I’ve lived in Jávea long enough to know that every house here has at least three things in it that would confuse the life out of someone from the UK, the US, the Netherlands or pretty much anywhere else. People arrive thinking they’re buying a normal house. No. You're buying a true Mediterranean puzzle where half the decisions were made either by the previous owner’s cousin or during the hottest...
If you’ve lived in Jávea long enough, you already know the routine. The sky darkens, the first heavy drops smack the terrace, and within an hour the same predictable streets have turned into brown, fast-moving rivers. It isn’t bad luck and it isn’t random. The town’s layout, its riverbed, its drainage system and the last forty years of development all play a part. Here’s the reality most...
If you drive the coastal road between the Parador and the start of the Cabo de San Antonio climb, you pass a low, industrial-looking building that most people barely notice. That's the desalination plant. It doesn’t look dramatic because it wasn’t built to be shown off. It sits just behind the coast on purpose, close enough for a straight seawater intake pipe but far enough back from the real wave...
Calpe beach
Moraira is one of those towns where you realise very quickly that most things are close together and most people have been here a long time. The streets stay clean, the centre feels safe at night and nothing grows higher than a few storeys because the building rules are strict. That’s why it still looks like a small coastal town rather than a resort. Town centre and marina If you live near the...
Dénia is bigger and busier than Jávea. You have a proper working town, a port with ferries to the Balearics, a long sandy stretch on one side and rocky coves on the other. Where you live changes your day completely, so it helps to understand the main zones first. The key areas people usually look at are the town centre around Marqués de Campo, Baix la Mar and the port area, Les Marines, Les Rotes...
Montgó is a large residential zone that runs along the base and mid-slopes of the Montgó mountain, mainly between the CV-735 Jávea–Denia road, the Jesús Pobre direction and the natural park boundary. It is not one uniform area. Montgó Valls, Montgó Toscamar, the Ermita zone, and the Denia-side slopes all behave slightly differently. Anyone considering buying here needs to understand those...
The Old Town is the most practical place to live if you want everything on foot and you don't mind narrow streets. Almost everything you need is within a few minutes’ walk: the market, banks, the town hall, cafés, chemists, schools, butchers, bakeries, small supermarkets and the bus stops. Day to day life here is simple once you know where things are. Daily shopping and errands The Mercat...
If you spend enough time around the Port you start noticing how steady it is. Not slow, not busy, just steady. The kind of place where people fall into habits without really thinking about them. Morning routines especially. By the time the sun hits the stony beach at La Grava beach, half the neighbourhood has already done their errands. La Grava beach, Javea Port Most days start with the same...
If you live around the Arenal you notice the small things first: the way the beach is already marked by the cleaning tractor before most people are up, the sound of chairs being dragged out onto terraces, the smell of coffee drifting from bars on the promenade. The place wakes up gradually. By eight or nine the promenade has a slow stream of people walking, jogging, heading to work or stopping for...
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