Valencia, Spain (Coast Roadtrip)
After spending a month in Barcelona I already had a couple of more holidays. This time again a road trip, but along the coast towards the South. Without plans just one direction. A friend from the Canaries joined me for that week. So we started in Barcelona and headed South to Valencia by train to grab our car for the week there which I will return 2 weeks later in Malaga.
One night in Valencia to explore was very view. So much to see and a beautiful city. But we made the best out of it.
After we got our car, the road trip could start. Leaving the cities and stopping at places we feel like is nice and go with the flow. We only had to manage to be in the South by the end of the week.
The first stop is a small village called La Vila Joiosa. There is not much going on, but some nice hidden paths with paintings and colorful houses. Overall also a very nice beach, but too cold to use.
Then we went a bit into the mountains to visit an old village built in the mountains and on the way had some good tapas. Guadalest and Alcoy were places we stopped.
Alicante & Cartagena, Spain
Then we had some cities in front of us again. Alicante with a beautiful view down to the city. Sadly it took us way longer to reach than expected so we didn’t have time to explore Alicante. We arrived after the sunset. So we decided to continue driving in the dark to reach Cartagena to not lose another day of driving.
After we left Cartagena we came across a fortress. Actually super not touristy but I was really happy we somehow found that location. It will end up as one of my favorite locations on this trip. I like untouched and raw places. Nobody was around here, so we could explore the tunnels and see the location in quietness. I took my drone and was flying it. As an addition, we watched the sunset from a viewing platform. Just amazing.
Via Almeria, we made it to Malaga the next day. Things got definitely more Arabic on the way. Big castles called Alcazaba.
Malaga, Spain
Malaga is the capital of the South. It’s a very important business city (a lot of companies are moving there) and what I recently found out is that it’s very popular among digital nomads like me. It was actually ranked as the second-best nomad city in the world for remote work after Dubai.
Reaching the South meant the end of the holiday. So I dropped off my friend at the airport in Malaga and continued my journey. I had a weekend ahead of me to explore alone. I kept the car for another two weeks to get around.