Torreviejalies about 30 miles south of the city of Alicanteand has a population of 104,000 (2008).

The world-famous Habaneras festival for choral groups is held every August, when the city population expands roughly tenfold, like many other towns along the Costa Blanca.

Since 2001, the city's authorities along with Random House's Spanish subsidiary, Plaza & Janés, award Spain's second most import annual literary award, the Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja, and its poetry correlative, Premio de Poesía Ciudad de Torrevieja.

Torreviejalies about 30 miles south of the city of Alicanteand has a population of 104,000 (2008).

The world-famous Habaneras festival for choral groups is held every August, when the city population expands roughly tenfold, like many other towns along the Costa Blanca.

Since 2001, the city's authorities along with Random House's Spanish subsidiary, Plaza & Janés, award Spain's second most import annual literary award, the Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja, and its poetry correlative, Premio de Poesía Ciudad de Torrevieja.

Sights:

    * Iglesia Arciprestal de la Inmaculada Concepción - Originally erected in 1789 and then reconstructed in 1844, using stones reclaimed from the original Torre Vieja, (Old Tower).
    * Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (La Mata), constructed in 1896.
    * Paseo de la Dique de Levante
    * Parque de las Naciones or The Park of the Nations
    * Iglesia Arciprestal de la Inmaculada Concepción
    * Museo del Mar y de la Sal (Sea and Salt Museum)
    * Submarine S61 Delfin
    * Las Salinas - The salt lakes to the west of the city.
    * The Market
    * Centro Habaneras - A semi-outdoor shopping mall.
    * Paraje Natural Municipal Molino Del Agua - A natural park.
    * Old Railway Station
    * Water Fountains
    * Club Skala