Never a Dull Day on the Costa Blanca
Why the stretch of coast around Ciudad Quesada keeps surprising the people who live here
Ask anyone who has settled along this part of the Spanish coast what they do with their days, and you will rarely get a short answer. There is a quiet running joke among residents here that the hardest part of living on the Costa Blanca is not finding something to do — it is choosing between everything on offer.
Within an easy hour of Ciudad Quesada, you can spend the morning racing go-karts and the afternoon drifting along the coast on a catamaran. You can wander Roman ruins and wine cellars one day, then trade them for water parks, treetop rope courses and a famous flamingo-pink lagoon the next. There are zoos where the giraffes lean in to say hello, theme parks built like ancient cities, gentle rounds of mini golf with a cold drink waiting at the ninth hole, and island ferries that turn a simple lunch into a small adventure.
It is the kind of place where family days, romantic escapes and lazy afternoons all sit comfortably within the same postcode — and where the weather usually agrees with whatever you have planned. For visitors it makes for an unforgettable holiday. For those lucky enough to call it home, it simply becomes the rhythm of ordinary life.
So rather than list it all here, we have gathered our favourites into one place — the best days out, the family treasures and the grown-up escapes, each with the details you need to go and enjoy them.
