Arenales Del Sol

Situated just 15 minutes from Alicante’s huge international airport, Los Arenales Del Sol is a beautiful, quiet, blue flagged beach town.

Built in the 1980’s and 1990’s, this is a new town filled with smart apartments and villas set around the Paseo Maritimo. This tiled promenade has a pedestrian walkway, bike lane and road and is busy with cafes, bars and restaurants.

To get to the beach, you need to traverse the long wooden boardwalk over a flat plain of scrubland. This is part of the Clot de Galvany Nature Reserve, a massive area of salt marsh and dunes that lies between Los Arenales Del Sol and Gran Alacant, home to rare species of plants, birds and animals. The beach itself is a nearly 3 kilometres long stretch of fine, white sand and it slopes out so gently that you need to wade 50 metres before it’s deep enough for swimming.

This has led to the growth of a windsurfing community, with rentals and classes available for beginners. It’s also popular with young families with an inflatable obstacle course set up to keep the younger ones occupied. The path connecting the beach to neighbouring El Carabassi is used by walkers, cyclists and skaters. Both the cities of Elche and Alicante are under 30 minutes drive away.