This year we are headed to Costa Blanca on the Mediterranean coast of Spain for two months. People often ask us how we choose the next destination. In 2025 we wanted a European sojourn. And Alicante, Spain is one of the warmest, sunniest, driest small cities in all of Europe, especially in the winter.
Alicante sits between Malaga to the south on Costa del Sol, and Barcelona to the north on Costa Brava. You can even take a ferry directly from Alicante across the Mediterranean Sea to Algiers and the coast of Africa. Travelers have moved through the region surrounding Alicante for thousands of years, from the hunter-gatherers to the Greeks and Romans. But in the last decades it has been a favorite beach resort for people farther north in Europe, especially damp Britain. In summer Alicante teams with tourists but is slower-paced and quieter in the off-season, our favorite time to travel.
We are looking forward to mild afternoons with walks along the Explanada de Espana (the tiled boardwalk in the photo above) between the beach and Old Town. We’re glad you will be walking along with us again this trip.
Let’s go, my friends.
MedFlies 