Hotels in Guardamar del Segura

Guardamar del Segura

Guardamar del Segura is a seaside town on the southern Costa Blanca, in the Vega Baja comarca of the province of Alicante, where the river Segura reaches the Mediterranean. Its great asset is a white-sand beach about 11 km long, backed by a large pine forest. That forest was planted at the start of the 20th century to stop the moving dunes that were invading the farmland behind them. The dunes and pines now form a natural area of around 800 hectares beside the sea, crossed by wooden walkways down to the shore. El Rebollo beach is among the best known in the province. Fishing and farming shaped the town, and the first settlement near the river mouth is thought to have been a Phoenician colony. Guardamar also has a marina, and local festivals include Moors and Christians and the Fogueres de Sant Joan. The 380-metre Torre dels Americans, a naval antenna built by the United States Navy in 1962, rises over the municipality as the tallest structure on the Iberian Peninsula. The town suits families and anyone who prefers open dunes and a long natural beach to high-rise resorts. Alicante-Elche airport is the closest airport, and Torrevieja lies a short way down the coast.