€135,500
Vuonna 1985 rakennettu puutarhapaviljonki La Siestaalla, Torreviejassa
Torrevieja · La Siesta
2 makuuhuonetta1 kylpyhuone74m²
2 bedrooms1 bathroomPrivate garden+6
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Key Takeaways
- ✓ La Mata is the second of two lagoons in the park, lower in salinity than the pink one and green rather than rose.
- ✓ The trail network is flat and shaded in parts: pine woodland and dune edges rather than open salt flat.
- ✓ La Mata beach is long and sandy with dune boardwalks, and sits directly beside the park.
- ✓ Our La Mata book is 6 live listings, too few to draw a market conclusion from, and we will say so rather than dress it up.
- ✓ Those six run from €132,600 to €859,000. The €820,000 median is an artefact of two big new-builds, not a market price.
If the pink lagoon is the postcard, La Mata is the one you actually walk. It is the greener, cooler, quieter half of the Parque Natural de las Lagunas de La Mata y Torrevieja: pine woodland, dunes, a lagoon that reads green rather than pink, and a long sandy beach at the end of it. For most visitors it is the better half of the park, and almost nobody arrives knowing that.
Why this lagoon is green and the other one is pink
Salinity. The Torrevieja lagoon is under salt production and its brine is far more concentrated, which suits Dunaliella salina, the alga that makes the beta-carotene pigment behind the pink. La Mata is less salty, so a different mix of organisms dominates and the water reads green. The two are connected by a channel, and water and birds move between them. The full chemistry is in our guide to the salt lakes.
The practical consequence is that La Mata is the more hospitable side for humans: more vegetation, more shade, softer edges, and a habitat that supports a wider range of birds.
The trails
The walking here is flat, easy and mostly on compacted tracks. What you get, broadly:
- Pine woodland sections with genuine shade: the difference between a pleasant June morning and an ordeal.
- Lagoon-margin paths with viewpoints out over the shallows, which is where the birds are.
- Dune and beach-edge boardwalks linking the park to the sand.
- Interpretation and information facilities on this side of the park. Check current opening before you set out; we do not publish hours that change seasonally.
We are not giving you route distances. The usable network shifts with maintenance, water levels and seasonal closures, and a wrong number is worse than none. Take a map app, plan an out-and-back, and treat anything beyond the signed paths as off limits.
The beach
Playa de La Mata is a long, wide, sandy beach on the north side of Torrevieja, backed by dunes and boardwalks rather than a wall of high-rise. It is calmer than the central town beaches and considerably less built up. In summer it is busy, like every beach on this coast; out of season it is one of the better long walks on the Costa Blanca South. The village behind it, La Mata pueblo, is low-rise and noticeably more Spanish in feel than central Torrevieja, which is either exactly what you want or exactly what you do not.
When to come
| Season | Trails | Beach |
|---|---|---|
| Spring | The best of the year: green, mild, birds active. | Quiet, swimmable from late spring. |
| Summer | Early morning only. The open sections are punishing by 11am. | Busy, and the reason parking gets difficult. |
| Autumn | Excellent. Warm sea, thinning crowds, birds returning in number. | Arguably the best months here. |
| Winter | Comfortable walking all day. Bring a windproof layer. | Walking rather than swimming, but empty and beautiful. |
Doing both lagoons in one day
The classic sequence: pink lagoon at first light for the colour and the reflections, breakfast in town, then La Mata for shade, trails and the beach. It works because the two halves of the park want opposite conditions: the pink lake is best when the sun is low, La Mata is best when you want to be under pine trees. Parking and access notes for the pink side are in our visitor's guide to the Laguna Rosa, and if birds are the point, read flamingos in Torrevieja first.
Buying in La Mata: the honest version
This is where we have to be straight with you. La Mata is a small market and our book here is thin: 6 live listings. That is not enough to talk about trends, medians or value, and any agency telling you otherwise from six data points is guessing. The published median for the neighbourhood is €820,000, and that number is close to meaningless. Two large new-build properties sit at the top of a six-property list and drag the midpoint up with them. The actual entry point is €132,600.
Here is the whole La Mata book as it stands, top to bottom, so you can see the spread rather than take our word for it:
€132,600One-bed apartment, La Mata
Torrevieja · La Mata
1 bed1 bath55 m²
€201,500Three-bed bungalow, La Mata
Torrevieja · La Mata
3 bed1 bath56 m²
€820,000Four-bed new-build townhouse, La Mata
Torrevieja · La Mata
4 bed3 bath172 m²
€859,000Four-bed villa, La Mata
Torrevieja · La Mata
4 bed3 bath155 m²
What that spread actually tells you is useful: La Mata is a barbell. There is a modest resale market at the bottom and a small, expensive new-build and villa market at the top, with very little in between right now. If your budget is the middle, you will do better widening the search to the rest of the town (250 listings, median €260,000) and treating La Mata as a bonus if something surfaces.
Browse the full Torrevieja property book, or the new-build listings in Torrevieja if the top end is where you are looking. Tell us your budget below and we will tell you honestly whether La Mata is realistic for it this month.
