San Miguel de Salinas Information

Described as being on The Balcony of The Costa Blanca, San Miguel de Salinas nestles on a promontory of Mount Calvario of The Alcores Hills and looks out over the fertile alluvial plains of The Rio Segura, the salt lakes and finally the coast of the Mediterranean. The town, with a municipal area amounting to 54,90 km², is about 100 metres above sea level, the most elevated in the area, and benefits from a sheltered position. The mountainous backdrop is covered with pine groves, wild rosemary and thyme, and some cultivated vineyards, whilst in the foreground there are groves of oranges, lemons, olives, almonds, pomegranates and fields of artichokes and salad vegetables.

San Miguel de Salinas is a typical village in the Southern Costa Blanca, the friendly inhabitants primarily live on agriculture. The village lies approximately seven kilometres south west from the coastal town of Torrevieja.

San Miguel has a health centre, post office, and a weekly market (Wednesdays).

The hilly landscape has citric plantations, almond trees and pine forests. There are several urbanizations on the periphery including: Balcon de la Costa Blanca, Cuidad De Las Communicaciones and Puerta Laguna, which have a beautiful views over the Salt Lakes; also the golf complexes of Campoamor, Villamartin Golf Complex, and Las Ramblas Golf resort, urbanizations, Blue Lagoon, Eagles Nest & Villa Costa are within a drive of 10 minutes. The nearest beaches to San Miguel are: The Orihuela Costa beaches of: Playa Flamenca, La Zenia, Cabo Roig and Campoamor. The Airport of Alicante is 45 kilometres and San Javier (Murcia) 15 kilometres distance.