Beach holiday rental in Torrevieja, 3 bedrooms, 1 minute from Playa del Cura
To do in Torrevieja
To do in Torrevieja
Updated March 17, 2024
There are plenty of things to do in Torrevieja. Relax on the beach. Visit the Torrevieja water park Aquopolis. See the salt lakes with flamingos and other bird life. Take a boat tour to the island of Tabarca. If you like golfing there are several courses around Torrevieja. For shopping you can explore the Habaneras Shopping Centre or Zenia Boulevard. Or maybe you will enjoy the Friday Market or the Craft Market? For more inspiration, see the tips below or this Tourist map, or the official tourist site (mobile version of the site), or the iPhone app or Android app.
Local buses:Here and here (PDF) are maps showing the local bus lines in Torrevieja. For more info, see here. Check out the Costa Azul app for Android and iOS (iPhone).
Pay with cash: The cost is 1,50€ for a ride. They do not exchange large banknotes, so have coins with you if you pay cash.
Pay with the Móbilis card: The cost is 1,20€ for the ride. You buy the card on the bus or at the buss station, the card costs 2€ and you have to fill it with 10€ or 20€. The card is not personal, so you can pay for other people or let other people borrow it. More info here.
Map: Here is the official Torrevieja tourist map and here is a map showing interesting locations around Alicante. This is a map with info in Swedish with over 280 different kind of locations and tips.
For even more tips for what to see and do etc., just scroll down 😊
Grocery store during daytime, nearest is “Masymas” and open to 21:00 (180m, closed on some Sundays. To see open/closing times, 1 Go here, 2 Select Alicante, 3 Select Torrevieja, 4 Click Buscar). More stores here.
Grocery stores during nighttime open 24 hours (650m), open to 01:30 (450m). But those opening hours may change.
Torrevieja Sports City 50 m long Olympic pool with 8 lanes, 2 outdoor pools (June-September), tennis , squash , “paddle tennis”, gymnasium, fitness and aerobic groups, “fronton” area for “pelota”, rowing (in Torrevieja Bay), facilities for team sports like basketball, soccer, athletics, handball, gymnastics, rugby, volleyball and martial arts. Use the app to book. See location on Google Maps.
For tapas, coffee etc – round off to the nearest euro or other appropriate amount, leave the smallest coins.
Lunch or simpler dinner, up to even numbers (a few euros or cents).
Nice restaurant in the evening 5-10%, up to even numbers.
Taxi – round up, but also okay to leave no tip.
Card payment
ALWAYS choose to see and pay in Euro! Very often you need to choose, to see or use € or your local currency!
Choosing other currency will give an extremely bad exchange rate.
ATM
NEVER ever use ATMs that is just called “ATM” or Euronet and is not a banks ATM, they can have fees up to 25% of the withdrawal!
ALWAYS select to see and withdraw money in Euro, not your own local currency, carefully check what is suggested.
Choosing other currency will give an extremely bad exchange rate.
Almost all banks have extra fees when you use theirs ATMs, but it is still most often cheaper than get Euro from a bank or a currency exchanger at home. The fees varies but is likely to be:
You can eat when you want, but here is how the Spaniards do.
Breakfast (desayuno) at 8.30-10.00
Breakfast usually consists of coffee with baguette or some kind of pastry eg Magdalena or Churros. Many just take a cup of coffee and nothing else (surely still full after the very late dinner!). One goes out in the morning and buys freshly baked bread. If you only drink a cup of coffee for breakfast, it is common to eat something small between 10.30 – 12.00, similar food as for breakfast.
Lunch (almuerzo or la comida) at 14.00-16.00
Before lunch you eat some tapas (egg dishes such as tortillas, various cooked vegetables, Spanish sausages, chips, minihamburger etc.). You often get a random tapa for free if you order a caña (small glass of beer), a little glass of wine or other drink. You eat a tapa in a cafe even if you have lunch at home afterwards. At lunch it is affordable prices, you can get 2 or 3 dishes cheap in many restaurants.
It is also now that it is siesta, many shops have closed at least 14-17.
Between meals food (merienda) at 17.30-19.30
In order for you to get through to dinner, you can now take a sandwich, small piece of sausage or cheese, a cup of coffee or something sweet as ice cream or churros in chocolate.
Dinner (cena) at 20-23
If you didn’t get any merienda, there will be tapas and beer before dinner.
Here is a film by Alegria International Real Estate about Playa del Cura, the beach located next to the apartment. It gives a good picture of how the beach looks at high season in July and August. The beach has public restrooms, also for disabled people. The beach is shallow so it is safe to swim even far out. There are also life guards, should something go wrong.
A video about Torrevieja in Spanish, to get you in the right mood 🙂