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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