Unlike many of Spain’s historic cities, Murcia was not founded by the Romans. The city was established in 825 by the Umayyad Emir Abd al-Rahman II, who selected the fertile plain of the Segura River to create Madinat Mursiya, a new administrative and...
At first glance, La Vila Joiosa is immediately recognisable for its colourful waterfront houses. Painted in bright shades of blue, red, yellow and green, they were not originally intended to attract tourists. According to local tradition, fishermen painted each house...
Travelling often creates memories that have little to do with famous monuments or spectacular landscapes. Sometimes, a simple and unexpected gesture says far more about a place than any guidebook ever could. One such moment took place during an evening at Pizzeria San...
Beniarbeig is a small municipality in the Marina Alta comarca of the Province of Alicante, within the Valencian Community. Located on the fertile plain of the Girona River and at the foot of the Segària mountain range, it is one of those inland villages whose history...
Xàbia, officially known in Valencian as Xàbia and in Spanish as Jávea, is the easternmost municipality of the Province of Alicante, within the Valencian Community. Situated between Cape San Antonio and Cape La Nao, it occupies one of the punti più strategici della...
