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Altea’s hilltop old town, its blue ceramic domes, its viewpoints and its artistic soul: our guide to visiting Altea, parking, wandering and enjoying the bay.
Grown between mountains, rivers and irrigation channels in north-west Murcia, Calasparra rice has a PDO and behaves very differently in the kitchen. Bomba, Balilla x Sollana, the autumn harvest, cooking it and mistakes to avoid.
Alicante’s Mercado Central is far more than a covered market: Mediterranean produce, local life, early 20th-century architecture and the memory of the terrible bombing of 25 May 1938. Here’s how to see it differently.
On Saturday 3 October 2026, Crevillent lives one of the big days of its Moros y Cristianos, a Fiesta of International Tourist Interest. Comparsas, music, costumes, history and the Entrada Cristiana at 6.30 pm: what to understand before you go.
Built more than 2,000 years ago for around 7,000 spectators, Cartagena’s Roman theatre lay hidden beneath the city for centuries before being rediscovered in the late 1980s. History, visiting, 2026 prices, opening hours and tips.
Lunch at 3 pm, dinner at 10 pm, a drink before eating and children still out late in the evening: why are Spanish hours so different? History, climate, social habits and recent changes in a way of life that always surprises newcomers.
A Belgian frituur in Ciudad Quesada: I tried Hola Patatas, run by Rosa and Carmelo. Belgian fries, sauces, snacks, carbonnade stew, vol-au-vent, brunch and waffles.
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