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The Spain Town of Los Montesinos - Established on the north bank of the Torrevieja salt lake on the CV-945 route, the popular Costa Blanca town of Los Montesinos lies proudly in the center of a square with Torrevieja and Torrelamata to the west, Algorfa and Rojales towards the north, San Miguel and Campoverde in the south and Orihuela and Bigastro in the east, meaning that it's nicely served with a great infrastructure of roads and it is easily reached by travellers. The town gets its title from that of an important family who once ruled over the local residents 100's of years ago. With changes initiated by the important Spanish churchman Cardinal Belluga during the 1700's and were ongoing to today, Los Montesinos has developed and its families have gotten more positive about taking care of their own town. The village in fact was still governed by Almoradi right up until the 1990's, after that it finally earned its full independence from its neighbour, meaning that it was able to pick its own town mayor and run its own town council. 

Los Montesinos also boasts what's stated to have in the past been the key road in Roman Spain, the Via Augusta, which is reported to be following the path of the initial route from Cadiz to Rome dating back some 2 millenia and having as much significance as Italy's Via Apia and France's Via Domita.

The road isn't as remarkable nowadays however far more impressive is the Nuestra Senora del Pilar church put up in the eighteen eighties and stands in the middle of the town. Yet another building of another century is the extremely modern but spectacular Ayuntamiento, featuring its rotating glass doorway it's a focal point of the pretty square where the locals accumulate to chat, meet and greet.  

The economy of Los Montesinos used to be reliant on agriculture and especially lemons and oranges evident in so abundant in the area. Nevertheless, this farming is currently being moved into second position by tourist related business. Ideally located as it finds itself Los Montesinos provides a superb spot for tourists and holidaymakers and a good number of the new properties are procured just for that intent.

Present day visitors will quickly realize that pretty much fifty percent of the pubs, apartment blocks, restaurants and retail businesses tend to be fairly modern and contemporary though they blend in quite well with the older ones, you might need to seek harder to find the older Spanish establishments.  

Los Montesinos puts on its own carnivals, fairs and fiestas with probably among the most significant being the 30th July which locals call the Day of Segregation, which marks them gaining their long fought for independence. Other significant fiestas happen in October and November.

Without doubt an excursion to Los Montesinos should not be missed and it will likely take a full day to check out all that the place has to offer and possibly some detective work to stumble upon the interesting, older parts of the town.

Local Areas - The Vega Baja del Segura: Alicante's most southerly comarca, the Vega Baja has a name that means "Low Fertile Valley", it is a very important area for the harvesting of fresh fruits and vegetables, lemons and citrus fruits particularly, in addition, it has got a wonderful coastline providing plenty of decent beaches and well liked vacation resorts. The main city of the district is the town of Orihuela whilst the largest of its resorts on the coast are probably Torrevieja and Guardamar, where tremendous white, beaches are kissed by the gleaming, tranquil waves of the blue Mediterranean Sea. Other seaside towns and resorts include: Zeniamar, Pilar de la Horadada, Playa Flamenca, Campoamor, Mil Palmeras, El Mojon and others, whilst inland towns and villages include: Callosa de Segura, Bigastro, San Fulgencio, Rojales, Albatera, Daya Vieja, Jacarilla and San Isidro.

Summing Up - For anybody who is thinking about a visit to the Orihuela Costa sometime in the future, you really need to think about heading to the village and having a tour around this fabulous little place. Allow no less than 5 or 6 hours for your visit, perhaps a complete day if you've got the time, considering that as well as checking out the variety of historic attractions that the village has, make sure to spend a little time sitting in the pretty town square and watch the world go by.