DISCOVER ALTEA
THE HIDDEN JEWEL OF COSTA BLANCA
Do you dream of buying or building your own property in traditional Spain in an area that is completely unspoilt, with beautiful sea and mountain views that is less than a 2 ½ hour flight away from London?
Discover Altea, a quintessential traditional Spanish town set on the beautiful coastline of Northern Costa Blanca. With panoramic sea views and a charming old town, Altea and neighbouring Altea Hills are some of the most desirable places to live in the Costa Blanca. 
With approximately 320 days of sunshine a year, a milder climate than southern Spain, low crime rates, local by-laws forbidding the building of high rise buildings and with plots of land available in exclusive coastal areas with panoramic sea views, Altea and neighbouring Altea Hills are the prime destinations to build or buy your dream home.
Search and Survey, a Spanish Conveyance Company, based in Calpe (a 12 minute drive north of Altea) offer a new concept to buying property and land in Northern Costa Blanca. The company provides all the legal and professional services that you require when buying a plot of land and building your own villa or buying a new property in Spain, managing the entire process from concept to completion. 
By utilising Search & Survey's specialist departments, including The Land Register, The Spanish Property Register and Tax & Legal, Search & Survey can assist clients to ensure that consumers contemplating purchasing a plot of land or a property are aware of all the legal, planning and structural implications, before they commit to the purchase.
When purchasing a plot of land Search & Survey will manage the entire process, from viewing a selection of building plots, to architectural design, surveying, managing all planning applications, arranging building licenses, tendering constructors, drafting contracts and dealing with all the bureaucracy and legal implications involved in building a new property construction with project management.
The company has access to a large, unrivalled database of properties and building land for sale in a current economic climate where asking prices are down by 20% and closing prices down 30%, making properties and plots of land for sale in Altea and Altea Hills very attractive investment opportunities.
The quaint Spanish town of Altea is well preserved and has retained its beauty and charm unlike many other former fishing villages. Altea has a long jetty and attractive walkway fronting a calm stretch of shoreline with pebbly beaches encircling the town, with a traditional harbour to set sail in the sunset. 
Altea Old town has a real authentic Spanish ambience; the central Plaza de la Iglesia at Altea Old town leads onto narrow cobblestone streets and offers beautiful Mediterranean views. As you walk around the old town, the streets are lined with scenic white homes and small designer shops, decorated with orange trees and geraniums. Here you will find painters, potters and many other traditional craftsmen's studios and fine dining restaurants. Amidst the Old town is Altea's most famous landmark the church of Nuestra Senora del Consuelo or Virgen de Consuelo with its distinctive blue dome roof.
The exclusive area of Altea Hills is one of the most sought after locations to buy property in Costa Blanca, with UK celebrities and international supermodels spotted here - the area is a millionaire's paradise. Set in the mountains with panoramic sea views this area is completely unspoilt and adored due to its peaceful and tranquil environment.
Flying into Alicante or Valencia airport you are less than an hour's drive to the hidden jewel of Costa Blanca, with an approximate flight duration of 2 ½ hours. The sunshine city of Calpe is only a 12 minute drive away with fabulous sandy beaches.