Cape Sant AntoniCap de Sant Antoni at the official tourist website of the town of Xàbia, . [Accessed 21-08-2020]. Spanish: Cabo San Antonio); (Valencian: Cap de Sant Antoni is a cape in the town of Jávea, on the north coast of the province of Alicante in the Valencian Community, southeastern Spain.Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 1037. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Incorporated, 1997. It is located north of the town proper, south of Dénia, and forms part of the southern edge of the Gulf of Valencia, just before it ends at the more southerly Cap de la Nau. It is backed by the Montgó Mountain, of which it is actually an extension, geologically speaking, and ends in 170-meter-high cliffs."L'hotel al far del Cap de Sant Antoni no es farà", Diari La Veu, 10-02-2016, . [Accessed 21-08-2020].Entry for Cap de Sant Antoni, at Endrets. Cap de Sant Antoni, . [Accessed 21-08-2020]. It is included in the Costa Blanca.
It is part of the Montgó Natural Park, while the surrounding waters are part of the Cape Sant Antoni Marine Reserve, and there are two plant micro-reserves on land, one at the north cliff face, and the other on a nearby isle.Montgó Natural Park, official tourist website of the town of Xàbia, . [Accessed 21-08-2020].Cap de Sant Antoni Reserve, official tourist website of Xàbia, . [Accessed 21-08-2020]. At its tip is an out-of-use lighthouse first operated in 1855, built in an area with several small buildings including a former lookout tower that formed the basis for the lighthouse. Formerly there was also a small 14th-century chapel or hermitage dedicated to Sant Antoni."L'hotel al far del Cap de Sant Antoni no es farà", Diari La Veu, 10-02-2016, . [Accessed 21-08-2020]. As of 2020, the lighthouse is soon to be converted into an interpretation center (information center) for the Marine Reserve."Aquells meravellosos 70... al far del cap de Sant Antoni de Xàbia", La Marina Plaça, 2-02-2020, . [Accessed 21-08-2020].
It is the mainland point closest to the island of Ibiza, which can be seen on a clear day,"L'hotel al far del Cap de Sant Antoni no es farà", Diari La Veu, 10-02-2016, . [Accessed 21-08-2020]. and actually reached by ferry from nearby Dénia.
Curious fact: from here you have a nearly clear shot by boat across the Mediterranean all the way to Beirut, Lebanon, for instance.
In literature It has been sung by such authors as Baltasar Porcel, in his Arran de Mar (1967, literary travel book) and Vicent Blasco Ibáñez, in his novel Flor de Mayo (1895).Entry for Cap de Sant Antoni, at Endrets. Cap de Sant Antoni, . [Accessed 21-08-2020].
See also Cap de la Nau Montgó Massif Xàbia Baetic System
References
External links
Cap de Sant Antoni at the official tourist website of the town of Xàbia