Javea Costa Blanca

Javea is an unspoilt town on Spain’s Costa Blanca between Alicante and Valencia. Set in a valley carpeted with orange groves, it looks out over a gorgeous bay protected by two headlands (On a clear day you can see Ibiza 45 miles to the east!) It’s long been popular with tourists and expats from northern Europe and has lost none of its charm, despite substantial growth in recent years.

The Town

As a whole has grown over the years but is basically divided into 3 parts, each with its unique character.

Javea Port 

Or Duanes, is a busy little enclave with a wonderful selection of bars, restaurants and shops which is still a working fishing port where you can watch the catch being auctioned every morning, as well as having a busy yacht marina. The blue flag pebble beach is safe, with lifeguards in the summer. Everything you could possible need to have a great time is only a short walk away. The Port is one of the most beautiful parts of Javea. Highlighting the bay where there are some of the best restaurants and bars in town. In the Javea Port the apartments for sale are ideal as you have everything at your disposal.

Javea is generally divided into 3 parts: the Old Town, the Port and the Arenal. The Port is a quiet almost all year round. You can enjoy local festivals such as the Moors and Christians or the celebration of the Mare of Deu of Loreto in September. The beaches are spectacular and it has all the shops to buy absolutely anything you need, making the apartments in the Port of Javea one of the ideal places to live.

The Grava beach sports a blue flag, so it is one of the best beaches in the town. With all the apartments for sale in Javea Port with stunning views of the Mediterranean Sea makes it one of the best places to live, you can even hear the waves from your bed in the morning.

Is a broad sandy beach with a relaxing seafront promenade. This is a very popular area for locals and visitors alike, with dozens of bars and restaurants where you can sit a while away the hours watching the world go by. If you’re feeling more energetic you can rent jet skis, canoes, etc. By night it becomes a magnet for the younger members of the family, with several popular nightclubs where you can literally dance the night away. Remember that Spanish hours are different and people tend to have dinner a bit later, going on to a club at midnight or even later.

Used to have city walls city wall to protect it from pirate attacks and it’s a fantastic place for strolling around the picturesque cobbled streets and admiring the many quaint buildings faced with the local honey - coloured "Tosca” sandstone. The busy traditional indoor market next to the fortified San Bartomeu church opens every day except Sunday and there’s a bustling weekly open-air market every Thursday.

Jávea is also a handy base for visiting the many attractions of the Costa Blanca – Benidorm, with its Terra Mitica, Aqualandia and Mundomar theme parks, for example. The busy cities of Alicante and Valencia are a short drive away, or you could head inland for a taste of the "real” Spain in such villages as Xátiva and Guadalest.

Jávea is protected by Montgó, the mountain which overlooks the town and shelters it from the north winds. This means that the area enjoys a mild, healthy climate and has more hours of sunshine every year than anywhere else in Spain. This makes it a popular winter destination for visitors from the north of Europe, attracted not only by the climate but by the wide range of reasonably priced property available. In fact, permanent foreign residents make up nearly a third of Jávea´s population of 30,000. It’s also popular with the Spanish from neighbouring areas and even further a field, giving it a nice cosmopolitan feel.