Oliva Valencia Spain. Oliva, province of Valencia, Spain. Oliva Tourist Office

It is the second most important city in the La Safor region. Oliva Located at the southern tip of the coast Costa Azahar, which is also called the Orange Blossom Coast (in March-April, these places are immersed in the incredibly pleasant aroma of orange blossoms!). Costa Asajar, along with, is very popular among tourists for beach holiday, and Oliva with her one of best beaches in the surrounding area, it is most popular among local residents.

It's small quiet place, ideal for a relaxing family vacation. Thanks to the excellent golf courses, older people love to come here.

Weather in Oliva:

How to get to Oliva:

Toll highway A7- connects Oliva with Valencia and Alicante (about 9 euros in both directions).

Free highway N332 passes through Oliva. It takes a long time to drive towards Alicante (twice as long as the toll highway), but it’s beautiful. You can also get to Valencia using a free road, since the difference in time and mileage there is almost insignificant.

Buses: go to cities (), as well as to the side (through Gandia). A ticket to Valencia is about 10 euros one way and about 1.5 hours on the road.

Oliva Tourist Office:

TOURIST INFO OLIVA

Passeig Lluis Vives s/n
Thu 10 - 13

TOURIST INFO OLIVA PLATJA

temporary office from March to October
Almirall Roger de Llúria 38
Mon - Fri 9:30 - 14:00 and 16:30 - 18:30
Thu 10 - 13

Sights of Oliva:

Olive is divided into two parts: Oliva Playa(beach Oliva) - built up with coastal villas and apartments crammed into high season and empty in winter, and Historical Center Olives with ancient buildings and a network of winding streets.

In Oliva, the ancient buildings of Christian neighborhoods and Moorish suburbs have been preserved.

Passeig(The Promenade) runs through the center of town, which hosts a farmers' market on Fridays. Located on the left Marina- Kiko beach. Two churches will rise above the old town: Sun Rock And Santa Maria la Mayor.

Among the attractions of Oliva:

Portalet de la Verge Maria

The Gate of the Virgin Mary was the entrance to the fortified city of Oliva. until 1529, when the Count of Serafí de Centelles began the construction of new fortress walls to guarantee the protection of the grown city. Then, on the site of the current carrer Església, another gate was built - Raval- which were located between houses number 4 and 5 on the current plaça d’Alonso.

The area enclosed by the walls, or la Vila, was inhabited by the descendants of the Christians who settled there. The area outside the fortress walls - Raval or moreria - was inhabited by immigrants from Andalusia.

The gate itself - Portalet - is an arched passage, the wall of which, since 1945, has been decorated with a decorative ceramic panel depicting the theme of the Immaculate Conception and St. Francis de Paula.

At the top you can still see the large leaves holding the doors left from the ancient Roman road that ran along what is now Via Sant Vicent and leading to the town of Xativa.

A wide cylindrical tower is all that remains of the demolished fortress wall of Oliva. Wall XVI went from the portal del Raval (in the square - plaça Alonso), and continued all the way to the Palau dels Centelles, which had its own towers at the corners. For this reason, the street was called “tower” - les torres.

Palau dels Centelles

A family with Catalan roots built the castell de Sant Martí de Centelles in Oliva, which was named after the founders. In 1387, Gilabert de Centelles received the title of baron - baronia de Rebollet, whose territory included Oliva.
In the period from the 15th to the 17th centuries, this family was one of the most influential families in Valenciana. They made money from sugar and were very successful in military affairs. As a result, a luxurious palace in the Renaissance style.

Count's Palace / El Palau comtal

El Palau comtal is a building with a mixture of Gothic and Renaissance architecture, built in the first half of the 15th century. It was significantly remodeled a century later, repeating the motifs popular in Valenciana at that time: a square with round corner towers at the corners and a rectangular plan stretching from west to east.

In 1871 the building was sold when it gradually began to collapse. In 1882 it was again converted into a residential building. In 1917, the Danish architect E. Fischer bought most of the building with the intention of remodeling it in the Copenhagen style. But soon the work stopped, as the castle was included in the list of Architectural and historical monuments Spain (in 1920).

Now most of The castle is hidden behind houses in a network of streets: carrers Comare, les Torres, Aula and Duc d’Osuna. However, the four towers and the remains of rooms on the first two floors still remain. A model of the castle as it was in 1920 can be seen in Archaeological Museum Olives.

