Spain, as a tourist destination, offers the traveler an area with some of the most diverse outdoor pursuits.
Not only you going to be almost guaranteed to have great weather, the people here are fantastic, and the topography itself lends to this diverse outdoor culture.
The thing that really stands out to me in Spain is the amount of different mountain landscapes that are here.
The Costa Blanca is an area with this secret side to it that nobody really knows about, well the average tourist who visits this area certainly doesn't know nor does he care.
The Costa Blanca actually runs from Denia city in the north to just beyond Torrevieja south of the province of Alicante.
Mostly, the region is very tourist orientated with many people flocking here at various times of the year in order to take advantage of the beautiful sunshine and surroundings.
But most of these tourists come here for either the party atmosphere of the big towns such as Benidorm or Alicante, or they come to relax.
The relaxation type of holiday for these sun seekers is to reserve a space on the beach or beside the pool, cover themselves in suntan lotion, and soak up the rays of the sun for as long as they can stand it.
The only walking that they are actually going to do is to find a local restaurant where they can get some good food or a bar where they can top up on their glass of sangria.
But behind this facade of packaged holidays and all-night parties there is a beautiful ruggedness which is just waiting to be discovered.
I know that when most people talk about going on a walking holiday, they may think about the Lake District in England, the Pyrenees, or the stately mountains of the Alps, but nobody would ever think that you were talking about the Costa Blanca.
You will be amazed by how accessible these mountains are, with small villages dotted in between and a surprise around every corner.