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Which crafts really decorate homes on the Costa Blanca?
Two crafts still genuinely dress up Costa Blanca interiors: the hand-woven carpets of Crevillent, the province's old "Carpet Town", and the wicker and esparto basketry of Gata de Gorgos in the Marina Alta. Here is where they come from and where to find them.
Where can you find a cheap urban spa on the Costa Blanca?
Urban spas across the Costa Blanca, booked by the hour or the day with no hotel stay needed: from 18 euros for 60 minutes at Benicaldea in Benidorm to 27 euros for the full circuit at Marina Senses in Elche. Prices, addresses and hours for four addresses.
Where do your Costa Blanca swimsuits come from, and where can you find them?
Some of the swimwear sold in Spain is made in Crevillent, a textile town less than an hour inland from the Costa Blanca beaches. Here is the little-known story, and where to buy swimwear on the coast today.
Where to go bargain-hunting on the Costa Blanca? Vintage and second-hand markets
From Benidorm to Alicante, Dénia and El Verger, the Costa Blanca lines up regular flea markets and antique fairs, some with several hundred stalls. Here is where and when, town by town, verified and dated.