Located in a privileged orientation, sheltered from the Serra Gelada Natural Park, the town looks at the Mediterranean, directly at its heart, at its essence and expresses every minute of sun for the joy and enjoyment of locals and foreigners.

Its magnificent beaches, varied hotel offer for all tastes and the enviable vitality that it enjoys throughout the year, are its soul and motor, constituting an example that other coastal towns of the Mediterranean try to imitate … without achieving it.

Despite the image of very dense urban concentration that Benidorm evokes, we can still find highly valuable and unique terrestrial and marine paradises, exceptionally preserved, close to the urban core. We refer to the Serra Gelada to the north and the islet of Benidorm and its associated seabeds that attract divers from all over Europe.

Its beaches, of unsurpassed quality, cleanliness of its fine sands and careful care at any time of the year are its main asset and attraction for tourists who, for thousands, visit the town, walk its bustling walks, delves into the local or international gastronomy or get carried away by the varied offer of shows, golf, theme and water parks and a long etcetera.

A small Manhattan on the edge of the warm and suggestive Mediterranean: does anyone give more?

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Located in the south end of the Valencian Community, Pilar de la Horadada gives way to the south to the Region of Murcia.

To the south of the urbanization Dehesa de Campoamor, belonging to Orihuela, a long coastal sector begins with the beach of the Mil Palmeras, on the coastline of the homonymous urbanization.

To the south, the nearby lookout tower of Pilar de la Horadada overlooks the bustle of the marina to which it gives its name. A sector of semi-urban beaches, with a family atmosphere, arising from the heat of maritime settlements that, over the years, have extended their character and have been transformed into small urbanisations such as Las Villas, and which give way, as a farewell and a worthy culmination, to the Higuericas beach, with a natural and calm atmosphere; beach that allows us to look back to the memory of so many experiences at the edge of the sea, in this exceptional region that is the Costa Blanca.

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Orihuela is the capital of a very extensive and once enormously fertile region: the Vega Baja del Segura.

The coast of Orihuela presents an unusual variety and heterogeneity on the Alicante coast, with medium cliffs, slets, coves, long beaches and two marinas of great charm: Cabo Roig marina and sports port of La Dehesa de Campoamor.

The adjacent sea beds are located within a Marine Community Interest Site, dedicated to the protection of the extensive and well-preserved posidonia meadows, whose conservation the European Union considers a priority.

The Palmeral de Orihuela has been declared a Site of Community Interest by the European Union, within the Natura 2000 network. Similarly, it has a unique declaration of Cultural Heritage of the Spanish Historical Heritage.

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Thanks to the production and trade of salt, the population of Torrevieja once experienced an economic bonanza to which it replaced the spectacular urban development, due to its climate and its unique landscape, with the Natural Park of Salinas de la Mata and Torrevieja as the main asset, as well as spectacular beaches.

After Cape Cervera, a succession of coves open between cliffs of half height until you reach the bustling beach of Los Locos, paradigm of the urban beach in Torrevieja.

Breaking through the buildings and heading south, the beach of El Cura is presented and, later, the modern port from which tons of white gold are sent to the whole world. The beach of the Naufragos ends a very urbanized coastline but with excellent conditions for bathing and enjoyment of the sea and water sports.

The growing cosmopolitan character of the area is noticeable in the shops and restaurants that offer an unparalleled offer. To conclude, the numerous golf courses complete the sports offer of this bastion of tourism on the Costa Blanca.

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Guardamar del Segura es conocida por sus dunas, sus largas y codiciadas arenas y aguas color turquesa.

Guardamar del Segura is known for its dunes, its long and coveted sands and turquoise waters.

The surname of the population comes from the controversial river, the origin of its wealth and its once fertile and productive orchards. Still today in Guardamar proliferates the cultivation of the ñora, indispensable condiment of all rice that boasts and very typical of this area and Alicante in general.

At the mouth of the river there is a modern marina. In addition to its paradisiacal fully natural beaches, Guardamar del Segura also has other very well-equipped urban areas with all the services imaginable.

