The town is famous for its church Nuestra Senora del Consuelo or Virgen de Consuelo with a fantastic blue dome. Center Altea is still keeping flavor typical Spanish village. Staying in Altea, is worth visiting the surrounding villages tiny town, especially with its La Nusiya Sunday fairs. A few kilometers from Altea is a mountainous area of Sierra Bernie. The height of the hills reaching 1130 meters. In Altea area in recent years has begun a construction boom. Not so much on the coast, many of the hills surrounding the town.

For this reason, many construction companies and firms for selling and renting Spanish real estate development engaged in areas located among the surrounding hills. Some of the buildings in the mountains are used as hotels and apartments and geographically belong to the Altea. Altea Beaches stretch for 5 kilometers and is divided into several sections: Cap Negret (beach with black pebbles) to the north of Altea, then La Roda and Cap Blanc in the south. The marina is located on the beaches of Pueblo Macarat. The most common type of real estate in Altea and the surrounding area – villas and townhouses.

Around town, the hills, there are several luxury urbanization (towns). As an example, urbanization Altea Hills – one of the most comfortable of urbanization on the Costa Blanca. Here are the Hundreds of villas, bungalows and apartments. The village is situated on the slopes, which in this part of the coast are suitable to the water's edge.