Benissa

Useful and practical tourist information about the municipality of Benissa.

Benissa is a locality on the Costa Blanca, located in the province of Alicante (Spain) between the towns Calpe and Teulada - Moraira, with a population of barely more than 13,000 inhabitants.  The municipality is full of history, culture, tradition and charm, and it also enjoys 4km of Mediterranean coast, where there are many coves and cliffs of great beauty and ecological value, which award this town an extraordinary tourist interest, as is it shown, year after year, by the thousands of visitors who come to Benissa to enjoy of its privileged climate, its beaches, its monuments, its festivities, its gastronomy and its people.

However Benissa is not only a tourist area, it is also a perfect place to live, as illustrated by the fact that more than 40% of its inhabitants are of European origin, mainly English and German, but also French, Belgian, Dutch, Russian and other nationalities, who have chosen the municipality of Benissa as the place where they choose to live and, in many cases, see their children grow.

Benissa is a town which surprises and attracts. A coast of beautiful beaches and dreamed coves which conserve their natural charm, a town centre with a historical centre formed by cobbled streets and noble houses which transfers us to the medieval times, and people with an open and cosmopolitan personality which invites all visitors to enjoy each corner of this town. All this aspects make Benissa, in our view, one of the best localities on the Costa Blanca to live in and to enjoy the Mediterranean. http://en.benissa.net/

Benissa's Coast. Coves, beaches and Sport port.

The Sport Port Club Náutico les Basetes.

This port, located on the Bay of les Bassetes, it was one of the first ports built in the area, it is situated on the border with the locality of Calpe, and it has 80 moorings and has the international Blue Flag award, which recognizes the quality of the sport port and the services it offers the users. Between those services it offers: bar, restaurant, sailing school, windsurf and catamaran, nautical shop and diving centre.

Benissa's Ecological Coastal Trail.

The Club Náutico les Basetes is a starting point for Benissa's Ecological Coastal Trail.  This trail offers the possibility of carrying out a pleasant trip of less than 2km through Benissa's coast. Through the same, in different parts, some coves and cliffs of extraordinary beauty and great ecological and landscape value can be enjoyed, as well as several informative panels.

The Fustera Beach.

The Fustera Beach is, from all the beaches and coves of Benissa's municipality, the one with the most services, apart from the Ecological Coastal Trail, there is also an sports and children's' games area. It is a beach with fine sand and it is located between Cala Basetes and Cala Pinets, which are accessed in a few minutes through Benissa's Ecological Coastal Trail. It also has the Blue Flag award for the quality of its clean waters and the services it offers (gangways and access for disabled, public telephone, cafeterias and restaurants, parking, the red cross, bus stop, maritime surveillance, etc).

However Benissa offers, in addition, other coves of great beauty.  Sand, gravel, boulder or rock beaches which always have turquoise blue waters, clean, clear and crystalline, indicating the good environmental quality, perfect to practice diving, scuba diving, fishing with rod, windsurf and sailing among others.  In Summer it is common to see many pleasure and recreational boats border the coast which joins Benissa to Calpe and Moraira, and get near to enjoy of this natural enclaves. To the already mentioned la Fustera beach and les Basetes cove, the Pinets cove, the Llobella cove, the Baladrar cove and the Advocat cove must be added. These last two have a beach bar and a restaurant where, in summer, one can enjoy of a lunch or a dinner in the open air next to the sea.

Benissa's Gastronomy.

Benissa offers a gastronomy with its basis on the Mediterranean diet, combining in its typical meals products from the sea and the country. The fish of the Mediterranean stand out, the great variety of stews ("Borreta de melva" , "Bull amb ceba", "Mullador de pelleta", "Sang amb ceba", "Putxero de polp", "Mullador de sangatxo", "Coques al calfó i amb mulldor") and, specially, its rices:  "arroz al horno", "arroz del señoret", "arroz con haba pelada", "arroz con judías y nabos" and, in a particular way, the reference rice of this localitie's cuisine, "El Putxero de polp". These dishes, typical of the kitchen of Valencia and Benissa, can be appreciated in the restaurant "Casa Canto"  http://casacanto.com/

The traditional sausages also deserve a special mention, the are made in the local butchers with recipes and formulas, inherited from family tradition across several generations, which have gained a recognised prestige at a provincial level, and even national, thanks to its excellent savour.

Education in Benissa and surroundings.

Infant public School Padre Melchor in Benissa

C/ Escoto S/n

Telephone: 96 573 07 30

Fax: 96 573 07 30

E-mail: 03003267@edu.gva.es

Web: www.cpparemelchor.com

Public School Padre Melchor in Benissa.

C/ Sanchís Guamer, s/n.

Telephone: 96 573 07 10

Fax: 96 573 40 60.

Public School Manuel Bru in Benissa

Avda. Madrid s/n

Telephone: 96 573 20 10

Secondary Education Public Institute (IES) Josep Iborra in Benissa

Avda. Ausias March nº 7

Telephone: 96 573 00 07.

University Headquarters in Benissa

C/ Purísima, 57- 59

Telephone: 96 573 35 62

E-mail: seu.benissa@ua.es

International private Laude School The Lady Elizabeth Senior School

Ctra. Benissa a Jalón, s/n

03729 Lliber (Alicante)

Telephone (Only from the United Kingdom): (+34) 96 573 19 60 0871 711 53 04,

Admissions Telephone of the Senior School: +34 689 461 103

Administration Telephone of the Senior School: +34 689 461 104

Fax: +34 965 732 577

info@laudeladyelizabeth.com

http://laudeladyelizabeth.com/