Gandia,
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Gandia (in Spanish: Gandía), with a population of over
77.000, is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community,
Eastern Spain on the Mediterranean. Gandia is located on the
Costa del Azahar, 65 km south of Valencia and 96 km north of
Alicante. It was an important cultural and commercial centre
during the 15th and 16th centuries. It once had a university
(15th century). It has several important poets, Ausiàs
March, writer Joanot Martorell but is perhaps better known for
the Borgia, through their family title, Duke of Gandia. Today,
Gandia is one of the largest coastal towns and a thriving centre
of commerce and tourism in the Region. There are two main zones,
Gandia City where all the historical monuments, commercial activity,
shopping takes place and Gandía beach where are concentrated
all the apartments and summer residences used during the summer
season. Bars and nightclubs are concentrated in the Beach area.
As is normal for Spain, nightlife does not take off until well
after midnight. The beach and the town are actually some 2 km
apart which succeeds in separating the summer tourism from day
to day living. |
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