What to See in Calpe - Top Sights and Attractions

La Muralla Roja is a postmodern apartment complex in Manzanera, Calpe, Spain. It is designed by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill for the client Palomar S.A. in 1968 and fully constructed by 1973. It has been ranked among "Ricardo Bofill's 10 Most Iconic Works".

In designing the building, Bofill referenced the architecture of North African casbahs and Arab Mediterranean architectural styles. It reinterprets the casbahs in an avant-garde fashion while incorporating the traditional elements like plazas (courtyards), staircases and bridges that connect all the apartments to one another.

As a residency, it holds several amenities such as two commercial stores, a sauna and a restaurant all on the first level. On roof terraces there are solariums and a swimming pool exclusively for use of its residents.

La Muralla Roja is referred to as a housing estate that has fifty apartments/ living spaces. There are three different styles and sizes of apartments: Studio apartments of approximately 60 square meters, two bedroom apartments of 80 square meters, and three bedroom apartments of approximately 120 square meters.^[1]

La Fossa or Levante beach is a beach of sand, pebbles and rock in the municipality of Calpe, in the province of Alicante.

This beach is bordered to the north by the Calalga beach and to the south by the Peñón de Ifach and has a length of 950m, with a width of 40m.

It is located in an urban environment, having access by street. It has a promenade and parking delimited. It has access for the disabled. It is a marked beach that has a marked area for the exit of boats. It also has wooden access walkways, toilets and lifeguard post. The area closest to the rock is a very noisy area with discos and pubs, not recommended for families with children looking to relax.

This beach has been awarded the Blue Flag. It has no coastline

Los Baños de la Reina is an archaeological site located next to the salt pans of Calpe. It consisted of a Roman palace with a corridor, a courtyard and eight rooms. Its profusion of marble and mosaics reveal that it belonged to a person with high purchasing power. Among other elements, near the coastline there are artificial pools excavated in rock for fish farming and subsequent salting of fish, some baths, a waterwheel and four cisterns. Its 0.39 hectares also form a micro-reserve of flora. The house and its thermal building were built at the end of the 2nd or beginning of the 3rd century and abandoned at the beginning of the 5th century.

The structures were located in 1610 by Gaspar Juan Escolano and excavated on 18 and 19 May 1792 by Cavanilles. Their discovery was published in the Gazeta de Madrid. Their discovery was published in the Gazeta de Madrid. After the excavations in September 1965 by Manuel Pellicer Catalán and, above all, after the excavations (some of them salvage) carried out between 1993 and 1999, the ground plan of the complex has been determined, identifying it as a vicus of three houses whose economic orientation was the elaboration of wine, fishing, production of garum (fish sauce), salting and extraction of stone. Sepulchres have been found.

It is planned to sign an agreement between the Diputación de Alicante and Calpe to consolidate the archaeological remains with the collaboration of the MARQ.