Costa Blanca

The coast of Alicante stretches along the southeastern shore of Iberia, from the headlands near Dénia to the lowlands beyond the city of Alicante. Its beaches and coves face the western Mediterranean, while hills rise behind the coastal towns. Iberian settlements, Phoenician and Greek traders, and Roman roads all left their mark on the region. In the thirteenth century, Castilian and Aragonese rulers conquered its cities from al-Andalus; the lands later formed part of the Kingdom of Valencia.