Salt: Coma-Cros, kultur og Girona rett ved

What Salt is really like: a dense, multicultural mill town on Girona’s doorstep, with the Coma-Cros arts factory and easy Costa Brava trips.

Torre-Pacheco: Mar Menor, golf og Murcias grønnsakshage

What Torre-Pacheco is really like: an inland Murcia town minutes from the Mar Menor lagoon, golf resorts and Spain’s vegetable-garden plains.

What Cártama is really like: a hilltop Roman-Moorish castle, the fertile Guadalhorce valley and quick access to Málaga.

What Cartaya is really like: the sandbar beaches of El Rompido, Nuevo Portil’s Atlantic sands and Río Piedras nature.

What L’Alfàs del Pi is really like: the Blue Flag beach of El Albir, a scenic lighthouse walk and Roman baths near Benidorm.

What Alcantarilla is really like: the Huerta ethnology museum, a giant working waterwheel and Roman-origin aqueduct near Murcia.

What La Unión is really like: 19th-century mines you can tour, the Cante de las Minas flamenco festival and Costa Cálida access.

What Algemesí is really like: a UNESCO-listed September festival, human towers and a grand basilica near Valencia.

What Alboraya is really like: the home of horchata, the little-Venice canals of Port Saplaya and beaches by Valencia.

What Amposta is really like: the gateway to the Ebro Delta wetlands, a 1921 suspension bridge and superb birdwatching.