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There’s a village, just over an hour from Alicante, that leaves everyone open-mouthed as they round the final bend. Guadalest appears out of nowhere, perched on an impossible rock, its bell tower cut against the mountain and a reservoir of

When someone messages me for the first time, they almost always ask the same thing: «how is a private tour different from a normal one?».   And it’s a fair question. Hiring a private tour guide in Alicante isn’t just

Some days Alicante makes you crave the real sea, and for that there’s nothing like Tabarca. Just over an hour by boat from the port, this little island is a world of its own: turquoise water, low white houses, walls

Just twenty minutes from Alicante there’s a city most travellers never even consider, and every time I take someone there the same thing happens: they’re amazed.   Elche is palm trees as far as the eye can see, two UNESCO

There’s a moment, on the way up to the castle, when the city changes all at once. The streets narrow, the noise fades, and suddenly you’re surrounded by white houses, blue flowerpots and little cobbled staircases climbing up the hillside.   That moment is

If there’s one place no guide will ever let you skip, it’s Santa Bárbara Castle Alicante. You can spot it from almost anywhere in the city, crowning Mount Benacantil as if it were keeping watch over the sea, and climbing