Guardamar del Segura is a municipality of the province of Alicante located at the mouth of the river Segura in southern Valencia (Spain). It is a Mediterranean resort, with a large pine forest abutting an 11-km-long white sand beach.

Historically an area of fishermen and farmers, Guardamar del Segura is the southernmost point where Catalan is spoken.

A Phoenician colony called Alonis was the first settlement, and later Arabs called the place Guald-a-amar (River of the Sand), likely the basis for its name today. In Spanish, "guardar" means "safekeeping" and "mar" means "sea", and this is another possible basis for its current name.

Guardamar hosts local festivals like Moros i Cristians, L'Encantà, and Fogueres de Sant Joan, which commemorate its history (Iberian, Arab, and Christian). The local spirit is called Aigua de València (champagne, fresh orange, cointreau).

Points of interests

• Torreta de Guardamar, a radio mast of the US military and the second tallest structure in the European Union.

External links

• Up to date information about Guardamar del Segura with quality photographs
• Information for Guardamar del Segura, on the Costa Blanca in Spain
• GUARDAMAR.com
• Agrupación Musical de Guardamar del Segura
• guardamardelsegura.com