A mountain village and a beach town in one municipality — split between the second-highest peak in Alicante province and 267 metres of coast.
Finestrat is really two places sharing one municipality: an inland mountain village at the foot of Puig Campana — at 1,406m, the second-highest peak in Alicante province — and a modern beach area, Cala de Finestrat, wedged between Benidorm and Villajoyosa with just 267 metres of actual coastline. The village and the coast are genuinely different experiences, a short drive apart, both under the same town name.
Puig Campana dominates everything here — a limestone peak reaching 1,406 metres, the second-highest in Alicante province, just 10km from the sea. Its distinctive silhouette has a notch cut into the secondary summit, known as the Tajo de Roldán (Roland’s Notch): legend says the giant Roldán sliced it out trying to save his beloved from a curse. One theory holds that the town’s own name comes from this cut in the mountain — “finestra” meaning window in Valencian, after the gap it leaves in the skyline.
Down at sea level, Cala de Finestrat is a different world entirely — a compact modern beach neighbourhood squeezed between Benidorm and Villajoyosa, with just 267 metres of its own coastline but full resort infrastructure around it. The old village itself stays inland, a genuine mountain settlement that’s kept its own identity despite sitting minutes from the Costa Blanca’s biggest theme parks.
Warm enough for Cala de Finestrat, and the Puig Campana hike is far more manageable before summer heat sets in.
Peak season for the beach and the theme parks alike. Save the mountain hike for cooler months.
Sea stays warm, crowds thin out, and conditions on Puig Campana are at their best for the summit route.
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