The strategic location of Calpe on the coast has attracted a lot of settlers and voyagers throughout the centuries.That is the reason why it is a town which is full of culture and history.Around the skirts of the "Peņon" were discovered remains of Iberian tribes.Later,the Romans founded a colony on the coastal plain,its main activity was dealing in dried, salted fish.During the Medieval period, the population was spread out in independent settlements.
Even Christians and Moors lived peacefully together for some time, but later on the population suffered continual attacks by the pirates from the 14th to the 17th centuries. Finaly abated the threat of pirates, Calpe started a period of redevelopment during the 18th century and laying the foundations in the 19th century for its current prosperity as a major attraction for international and national tourism.