Guardamar del Segura

Guardamar del Segura is situated at the south of the Region of Valencia on the Costa Blanca, 25 km south of Alicante International Airport.

It is considered a first class Spanish Tourist Resort both by Spaniards and International visitors alike. The beauty of the surrounding landscape comes from it´s much admired and well kept environment.

BEACHES

Guardamar beaches are classed amongst the most beautiful and unique on the Spanish Mediterranean Coast. There are 11 km of fine golden sand beaches bordering the long coastal dune pinewoods. Of these, 2 km are located to the north of the River Segura and 9 km to the south.

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Our Seafront Promenade borders the lively Centre Beach where you can enjoy fine cuisine.

DINING

Cuisine in Guardamar prides itself in the most authentic essence of Mediterranean cuisine with a good list of traditional high quality restaurants.

Furthermore, a wide gastronomic range is available where you can enjoy our fish and seafood, rice dishes and typical ‘guardamarenc’ stews, a good Argentinian meat barbecue, a nice meal of pasta or pizza as a family.

You might decide to go out for Spanish tapas with friends or, simply, discover new flavours in restaurants of oriental food, kebab, tex mex, etc.

DUNES & PINE FORESTS

Declared a Site of nude cams Community Interest (SCI), these are two of the most beautiful natural spots on the Costa Blanca. The dunes are formed from the sands contributed by the sea, forming a several dune cords that covers the entire district coastline, from north to south. They are a very attractive space where you can take a walk by the sea surrounded by nature.

This forest space bordering the Mediterranean coast has 800 hectares (almost 2,000 acres). Originally, it was a set of moving sand dunes that were fixed planting different species such as pine, palm, cypresses and eucalyptus trees.

At the end of the 19th century, the dunes were advancing into the town at a rate of between 2 and 8 meters per year. To fix this, a reforestation project was lead by the forest engineer Francisco Mira Botella. The reforestation, which began in 1900 and ended in the 1930s, has given rise to the current consolidated coastal forest mass, known as ‘la pineda’ or ‘pinewoods’. In it a nursery and several forest buildings – from the early 20th century – are preserved.

More than 600,000 trees were planted over four decades creating a landscape environment of extraordinary ecological, tourist and cultural appeal. A museum in the city centre celebrates the work of Mira.

MIRA HOUSE MUSEUM

Known as ‘The Forest House’, it is dedicated to the memory of Mr. Francisco Mira Botella, the renowned engineer, his work and the history of the Guardamar Reforestation Plan. On show there is a wide photographic collection, furniture and fixtures related to the reforestation of the dunes carried out under his management and supervision.