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With the mountains as the frame and culmination of the spectacular urban development of Santa Pola, the town enjoys an unprecedented tourist boost backed by its beaches, which have quality assurance systems and respect for the environment.

The salinas and its unique landscape stand out as well, and of course, the nearby island of Tabarca, which, although it belongs to the municipality of Alicante, is linked and twinned with Santa Pola by the innumerable boats that make this journey.

Its numerous beaches and careful walks, together with the enormous and varied leisure offer at the edge of the sea and the well-cared gastronomy, they make Santa Pola an ideal place, not just for summer, but to take root contemplating and breathing the sea breeze.

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Tras su periplo por la provincia de Alicante, el río Vinalopó, que discurre sigiloso desde las montañas del interior, llega por fin exhausto a la bella ciudad de Elx, después de brindar hasta la última gota a los cultivos y poblaciones locales.

After its journey through the province of Alicante, the Vinalopo River, which flows stealthily from the mountains of the interior, finally arrives exhausted to the beautiful city of Elche, after giving every last drop to the crops and local towns.

The city of Elche is known for the existence of the largest palm grove in Europe, a legacy of the Andalusian agricultural culture declared a World Heritage Site, but it is not the only one. Elche has a second cultural asset declared Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, known as Misteri d’Elx: a lyrical sacred drama, which is the last living testimony of European medieval religious theater.

Elche is, in addition, the Spanish capital of footwear, a powerful industry that arose in the early nineteenth century, from the manufacture of the most modest and traditional espadrilles: an appropriate footwear for work in the field. In its municipal area the airport is located par excellence of the province of Alicante, the airport of El Altet.

Beyond the industry, the municipality has natural spaces of enormous ecological value, such as the natural parks of Fondo d’Elx, wide dune areas of great beauty or small places such as Clot de Galvany, which contain a flora and fauna of great importance and, of course, many museums that make clear the rich history of the town.

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The city of Alicante is one of those unique places where you can still live without the hassles of big cities, but with all the services of these.

The town lives completely turned towards the sea with a large marina that has managed to integrate leisure and services in a very balanced way.

In a singular way and as an embryo of what is today the city we can visit in Alicante the remains of the Ibero-Roman city of Lucentum or its fantastic Archaeological Museum with the latest technologies put at the service of education and divulgation.

Following the wake of Valencia, the city begins to organize nautical events of international significance, such as the Volvo Ocean Race. For golf fans there are excellent courses very close to the city. If we add to that the human component and the rich gastronomy, the success of Alicante is served.

Neither the city lack a picturesque touch, the island of Tabarca, marine reserve and urban complex of singular beauty and history that should not be missed. The quality of its waters is unparalleled and in its streets you will undoubtedly enjoy a singular pleasure, away from noise, traffic and surrounded by a sea that seagulls watch from their watchtowers.

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El Campello has long and excellent beaches in an abrupt and complex environment from the orographic point of view, with steep coasts of half height, such as the Coveta Fumá, combined with small and exceptional coves between the rock where sand and gravel alternate with a landscape and quality of waters almost unique in the Alicante coast.

The town has an active sport and fishing port where you can attend the fish auction, in its busy fish market, which attracts professionals from all over the province.

Next to the marina is the watchtower that dominates the area known as Illeta del Banyets. The Illeta is an excellent archaeological park, very unique in the Mediterranean, put in value to show prehistoric settlements ranging from the Bronze Age to the remains of an Iberian settlement, unique in its characteristics and considered one of the most important in the Mediterranean. From Roman times we found small hot springs and small fish farms carved in the stone, which gave the enclave its unique name.

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Villajoyosa lives overturned to the sea. It seems that the nearby mountains drove it to its sweet destination, next to the calm waters of the Mediterranean.

La Vila, as its people know it, is beach, tourism, but also culture and leisure. Among its cultural manifestations, its festivals of Moros y Cristianos, declared of International Tourist Interest, stand out.

Its maritime facade, colorful and imaginative, hints at the affable nature of its people and its sweetness, which materializes and takes shape in the centuries-old mastery of chocolate making.

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