Calpe Memorable Experience North Of Alicante

C alpe is the ideal vacation       of Spain’s smallest natural        destination on Spain’s          parks. It was declared a natural   Costa Blanca along the          park in 1987 due to its three      Mediterranean Sea. This               hundred types of vegetation and    beautiful, small village is only      colonies of birds in need of       a short twenty minute drive to        protection from this small         the very popular vacation hotspot     fishing village’s rapid growth.    of Benidorm. Some have called         The park is about thirty-five      Calpe by its name “Calpe” to          hectares in size and has a         reflect its tall, jagged-edge         beautiful landscape. The martin    rock while the Phoenicians called     birds, silver seagull and plants   the town Ifach meaning north.         unique to this park are closely    Ultimately, the entire town of        protected due to their close call  Calpe was known as the north          with extinction. The top of this   craggy rock with Gibraltar as its     rock formation provides an         most southern point. It is            unforgettable view of the Costa    located north of Altea and south      Blanca, though not everyone will   of Denia and took advantage of        feel comfortable nor capable of    its prime location along the          climbing to the top. You can       coast when it inducted its first      reach the top by changing          hotel. Celebrities, such as           directions in a zig-zag pattern    Hemingway, have been known to         as well as utilizing a tunnel      stay at the hotel.                    built in 1918. Admission to the                                          park is free, but note that        Once you are in Calpe, you will       during Easter week and the summer  note that the beautiful beach is      season you must obtain a ticket    not its main attraction but           due to a limited number of people  rather the Penon de Ifach, the        who can go up each hour. If you    steep rock formation referred to      have always wanted to try          above. The Penon de Ifach is one      mountain climbing, climbing the    Penon de Ifach is definitely          A-7 Pay Highway which is a much    something you will want to try as     safer and faster drive. The bus    it is a breathtaking view and         service from either airport is     experience.                           also a transportation option in                                          reaching Calpe.                    If your travel plans to Calpe                                            included catching a flight to the     As in all areas in the Costa       Valencia airport, you will have       Blanca, there are many             approximately a sixty-five mile       accommodation types from which to  (105 kilometers) drive to the         choose. For nature lovers or       town of Calpe. If your flight         those with a limited budget,       takes you to the Alicante             camping or basic hotels may be     airport, your trip to Calpe will      the way to go. Clean, economical   be significantly shorter at           hotels costing about 45 euros      approximately thirty-eight miles      would cost about 80 euros          (61 kilometers). Regardless of        directly by the Penon de Ifach     the airport you choose, you can       with beach front hotels costing    use the National Highway N-332        up to 150 euros.                   which is no charge to use or the       About the Author: Focusing on informating about Alicante, Clinton Maxwell wrote for the most part for http://www.alicante-spain.com . His work on Calpe are found on his website . Read more articles by: Clinton Maxwell Article Source: www.iSnare.com