Areas
Living in the Vega Baja
What is it like to live there? Per town: housing, work, schools, healthcare, shops, festivals and distances to everything you need.
Choosing where to live matters as much as choosing the house. We have lived and worked in the Vega Baja since 2002; these guides cover what you want to know before you move: from schools and the nearest hospital to the market day and the village fiestas.
Rojales
Rojales is a historic farming village on the River Segura, with the large residential area of Ciudad Quesada on the hills above it. The old centre is Spanish and quiet, while Quesada and the surrounding urbanisations are very international. The beach at Guardamar is roughly ten minutes away by car.
128 homes for sale
Ciudad Quesada
Ciudad Quesada is a large, green residential area on the hills south of the village of Rojales, with a strongly international character. Homes are villas, bungalows and flats, with shops, restaurants, a golf course and a water park close by. The beach at Guardamar is about ten minutes away by car.
107 homes for sale
Benijófar
Benijófar is a small village on the right bank of the Segura, set among the irrigated farmland of the Vega Baja. Covering less than 4.5 km², it is one of the smallest municipalities in the area, yet the coast at Guardamar is roughly ten minutes away by car. Around half of the residents are foreign nationals, most of them British.
65 homes for sale
Formentera del Segura
Formentera del Segura is a small, compact village in the Vega Baja, on the left bank of the River Segura and about 10 km from the coast at Guardamar. The old centre around the church and town hall is quiet and very Spanish, while the Los Palacios district has plenty of new builds and international residents. Rojales and Benijófar are practically next door, so many services are shared with the neighbouring villages.
6 homes for sale
Daya Vieja
With around 700 residents, Daya Vieja is the smallest municipality in the Vega Baja: a quiet village among the artichoke fields by the Segura. Most services, such as the school, supermarkets and a pharmacy, are in neighbouring towns a few minutes' drive away. It suits people looking for peace and a small community with the coast about 15 minutes away, though you will need a car.
3 homes for sale
Daya Nueva
Daya Nueva is a small farming village in the Vega Baja del Segura, surrounded by citrus groves and vegetable fields. Life here is quiet and very Spanish, with everyday essentials in the village and most other services in Almoradí, a few minutes away. The coast at Guardamar is roughly a quarter of an hour's drive.
7 homes for sale
Almoradí
Almoradí is a lively Spanish market town in the middle of the Vega Baja farmland, a short distance from the River Segura. It was rebuilt after the 1829 earthquake with wide, straight streets around a large square, and that layout still shapes its character. You live among lemon groves here, with the coast about twenty minutes' drive away.
9 homes for sale
Los Montesinos
Los Montesinos is a compact farming town in the Vega Baja, a few kilometres from the pink salt lagoon of Torrevieja. Life here is quiet, among citrus groves and newer residential areas, with the coast and Torrevieja's larger services about fifteen minutes away by car.
22 homes for sale
Guardamar del Segura
Guardamar del Segura sits where the River Segura meets the Mediterranean, with more than 11 km of sandy beach and a large pine forest on the dunes behind it. It is a proper seaside town with its own centre that stays lived-in all year. Summer brings a noticeable rise in visitors.
62 homes for sale
Torrevieja
Torrevieja is the largest coastal town in the Vega Baja: a lively city set between two salt lagoons and the sea, with residents from more than a hundred countries. Beaches, a hospital, schools and shops are all close at hand, but so are crowds, plenty of high-rise blocks and heavy summer traffic.
24 homes for sale
Dolores
Dolores is a Spanish farming town of just over 8,000 people in the huerta of the Vega Baja, founded in the 18th century on drained marshland. Life here is quieter and more affordable than on the coast, which is a 15-minute drive away, and the town has its own schools, health centre and weekly market.
16 homes for sale
Algorfa
Algorfa is a small village on the right bank of the Segura, between the citrus groves of the Vega Baja and the hills towards the AP-7. Large urbanisations have grown up around the old centre, the best known being the La Finca golf resort. It is a quiet place to live all year round, about fifteen minutes by car from the coast.
62 homes for sale
Orihuela Costa
Orihuela Costa is not a municipality in its own right but the 16 km coastal strip of the municipality of Orihuela, whose town lies some 30 km inland. It is a continuous chain of urbanisations between Torrevieja and Pilar de la Horadada, with coves, golf courses and a large shopping centre. Life here is international and well served, but the area gets very busy in summer and healthcare and schools are struggling to keep pace with growth.
65 homes for sale
San Miguel de Salinas
San Miguel de Salinas is a hilltop town in the south of the Vega Baja, looking out over the pink salt lagoon of Torrevieja. Around the old centre lie many urbanisations where a large share of residents come from abroad. The coast is about a quarter of an hour away, and the countryside of the Sierra Escalona starts almost on the doorstep.
38 homes for sale
Catral
Catral is a farming town of just over 9,000 people on the flat plain of the Vega Baja, where orchards and vegetable plots run up to the edge of the El Hondo nature park. The town covers everyday needs, including a secondary school and a health centre. Many rural homes and fincas are scattered around it, and the coast is about twenty minutes by car.
12 homes for sale
San Fulgencio
San Fulgencio is a farming village in the Vega Baja that is also home to one of Spain's largest residential estates: La Marina with El Oasis, close to the coastal dunes and pine woods. The Spanish village and the highly international estate lie about five kilometres apart and feel like two different places. Around two thirds of residents were born abroad.
12 homes for sale