Opportunities for recreation, relaxation and amusement, the town places at the disposal of all its visitors one of the best Yacht Clubs in Spain, tennis and golf clubs (four 18 hole championship golf courses), a flying club, a horse-riding school, a municipal sports centre (with covered courts, tennis, athletics and sauna) and for the winter months an Olympic sized indoor pool. There is also a municipal football stadium, water park (Aquapolis), fairground, theatre, 10 pin bowling centre, huge new soft play centre and several cinemas.

As a result of its warm, dry climate, Torrevieja plays host to a wide range of open-air activities as well as offering some of the best indoor sports and leisure facilities that make the area the envy of its neighbours.

From the beautiful harbour there are boats offering excursions across the bay of Torrevieja, day trips to the island of Tabarca as well as trips on glass bottomed vessels to provide an opportunity for discovery and learning. The harbour also plays host to a decommissioned Spanish submarine, donated to the city by the Spanish Navy, which is now a permanent fixture offering visitors the chance to take a tour of this fascinating once under-water city.

Torrevieja has a massive water park spread over some 115,000 square metres, featuring a wide range of spectacular slides and pools giving the chance to cool yourself down in the hot summer sun.

All around the town you will find numerous establishments offering a wide range of food, drink and social activities, with pavement terraces where you can pass the hours over dinner, enjoy an ice cream or just relax with a drink. Whatever your culinary preference, Torrevieja will have something to suit your palette.
If shopping is your forte, the newly launched Habaneras shopping centre is the place to visit. With a wide array of stores offering designer clothing, sports equipment, electronics and even DIY, this centre has many choice stores spread over its three floors that are sure to take you to shopping heaven.

Alongside the Habaneras centre is the well established Ozone and municipal leisure centre, featuring a wealth of restaurants from Fried Chicken to Italian and the extremely popular casino.

There are also a large selection of supermarkets and hypermarkets in the area, such as the popular Carrefour, where you can shop for everything from bread to fridge freezers. The area also plays host to open-air markets, the most popular being in the vicinity of the bus station on Fridays, which is reported to be one of the largest open-air markets in Spain. There is an open-air market in La Mata on Wednesdays and on the outer regions on Sundays. In the town itself we have the Mercado de Abastos, or covered market, where produce from sea and land are offered. You will find the prices at all the markets a refreshing surprise, especially considering that most of the merchandise is locally grown or produced.

Near the harbour area is the well known night market, though it is open in a smaller scale in the afternoon, where local handicrafts can be purchased, from leather goods, clothing to typical local products like the salt boats, unique to this area, where frames are submerged in the salt lakes and become encrusted with white salt crystals.

Having shopped at the night market, enjoyed a drink in one of the many bars and taken a leisurely stroll along the harbour wall, you can complete your evening excursion by a visit to the fairground, located alongside the market place at the harbour. Here we find a range of facilities to suit all age groups, from the dodgems to the ghost train as well as pick-a-prize games.