Home from Home on the Costa Blanca: March 2012

The 'high coast' is the northern part of the Costa Blanca and includes Moriara, Calpe and Benidorm.

The preceding blogs and those linked to them are the experiences of an English expatriate ......who hopes you enjoy reading them.

Every site is different

Would you like a garden of Mediterranean fruits, flowers and shrubs? And include favourites from temperate climates? Or do you want to live in or near an orchard of oranges, almonds, olives or even beside a vineyard?
Remember that every plot of land has its own particular climate. You need to work out when the sun reaches a location and at what times of day through the year before you buy. In a mountainous country you want to be sure that you do not live on the wrong side of the hill. Sunlight is more important to you in the winter than the summer both inside and outside the house.

Everything you need.

Everything you need for house, garden, terrace and table is available nearby: bricolage and hardware stores, garden centres, tiles and building materials, bathroom fittings and supermarkets, flea and fruit markets.
For leisure time there is a maze of clubs from computing to bridge, tai chi to archery, plus internet and satellite television from competing suppliers and, best of all, the long bright days to play tennis, golf, sail, walk, do the garden, DIY, or whatever you fancy.

Read about our village here.

Living on the Marina Alta (Northern Costa Blanca)

Please use the Archive just below to find your way in the blog. Click on the name of a month to go to the entries for that month.

If you are thinking of living here on the Costa Blanca then the blog will help you get the feeling for the kind of life that you can enjoy here. One problem with assessing an area where you want to buy a house is that you usually have only one or two visits to look at the surroundings. This is not enough to grasp all the features of a new place.

The spread of this blog with information and comments over a longer period of time may help the reader to understand the possibilities of a life on the Costa Blanca.

To see an earlier blog on the same theme starting from May, 2008, you should go to http://benihomeinthesun.blogspot.com when this theme first began, and then for 2009 go to
http://costablancahomeinthesun.blogspot.com/

Home from Home on the Costa Blanca

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

This villa is now sold. However, the experience of living on the High Coast (Marina Alta) of the Costa Blanca may be worth reading about.

This villa is now sold. However, the experience of living in the High Coast (la Marina Alta, Costa Blanca) will always be there!