Airports in Costa Blanca

• To find out about the airports serving the Costa Blanca region, flight information, access or lost luggage see this page Costa Blanca Airport Contacts 
• To find out about airlines flying to the Costa Blanca see this page: Airlines, Scheduled Flights & Charter 
  

Costa Blanca Web Portals

• Some local interest sites can be found on the page Costa Blanca Web Portals
• Some more general Spanish information be found on the page Spain Web Portals 

Beaches

Costa Blanca has an easy to use searchable database of beaches. 

• Select a region that interests you to see photos of the beaches on that stretch of coast and find further information about the cleanliness of the beach and more: Click here 
• Murcia Touristica has details on the beaches with pages of information on each: Click here then select "The Region" then "Coast" 
• To find which of the beaches have been awarded the Blue Flag for cleanliness see: Blue Flag (Spain)

Peñon de Ifach

The Peñon de Ifach is the site of Spain's smallest natural Park. The Peñon de Ifach is a distinctive rock which stands 322m high adjacent to Calpe. It is an incredibly popular destination for climbers and stands out as the pinnacle of any climbing holiday in the Costa Blanca. The rock is also popular with bird-watchers visiting the colonies of seabirds which live on the rock. 

The Moors knew the rock as the "Northern" rock with Gibraltar being the "Southern" one. It is joined to the mainland by a narrow sandy path and can be ascended in about an hour via the pathway, which has been tunneled out of the rock. There are excellent from the summit, looking out in either direction along the Costa Blanca coast as well as inland to the hills and mountains, and on a clear day it is reported that you can see Ibiza!

• Information on the Peñon de Ifach from Spain Info 
• A climbers guide to the rock: Summit Post website