The Spanish Costa Blanca - Much More Than Benidorm
The largest part of the Costa Blanca region lies in the Valencia community, an autonomous province on the eastern coastline of Spain.
Most people who visit the Costa Blanca head straight for the town of Benidorm which is located to the north of Alicante and the airport into which many of them arrive knowing that this, one of the Mediterranean's largest resorts, will provide them with a memorable holiday.
Many of the tourists who come to the Costa Blanca will normally find everything they need in the coastal resorts.
For example, there is the pleasant year-round climate, a good standard of accommodation and plenty of things to see and do.
This is where those many people miss out the most as the Costa Blanca has much more to offer.
Just a few kilometres from the main tourist resorts is where the traditional Spain still thrives.
Here is a country where many historic towns sit comfortably in the midst of superb scenery and the rural pace of daily life has remained unchanged for years.
Once you find this other side you will be delighted by its simplicity, and the memories of it will last long after the tan has faded.
The Costa Blanca is a region of Spain that is famous for its huge variety, with thriving fishing and freight ports, fantastic and ancient cities bustling with life and a vast agricultural industry producing many of the fruits, which are some of Spain's most important exported products.
Life for the Spanish people has changed enormously in the last 50 or so years, but they remain fiercely proud of their history, traditions and cultures.
The main attraction for most visitors to the hinterland though, will be the beauty and fertility of the landscape where high sierras soar above terraced valleys planted seemingly everywhere with almonds, oranges and olives.
Here you can easily discover fantastic vineyards, hidden upland streams, and vistas of stunning peaks.
Explore lonely stretches of coastline, where pine trees shade rocky cliff-top paths and the air is filled with the scent of aromatic plants.
So why wait? Discover this hidden Costa Blanca, and enjoy this lovely corner of Europe even more.
Most people who visit the Costa Blanca head straight for the town of Benidorm which is located to the north of Alicante and the airport into which many of them arrive knowing that this, one of the Mediterranean's largest resorts, will provide them with a memorable holiday.
Many of the tourists who come to the Costa Blanca will normally find everything they need in the coastal resorts.
For example, there is the pleasant year-round climate, a good standard of accommodation and plenty of things to see and do.
This is where those many people miss out the most as the Costa Blanca has much more to offer.
Just a few kilometres from the main tourist resorts is where the traditional Spain still thrives.
Here is a country where many historic towns sit comfortably in the midst of superb scenery and the rural pace of daily life has remained unchanged for years.
Once you find this other side you will be delighted by its simplicity, and the memories of it will last long after the tan has faded.
The Costa Blanca is a region of Spain that is famous for its huge variety, with thriving fishing and freight ports, fantastic and ancient cities bustling with life and a vast agricultural industry producing many of the fruits, which are some of Spain's most important exported products.
Life for the Spanish people has changed enormously in the last 50 or so years, but they remain fiercely proud of their history, traditions and cultures.
The main attraction for most visitors to the hinterland though, will be the beauty and fertility of the landscape where high sierras soar above terraced valleys planted seemingly everywhere with almonds, oranges and olives.
Here you can easily discover fantastic vineyards, hidden upland streams, and vistas of stunning peaks.
Explore lonely stretches of coastline, where pine trees shade rocky cliff-top paths and the air is filled with the scent of aromatic plants.
So why wait? Discover this hidden Costa Blanca, and enjoy this lovely corner of Europe even more.