An ancient tower of the 5th - 6th centuries, sometimes called Torrejo, left over from the city fortifications of Oliva.. It was supposed to protect the south-eastern corner of the palace.

The tower was restored in 1999. Now there is a permanent exhibition of the palace and information about the restoration work.

At the end of this street, also notice the window, like a Gothic palace with marble columns and carved capitals.

Cases del carrer Tamarit

On this street, many ancient houses from the 15th - 16th centuries have been preserved (with later alterations, the most significant of which occurred in the 18th century). After restoration work in 1999 - 2006, the Central Library was located in house number 6, and the Museum of Ethnology was located in house number 2 - 4.

The Tamarit were a very influential family, associated with the Centelles family and the Church of St. Maria. They were seigneurs del lloc de Guardamar de la Safo until 1635.

Church of Santa Maria la Mayor

The current Esglesia de Santa Maria la Major is the result of significant alterations to the original Gothic outbuilding (perpendicular to the current building). Only the arcade in the baptistery remains from the original church.

The chapel - Capella del Roser - and bell tower date back to 1683, but most of the current building was built in the 18th century (1705 - 1787). This church is considered an excellent example of Valencian architecture in its development from Baroque to Neoclassical style.

The church has three naves and a spacious crypt, made to compensate for the difference in height between the front of the church and the street - carrer de les Moreres.

Carrer de les Moreres

From here you can clearly see the height difference that had to be overcome during the construction of the Church of Santa Maria. To do this, they had to make a large crypt, which is now used as an exhibition hall. The arches supporting the structure were made to strengthen the walls for the new dome, erected in 1755. The arched structure of the supports was needed because of the canal that carried water from the river from riu Serpis to carrer Sant Vicent. The water was then sent to a pond to be used for sugar production (16th century).

The former canal was opened. Trees were planted along the shore. In the 18th century, Valencia had a thriving silk industry, so silkworms were used to produce valuable fabric.

Moorish quarter of Oliva:

Leaving behind plaça Alonso, where the portal del Raval used to be, go along the street up to the tower, apparently at the end. The wall separates the territory of the Christian Vila from the Moorish territory Raval. The rector of the parish of San Roc lived in the Casa Abadia ("House of the Abbot").

When the parish church of San Roc was built (in 1535), it included the remains of two residential Moorish houses from the 15th century.

Church of San Roque

The current church is located on the site of an ancient mosque, which was used by the Arabs for their religious purposes. When the parish of San Roc was built (1535), the mosque was turned into Christian Church, only slightly altering the building. However, structural problems forced the construction of a new church building, which was completed in 1886. Already in the 20th century (1958 - 60) the bell tower was slightly increased in height (by 5 m).

Inside the church, notice the beautiful Chapel of Christ - Capella del Crist. This Baroque masterpiece, located inside a classical Romanesque building, was built between 1725 and 49. The paintings of the vaulted apse evoke admiration.

Ruins of the Santa Ana fortress

Castle ruins Castell de Santa Anna are located on top of a hill in the Old Town of Oliva. This is one of the few fortresses in Valenciana built in the Renaissance style. The location above the old town and the simple construction signify the simple desire to protect Oliva from attacks by Berber pirates, which were a big problem for many coastal towns in Spain (,...)

New fortress was built between 1529 and 1545. Due to its location, the fortress offered an expansive view of the coastline. A tower to the north-west protected the Moorish Raval, while another controlled the entrance to the fortress, and the southern tower protected the entrance to the city.

House Gregorio Mayans

Roman oven

In the center of Oliva, one block below C/ Santíssim.

Tourist route in Oliva:

Plaça Alonso – C/ l’Església (Panellet) – C/ Sant Cristòfol ( Panellet) -C/ les Torres – C/ l’Aula – C/ Duc d’Osuna (Taula) – C/ Palau – C/ de la Comare (Panellet) – C/ M.D. del Carme – C/ Sant Joan – Travessera Bosch – C/ Major – Plaça Ajuntament – C/ Gómez Ferrer – C/ Tinent Sancho - C/ Tamarit – Plaça de l’Església (Taula) – C/ Mare Maria Gallart – C/ les Moreres (Panellet) – Plaça Alonso.

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Olive boasts a wide stripe 10 km beach with fine white sand stretching along the orange groves of the Mediterranean coast.

