{"id":247155,"date":"2020-11-10T18:53:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T15:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alegria-realestate.com\/?p=247155"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:26:15","slug":"attractions-calpe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alegria-realestate.com\/en\/articles\/city-of-spain\/attractions-calpe","title":{"rendered":"Tourist attractions of Calpe"},"content":{"rendered":"

The charming Mediterranean town of Calpe is located in the north of the Costa Blanca<\/a>, only one hour’s drive from the International Airport \u2013 Alicante – Elche, and, in an hour and a half from another important airport – Valencia Airport.<\/p>\n

Creative and bustling Benidorm<\/a>, offering bus excursions to this picturesque and quiet town, is about 25 minutes’ drive.
\nDespite the fact that Calpe grew out of a small fishing village, today the town\u2019s area is 23.5 km2, and the population is 22.725 people (January 1, 2019).<\/p>\n

Due to its location, in the old days Calpe was of great strategic importance in protecting the coast from pirate attacks, which regularly occurred until the XVIII century. Traces of settlements of various civilizations were also found in the place of the present town: Phoenician, Roman and Muslim, and some of the remnants of architectural structures of different times can still be found throughout Calpe.<\/p>\n

While the backbone of the economy of the town was fishing, but then it was replaced by tourism, including primarily seacoast recreation. There are many reasons for this: a favorable Mediterranean climate, excellent quality of beaches, the proximity of major tourist destinations (Alicante, Valencia<\/a>, Benidorm), architectural monuments.<\/p>\n

Overall, Calpe it is a cozy resort town with the aroma of the sea breeze, maintaining old fishing traditions and ancient history, full of sunlight and surrounded by beautiful beaches. A great choice for a holiday all year round!<\/p>\n

The port and the fish market of Calpe<\/h2>\n

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\nFishing has always played an important part in the history and economy of the town, and therefore the fishing port of Calpe, that’s where the action is: local vendors lay out and praise the fresh sea catch on their counters, and visitors can choose fish to their taste among all this abundance.<\/p>\n

Every day at five in the evening, a fish auction is held at the Calpe fish market, for which boats from this area bring their goods. Just a few years ago, there was a tradition of voice auctions, which attracted gambling tourists very much. Currently, the auctions are computerized, which makes the purchase faster and more convenient, but, of course, this is clearly not as exciting and spectacular as a classic auction.<\/p>\n

On the port side, there are many restaurants with beckoning counters right on their own terrace, where they have fresh and delicious seafood. A walk along such facilities is a great reason for gastronomic tourism.<\/p>\n

Due to strong competition, each restaurant here does its best to offer you own marvelous menu and high service at the most pleasant price. And this tends to the fact that whatever restaurant you have dinner in, the quality of the fish and seafood offered will be on top.<\/p>\n

Here are a few restaurants that deserve attention according to the touristic portal TripAdvisor:<\/p>\n

Restaurante Puerto Blanco<\/strong><\/p>\n