DOMINIUM

Alicante is the Costa Blanca's city, not one of its resorts — an esplanade, a castle on the hill, and year-round life beyond the summer season. Cabo de las Huertas and Playa de San Juan carry the beachfront apartments; the centre and Barrio del Centro bring a genuinely urban market a resort town can't offer.

A real city with a working port, its own airport, and Cabo de las Huertas and Playa de San Juan for beachfront living.