Want to holiday off the beaten track but also need to take advantage of the low-cost airlines? These two factors are not mutually exclusive. You don’t need to end up at the same resort as everyone else, just because you’re all on the same flight to sunny shores.
Take, for example, the coastal area of the southern Costa Blanca of Spain.
Torrevieja is a working town with a charming atmosphere, a noticeable lack of skyscrapers, and pleasant, helpful people. It’s a great base for exploring the region – up and down the coast as well as inland, to places such as the hidden village of Guadalest: accessed through a tunnel and on a picturesque reservoir of the same name, you can enjoy Spain at its very best.
You don’t have to cram yourself onto the central and popular beach in Torrevieja: instead, take yourself off down the coast to one of the many mystical-sounding coves: Ferris Cove, Zorra Cove, Cornuda Cove. The water is clear and some are well adapted for swimming (though without rescue facilities).
A perfect destination for a romantic getaway or a quiet break with friends, the region is served by many airlines. Jet2.com, for example, flies to both Alicante and Murcia airports, which are just 36 km and 24 km away respectively. Cheap flights to Murcia and Alicante make the region a great-value destination, with plenty to keep you occupied when you are there.
A site worth visiting is the lagoons of La Mata and Torrevieja – a special-interest nature reserve wetland, which you can enjoy simply for the eye-catching landscape and hundreds of species of birds which live here. You will also find here the salt lakes that provide the town with one of its main industries – salt production. Either before or after your visit to the salt lakes, take a wander round the Salt Museum, tucked down a side-street, Callo Patricio Perez.
Once you have worked up an appetite, there are plenty of tucked-away tapas bars and restaurants to choose from, where you can enjoy chorizo and a Spanish beer surrounded by locals. Every Friday there is a large open-air market, selling food as well as clothing and textiles. However, away from the crowds of this market, is another at La Florida on a Saturday.
If you are able to hire a car, it’s only a short drive to numerous orange and lemon groves outside the town itself or if you want an excuse to leave the car behind, then why not book a tour to one of the local wine-tasting tours, where you can relax into your holiday in style.
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