Orihuela Costa guides
Playa Flamenca is the next resort south of Punta Prima: a Blue Flag beach with a promenade, a big Saturday market, the nearest Mercadona, and the start of the busiest stretch of the Orihuela Costa. A 20-minute clifftop walk or four minutes by car.
A sandy bay below a low cliff, with steps and ramps down from the promenade, a chiringuito, showers, lifeguards in season and a children’s play area. A small cove, Cala Mosca, sits just south before La Zenia. Water is a touch more open than Punta Prima’s, so flags matter on windy days.
Every Saturday morning the streets behind the beach fill with stalls, mostly clothes, shoes, leather, beach gear and household goods, with fruit and vegetables at one end. Go by 10:00, park on the N-332 side, bring cash. For normal shopping, Mercadona on Calle Gerardo Rueda is the nearest big Spanish supermarket to the villa (4 minutes by car), and the commercial centres on the main road have everything from hardware to hairdressers.
From the villa, follow the coast path south from Punta Prima beach along the clifftop: about 20 minutes with sea views the whole way, steps at a couple of points. Carry on past Playa Flamenca and you reach La Zenia beach, Cala Capitán and Cabo Roig in another hour. All the beaches.
All the Orihuela Costa beaches and coves compared: Punta Prima, Playa Flamenca, La Zenia, Cala Capitán, Cabo Roig, Campoamor, Aguamarina, Mil Palmeras and more, with Blue Flags, parking and distance from Punta Prima.
Read the guideDay-by-day guide to markets around Torrevieja and Orihuela Costa: the Friday market (location, hours, parking, cash), the Saturday Playa Flamenca market, Cabo Roig, Campoamor, San Pedro and the Sunday Lemon Tree Road market.
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Guide to Punta Prima between Torrevieja and Orihuela Costa (not the one in Menorca): the sandy beach, Cala Piteras cove, the beachfront restaurant and Nautilus, supermarkets, the coastal path, and why it is calmer than the town beaches.
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