2 Bedrooms - Bungalow - Alicante - For..

Corner bungalow with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living-dining room, open plan fully fitted kitchen, 2 terraces, A/C.Urb. La Siesta- is a quiet and tranquil area in the surroundings of Torrevieja. Next to the natural park and only 4 km away from the beaches of Torrevieja and La Mata its within walking distance to all kind of amenities and services, like restaurants, bars, supermarkets, pharmacies, a water park and a public clinic. It is the ideal location to enjoy the sun and commodities of living in Torrevieja but avoiding the noises and traffic of living in the center of the town. As for its neighbors, La Siesta is mainly filled with Townhouses and villas, and populated mostly by families. A culture rich community formed by people coming from all Western Europe countries, with a healthy social live and activities to enjoy throughout the whole year, like bowling, biking, horse riding, etc.Why chose Tor­re­vieja, here is a little his­tory - Un­til 1802, Tor­re­vieja ex­is­ted only as an an­cient guard tower, which gave the town its name (Torre Vieja which means Old Tower) and some la­bour­ers' cot­tages. But in 1803, Charles IV au­thor­ized the move­ment of the salt pro­duc­tion of­fices from La Mata to the town it­self and al­lowed the con­struc­tion of dwell­ings there. In 1829, the town was totally des­troyed by an earth­quake, but the basins were soon re­con­struc­ted and re-opened. In 1931, Alf­onso XIII gave Tor­re­vieja city status by spe­cial grant. Dur­ing this period, there was also a grow­ing mar­ket for flax, hemp and cot­ton. In the 19th cen­tury, the salt was mainly shipped from the town by Swedish and Dutch ships. At the time, there was only lim­ited de­mand from other re­gions of Spain, mainly Galicia and to a lesser ex­tent, Valen­cia. Al­though by the dawn of the 20th cen­tury, a quarter of all the salt har­ves­ted from the la­goon in Tor­re­vieja was sold in Spain it­self, and the rest ex­por­ted was to for­eign mar­kets. Today, it is still an im­port­ant in­dustry in Tor­re­vieja and a ma­jor em­ployer. You can visit the Mu­seum of Sea and Salt. In re­cent years, the local eco­nomy has hugely ex­pan­ded due to the tour­ist in­dustry. This in­cludes both a strong con­tin­gent of Brit­ish, Ir­ish, Ger­mans and Scand­inavi­ans, many of whom live there all the year round, and Span­ish people who have a second home in the city.