Villajoyosa
Colourful fishing village with its own chocolate tradition, quieter than Benidorm next door but with real character and a working harbour.
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Comunitat Valenciana
Alicante
Sun-bleached coves and whitewashed hilltop towns where northern Europeans have been quietly putting down roots for decades.
- Days of sun~300
- Winter12 °C
- Summer28 °C
- Area5,817 km²
- Coastline244 km
Its story
Coastal plains rising to interior mountains with deep valleys and dry riverbeds
Hogueras de San Juan, Moros y Cristianos festivals, palm groves of Elche (UNESCO)
Rice dishes, seafood, Alicante turrón, mistela wines
Relaxed coastal lifestyle, vibrant in summer, quieter inland villages
What almost nobody knowsTwenty minutes inland from the Costa Blanca, the Jalón Valley sells at roughly half the coastal price — same sun, vineyards instead of crowds.
Hidden gems
Altea old town
White-domed church above cobbled streets — the artists' village of the Costa Blanca, with galleries and a slower rhythm.
Guadalest valley
A mountain reservoir surrounded by cherry orchards, twenty minutes from the coast but a world away in pace.
Places to know: Costa Blanca · Sierra de Aitana · Cabo de la Nao · El Hondo wetlands
Living here
- Airports
- Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández (ALC)
- Getting around
- Alicante (Madrid–Levante line, under development)
- Main roads
- AP-7, A-7, A-31
- Healthcare
- Good — large expat-experienced hospitals in Alicante city and Benidorm, with English-speaking staff common in coastal centres
- Schools
- British curriculum available
- International community
- Large — especially British, Scandinavian and Dutch
- Language
- Low in coastal areas, higher inland
- Popular areas
- Jávea, Altea, Dénia, Torrevieja, Moraira, Benidorm
The Dream Nest view
Who it suits
British and Scandinavian second-home buyers, retirees, some digital nomads settling in the northern Costa Blanca
Mortgage notes
Banks very familiar with non-resident buyers in this province. Good range of offers for Costa Blanca properties. Several branches in Jávea and Dénia accustomed to processing foreign-income documentation.
Worth knowing before you commit
Prices in northern Costa Blanca (Jávea, Moraira) significantly higher than southern areas. Verify building licenses carefully — legacy urbanisation issues exist in some developments built before 2008.
Indicative information, pending verification by Dream Nest. Sources consulted: Idealista, INE, AEMET, Registradores de España
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