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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 2:18pm

Sean28

Posts: 13

1 helpful points

Location: Oliva

Joined: 11 May 2020

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 2:18pm

GailS wrote on Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:50pm:
Hi Sean
If you flying into Valencia and really do not want to drive I would recommend that you can catch a train into Valencia (there is a station in the airport) and then get a train to Gandia. You can then get a taxi or a bus from Gandia.

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We live in a village about 20 minutes inland from Oliva and bought our house 5 years ago. Both Oliva and Gandia are lovely but property is much cheaper a little further inland. Plus we wanted to be in a Spanish village rather than a large town as we wanted to meet locals and feel that is much easier in smaller places. Our town/village has all the essential amenities (doctors, pharmacy, supermarkets, post office, restaurants & bars etc) but we couldn't live there without a car. We would miss out on so much. (The only bus from our village is once a day to Gandia).
If you aren't going to drive, or at least have a motorcycle, scooter or bicycles you are going to need to be very careful about where you choose to buy and think about what sort of lifestyle you want. Perhaps someone else who manages without a car can advise you about areas with good buses, my guess is that will limit you to Oliva, Gandia and places very close to them. (Don't trust the estate agents to be honest about it - as in the UK they aren't always 100% truthful and things change - our village used to have more buses but they were cut and for a few years there were none at all).

Hi Gail ( hoping this is your name).

I do plan to buy a car if and when I move to Oliva. I was only planning to use the bus when I come to look at a property in a avenida Matisse in Oliva Nova. The estate agent told me that there is no bus service from this property to Oliva town.

I want to be close to the beach and quite like the property that I mentioned.

Do you know this area ? I need to wait until it's safe to travel again, whenever that is.

Thank you for the information you gave me.

Sean.

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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 3:30pm

GailS

Posts: 67

33 helpful points

Location: Oliva

Joined: 5 Apr 2019

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 3:30pm

I'm afraid I don't know the area, apart from the beach. All Oliva beaches are all great and even in the height of summer they don't get too crowded. Make sure you visit in winter too though because many beach areas in the less touristy areas of Spain,are locked up and empty in winter (and winter in Spain can mean outside the 3-4 key summer months). That means few if any facilities such as restaurants, bars and shops are open, especially during the week. (Many of the beach properties are owned as holiday homes not only by foreigners (such as us Brits) but also by Spanish who just use them during the school summer holidays and for weekends and other holidays.