Alteais located in the province of Alicante, Spain, north of Benidormon the section of Mediterranean coast called the Costa Blanca.

At present, the economy of Alteais based on tourism, which started to grow in the 1950s because of its good weather, beaches and the beauty of its labyrinthine streets with whitewashed house-fronts. Alteais protected on the north by the bluffs of the Serra Bernia, creating an especially mild microclimate. (...)

Alteais located in the province of Alicante, Spain, north of Benidormon the section of Mediterranean coast called the Costa Blanca.

At present, the economy of Alteais based on tourism, which started to grow in the 1950s because of its good weather, beaches and the beauty of its labyrinthine streets with whitewashed house-fronts. Alteais protected on the north by the bluffs of the Serra Bernia, creating an especially mild microclimate. Its seafront esplanade is planted with palms.

The Iberian coastal settlements at the mouth of the Algar River in the wide Bay of Altea were joined by a Greek marketplace, named Althaia. During the Moorish domination the land around Alteabelonged to the Taifa de Denia until it was recaptured by Christian Spaniards in 1244 under James I of Aragon. The town was quickly fortified, and walls were erected to enclose what is now known as the "old town" from outsiders. This maze of cobbled narrow and crooked streets with glimpses of the bay is one of the better features of the town. One of its places of tourist interest is the church of La Mare de Déu del Consol ("Our Lady of Solace"), easily identifiable by its picturesque blue and white domes, tiled with glazed ceramics.

Alteashares a campus of the University Miguel Hernández.

he city is a member of Douzelage.