Altea

Altea is a town and municipality placed in the province of Alicante, Spain, north of Alicante at the phase of Mediterranean coast called the Costa Blanca. At gift, the financial system of Altea is primarily based on tourism, which began to grow within the Fifties due to its right climate, seashores and the labyrinthine streets with whitewashed house-fronts that characterize the town. Altea is included at the north with the aid of the bluffs of the Serra de Bèrnia, developing an mainly mild microclimate.

Its seafront esplanade is planted with palms. The Iberian coastal settlements on the mouth of the Algar river inside the wide Bay of Altea were later joined by a Greek market, named Althaia.During the Moorish domination the land around Altea belonged to the Taifa of Denia till it became recaptured by means of the Christians in 1244 below James I of Aragon. The town was fast fortified, and partitions had been erected to surround what is now called the "old city" from outsiders.