Algorfa () is a village in the
Costa Blanca area of
Spain
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, near the coast and surrounded by Mediterranean pine forest and citrus groves.
Algorfa lies on the banks of the
Segura river and is approximately ten minutes' drive to the nearest blue flag beaches of the Mediterranean and a 35 minutes' drive from the
Alicante Airport and the
Murcia–San Javier Airport. It is a ten minute drive inland from the coastal resort of
Guardamar del Segura.
As one of
Vega Baja del Segura
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’s citrus farming villages, with a population of nearly 3,000, Algorfa is situated within a fertile countryside.
Just outside the village is an unusual
neo-Gothic
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century ...
church that was built at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Algorfa holds a market on Wednesdays.
It is also home to the La Finca Golf Club and to three urbanizations: Lo Crispín, and Montebello, each constituted by villas and apartments.
References
Municipalities in the Province of Alicante
Vega Baja del Segura
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