Why is Oliva Beach so appreciated?

This is one of best beaches on the coast, where you can freely settle down even in high season, unlike many beaches (for example, in or Benidorm).
The beaches of Oliva have been awarded the Blue Flag for cleanliness for many years now.
The beaches of Oliva are very natural, with sand dunes, creating a feeling of unity with nature and relaxation.

The most popular beaches in Oliva are Daimús, Miramar and Guardamar.

Located Olive(Oliva) on the Costa de Valencia, in the very south. The town is small, approximately 30 thousand people live in it, and the area is about 60 square meters. km. Despite its small size, Oliva boasts the most modern giant hotels, fashionable villas, and luxury apartments by the sea. In the center of the city there is the historical part of the resort, where the attention of tourists is attracted by ancient buildings of the Renaissance era.

The main architectural landmark of Oliva is rightfully considered a 17th-century monument - St. Anne's Castle, which majestically rises above the city. It was built on a hill, on the slopes of which orange plantations were planted. Other ancient buildings also attract the interest of vacationers: the Abadia mansion, the churches of St. Roch and St. Mary (patrons of the town), as well as the Museum of Illustration, opened within the walls of the palace of one of the most influential aristocratic families in Oliva of the 18th century.

Oliva Resort ( Oliva) offers wonderful holiday for families with small children, since on many city beaches the entrance to the sea is very gentle, and along the shore there is a wide, shallow strip of water that quickly warms up and will not frighten parents and children with huge waves. The beaches are surrounded by very picturesque dunes, which creates tranquility and privacy that is attractive to couples. If you want to feel the active rhythm of the city, you can go to nearby big cities– Alicante or Valencia. Excellent expressways lead to them car roads, so the trip won't take much time.

Oliva Spain

The city is especially beautiful in early September, when the main festival for the residents of Oliva takes place here - the feast of the Virgin of Rebollet, who is also the patroness of the city. The festivities begin on the first Sunday of September and last for nine days. During the festival in Olive(Oliva) colorful ceremonial processions take place, noisy fun fairs are held, where you can taste the famous Spanish wine from the young harvest and various culinary masterpieces of local cuisine.
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From the place where we rested (Denia, Deveses Forest) it is only 10 km to Oliva. You can also walk along the beach; it is not blocked anywhere. The city has about 28 thousand people. We searched and looked for attractions on the internet, but they were there like a cat crying - Santa Anna Castle (Castillo Santa Ana) and beaches. Oliva is famous for its beaches.

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In those European countries, where my husband and I visited, (and there are seven of them) we like a lot. Many of the problems that I have been talking about at home for a long time: “Well, why can’t you turn on your brains and do it like this...?”, they have long been solved, and it was done exactly “this way”. The attitude of people towards each other, and the attitude towards work, and towards nature, and towards children, differs there, and so far, unfortunately, not in our favor.

There is no need to talk about the material side of life - about high-quality roads, and about medical care, and about many other things, my readers have probably already heard a thousand times without me. And it was not this aspect that struck us when we first got to Europe (and this was Paris), but precisely the fact that everything was done for the person, and not for show, and that there was a completely different atmosphere of communication there.

There is a lot that is unusual for us, but I can’t say that I don’t like it, it’s just unusual. For example, if we find ourselves in a city in Spain in the middle of the day, then everything except restaurants is closed, siesta is from 13 to 16 hours. or from 2 to 5 p.m. All shops are closed, even some large supermarkets, institutions, and even the tourism office. It’s strange for us to see this, but it was invented in connection with the climate.

Or in France for drivers commuter buses Sunday is a day off, just like in almost all supermarkets.

This is unusual for us, but people who work in trucking companies and in supermarkets are also people, and they have families, and they have the right to vacation with their families.

But there is something that I don’t like at all, and I can say: “But ours is better!”

The first is the density of buildings in old cities. I can't imagine how one can live here. Not only is there not a tree, not a blade of grass - it’s a concrete jungle, but from your window you admire the neighbors in the window opposite, listen to their conversations and smell the smell of their kitchen. We walked along such a street and saw raised roller blinds, several pairs of legs were visible - a family was watching TV.

Perhaps there is an explanation for this, for example, in the summer there is shade in the narrow streets, in the winter there is less heat loss if there are fewer external walls, because the houses are without heating, and in winter it can be +7 degrees at night. Nowadays they heat with electric heaters, in the old days - with fireplaces.

