• Alicante/Murcia Airport is within a 45 minute(s) drive.
• Golf: can be reached by driving for 20 minute(s). There are 8 golf course(s) nearby.
• Shopping and Dining: can be reached by walking for 10 minute(s). This includes a large Mercadona, a small English run supermarket (selling all the English brands), several bar/restaurants, a news agent/tobacconist, an English-speaking bank (with cashpoint), a property agents and a hairdressers. A 5 minute drive away we also have Caprado, Carrefour and Lidl super/hypermarkets, plus a well stocked toy shop and a new, quality shopping centre with a roof-top funfair.
• The unit is Lake front. Beach gradient is gradual for a long distance. Beach surface is fine sand. The apartment is just a 10 minute drive from an excellent beach at Guardamar which has golden sand for as long as the eye can see. We are also a 5 minute drive to the N332 coast road which leads to more beaches at Cabo Roig, Campoamor, La Zenia, Punta Prima, Playa Flamenca, Torrevieja and several others.
• Nearby Attractions: • 2 minute walk – local bar/restaurant with swimming pool, quiz nights, pitch & putt, ballroom dancing for adults and more modern dancing for children, children's play area, crown green bowls, bingo, keep fit, Sky Sports and other community activities
• 5 minute drive – ten pin bowling with amusement arcade, casino, aqua-park (under 3's go free), horse riding, English speaking doctor/pharmacy
• 5 to 15 minute drive - weekly street markets at San Pedro, Orihuela, La Mata, San Miguel, Guardamar, Rojales, Torrevieja, Los Montesinos, Playa Flamenca and Lemon Tree Grove (enough markets to go everyday if you dare)
• 15 minute drive – two not incompatible attractions, Go Carts at Playa Flamenca and English speaking hospital (San Jaime)
• 20 minute drive – we understand there are good golf courses at Formentera, Algorfa, Villamartin, Las Ramblas, Campoamor, Rojales, Pilar de la Horadada and Casa Verea. You may want to check these for yourself because we've not used them and can barely swing a club ourselves. However, we've seen the one at Algorfa (included in our pictures) and it's certainly stunning to see if not to play.
• 25 minutes drive – English cinema at Pilar de la Horadada
• 90 minutes drive – Spa at Fortuna
• And, for just one euro, a regular bus service will take you to/from Torrevieja town centre. Here you have acres of bars and restaurants, the seafront and pier, a daily street market, the marina, boat trips around the bay, an evening funfair and the tourist office. Note that some attractions may not be available out of season.