The city get’s its name from an old tower (old=vieja ; tower=torre), was first mentioned around 1800. It became famous in 1802, when it took over the salt administration from Orihuela. The entire area around Torrevieja and Orihuela is famous for their salt production. Huge salt lakes surround the road down from Alicante.
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With gorgeous white sandy Blue Flag beaches on your doorstep, and the exceptional climate of the Costa Blanca, property in Torrevieja and La Mata is an attractive proposition and easily accessible from Alicante Airport, approximately 35 kilometres away. The larger of the two towns is Torrevieja, with its busy marina, waterfront market, palm-lined promenades and beautiful church square. Resale property around Torrevieja is always in demand – worth bearing in mind if you are thinking in terms of an investment property in Costa Blanca.
Torrevieja has superb educational and healthcare facilities, nightclubs, museums, parks (including a great water park), funfair and a huge Carrefour hypermarket which stocks many English brands, reflecting the needs of Torrevieja’s thriving ex-pat community. La Mata is a few minutes down the coast road – quieter than Torrevieja, but still boasting a good selection of shops, bars and restaurants and a bustling Wednesday market.
Torrevieja marks a kind of language line between the traditional valencian/catalan in the north of the costa blanca and the spanish wide castellano spanish.Further in the south you will find more and more “spanish-only” speaking people.
With gorgeous white sandy Blue Flag beaches on your doorstep, and the exceptional climate of the Costa Blanca, property in Torrevieja and La Mata is an attractive proposition and easily accessible from Alicante Airport, approximately 35 kilometres away. The larger of the two towns is Torrevieja, with its busy marina, waterfront market, palm-lined promenades and beautiful church square. Resale property around Torrevieja is always in demand – worth bearing in mind if you are thinking in terms of an investment property in Costa Blanca.
Torrevieja has superb educational and healthcare facilities, nightclubs, museums, parks (including a great water park), funfair and a huge Carrefour hypermarket which stocks many English brands, reflecting the needs of Torrevieja’s thriving ex-pat community. La Mata is a few minutes down the coast road – quieter than Torrevieja, but still boasting a good selection of shops, bars and restaurants and a bustling Wednesday market.
Torrevieja marks a kind of language line between the traditional valencian/catalan in the north of the costa blanca and the spanish wide castellano spanish.Further in the south you will find more and more “spanish-only” speaking people,