But I couldn't live like that.

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The second problem, which I also really don’t like, is parking. Even in small towns Due to the high population density, and due to the fact that a car there is not a luxury, but a means of transportation, and almost every adult has one, sometimes it is difficult not only to park, but to simply stop so that one can get out and the other can move on went.

This photo shows a street where, in all likelihood, parking on the sidewalk is not prohibited; we have sometimes seen streets where the sidewalk on one side is completely impassable due to cars.

Once in Denia, we were invited to visit people living in the city center (and we were 15 km away from them), and there was a Las Falles holiday in the city, we circled and circled there for 40 minutes!!! and could not find a place to stand. Several times we met cars that had already become familiar, circling in the same way. Then our friends called us and said that there was a large Mercadona supermarket nearby, there was parking for shoppers, and if we needed to buy something, we could stand there for a while. Oh, if only they knew earlier! We, of course, need water, so we will have a receipt that must be presented to the machine that opens the barrier at the exit.

And we encountered such problems even in completely small towns, and not only in Spain.

Our man would be so freaked out by now! But the Spaniards are such calm guys that they perceive this as inevitable. Moreover, the driving culture is much higher than ours.

When we arrive from Chernigov to Kyiv, we immediately see how much more aggressive the driving style is there than here, and Muscovites say about Kyiv that the drivers there are polite. So, in Europe, drivers behave much more civilly than here in Chernigov. No cutting, no impatient gestures, etc.

And since the fines for violating traffic rules are high, even if they circle like us for forty minutes, they will never stand in the places for bicycles, for the disabled, in front of the gate (all this is marked on the road) and on the sidewalk where it is prohibited.

But let's return to our Olive. We found a parking place without any problems and went to look for the fortress. The girl who was communicating with the neighbor was asked for directions, and she showed the approximate direction. We go up, turn left, and see that we are in either a gypsy or some kind of antisocial quarter - young men are sitting on the thresholds at the entrances, just messing around, and their appearance is suspicious, there is garbage lying everywhere, in a word, we are not They began to take photographs and quickened their pace. Moreover, we already have an idea of where we should go.

You see, on this and previous photo, although they are poor old houses, they are clean, but there it is not at all like that.

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We climb through a small pine park to the fortress. The pines there don't smell like pine trees at all, but like flowers; their needles are bright green and soft, and their bark is gray.

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Here is the Santa Anna fortress, built in the late 16th - early 17th centuries to protect against raids by Berber pirates.

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Inside the basement there is garbage and smells like a toilet. We won't get too close.

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And here is all that remains of the fortress.

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But the view from here is interesting in all directions. This - Old city. Well, how can you live here?

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And this is a new building, and all the same, the houses are built right next to each other. In Paris it was not so dense, besides, it’s also beautiful there, and then I thought: “Where do mothers with strollers walk? And where can older children play in the yard? There are no yards.”

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And only in this area, from which we began our ascent, does the eye rest. But the dogs there were very barking when we passed by these villas.

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We returned to our (rented) car, there it was, in front of the red one.

By the way, there are four garbage cans in Spain - for paper (blue), for glass, for plastic (I don’t remember the colors) and green for the rest. It's not that difficult to sort household waste, and everyone does it.

But if conscientious citizens start throwing branches and food waste into a container, then the planet will receive the first thing - compost for the fields, and the second - a reduction in CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, because all this will not rot in a landfill, but where it will be used in the process of rotting receive the third - biogas, fuel.

In some of our yards in Chernigov we have installed mesh containers for plastic; they fill up quite quickly. We are lucky - it is in our neighboring yard, we don’t have to go far.

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We drove through the old part of the city, passed the new...

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And we got out to the one adjacent to the sea.

1. We like a lot in the European countries that my husband and I have visited (and there are seven of them). Many of the problems that I have been talking about at home for a long time: “Well, why can’t you turn on your brains and do it like this...?”, they have long been solved, and it was done exactly “this way”. The attitude of people towards each other, and the attitude towards work, and towards nature, and towards children, differs there, and so far, unfortunately, not in our favor.

Or in France, commuter bus drivers have a day off on Sunday, just like almost all supermarkets.
This is unusual for us, but people who work in trucking companies and in supermarkets are also people, and they have families, and they have the right to vacation with their families.

