One of the main attractions of the municipality of Jávea are its beaches and coves. If to this, we add that Jávea has the first best microclimate in the world, according to a scientific study carried out in the 90s, we have the essential elements for the municipality to become a tourist attraction that attracts visitors and tourists from all over the world. And it is that in Xàbia you can enjoy a good temperature all year round. The average that oscillates is 18°C.
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Coves surroundings
Xàbia or Jávea has, throughout the entire bay, a total of 13 beaches and coves. Their location and the charm that many of them give off is what makes them special places.
The main characteristic of each of them is the environment. Between mountains and Mediterranean vegetation, causing the rocky mountain to join with the blue of the sea, is what so many visitors claim. It should be noted that each one is different, each one has a peculiar charm, although they all have a common denominator, crystal clear and calm waters.
Choosing which are the most beautiful coves is not an easy task, even so, due to the influx of people and the opinions of tourists and residents of the town, we are left with the Cala Granadella, Cala de la Barraca or Portitxol y Cala Blanca or Caleta.
The three best coves in Xàbia
Cala Granadella
The Antena 3 television network ran a contest for two consecutive years for users to vote for the most beautiful beach in Spain. The Cala Granadella She was the winner two years in a row. Thousands of users from all over Spain voted her as the most beautiful in the country.
This cove is characterized by being located in a privileged enclave in the Granadella Forest Park. The mountains embrace the green sea of crystalline waters that guard unparalleled seabeds. Many boats anchor near this beach of great beauty and approach it by diving or swimming.
Gastronomy
Enjoying a good rice with beautiful views or tasting the typical fresh fish tapas in one of its restaurants is another of the things that can be done in this wonderful cove. To enjoy the local gastronomy, in this small cove you have three establishments located on the beach:
- South restaurant
- The Bandideta
- Rosita Restaurant Bar
movie set
This beach has also been the scene of Hollywood movies. A scene from a Bruce Willis movie, "The day's cold light", was recorded in this cove and in the forest park of it. In addition, as a curious fact we will also point out that in the 60s, in La Granadella, "bous al carrer" on Avenida del Tío Catalá and in the parking lot of the cove itself.
Without a doubt, going to Cala de la Granadella is a more than obligatory visit for all those who visit Jávea for the first time. In addition, this cove has different services, including water activities.
Organized activities
To enjoy the sea and its coast in a different and sporting way, guided kayak excursions or diving baptisms are offered. For this you can contact different companies:
- Nap Advisor
- Xàbia Go
- Kayak Javea
- La Terreta - sports and adventure
- Rift Adventure
- Itours Adventure
- Xàbia Active
For more information about this cove you can visit this article.
Cala de la Barraca or Portitxol Cala
Cala de la Barraca or Portitxol Cala It is another of the most beautiful coves in Jávea with a very peculiar charm. It is characterized by having along the beach small fishermen's houses which were called "barracks" (hence its name) and that give this beach a more than original touch.
All the "barracks" They belong to individuals and during the summer they use them to spend a fun day with friends or family. Many of them even spend the nights there, a beautiful experience in which to enjoy the tranquility with the sea breeze. But the Barraca cove It is also a trend on social networks. The well-known 'Blue Door' that appears in thousands of Instagram profiles is another attraction of this small maritime territory.
Just in front of the cove we see l'Illa del Portitxol (Isla del Portichol) which, according to the remains that have been found there, seems to have been inhabited. Burials and important archaeological remains from Roman times have been found in it. It is very nice to take a kayak excursion around the Island or around some of the cliffs that are in the vicinity of Cala de la Barraca.
Guided tours
To carry out the trips through the Portitxol area, there are specialized companies that facilitate guided excursions to get to know this wonderful environment, such as:
- Xàbia Go
- the kayak hut
- Itours Adventure
Another of the things that can be done from Cala de la Barraca is a nice hiking route to the Creu del Portitxol. Have you been to Jávea and don't know the Cala del Portitxol? Do not hesitate to visit it on your next visit.
Restaurants
In addition, Cala de la Barraca has two gastronomic establishments:
- Cala Clemence
- Bar La Barraca
For more information about this cove you can visit this article.
Cala Blanca or La Caleta
As a third cove, the small and named cove is recommended; Cala Blanca or La Caleta. The white stone that surrounds this cove stands out together with the clear waters of this area. If you follow the path of the cove you will stop at another much smaller cove called, the second cove. Both form a set of very endearing and special beaches for the residents of Jávea.
It is a closed beach that makes its waters very calm, which makes it ideal as a family beach, perfect for spending a day with children.
Name's origin
Its small caves give that special charm to Cala Blanca that receives this name for the whitish color of the rocks on its cliffs. It is accessed through a small promenade, also perfect for going for a walk and enjoying the views and peculiarities of this small beach.
Activities
On the other hand, different diving centers come to this small beach to perform diving baptisms or snorkel due to the characteristic of calm and crystal clear waters.
With regard to gastronomy, there is no restaurant within the cove itself, but the Chiringuito La Caleta is located a few meters from the entrance to the cove, which offers typical local product dishes.
For more information about this cove you can visit this article.
Coves location
Photos of the Calas
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Cala Granadella in Jávea embraced by mountains
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Old fishermen's houses in Cala Portitxol Jávea
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Portitxol Cala or Cala de la Barraca in Javea
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Illa del Portitxol in the barrack Creek in Jávea
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Cala Granadella in Jávea view from the path that leads to Castell de la Granadella
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Granadella in Jávea Cala
Before it was for a clean javea now for a beautiful javea, the name of javea had to be MENFOT, the beach of the first third world mountain, this year the City Council has not had money to clean it up, what the citizen would have to do is demonstrate with all the communication media, let's see if they drop their faces in shame.
Come on gentlemen!!! There is room in the background!!!!!
If Jávea was already full to the brim 5 years ago, imagine how things are going now.
Let's also welcome the thousands of new tenants of the hundreds of blocks that have been built thanks to Chulvi and his gang, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING CHULVI.
(What those who come don't know, none of them, is that we're in SHIT to the top, there aren't any police either and we don't have Public Transport, good luck to everyone!!!!)
The beach of the mountain where we put it as a beach or garbage dump. Total abandonment. Embarrassing to walk. third world
To the parrot that we are not so bad!
In your eagerness to promote tourism, you have forgotten the Arenal beach where the drainage of the municipal sewage treatment plant allows us to enjoy for free the miracles of the transformation of faeces into water suitable for bathing.
I don't know if you have realized that there is no room for a pin in any cove in the municipality. I would like Javea.com to explain to us readers, citizens, residents, etc., why this obsession with continuing with this suicidal promotion of the territory. Is it really so important for this newspaper to make a big deal out of hotels and businesses in the nautical sector, such as to continue publishing to the four winds the benefits of the place, the exact location of the coves, to call for the massive influx of tourists from one day, that they are not going to leave anything at all, more than garbage…? I don't know, I appeal to the conscience of the newspaper and its team of editors, please, don't continue contributing to the destruction of this paradise for a few clicks, which won't get you out of poverty either...
And the mountains, that beach, mountains or garbage. A total abandonment in the years we are in. Shameful as a coast, as a beach or as a walk. Third World.
Because this is an article with surreptitious advertising. And all those businesses that are advertising pay for that service. Do you think advertising work is free? The destruction of the environment here has no place because precisely all those businesses are based on marketing with "paradise." That is what they sell and they will do it until they squeeze it like an orange. And tourists buy it because they don't care what they destroy in order to consume it.