Local guides
Places we love around our homes — sights, food, beaches and the practical bits, gathered by the people who live there.
Dénia
Alicante — the castle, the seafront and kilometre zero
A hilltop castle over the city, a palm-lined marble esplanade, and the point in the town hall from which every height in…
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Villajoyosa — coloured houses and chocolate
A seafront row of houses painted in strong blues, pinks and ochres, and a chocolate-making tradition going back to the nineteenth century.
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Guadalest and the Algar waterfalls
Inland from the coast, about an hour from Dénia: a dramatic castle village above a turquoise reservoir, and a run of river…
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Moraira and Calpe — a harbour, a castle and the Peñón
Two very different towns down the coast from Dénia: low-key Moraira, and Calpe under the great rock of the Peñón de Ifach.
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Xàbia and its coves — Granadella and Portitxol
Dénia's neighbour over the Montgó, with an old town, a fishing port, a sandy strip — and two of the best-known coves…
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From Dénia harbour — boat trips and the island ferries
Coastal excursions in season, and the fast ferry across to Ibiza and Formentera from one of the handiest mainland ports for the…
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Valencia — a day trip up the coast
A bit over an hour north of Dénia: Calatrava's white city, one of Europe's great food markets, and where paella actually comes…
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