Guide to Help You Enjoy you Holiday in Costa Blanca

A nice-looking coastline of plunging cliffs, majestic beaches and tidy towns, all inclusive Costa Blanca holidays is a prime slice of Spanish holiday heaven. All inclusive packages in Costa Blanca appeal to those seeking the sun, good food, family fun and good value.

Yes, every Costa claims to have the monopoly on sublime stretches of sand – but here it feels more tangible. Benidorm’s Levante beach, despite the summer throngs, remains one of the most stunning on the Iberian Peninsula – a big, broad grin of a beach, with no shortage of opportunities to enjoy life in, on and around the Blue Flag-awarded waters. Trek away from your resort and you can still find secluded spots. North of Altea, a succession of coves, sheltered by rocky headlands, makes for an attractive day out on your holidays in Costa Blanca. Take a picnic, and pack a snorkel – the waters around here are wonderfully clean.

The Penyal d’Ifach, a vertical rocky buttress rising from the pretty harbour at Calpe, is a fittingly dramatic icon for this coast of spectacle and surprise – a walk around its base makes a pleasant, easy-ish half day hike. Keep your eyes open and you’ll spot hundreds of wild plants, migrating birds and, on a clear day, even the hills of Ibiza on the horizon. Alicante is the region’s principle city – visit for its delightful palm-lined promenade and the excellent art at the Casa de la Asegurada. The raisin town of Denia, too, has churches, markets and a pretty, coastal railway which trundles down to Calpe.

You’ll be pleasantly surprised by Barcelona. The resort that started it all has been visited by the style police – and it shows. Yes, its skyline is a jagged testament to the boom times of the 70s when hotels in Costa Blanca came in one size – tall and thin. But look a little closer and you’ll find graceful public squares, open-air auditoria and grassy parks. Amazingly, its old town still feels elegantly apart from the huddle of down-town neon-lit pleasure zones. For a touch more calm, Albir is a delight – a shingly-sand beach leads to an easy-going resort popular with families. Keep driving north and you’ll reach Altea, even more unspoiled, this resort features a wonderful, whitewashed old town perched on a hilltop. If it’s thrills you’re after, all inclusive holidays in Costa Blanca has possibly the best theme park in Spain, the dazzling Terra Mitica.