But there is something that I don’t like at all, and I can say: “But ours is better!”
The first is the density of buildings in old cities. I can't imagine how one can live here. Not only is there not a tree, not a blade of grass - it’s a concrete jungle, but from your window you admire the neighbors in the window opposite, listen to their conversations and smell the smell of their kitchen. We walked along such a street and saw raised roller blinds, several pairs of legs were visible - a family was watching TV.
Perhaps there is an explanation for this, for example, in the summer there is shade in the narrow streets, in the winter there is less heat loss if there are fewer external walls, because the houses are without heating, and in winter it can be +7 degrees at night. Nowadays they heat with electric heaters, in the old days - with fireplaces.
But I couldn't live like that.

2. The second problem, which I also really don’t like, is parking. Even in small towns, due to the high population density, and due to the fact that a car there is not a luxury, but a means of transportation, and almost every adult has one, sometimes it is difficult not only to park, but simply to stop so that one can get out , and the other one went further.
This photo shows a street where, in all likelihood, parking on the sidewalk is not prohibited; we have sometimes seen streets where the sidewalk on one side is completely impassable due to cars.

Once in Denia we were invited to visit people living in the city center (and we were 15 km away from them), and there was a Las Falles holiday in the city, we circled and circled there for 40 minutes!!! and could not find a place to stand. Several times we met cars that had already become familiar, circling in the same way. Then our friends called us and said that there was a large Mercadona supermarket nearby, there was parking for shoppers, and if we needed to buy something, we could stand there for a while. Oh, if only they knew earlier! We, of course, need water, so we will have a receipt that must be presented to the machine that opens the barrier at the exit.
And we encountered such problems even in very small towns, and not only in Spain.
Our man would be so freaked out by now! But the Spaniards are such calm guys that they perceive this as inevitable. Moreover, the driving culture is much higher than ours.
When we arrive from Chernigov to Kyiv, we immediately see how much more aggressive the driving style is there than here, and Muscovites say about Kyiv that the drivers there are polite. So, in Europe, drivers behave much more civilly than here in Chernigov. No cutting, no impatient gestures, etc.
And since the fines for violating traffic rules are high, even if they circle like us for forty minutes, they will never stand in the places for bicycles, for the disabled, in front of the gate (all this is marked on the road) and on the sidewalk where it is prohibited.

You see, in this and the previous photo, although the houses are poor old, they are clean, but there it is not at all like that.

3. We go up to the fortress through a small pine park. The pines there don't smell like pine trees at all, but like flowers; their needles are bright green and soft, and their bark is gray.

4. Here is the Santa Anna fortress, built in the late 16th - early 17th centuries to protect against raids by Berber pirates.

6. Inside the basement there is garbage and smells like a toilet. We won't get too close.

7. And here is all that remains of the fortress.

9. And this is a new building, and all the same, the houses are built right next to each other. In Paris it was not so dense, besides, it’s also beautiful there, and then I thought: “Where do mothers with strollers walk? And where can older children play in the yard? There are no yards.”

10. And only in this area, from which we began our ascent, does the eye rest. But the dogs there were very barking when we passed by these villas.

12. We returned to our (rented) car, there it is, in front of the red one.

Gradually, a large brown container for vegetable waste is being introduced in Spain. So far we have seen all the cut branches, palm leaves, etc. next to the garbage containers, just in a heap, this heap is taken away every 5-7 days.
But if conscientious citizens start throwing branches and food waste into a container, then the planet will receive the first thing - compost for the fields, and the second - a reduction in CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, because all this will not rot in a landfill, but where it will be used in the process of rotting receive the third - biogas, fuel.

In some of our yards in Chernigov we have installed mesh containers for plastic; they fill up quite quickly. We are lucky - it is in our neighboring yard, we don’t have to go far.

13. We drove through the old part of the city, passed the new one...

14. And they got out to the area adjacent to the sea.

16. And here is the beach. Wide indeed...

17. ...crowded, as for October 10th. But for us the water temperature is 22-24 degrees. quite pleasant, the air temperature is not much higher, about 26-27 degrees. We spent a couple of hours here. It is as shallow here as in Denia; you have to walk for a long time for the water to reach at least your shoulders.
But I didn’t really like the houses on the beach. Look how beautiful it is in the spring on that beach in Deveses (that’s why we’re vacationing there for the third time). In addition, the beach there is separated from the buildings by dunes, which are a local natural attraction.