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Tip: Come in spring for the harvest; around a thousand certified growers work the protected orchards across the Marina Baixa.

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Villajoyosa (La Vila Joiosa) ★ 4.6

Villajoyosa, Benidorm's southern neighbour, has made chocolate since the 19th century: the Valor museum runs tours, and boats land fish at the port lonja.

TipValor museum tours run on weekday and Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons, in English and Spanish; boats return to port around 16:00.

Xixona (Jijona) ★ 4.5

Xixona is the inland town that makes Spain's turrón, soft Xixona and hard Alicante almond nougat, and its Museo del Turrón stands beside a working factory.

TipFrom June to November the museum adds weekday-morning walks over the factory floor; the town long made ice cream in summer and turrón in winter.

Guadalest (El Castell de Guadalest) ★ 4.2

Guadalest, the castle village in the hills behind Benidorm, still cooks its mountain dishes: olleta de blat wheat stew, stuffed peppers and minxo.

TipThe town hall's food page also lists rice with pork, turnips and beans, and sweets such as mantecados and pastissos de moniato.

Altea ★ 4.0

Altea, just north of Benidorm, holds a Tuesday food market on Avenida de La Nucía, with fruit, cheese, bread and fresh produce below its hilltop old town.

TipThe food stalls trade on Tuesday mornings until 14:00; clothes and general stalls set up separately in the Partida Basseta car park.

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