Explore the Costa Blanca
From busy marinas to quiet pine-lined dunes, the southern Costa Blanca has a town to match how you want to live. A short guide to the areas we know best.
Torrevieja
A proper town by the sea, alive all year — with salt lakes on one side and seven kilometres of coast on the other.
Orihuela
Sixteen kilometres of coast, five golf courses and the biggest shopping boulevard on the Costa Blanca — with a medieval city behind it.
Finestrat
A hillside village above the Benidorm bay — panoramic villas, new architecture, the sea five minutes below.
Pilar de la Horadada
The southernmost town of Alicante province — wide family beaches, a pine forest and a proper Spanish high street.
Rojales
A golf town beside the Segura river — Ciudad Quesada at its heart, the dunes of Guardamar ten minutes away.
Guardamar del Segura
Eleven kilometres of natural beach behind a pine forest — the greenest town on the southern Costa Blanca.
Calpe
A limestone rock rising 332 metres out of the sea, two wide sandy bays either side of it.
Alicante
The provincial capital — a working Spanish city with a castle above it and a beach in the middle of town.
San Miguel de Salinas
A hilltop village looking down on the pink salt lakes — the coast seven minutes away.
Algorfa
A village among orange groves, built around the La Finca golf resort — twenty minutes from the sand.
La Villajoyosa / Vila Joiosa
A row of painted houses facing the sea — and the town that makes Spain's oldest chocolate.
Benitachell
Cliffs, a hidden cove and villas on the hillside — between Jávea and Moraira.
Benijofar
A compact town on the Segura river where everything is within walking distance — the beach twelve minutes away.
Altea
A white hill town with blue domes above the bay — the artists' capital of the Costa Blanca.
Polop
A castle hill in the mountains behind Benidorm — clear air, valley views, the sea fifteen minutes below.
Los Montesinos
A small town beside the pink lagoon, where people know each other — fifteen minutes from the sea.
Benidorm
A city skyline on the Mediterranean — two great sandy bays, and everything open in January.
Dolores
Orange groves, a proper Spanish square and space for your money — twenty minutes from the sand.
Jávea/Xàbia
A sandy bay between two capes, with Montgó mountain behind and hidden coves to the south.
Monforte del Cid
Vineyards and almond groves beside a golf resort — fifteen minutes from the airport.
Benissa
A medieval stone town inland, and four kilometres of unspoilt rocky coast below it.
Gran Alacant
A hillside above a dune beach, ten minutes from the airport.
La Nucia
A hill town with a big sports centre where national squads train — Benidorm's beaches fifteen minutes below.
Hondón de las Nieves
A mountain valley of vines and almonds — dark skies, big plots, forty minutes from the sea.
Ciudad Quesada
A self-contained international town built around its own golf course — dunes ten minutes away.
Moraira
A fishing village that became one of the coast's most exclusive addresses — and never built a single tower.
San Fulgencio
A large international community beside the Segura river — the beach of La Marina seven minutes away.
Santa Pola
A working fishing port with flamingos behind it — and the ferry to Tabarca island.
Denia
A castle above a port, ferries to Ibiza, and a UNESCO city of gastronomy.
Mutxamel
Historic estates and green urbanisations north of Alicante — the beach ten minutes away.