Villajoyosa , the happy town

27,000 inhabitants (as of 2004) located 32 km’s from Alicante and 10 km’s from Benidorm . Villajoyosa is known to be a port and a specialist in Chocolate. The tradition of chocolate making has its origin in the cacao trade with Venezuela and Ecuador.
The town has even its own chocolate museum this says a lot.

La fabrica de Chocolate Clavileño is a chocolate factory open to public for visit. Located outside the town in direction of Benidorm (road: N 332).

In order to see their houses from the see, the inhabitants painted their houses in vivid colours, yellow, blue, green. You can see those houses specific to Villajosoya in the neighbor of Arsenal , you will notice a wall built in ancient time to protect the town against invader. The port of Villajoyosa was important in the past.

Villajoyosa has 12 km’s of beach with the beach of Parais ( the favourite of the windsurfing lovers), playa del centro , which is a blue flag beach ,finally the playa Torres located near the roman tower of Sant Josep. There are other beaches one for the nudists at Raco Del Conill. All of those beaches have in common to be quiet place. Except may be the 28th july when they are celebrating the Moor and Christians with many people for other cities coming in Villajoyosa to assist the celebration. The celebration take place on the beaches. A trip with the Lemon Express Train will make you enjoy the views of the area.

The well kept museum of archeology of Villajoyosa (Situated in Calle Barranquet, Esquina Constitucion) has a collection of ancient objects Iberic and Roman, there are also a collection of objects about chocolate making and culture. There is a piece dating back 2600 years an Egyptian water jug. Perpendicular to the river Amadorio , the Colon Street a place where you can walk during the week end and making some shopping from there you can visit and the beautiful College of Doctor Alvaro Esquerdo, built in 1929.