100 Best villas to rent in Valencia Community : holiday homes & apartments
The Valencian Community is an autonomous community of Spain located in the central and south-eastern Iberian Peninsula.
Its capital and largest city is Valencia. The region is divided into three provinces : Alicante, Castellón and Valencia, and thirty four comarques. Costa Blanca, literally in English White Coast refers to over 200 kilometres (120 mi) of Mediterranean coastline in the Alicante province of Spain.
Spain specialist from 12 years, Vacationkey has selected for you Charming Vacation Rentals, Cottages, Bed and Breakfasts, and luxury villas & Catles for rent. Each property is classified by region and by city, so you can get quickly the list of ads. Then, just send your inquiries directly to the owner or agent.
Here is a list of some of the largest cities :
- Valencia (Valencian: València), capital of the province of the same name, on the river Turia. Famous festival of the Falles on March 19.
- Alicante (Valencian: Alacant), capital of the province of the same name, in the Mediterranean coast. Famous for its hard nougat or turrón duro (Valencian: torró dur) and Postiguet, Albufereta and Sant Joan Beaches. The famous festival of the Bonfires of Saint John is in June. Its city hall and the Santa Barbara Castle are historic monuments.
- Elche (Valencian: Elx), population 215,137, famous for the wood of the palm tree called Palmeral, and for the Misteri d'Elx, two-day festival of singing and street drama that acts out the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, declared by UNESCO as part of all humankind's oral heritage.
- Castellón de la Plana (Valencian: Castelló de la Plana), capital of the province of Castellón.
- Alcoy (Valencian: Alcoi), an important industrial area for textile products, with characteristical 19th century modernist buildings and with the best known Moors and Christians festivities, on April. Surrounded by mountains with a rich environment. Also known as the city of bridges, due to the large number of these infrastructures built.
- Torrevieja, population 54,348, in the south, important tourist center with many hotels, apartments and tourist accommodations; includes La Mata Beach.
- Gandia (Spanish: Gandía), is another important tourist center, situated on the Costa de Valencia.
- Orihuela, on the Segura River, historic city with palaces, churches and the Cathedral, a highly productive area for farm products such as oranges, lemons and the like.
- Benidorm, a major holiday resort, dubbed Beniyork because of its many skyscrapers, including Spain's tallest, the 52-story Gran Hotel Bali.
- Elda, important production center for shoes and wine in the Vinalopo area.
- Villena, important production of shoes and wine, with many historical and monumental visits. Also, fiestas of Moros y Cristianos, one of the most important in the Community, with the highest participation.
- Vila-real (Spanish: Villarreal), important producer of ceramics and brick.
Other important cities: Altea, Calpe, Denia, Javea, Benitachell, Pedreguer, Benissa, Ciudad Quesada, Gran Alacant, Moraira, Alfaz del Pi, Pego, Albir, Guardamar...