Guide to Finestrat, Nr. Benidorm, Costa Blanca

La Cala de Finestrat is a small bay just to the west of Benidorm. It is actually divided between the towns of Finestrat and Villajoyosa. Most people would now consider it as part of Benidorm because Benidorm has now grown right down to the borders of Cala de Finestrat. La Cala, as it's known has a small beach, which can get very popular in the summer months. There are many bars and restaurants in La Cala Finestrat of all nationalities. Whether you prefer Spanish tapas, traditional English food, or something a little more up market La Cala Finestrat has it all.

Its architecture and the facilities it provides make it a highly convenient place for family shopping, at the same time being very popular with young and older people thanks to its wide range of leisure facilities, restaurants and fashionable shops offering all the leading Spanish and international brands in one place.

Then there is its pure mediterranean landscape, almost intact, marked by hills covered with pine trees or typical cultivation trees: almond trees, olive trees and carob trees, together with small orchards where oranges, pomegranates and loquats blossom.

But it is not only its climate, its situation or its landscapes that make Finestrat a desirable place. There is also its peculiar character as a village, an old muslim farmstead, wich has been preserved without great changes, including it physical structure. To live in Finestrat is to be part of a quiet, not too busy community, where the appeal of first-rate tourist centres is very close by. Only fifteen minutes on a good road and you can be in the middle of the tourist and city hustle and bustle of Benidorm, or the calmer but always lively lifestyle of Villajollosa or Altea.