Photos of Calpe, Costa Blanca. Levante beach, Basetes harbour, Manzanera and Puerto Blanco

All these photos were taken in mid November and show you more of the fine Calpe beaches, harbour, Calpe old town and residential areas. Calpe property combines villas on quiet residential streets and beachfront and town centre apartments. Click on the link if you want to see a specific Calpe urbanization.

Arenal beach and Calpe port  Levante beach, Basetes harbour, Manzanera and Puerto Blanco  Calpe old town and Saturday market

Urbanizations: Las Adelfas, Borumbot, Calpe Park, La Canuta  Colina del Sol, Cucarres, Estacion, Oltamar   La Manzanera, Maryvilla  Rafol, Empedrola, La Cometa, Cuxarret  Gran Sol, Imperial Park, Carrio, Costeres, Marisol Park La Vallesa, Colari, Los Almendros, Ortenbach, Enchinent   Basetes, Casanova

Calpe's Levante Beach is one of the famous Mediterranean beaches, overlooked by the Costa Blanca's towering Peñon de Ifach and with a 2 km beachfront promenade with bars, restaurants and hotels. Like the other Calpe beaches, Levante has a top "Blue Flag" rating reflecting it's high standard of presentation and cleanliness. The promenade continues beyond the beach giving access to the Calalga seafront properties and a nature path that follows the cliff top to the Basetes sports harbour. enlarge

Levante beach is cleaned each morning in spring and summer and offers children's play areas and fresh water taps at it's various entrances. Very popular in the summer months it has plenty of room for everybody with it's 40 metre width and gentle shallow slope into the water. Calpe is an excellent choice for a holiday rental and many rental apartments are located on this beach in buildings such as the Voramar, Topacio and Esmeralda. Traditionally many Madrid families have beachfront properties here for weekend and holiday visits. enlarge

Calpe "La California Europea". They call it "The California of Europe", and it's beginning to look like that, as the unique combination of a vibrant town, great beaches and natural attractions, combine with modern facilities to make Calpe the first choice among new Costa Blanca residents and people looking for a second or principal home. It's the fastest growing town on the Costa Blanca with a constantly renewed choice of fine accommodation, restaurants and other private and municipal services. Calpe town hall has an active program of "greening" Calpe with tree planting and developing new higher quality urban areas such as the Avenida Europa between the town and the port.   enlarge

Basetes harbour with Basetes properties in the background. It is mostly a diving and sports harbour with a restaurant and outdoor bar. It's situated beside the Calpe - Moraira coast road on the border with Benissa and can also be reached by an attractive cliff top path from Calpe promenade. The sailing and diving schools are busy here in summer with many people also enjoying the sunny terraces with their great views of Calpe bay and the Peñon de Ifach. The private cliff top villas of Les Basetes are lucky enough to share these views and are only two steps from the harbour. enlarge

Basetes harbour diving boats. The school provides complete diving courses and is an alternative the main Puerto Blanco diving school and harbour at the other end of the town. The shop and equipment store is located beside the boats and the sheer cliffs of  Calpe Rock and the rocky headlands  provide interesting diving sites. Basetes harbour is only suitable for small recreational boats with larger moorings being on offer at Calpe Yacht Club in the main harbour and in the Luis Campomanes Sports Harbour at Mascarat. There are currently plans to enlarge both Puerto Blanco harbour and Campomanes to meet the strong demand for moorings. enlarge

One of the cliff top villas overlooking Basetes harbour with private access to the sea. Even with a few million Euros to spend, front line properties are hard to find as they infrequently come up for sale. The Calpe first line areas are Calalga and Basetes on the eastern side of the town and Borumbot, La Canuta and Tosal on the western side. Second and third line villas are more reasonably priced and may well share the same great views plus the easy access to the sea and the town. The photo shows part of the Basetes seafront with the footpath to Calpe. enlarge

La Manzanera is one of Calpe's original urbanizations founded around the famous project of architect Ricardo Bofill. In the late 1960's he  created the Manzanera village on a cliff top beside the town and overlooking the Peñon de Ifach. It quickly became well known throughout Europe for it's Red Tower, Green Tower, Amphitheatre, rooftop swimming pools and very modernist design. It has now been renovated and adjoins quiet streets with luxury villas that also benefit from the wonderful location. To get there you drive up the hill past the the Cultural Centre (Casa de Cultura) and take a left turn after the La Hermita hermitage on the top of the hill. enlarge

Puerto Blanco is a small sports and diving harbour situated where Maryvilla, La Canuta and Tosal meet the sea. There is a diving club, school and shop here that organise exploration trips around the rocky headlands and Calpe Rock. If you want to relax there is a safe and shallow sandy beach beside the harbour wall that is good for all the family. It is a clean Blue Flag beach with all the facilities of the larger beaches including clumps of palm trees to give some shade and fresh water. There are plans to extend this harbour along  Maryvilla's rocky bay to accommodate the strong demand for Calpe moorings.  enlarge

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