Spain has almost 8,000 kilometres of coastline, divided into named stretches with very different characters. The Costa Brava in Catalonia is known for rocky coves, the Costa Dorada for wide sandy beaches, the Costa Blanca for sunshine and family resorts, the Costa del Sol for lively towns around Málaga and the Costa de Almería for wild, desert-like scenery. In this section you will find guides to each coast, starting with our overview of the best things to do on the Costa Blanca.
Spanish Coasts
Costa del Sol travel guide - Picasso’s Málaga, Marbella’s old town and white villages above the sea
Twenty minutes after you leave the arrivals hall, you can be eating sardines grilled on a fishing boat, with your feet in the sand.The Costa del Sol is the...
Spanish Coasts
The best of the Costa Brava - Dalí’s Figueres, medieval Tossa and coves along the Camí de Ronda
A journalist named this coast in 1908, and he chose the Catalan word for "wild". Stand on a...
Costa Brava
Why visit Lloret de Mar? Clifftop gardens, quiet coves and a coastal path to Tossa
Its reputation usually arrives before you do. Then you find Renaissance gardens on the cliffs, a castle above...
Cities in Spain
What to do in Besalú? A fortified bridge, a medieval mikveh and Romanesque churches
Cross a crooked stone bridge, pass under its gate tower and the 21st century seems to stay behind...
Museums and Art Galleries in Spain
Dalí Theatre-Museum tickets, opening hours and the Dalí Jewels
A vintage Cadillac where it rains indoors, a living room that turns into a film star's face and...
Best time to visit the Benalmádena cable car - Calamorro summit views, walking trails and birds of prey
On a clear winter morning you can stand on one mountaintop and see two continents, a snow-capped sierra and most of the Costa del...
Visiting the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia - Oceanogràfic, Hemisfèric, Science Museum and Calatrava’s white giants
After a terrible flood in 1957, the city moved its river out of town. The dry bed it left behind now holds some of...
Ferrari Land, the Ferrari theme park on the Costa Daurada - Red Force, family rides and where to stay
Zero to 180 km/h in five seconds, then straight up a 112-metre wall of track. That's how the day starts for anyone brave enough.Ferrari...
First time in Nerja? The Balcón de Europa, a cave of giant columns and coves below the Maro cliffs
In January 1959, five young men went hunting for bats in a sinkhole above the sea. What they found underground still makes visitors stop...
Tossa de Mar, Costa Brava - A walled old town, hidden coves and Chagall’s blue bay
In 1934 Marc Chagall spent a summer on this bay and called it his blue paradise. More than ninety years on, the water is...
Almeria travel guide - The Alcazaba, Wild West film sets and the volcanic beaches of Cabo de Gata
Half an hour from the old town, cowboys still ride through what is often called Europe's only desert. Back in town, a free tapa...