What is "altea"

Altea (, ) is a town and municipality located in the province of Alicante, Spain, north of Alicante on the section of Mediterranean coast called the Costa Blanca.

At present, the economy of Altea is based on tourism, which started to grow in the 1950s because of its good weather, beaches and the labyrinthine streets with whitewashed house-fronts that characterize the town. Altea is protected on the north by the bluffs of the Serra de Bèrnia, creating an especially mild microclimate. Its seafront esplanade is planted with palms.

Altea is a town in the Alicante province of eastern Spain.

Altea can also refer to:

• SEAT Altea, a compact MPV from Spanish automaker SEAT, named after the town
• ALTEA, a program to measure the exposure of crewmembers to cosmic radiation aboard the International Space Station
• Altea (a.k.a. Aritia), a kingdom on the fictional continent of Akaneia in the Fire Emblem game series
• Rosemary Altea, medium and healer
• Altéa, a technology platform by Amadeus IT Group for airlines reservation, inventory and departure control.

• , a ship used for training Customs Officers in Liverpool, England.

• Nervures Altea, a French paraglider design