Torrevieja Orihuela
Saturday, April 5th, 2008At 48 Km from Alicante one finds the town of Torrevieja, whose international population live beside the sea and salt lakes. The explotation of salt in Torrevieja and La Mata has a long history, but had its main period in the nineteenth century. The salt from Torrevieja is exported all over the world from its port. Beside the marina one still finds the areas where the salt was loaded onto the ships that travelled to Cuba and returned with the traditional songs and dances that make “Habaneras” the towns traditional fiestas every summer.
After passing through Torrevieja, one reaches the coastline belonging to Orihuela, where there are sandy beaches, coves and bays alongside wide open spaced residential areas that accommodate visitors to the area.
Punta Prima, Playa Flamenca, La Zenia, Cabo Roig and Dehesa de Campoamor are some of the tourist enclaves of this area. Many of these have specialised in seasonal holiday occupation combined with the excellent golf courses in the area. The many green areas and trees provide the perfect conditions to play this sport.

