If you’re a wandering soul or someone in love with the story behind things, grab your chair. Visit Costa Blanca Spain has more than her fair share of sun, beach and sea-islands; the only difference is that in her deep turquoise waters or on brown cliffs shapes: the past isn’t dead. To all the readers out there, doesn may you revived Leaving the present and journeying the ancient land behind–direct ahead!

Start with castles. Who doesn’t love a good old horse? Let’s begin with Guadalest Castle. High on the cliffs, hanging in a stubborn loft studded with rocks like some zoomin’ barnacle: hard clamour booming in his ears, history who at all hours must be recorded by word or deed! Even the Moors saw this, over 1,000 years ago they Build those views into stone. While you’re ascending don’t forget to let your imagination run wild with visions of sieges and secret passages the inhabitants there once carved out.

Now, before you drop completely from castle height, Get a grip on another vestige. In Altea is the Church of Nuestra Señora del Consuelo, its unmistakable blue dome and white-limed facade radiating the light of miles and miles–though radiantly taken poised a century ago at least, Heed echoes where long ago hands chanted religious texts as you enter and watch the mosaics sing of far more than mere words ever might.

But! Don’t leave behind the Roman air. What is modern-day Alicante, today’s Alicante, was once the ancient city of Lucentum. Its archaeological sites, take a stroll and every broken column, every worn-out stone summon stories to life of gladiators fighting in arenas where life was lived alongside death each single moment; of bustling forums; townsfolk in toga and sandal beneath a hot Spanish sun. On occasion you might even feel like you’re in the cinema with its ballyhoo background sets and all… but let me assure you those sceneries are real!

If you’re in the mood for mediaeval flavor, the old town of Orihuela is your ticket. The streets themselves are as close to a history book as any you will find. Get lost amid the curved paths and you could stumble into our architectural mother of all cathedrals; Orihuela cathedral has elements from Gothic times and others from the Renaissance. Imagine the bustling markets and fierce jousts that once enlivened these very streets.

Finally, to those oh-so-lyrical types Villena Castle holds a few tales of yore whose music yet stir the senses. On a walk after tea, twilight shrouds the stately castle walls in hypnotic gauze as if. Can you picture noble knights clashing swords beneath a moonlit sky? Spooky stuff, really. Or perhaps it was only winter air on the nape of my neck roused anew.

Costa Blanca is not just for lounging in the sun. It’s a treasure trove of secrets and yesteryear stories waiting to be uncovered only by people like you who want them back. Thus lace up those walking shoes and follow the history road into a place you’ll never forget. Bon Voyage!