A few kilometers from the coast within El Campello on the Costa Blanca, lies the small mountain village of Busot. The town is located on a mountain slope at the foot of the mountain Cabezon de Oro with the ruins of the town's castle on a knoll just outside the old town. The old and newer districts have views of El Campello, Alicante and the plains and mountains within. The village has Muslim origins and was established in connection with the castle, where the production of gl

A mile inside El Campello a little north of Alicante on the Costa Blanca coast lies a mythical mountain called Cabecó d'Or in Valencian. The belief that there should be gold in the mountain is said to have prompted a Marki (a nobleman) to look for gold in one of the mountain peaks. He never found any gold, but had the mountain peak named after him - Sima del Marqués. The belief in gold deposits could perhaps be due to the golden color that emerges when the sun shines on the m