We say goodbye to the capital of the province and leave behind the great Postiguet beachto start our stage today. Target: Santa Pola cape. We are facing a stage of over 14 miles.
We start the journey and after crossing the long port of Alicante we approach the coast. We will sail next to the beach of San Gabriel, until we reach Cala de los Borrachos, where theplaya de Aguamarga, begins, a beach adapted for dogs that has become a truedoggy-beach.
After passing through Cala de Calabarda we find fine sand beaches that will take us to the beach playa de Urbanova. Bordering this beach to the west is the Saladar area, a wetland area of great environmental interest that was once a place of salt production.
A few metres further on, and now in the district of Elche, is El Altet beach, which is a continuation of the Arenales del Sol which stretches to Carabassí beach. All these beaches have been awarded the Blue Flag, not only for the quality of their waters but also for their wide range of restaurants, mainly during the summer, accessible points for bathing and a tourist office.
Next to the dune system formed by these beaches is the Clot de Galvany natural landscape of great scenic and environmental value and that extends to the district of Santa Pola. The town welcomes us with its first beach, la Ermita.
Parallel to us runs the Camino del Cabo or Carabassí, which surrounds and circles the entire Cape of Santa Pola. We will leave it behind and begin to see the first signs of urbanisation in the town, its long promenade and its many jetties that provide protection from the winds and the sea from the south.
To reach the south of the town, we go past beaches and coves, Punta Larga cove, the cove of the Santa Pola Lighthouse, the Cuartel coves, taking us to the town of Santa Pola, Carlotí beach, los Astilleros until we reach the coves of Santiago Bernabeu just before the Port, interspersing coves made of boulder, rocks and sandy beaches.
Just before we reach the urban areas, the Torre de les Escaletes welcomes us and watches over us like so many other watchtowers on our journey.
We recommend an afternoon visit to the Museum of Salt and some of the watertanks built in the XVIII century to supply water to the inhabitanta of Santa Pola.