Situated on Spain’s eastern Mediterranean shore, the Costa Blanca (White Coast) is part of the province of Alicante and takes its name from the stunning sandy beaches that edge its 200km coastline. A nature lover’s paradise, the Costa Blanca has eleven natural parks ranging from spectacular mountainous terrain to unspoilt coastal wetlands and marine reserves.
Alicante and Benidorm are the two principal and most-well known towns along the coastline – leading holiday destinations with thriving expat communities. Elsewhere you’ll find lively smaller towns and sleepy fishing villages, interspersed by magnificent beaches, jutting headlands and intimate rocky coves.The Alicante province forms the southernmost part of the Valencian Community region, and around an hour and a half’s drive north of Alicante is its capital and Spain’s third largest city, Valencia.
