Gandia (in Spanish: Gandía), with population over 77,000, is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Eastern Spain on the Mediterranean. Gandia is located on the Costa del Azahar, 65 km south of Valencia and 96 km north of Alicante. It was an important cultural and commercial centre during the 15th and 16th centuries. It once had a university (15th century). It has several important poets, Ausiàs March, writer Joanot Martorell but is perhaps better known for the Borgia, through their family title, Duke of Gandia. Today, Gandia is one of the largest coastal towns and a thriving center of commerce and tourism in the Region. There are two main zones, Gandia City where all the historical monuments, commercial activity, shopping takes place and Gandía beach where are concentrated all the apartments and summer residences used during the summer season. Bars and nightclubs are concentrated in the Beach area. As is normal for Spain, nightlife does not take off until well after midnight. The beach and the town are actually some 2 km apart which succeeds in separating the summer tourism from day to day living.