Discovering the pink lagoon, nature walks and beaches of Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca (Spain. Torrevieja is one of the Costa Blanca’s liveliest resorts, and very popular with the British and other European visitors; it was originally a traditional salt-mining and fishing village. The town is conveniently located south of…
Discovering Rojales, Costa Blanca (Spain). Rojales is a pretty rural town beside the Segura River, not far from the Mediterranean coast, in the Vega Baja area (south Alicante Province). The Costa Blanca is more than sun, sea and sand… A magnificent XVIII century bridge spans the river, where it flows through…
Discovering Finestrat village and Cala de Finestrat beach on the Costa Blanca (Spain). Finestrat Village Finestrat is the picturesque village with ‘hanging houses’, snuggled under the legendary Puig Campana mountain peak…winding streets of traditional townhouses, balconies filled with flowers, typical plazas and an impressive XVIII century church. The surrounding countryside…
Puig Campana Mountain Walk in Finestrat, Costa Blanca (Spain). There are several fresh water springs in the Finestrat area – the emblematic Font del Molí has 15 spouts and people come from miles around to fill up containers with the pure mountain water. You’ll find it at the top of…
Discovering Tabarca Island, Alicante (Spain). If you want to see the real Mediterranean, head over to Tabarca on Spain’s Costa Blanca! This small unspoilt island, lying four nautical miles off Alicante coastline, is steeped in history and preserves a traditional way of life despite the invasion of day-trippers in summertime.…
O Grove seafood festival in Galicia, a beautiful region in northern Spain, has taken place every October since 1963. A riverside village with sandy beaches, don’t miss O Grove’s Fiesta del Marisco’ and the historic places to see nearby.
On our second morning in Barcelona, we caught the hop-on/off tourist bus and followed the Modernista Route stopping off along the Paseo de Gràcia to view outstanding examples of Catalan art-nouveau architecture, such as Casa Amatller, Casa Batlló and the imposing stone façade of Casa Milà (La Pedrera) – built by Antoni Gaudí, the city’s most emblematic…
Jumilla, Murcia Region, Spain. Murcia is the next province down from the Costa Blanca in south east Spain. Bordering Alicante Province to the west and south, it’s a Region in its own right and name of the capital city. A beautiful stretch of Mediterranean coastland, inland towns of historic interest and…
