Altea

Altea is a charming seaside town of 22,000 people (2018) on the Costa Blanca of Alicante province. Visitors are drawn by its good weather, its beaches and its charming old town. Wikivoyage

Population 24,592 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Spain

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Spain
Daylight 9 h 29 in Dec, dark by 16:39 · 14 h 51 in Jun
  1. January: 9 h 46 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 46 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 54 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 12 of daylight
  5. May: 14 h 16 of daylight
  6. June: 14 h 51 of daylight
  7. July: 14 h 37 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 42 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 28 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 14 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 06 of daylight
  12. December: 9 h 29 of daylight
Tourist office · 420 m Tourist Info Altea

Getting there

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Where you can go from Altea

  • Under 1 h
  • 1–2 h
  • 2–3 h
  • 3–5 h
  • 5 h +

From Altea's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.

Under an hour· 1

2 to 3 hours· 2

From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. El Castillo de la Olla

    August

  2. Moros i Cristians

    September

    The annual Moors and Christians festival is very popular

2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Altea); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Mercat Municipal Altea

    1. Monday: 07:30–14:30
    2. Tuesday: 07:30–14:30
    3. Wednesday: 07:30–14:30
    4. Thursday: 07:30–14:30
    5. Friday: 07:30–14:30
    6. Saturday: 07:30–14:30
    7. Sunday: closed

    07:30–14:30

    60 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 43 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.