A few kilometers from Benidorm, the small mountain village of Finestrat overlooks the Mediterranean Sea. The borders of Finestrat municipality extends from the mountains and down to the coast, where it has a shoreline of 267 meters between Benidorm and Villajoyosa. Read more if you want to know why. For several centuries, Spain's coast to the Mediterranean was plagued with attacks by pirates. It was important that as many as possible participated in the defense of the coast.

Over the mountain village Finestrat looms the mountain with the famous chopping. From the top you can see the entire Costa Blanca. A giant had been told by a sorceress that his beloved girlfriend would die when the sun went down. He brought her to the highest point of the mountain to keep the sunshine as long as possible. But no matter how much he tried, he could not save her. When the last sunshine disappeared behind the Sella mountain, she died in his arms. In sorrow and de

Aitana is the highest mountain in the Alicante region (1558 meters above sea level). Here you will find a number of nice hiking trails giving you a fabulous view. The most famous point is the narrow pass which of natural causes is called "fat mans agony". Another attraction is the hole in the mountain. The trip starts at about 900 meters altitude and rises about 600 altitude meters. You start at a car park and go first towards Port de Tudons and then towards Passet de la Rabo