The meaning of Costa Calida is “Warm Coast”; it is situated in between Costa Blanca and Costa Almeria within the south east of Spain. This place of Spain has been unidentified before, where many people have not recognized the paradise like view it has. Today, after it was recognized Costa Calida became one of the best destinations for tourists because of its alluring panoramic sceneries as well as its great weather condition. In fact, because of its incredible view Costa Calida has been the choice of some tourists to stay here for a life time living.

Due to Costa Calida’s friendly weather condition, it allows tourists to play golf in their famous golf courses like Torrevieja, Murcia and Cartagena (see anuncios clasificados). Aside from that, Costa Calida’s weather as well lead the tourists to go swimming on their pristine white beaches which has been awarded the Blue flag for the quality of water it shows. This place is ideal for those who were looking for tranquility and great weather. The sea it has features temperatures of about 17 °C during winter season and 23 °C during the summer.

Generally, the weather of Costa Calida is known to be mild that makes it perfect destinations for holidays. Its areas are surrounded by high mountains and hills that allow a micro climate weather condition. And because of its condition, it limits rainfall that brings more sunshine in excess of 320 days annually. Summer season is the hottest season in Costa Calida; the place as well is popular of its salt lakes which is their major export. And due to these instances it gives effect on humidity levels that resulted to much dryer temperature compared to other parts of Spain and Europe. Through the further investigation of the WHO or World Health Organization, Costa Calida owns the healthiest climates all over the world. Today, there are about millions of tourists rushing to Costa Calida to experience its incredible view as well as its great weather condition all year round.

DURING spring break, it’s invigorating for Spanish high school and college students to have a road trip from wherever you come from in this side of the country (Salamanca or Madrid) to Costa Calida. Costa Calida is that 250 kilometers of Mediterranean stretch in the southeast seaboard of the Iberian Peninsula’s Spain. After all, the food here is great since the folks here adhere to a strict Mediterranean diet of seafood topped with rose. Of course, olive oil being used to sauté seafood is generously common here. That is why people living in the Mediterranean areas such as Costa Calida have longer life expectancies.

Flora here in Costa Calida also tends to blossom during spring producing flowers of varying colors. And there are two kinds of beaches here which are both nice – the conventional and the nudist beaches. In the nudist beach, you can enjoy skinny dipping at night with glowing planktons surrounding your body underwater. The beaches here – conventional or nudist – are inspected quarterly by the European Union for the coveted blue flag accreditation. This means that these beaches provide excellent quality service and have sound environment-friendly policies. That also means you cannot park your car with muddy tires along the beach’s parking lot.

However, all hotels here in Costa Calida have one thing in common – you can leave your children to the nursery. Nurseries have actually been in place in all resorts in the Iberian Peninsula after the Madeleine McCann kidnapping in 2007 at a beach hotel in Portugal’s Mediterranean coast. These are not compulsory but make the hotels more competitive with one another. All in all, it makes pleasurable service to hot young couples but with toddlers already who are here in Costa Calida during spring break as their second honeymoon.

To come here in Costa Calida, the first thing you must do is log on to Expedia or Travelocity because only these two great online travel agencies have global reaches. Their online tools can automatically redirect you to a vacant airline seat and hotel suite in Costa Calida on a particular date during spring. Beware the month of March. Hotel suites tend to get congested here as Holy Week approaches because there are numerous Lenten celebrations and commemorations here. Here in Costa Calida, you will also find lots of leisure activities here such as golf and tennis. Isn’t it great to be spending your spring break here?

IT is now 2008 yet Costa Calida remains the same – it is still a hot attraction of tourists and expats who are mostly early retirees from Britain and the young gays and lesbians from Germany and other places in northern Europe and the Scandinavian region who are here for the nudist beaches. There are lots of nudist beaches here in Costa Calida because of all the Mediterranean places in the Iberian Peninsula; this is the only one which has its own natural micro-climate. That means the weather pattern in Costa Calida is temperate all year round. There are no unwanted rain showers happening here unlike what happened in Tenerife at the Canary Islands last Christmas. The same temperature actually prevails during winter and during summer but the best time to go skinny dipping is at night. Besides not being embarrassed, you can actually see the glowing planktons illuminating your body underwater.

The locals here are not that fond of the nudist beaches though. But if you’re a tourist from another country in Europe (you don’t need a visa to get here) and if you know a little bit of Spanish, you may stroll down to the fishing village and haul yourself off with a grouper or two which you can later grill at home or sauté using olive oil, said to be the healthiest olive oil in the world because of its low fat content. But if you are confident with your diet and want to crave some fatty or sweetie food, you may opt for tapas and certain sweets coming from Costa Calida.

If you want to learn Spanish, there are dozens of Spanish language schools sprouting here in Costa Calida because of the many foreigners here. Some have even managed to snatch a Costa Calida local as a spouse. Spanish language programs offered in these language schools range from two weeks to three years so if you’re here for a one-month vacation, then it’s better to use half of that to learn Spanish so you can enjoy conversing with the locals for the rest of your stay here.

As with all of Europe, the passion here is still football. And in this part of Spain, Murcia prides itself that the best female football team in the nation is the Costa Calida women’s team. The Costa Calida women’s team is a dynamic bunch, constantly scouting for new members around the province. Estrogen power is definitely felt in Costa Calida these days as there’s this newly-formed women’s golf team in the province. They are holding exhibition tournaments every now and then in the golf resorts here spread in the 250 kilometer coastline in this part of Murcia. As we know, all beach resorts in Costa Calida have their own golf courses complete with PGA-certified instructors and caddies. In other words, everything is really a paradise here in Costa Calida. This is one part of Spain not to be missed visiting.