Altea
Altea is a charming seaside town of 22,000 people on the Costa Blanca of Alicante province. Visitors are drawn by its good weather, its beaches and its charming old town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Train station Altea and Torre de Bellaguarda.
Train station Altea
Railway station
Photo: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Train station Altea is a railway station.
Torre de Bellaguarda
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torre de Bellaguarda is a scenic viewpoint.
Roman Aqueduct of Altea
Ruins
Photo: Vicent Serrat Conejero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roman Aqueduct of Altea is a ruins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include L’Alfàs del Pi and L’Albir.
L’Alfàs del Pi
Village
Photo: Jackrm, Public domain.
L'Alfàs del Pi is a Valencian town and municipality located in the comarca of Marina Baixa, in the province of Alicante, Spain, lying at the foot of Serra Gelada. L’Alfàs del Pi is situated 5 km southwest of Altea.
L’Albir
Suburb
Photo: Jackrm, Public domain.
L’Albir is a suburb, which is situated 4 km southwest of Altea.
Altea
- Categories: municipality of Spain, municipality of the Valencian Community, and locality
- Location: Costa Blanca, Alicante, Valencian Community, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.6028° or 38° 36′ 10″ northLongitude
-0.0472° or 0° 2′ 50″ westPopulation
15,400Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)Open location code
8CCXJX33+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 1440347912OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
6355394Wikidata ID
Q436491
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Altea” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Altea”
- Arabic: “ألتيا”
- Arabic: “التيا”
- Aragonese: “Alteya”
- Armenian: “Ալտեա”
- Azerbaijani: “Altea”
- Basque: “Altea”
- Bulgarian: “Алтеа”
- Catalan: “Altea”
- Cebuano: “Altea”
- Chechen: “Альтеа”
- Chinese: “Altea”
- Chinese: “阿尔特亚”
- Chinese: “阿爾特亞”
- Dutch: “Altea”
- Egyptian Arabic: “التيا”
- Esperanto: “Altea”
- Finnish: “Altea”
- French: “Altea”
- French: “Altée”
- Galician: “Altea”
- Georgian: “ალტეა”
- German: “Altea la Vella”
- German: “Altea”
- Greek: “Αλτέα”
- Hungarian: “Altea”
- Interlingua: “Altea”
- Irish: “Altea”
- Italian: “Altea”
- Japanese: “アルテア”
- Kazakh: “Альтеа”
- Korean: “알테아”
- Ladin: “Altea”
- Latin: “Althaea (Hispania)”
- Latin: “Althaea”
- Lithuanian: “Altea”
- Lombard: “Altea (Spagna)”
- Lombard: “Altea”
- Luxembourgish: “Altea”
- Malagasy: “Altea”
- Malay: “Altea”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Altea”
- Moksha: “Алтэа”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Altea”
- Norwegian: “Altea”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Altea”
- Persian: “آلتئا”
- Persian: “التئا”
- Polish: “Altea”
- Portuguese: “Altea”
- Romanian: “Altea”
- Russian: “Альтеа”
- Scots: “Altea”
- Serbian: “Алтеа”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Altea”
- South Azerbaijani: “آلتئا”
- Spanish: “Altea”
- Swedish: “Altea”
- Tatar: “Альтеа”
- Thai: “อัลเตอา”
- Turkish: “Altea”
- Ukrainian: “Алтеа”
- Ukrainian: “Альтеа”
- Uzbek: “Altea”
- Uzbek: “Алтеа”
- Venetian: “Altea (Spagna)”
- Venetian: “Altea”
- Waray (Philippines): “Altea”
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