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Arenal

Shallow Bathing For All Ages

The Arenal has a beautiful sandy beach where the depth of the water allows you to walk nearly fifty metres before its gets too deep to stand. This makes it a perfect beach for families, or these who can't swim.

The beach area is also well equiped with children's play area, volleyball nets, sunbed hire services, bars and restaurants. A good number of shops provide beach wear, toys and lilos, without impinging on the beach itself.

Arenal Peak Season

 

 

 

About the Sea

The sea is clean and summer water temperatures make cooling off a pleasure, without getting frozen in the process. Lifeguards are at hand and a system of flags ensures that safety levels are monitored and communicated to all at all times.

Arenal Shops During Peak Season Arenal Promenade Opposite View Arenal During Peak Season of August

A Great Place to Relax The beach is particularly suited to families with small children and older bathers, because of the water depth. Just outside the shallow zone is a floating jetty with a fun slide and where you can dive into the water safely. Although during the peak month of April the beach can get a bit busy, usually the mid-week scene is one of quiet enjoyment. At weekends it does get more lively, but this is usually during the evenings on the promenade and in the restaurant and market areas.

Good Range of Bars and Restaurants The Arenal area has a great choice of bars and restaurants. Although there are a couple of English style bars and fast food outlets, for the most part the restaurants offer good quality Spanish meals, with a few foreign menus throuwn in, including Mexican and Austrian offerings. You do pay higher prices around the Arenal than elsewhere in Javea, but few seem to mind due to the enjoyment they get when mixing amongst the locals and tourists enjoying the daytime sun bathing and nightly market.

Nightly Market The promenade are at the Arenal in Javea is transformed in the early evening, as local vendors set up their stalls for the evening market. On offer are leather wares, souvenirs, jewellery, trinkets, scarves, artwork and other goods, depending on the season. Like all markets very few stalls have prices and that means the vendors are usuallyto a little haggling. The atmosphere tends to be relaxed, with a few artists offering portraits or charicatures, and you don't feel threatened or worried due to the market's modest size.

Additional Services Just behind the promenade are additional shops and services. There are shoe and fashions shops, a chemist, a bookshop, a few estate agents and a giftware shop. If you walk five minutes up to the main road at C. Cabo de la Nao, you will find additional shops, bars and smaller restaurants, as well as a diving clubs, bike renta and Javea Tennis Club.

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