Why move to Los Arenales Del Sol
Situated just 15 minutes from Alicante’s huge international airport, Los Arenales Del Sol is a beautiful, quiet, blue flagged beach town.
Built in the 1980’s and 1990’s, this is a new town filled with smart apartments and villas set around the Paseo Maritimo. This tiled promenade has a pedestrian walkway, bike lane and road and is busy with cafes, bars and restaurants.
To get to the beach, you need to traverse the long wooden boardwalk over a flat plain of scrubland. This is part of the Clot de Galvany Nature Reserve, a massive area of salt marsh and dunes that lies between Los Arenales Del Sol and Gran Alacant, home to rare species of plants, birds and animals. The beach itself is a nearly 3 kilometres long stretch of fine, white sand and it slopes out so gently that you need to wade 50 metres before it’s deep enough for swimming.
This has led to the growth of a windsurfing community, with rentals and classes available for beginners. It’s also popular with young families with an inflatable obstacle course set up to keep the younger ones occupied. The path connecting the beach to neighbouring El Carabassi is used by walkers, cyclists and skaters. Both the cities of Elche and Alicante are under 30 minutes drive away.
Community
Los Arenales Del Sol is a favourite place for Spanish and British families to own second homes due to the proximity of the airport.
Property
There are several small developments consisting of apartments plus rows of detached villas with sizeable gardens. They have all the mod cons and excellent shared amenities.
Amenities
There is a small collection of high street businesses and a street market on Tuesday and Friday afternoons.
Transport
Alicante airport is under a 15 minute drive and there is a bus service linking Los Arenales Del Sol with Elche, Alicante and Santa Pola running every 30 minutes.
Employment
Tourism is the only substantial industry in the town, but with Alicante and Elche conveniently close, there’s plenty of job roles on offer.
Health
Both the Consultorio Medico L’Altet and Consultorio de Verano Urbanova are in nearby urbanisations. The Hospital IMED Elche is open 24 hours.
Schools
The urbanisations of Puerto Marino and Panorama have a few schools between them and King’s College, The British School Of Alicante is only a 12 minute drive away.
Cost of Living
The homes in Los Arenales Del Sol are mostly quite small, but competitively priced apartments. The resorts in the south of the Costa Blanca tends to be less expensive than in the north.