The mountains behind the coast

L’Alcoià is inland and high. Alcoy sits in a bowl between sierras, an industrial town with a Modernista centre and the best-known Moors and Christians festival in Spain. Ibi, next door, built the country’s toy industry. Neither has a beach, and both are within an hour of one.

Town guides in this comarca

• Alcoy — Modernista architecture and Spain’s biggest Moors and Christians festival
• Ibi — Spain’s toy town, with a museum devoted to it

For the coast as a whole, see the full Costa Blanca map or the Costa Blanca guide.