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OLIVA

Oliva town, situated eighty kilometres south of the city of Valencia amid orange groves, offers visitors a taste of Spain’s historical past with its narrow cobbled streets, Moorish castle remains, the blue domed churches of San Roque constructed on the site of a mosque, and the neoclassic 16^th century church of Santa Maria la Mayor . The tree-lined boulevard, in the more modern part of town, is home to the weekly Friday market, and the permanent covered central market offers daily fresh produce.

Oliva’s 10 km stretch of beautiful, unspoilt, sandy beaches bordered by dunes with the backdrop of surrounding hills will delight the beach-goer. The marshes with its complex network of lanes and canals, inland from Oliva were recently declared a Natural Park. The unique vegetation of canes and grasses makes the area one of the most interesting wetland zones on the Mediterranean coast. The chain of inland mountains is worth a visit for the panoramic views and excellent restaurants.

Oliva’s Club Nautica offers sailing courses whilst sea kayaks and windsurfs can be hired on the beach. An eighteen hole golf course designed by Spain’s famous Seve Ballesteros will entice the golfer. A modern sports complex with indoor and outdoor pools caters to the year-round swimmer.

The people of the province enjoy their ‘fiestas’ and this is certainly true of Oliva. The ‘Fallas’ is a fiesta in which satirical effigies, made from papiermaché are located around town and burnt on the last night along with a great fireworks display. Holy week is another ‘must’ for Olivenses and vistors alike with the Corpus Cristo procession winding its way to the castle and through the streets of the old town.

	With an entrance to the Mediterranean coastal motorway at the edge of town, Oliva is only 45 minutes from Valencia to the north and an hour from Alicante to the south. The national road runs through the town itself. There are excellent bus services to nearby towns and to the cities of Valencia and Alicante. A regular train service from Gandia, 7km north of Oliva, takes one into Valencia in only forty minutes. This line is being extended to Oliva and Denia, a coastal town, situated 15 km to the south.