Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0Coastal town
Altea is a town and municipality located in the Valencian Community, Spain, on the section of Mediterranean coast called the Costa Blanca.
At present, the economy of Altea is based on tourism, which started to grow in the 1950s because of its good weather, beaches and the labyrinthine streets with whitewashed house-fronts that characterize the town. Altea is protected on the north by the bluffs of the Serra de Bèrnia, creating an especially mild microclimate. Its seafront esplanade is planted with palms.
The town is notable for being residence of a number of affluent Russian migrants.
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Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.
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Official figures, each with its source, its year and whether it refers to the village or the province. They are medians and averages: your case may differ.
| Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Altea · 1,946 leases | €616/month |
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| Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Altea | €700/month |
| Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for the province of Alicante | €2,021/m² |
| Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for Altea | €33,220/year |
| Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 32 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.804/litre |
| DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 32 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.870/litre |
Sources: State Housing Rent Index System and appraised housing value (Spanish Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda); Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE); fuel prices (Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition). Open data, reusable with attribution. The set lunch menu and coffee aren't shown: there are no public statistics on those prices by village or by province.
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