Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 5:57pm
My husband and I have bought an apartment this summer in Gran Playa, Santa Pola (SP) and we love staying here.
Our recommendations are to rent for one or two weeks in each of the area you might want to buy in. Only in that way you come to know the difference between the areas. Furthermore you see properties for sale that you would not find by searching the internet.
We stayed four different areas before we decided ourselves. (El Campello (North of Alicante), Gran Alacant, Playa Tamarit (SP) and El Pinet (la Marina)
We thought for a long time that we should buy in El Pinet (la Marina) but after staying there three weeks at Easter time we found a lovely apartment with sea views in Santa Pola instead. WHY?
We love El Campello but prices are higher. Gran Alacant is terrible in our opinion, no atmosphere and no Spanish people. Santa Pola is Spanish and La Marina is more international. Santa Pola is a city.... You can't really call La Marina that. Lovely nature in El Pinet, but quite a lot of mosquitoes.
So make your priority list and come to the area and find what you are looking for....
Life here is really good and the sea temperature is marvelous!
Best regards from a Dane,
Kirsten Bomholtz