🏝️ Tabarca
Fortified island off Alicante with Mediterranean heritage and marine reserve
📋 Fast Facts
- Small inhabited island 4 km off the coast of Santa Pola, 22 km from Alicante
- Approximately 1.8 km long and 400 metres wide with flat, rocky terrain
- 18th-century fortified settlement populated by families rescued from North African corsairs
- Surrounded by Spain's first marine reserve protecting Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows
Tabarca is a small inhabited island off the southeastern coast of Spain near Alicante, notable for its 18th-century ...