About Spain
Calpe
Calpe the artists town. A port and a country town at the same time. An oasis in the most popular tourist region of the Costa Blanca. Calpe is the town of connoisseurs, the town chosen by the whole of Europe as its summer retreat. A privileged enclave beside the calm blue waters of the Mediterranean, where outstanding natural beauty, gastronomy, culture, the sea, and the mountains, are part of the everyday life of its inhabitants all year round. The Old Town is attracting more and more visitors because it is interesting museums, picturesque little streets and squares as well as many bars and restaurants, most of them with a lively terrace, the ideal place to spend a pleasant summer evening. Calpe will surprise you with its daring contrasts, where modern buildings and wide avenues harmonize with an ancient fishing village, where locals are proud of their past, yet welcome tourists and visitors with warm hearted hospitality.
Calpe is a town, which is full of history and culture. Its strategic location on the coast has attracted many voyagers and settlers throughout history. Remains of Iberian tribes were discovered around the skirts of the Rock of Ifach. Later, the Romans founded a prosperous colony on the coastal plain whose main activity was commerce in dried, salted fish. During the Medieval period, the farming population was spread out in a number of independent settlements. Christians and Moors lived peacefully for a time, but the local population suffered continual attacks by pirates during the 14th to the 17th centuries. Calpe entered a period of redevelopment during the 18th century, consolidating the town in the 19th century and laying the foundations for its current prosperity as a major attraction for both national and international tourism.
La Gota Fria
La Gota Fria is the name given to the rain we get at this time of the year. Literally translated this means the cold drop. It is caused by the warm air coming over from Africa hitting the cooler sea and creating rain clouds. The clouds can't get over the mountains so they drop their load. It may only last a day but can last for a week. The usually dry river beds can finally be seen with tricklets of water, not quite on the scale we are used to in Switzerland of course. It is normally followed by a noticeable drop in temperature from what we have been used to over the summer and signifies the beginning of winter. Although many of us groan about the change in the weather the gardeners and conservationists amongst us are delighted. You can almost hear the palnts saying thank you and the reservoirs get a rare opportunity to increase their levels.
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