The Costa Blanca stretches down the coast of Alicante province, named for its bright light and pale sand. Benidorm, a wall of high-rise hotels above two huge curving beaches, is its brash heart and one of Europe's biggest package-holiday resorts. Quieter pleasures lie nearby: the towering Peñón d'Ifach at Calpe, the coves and old town of Xàbia (Jávea), and the harbour town of Dénia.
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