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This qualitiy coastline with its
sandy beaches, exotic dunes, rolling hills of the interior, and
challenging golf courses, plus numeral residential estates and tourist
accomodations, have consolidated this part of the coast as an ideal
destination for a few days of leisure or a complete summer or winter
holiday
Dunes and pines
Between the town and the beach is de
enormous "Queen Sofía" park, thick with trees and plants, where
visitors can enjoy cool refreshing strolls even on the hottest of days.
To beautify the natural surroundings, ponds, botanical tours and samples
of aquatic fauna have been added. However, the dune area, formed
by the sediments from the mouth of the river Segura, is the unique part
of this town. Wave and tidal deposites created thse dunes
ver long centuries. More than 800 hectares of caostal parkland
have been carefully preserved with hundreds of monumental dunes, pine,
palm and eucalyptus trees which were all planted at the beginning of the
20th century to prevent the dunes from invading the urban area.
Beautiful beaches
Eleven kilometres of dunes and sandy
beaches in Guardamar give you the chance to choose isolated
spots or more frequent streches where you can spend the day near the
sea. Another 5 km of dunes connect to la Marina in the north,
a village belonging to Elche. To the south lies La Mata, a strech of
more marshy land pertaining to Torrevieja. Tourist developement in
Guardamar del Segura has been slow and respectfull with the
environment. The construction of a sports marina near the mouth of the
Segura has added a new attaction to thes select tourist area
Archeological sites
The ancient town was built on a hill whose skirts were washed by the river segura. Still preserved at
the ruins of a castle and other historic remains from the hellenic
times, when this town was a port. On the Iberian site of Canbó
Lucero. An important archeological find was made when a bust of a
woman was unearthed. It is now known as the Dama de Guardamar and is
similar to the Dama de Elche. Another important archeological site from
Arab times is the Mosque of the Caliphate Rabita. Visitors can get more
information on these sites at the Archeological and Ethnological Museum
in the local Casa de la Cutura,
Tel: 96 572 8610
Fiestas in Guardamar
Around July 25th the Moors and
Christians feast is held, conmemoration the struggles between the
followers of the Half Moon and the Men of the Cross. Thes festivities
are held in many other towns in the Land of Valencia.
Kitchen
Traditional cuisine conining ingedients from land and sea
priovide delicious disches in this district. Prawns from Guardamar
are famous, a fischerman's pot called "caldero" is allways on the menu
in Torrevieja, and Orihuela offers fresch vegetables and fruits from its
market gardens. Rice disches are preeminent, and are made in many
different ways to delight the plate.
Townhall Guardamar del Segura
Oficina de Turismo
C/ingeniero mira, 7
Tel: 0034 965724488 - Fax: 0034 965727292
03140 - GUARDAMAR DE SEGURA (ALICANTE)
e-mail:
touristinfo.guardamar@turisme.m400.gva.es
Homepage: http://www.guardamar.net
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