The country with just about everything, you could possibly want from a country situated within a couple of hours flying time from Western Europe .  Not only does Spain have beautiful beaches stretched along it’s vast coastline and stunning scenery to die for, but Spain is also proven to be good for your health.  As a matter of fact the Costa Blanca gets star billing from the World Health Organisation as one of the healthiest places in the world in which to live.

 

For a long time, Spain has been British property buyer’s favorite destination with more than 600,000 Britons living in Spain and this number is expected to increase substantially within the next few years and it is not hard to see why. It’s perfectly possible to be skiing on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada in the morning and then enjoy a late lunch in the sun on Spain’s famous Costa del Sol, so varied is Spain’s climate.  Mediterranean Spain’s summer runs from late April or early May until mid-September. Northern Spain tends to be cooler than, for example, the Costa del Sol which is the southern most part of Spain .

Spain is the second largest country in the EU, it genuinely offers something for everyone, from apartments and villas on the coast, set in busy tourist developments to tranquil farmhouses (fincas) located inland. The country occupies approximately 80 per cent of the Iberian Peninsula and borders France and Andorra to the north and Portugal to the west. In the middle of the country is an enormous plateau known as the Meseta Central, which consists of Madrid , Extremadura and La Mancha . In the south, the Strait of Gibraltar separates Spain from North Africa by just 14km.

The Spanish Costas are: Costa Brava (from the French border to just north of Barcelona); Costa Dorada (from just south of Barcelona); Costa del Azahar (known as the Orange Blossom Coast); Costa Blanca (from Denia to La Manga); Costa Calida (from Aguilas, a few kilometres from the province of Almeria, to El Mojon on the boundary with Alicante); Costa del Sol (from Motril to Cadiz); and Costa de la Luz, which is divided into two sections: Costa de la Luz (Huelva Province) and Costa de la Luz (Cadiz Province).