Spain Property Guide Summer 2021

COSTALANCA
Named ‘the White Coast’ for its cliffs and beaches, the Costa
Blanca is a world of sand-toned hues contrasting with the
azure-blue of the Mediterranean and the generally deep
blue of its skies. This is essential Mediterranea, a region imbued by
this ancient sea and its cultures.
Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Moors and Franks, they were
all here, moulding today with the indigenous population with
a culture that is Spanish, but also has its own distinct identity.
Spanish is the main language, with English, German, Dutch and
French also frequently heard, but the other official language
is Valenciano, which can be considered to be a derivative of
Catalan and also closely related to the local vernaculars of the
Balearic Islands.
As a tourist and residential region, the 200 kilometres of the Costa
Blanca can be divided into a northern and a southern section,
which border Valencia’s Costa del Azahar and the Costa Cálida
respectively. Though the regional capital of Valencia – a jewel of
a city, and second only to Madrid and Barcelona within Spain – is
about an hour’s drive away, the nearest point of reference is the
Mediterranean port of Alicante, itself a popular tourist destination.
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