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The Costa Blanca or "white coast" is .....

..........one of the most beautiful regions of the entire Iberian Peninsula, enjoys more than 315 sunshine days a year with an average temperature of 18-19c and comprises of approximately 100 miles/160 kilometres, of beautiful sandy beaches. The northern part of the region is mountainous, relatively green and peppered with groves of orange and olive trees along with colourful orchards of almonds and cherries. The much flatter and drier southern end (south of Alicante) is famous for having the biggest palm gardens and salt flats in the whole of Europe.

The main language of the Costa Blanca is Valenciano, which is similar to Catalan. English and the other main European languages are widely spoken in the main resorts but if you venture inland do not expect the "natives" to speak anything other than Valenciano or the main Spanish language, Castellano.

It's a region that offers all things to all people and is a paradise for golfers, gourmets and sun worshippers. There are big, brash beach side resorts with skyscraper hotels and all-night discos contrasted by delightful mountain villages where life seems hardly to have changed for centuries.

If you take a tour along the coast you'll find international tourist resorts inter mingled with traditional Spanish towns and villages. One of the former is Benidorm where tourists go to bronze themselves on the beach by day and party by night. It has two main beaches, the Playa de Levante (the sunrise beach) which is located 2 kilometres from the old town centre and the Playa de Poniente (the sunset beach) is located on the edge of the old town centre, near the Finestrat cove.

The nearest beaches to our villa are those of Muchavista and El Campello with its watchtower built in 1554 in the Fisherman’s Quarter, San Juan where, at Cabo de las Heurtes, you can also snorkel and scuba dive off the rocks.

The city of Alicante, just 8 kilometres from our villa in Bonalba, is the capital of the region and offers a wealth of cultural activities and fine beaches. Tourism is now one of its biggest sources of income and for the visitor who wants to combine city, beach and nightlife, there's no better place to be. It has seven kilometres of golden sand, with beautiful seafront promenades, excellent shops and restaurants and wealth of sports and entertainment and is just 15 kilometres north of the international airport - flying time from London is under two and a half hours.

Modern day Alicante is perhaps most famous for its seafront promenade, the Paseo de la Explanada with its four rows of magnificent palms, its Parisian-style street cafes and its intricate marble inlays of red, cream and black tiles, representing the colours of Alicante. More than six and a half million of the tiny tiles were laid in 1957 guaranteeing the esplanade's future reputation as one of the most impressive in the whole of Spain. The Spanish love nothing better than a "paseo" - a stroll along the promenade with no particular aim or destination in mind - it's simply a chance to see and be seen.

The city centre offers an excellent range of top quality shops including the famous El Corte Ingles department store. There are local handicrafts, such as ceramics from Agost, bags and wicker baskets from Gata de Gorgos, rugs from Crevillente, the latest designer clothes, leather goods and exquisite gift shops. There are museums, monuments, year-round cultural activities and regular fiestas.