Tourism Guide to Gandia- Costa del Azahar (Spain)

Author: evanspeter | Posted: 29.03.2012

Gandia is a beautiful town situated in the Valencia area along with Costa del Azahar. This town is different from other holiday towns as it has preserved its Spanish culture although the town has a big area of sandy beaches. Gandia Playa Nord is the most famous section of beaches in the town as it has very fine quality of white sand. You will also find a beautiful esplanade along with this section of beaches and it has number of vacation resorts, apartments, cafes, restaurants, bars and gardens. This beach has all kind of facilities for the visitors like sun beds, showers, yacht club and lifeguards.

Playa Alhuir is another famous and nice beach in Gandia which expands towards the river Vaca and one small section of this beach is nudist. You can enjoy your time in Gandia through many water sport facilities like kite surfing, wind surfing and sailing. You can also choose to enjoy a small cruise trip from Gandia to the neighborhood towns like Javea, Denia and Calpse. The area around Gandia is very beautiful and famous for its marvelous natural views as you will find bicycling and hiking routes as well. You can take the guidance about the hiking tracks of the nearest Vilallonga and L Orxa villages from the tourist office located in Gandia town. For adventure loving visitors, the inland of the Gandia has a series of mountains and the highest mountain in the area is Monduvar Mountain.

The old town in Gandia is situated along with the Serpis River and in between the 14th and 15th century, this town was known to be most important city of universities and traditional centre of the Spain and you will find many monuments in the town related to this time of history. Santo Duque Palace is the biggest attraction of Gandia and was built in Gothic design during the 14th century. There are few very decorative apartments in the palace which includes Baroque Golden Gallery.

Archaeological Museum in Gandia is another best place to visit and this museum was once a hospital. The museum contains a great display of objects belonging to pre-historical times. Collegiate Church of Santa Maria is another attraction of the town and it was also constructed between the 14th and 15th century but was destructed during the Spanish War and restored later by the town administration.



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