Three miles from the coastal city of Almería lies the Tabernas desert, the only true desert in Europe. As the Tabernas Desert lies...

An hour's drive inland from Alicante on the Costa Blanca, lies the mountain village of Cocentaina, just a few kilometers from Alcoy. It...

From the east side of Levante beach in Benidorm on the Costa Blanca, a route runs along the cliffs to Mirador Serra Gelada and the ruins...

A few miles up in the mountains near Malaga is El Torcal de Antequera at 1,200 meters above sea level. An area where erosion of limestone...

Just inside the popular tourist town of Benidorm on the Costa Blanca is a beautiful zoo where you can get close to the animals. Here...

Between the coastal towns of l'Albir and Benidorm there is a long mountain range with steep cliffs towards the sea. A path runs along the...

From Relleu cemetery there is a signposted path to the Sella valley. Here you get a view of the mountains around Relleu, the Sella...

The three best places to see the beautiful blooming of almond trees in the Alicante region are in the Jalon Valley, the Guadelest Valley...

On the north side of the Sella mountain in the Alicante region, a cart road goes over to the Guadalest valley. It is bad for cars, but...

Just west of the coastal town of Dénia in Spain is a mountain that looks like a recumbent elephant. The area is a protected nature park...

Between Altea and Calpe in Spain, the water has for millennia cut a deep gorge - Cañon de Mascarat - which separates the Sierra Bernia...

El Parque Natural el Hondo is a protected wetland area close to the small town of Crevillente in the Alicante region of Spain. Before the...

On the coast between Alicante and Santa Pola lies a beautiful nature reserve with a sandy beach and wetland. The wetland is only a few...

Penya Migjorn - or Penya Rojo as it is also called - is located in Xixona (Jijona) in Alicante. It can be reached without climbing. It is...

A few kilometers from the Calpe cliff is a mountain peak that rises 589 meters above sea level - la Sierra de Oltà or Serra D'Oltà. From...

On the north-west side of Alcoy, there is a mountain area where you can see griffon vultures soaring over the peaks. The entrance to the...

Relleu is a small mountain village a couple of miles inside Benidorm on the Costa Blanca coast in Spain. It is known for its streets...

From the mountain village of Tárbena in the Alicante district, a marked trail of just over 14 km has been created. This post describes...

A few kilometers from Alicante on the Costa del Sol in Spain is a zoo where you can see Africa's exotic animals - and some of our common...

A few kilometers from the village of Crevillente in the Alicante region is a Moorish teahouse called Tetería mora de Crevillente Carmen...