Ciudad
Quesada
There is a Water Park within walking distance
or a short car ride. The park offers an
olympic size swimming pool, supervised water
slides, a restaurant and a beautiful lawned
area where you can take your own picnics.A
wonderful day out can be had by all ages.
The La Marquesa Golf and Country Club is
an 18 hole championship course. There is
also a putting green and driving range.
Keen golfers can enjoy the club house and
its bar and restaurant are open to golfers
and families alike. The course is open all
year round costing about 50 euros for a
full game. Within a 25km radius can also
be found 4 other golf courses Villamartin,
Real Club de Golf Campoamor, Las Ramblas
and La Finca in Algorfa. There is a municipal
tennis court and a bowling green where visitors
are made welcome. Ciudad Quesada boasts
an abundance of restaurants, bars, shops
and amenities including banks, chemists,
dentists, a medical centre, town hall, and
supermarkets. All tastes are catered for
with the restaurants from the classy Hungarian
restaurant with its classical musicians
to the irish bar showing Sky TV.
Rojales
Nearby (5 mins drive) is the traditional
Spanish town of Rojales. This lovely village
with its warm welcoming people is best explored
by foot wandering the many back streets
and discovering the old cave houses and
shell house. There are many local bars and
some good Spanish restaurants. Rojales enjoys
many festivals including the wonderful 'Moors
and Christians' festival held in June with
its wonderful costumes and bands. A sight
not to be missed.
Guardamar
Only 2.5 miles away from the villa is the
beautiful resort of Guardamar del Segura
boasting 20kms of green flag sandy coastline.
The town has a natural park area leading
to the dunes and its pretty Marina where
you can catch a glass bottom boat to the
nearby island of Tabarca. The town itself
has an abundance of wonderful restaurants
and bars, shops, boutiques and a summer
market.
The
spa of achena (Murcia)
25 kilometres distant from the City of Murcia
is the town of Archena lying on the banks
of the Segura river in the Ricote valley.
Archena is famous for its hot water springs
and the spa has been used probably since
5 BC by the Iberians. Here is the link to
the official Spa web site (which is very
well presented) for discovering more about
it and the town of Archena (link is provided
to the English version).
Torrevieja
Torrevieja is full of history, from the
Roman pier at La Mata to wonderful churches.
Surrounded by the famous salt lagoons of
Torrevieja and La Mata, designated as National
Parks ( over 250 different bird species
have been sighted here ), they export the
salt worldwide. There are plenty of bargains
in the shops from designer trainers in the
sports shops to english brands in the supermarkets
( try the "Carrefour" ). Eating
out is a pleasure and a bargain from the
Spanish seaford restaurants in Torrevieja
to the English, German, Swedish, Chinese
etc found on all the local urbanisations.
Torrevieja like most important Spanish towns
has a number of Fiestas. The procession
on the night of Good Friday is one of the
most admired on the eastern coast of Spain.
In May the "Ferria de Mayo" is
host to 300,000 people & the town comes
to life with music, dance & costume.
In June the "Holy Heart Festivities"
are celebrated with children's games, popular
dances, & musical performances. On the
16th July there is the festivity of the
"Virgin del Carmen" who is patron
saint of fishermen & seamen. Finally
from the 1st - 17th December the "Fiestas
Patronales" (Patron Saints Days) conclude
the year's festivities with the main event,
a procession on the night of the 8th. There
are plenty of night clubs for the young
at heart, sports centres and an excellent
Water park.
Elche
Elche is about a short, 20 mins drive from
Quesada. It is surrounded by palm trees,
"the city of a thousand palms".
Elche offers a variety of pleasant surprises
for the visitor. Its mild Mediterranean
climate enjoying fresh sea breezes, its
valuable cultural and ecological heritage,
its fiestas and popular traditions contrasting
with the industrial infrastructure of the
town (shoe capital of Spain). Places to
visit are the Basilica de la Santa Maria,
Huerto del Cura (Botanic Garden) and the
Municipal Park. In this park is the Tourist
Information...they are very helpful, talk
perfect English and will give you a map
of the area.
Airports
The property is 25 mins from Alicante airport.
The property is 25 mins from Murcia airport.
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