Peñón de Ifach

The whole bay from the clifftop at Morro de Toix

The colourful Spanish Steps in the old town

Murals and blue-washed walls in Calpe old town

Dinner by the old town walls

The rooftop terrace at Terra de Mar Boutique

That view of the Peñón, from the terrace

Playa del Arenal-Bol below the rock

The I love Calpe letters on the seafront

Turquoise water from the coastal path

Restaurante El Arco in the old town

Taqueria El Torito, a colourful find in Calpe

Playa del Arenal-Bol from above

The old castle-fortress in the middle of Santa Pola

Levante beach and the whole Benidorm skyline from the headland

Looking the other way from the Balcón del Mediterráneo

Sunrise over the rocks — five minutes from the front door

The four of us at the Sagrada Família, Barcelona

Worth the climb — the mirador above the bay near home

All four of us, somewhere shady, mid-July

First on the sand — the beach before breakfast

Dusk in Calella de Palafrugell, boats in for the night

Cove hunting along the Costa Blanca

White villages and blue domes

Shade, dunes and a picnic — our kind of beach day

Boats in, sun down

Running the wavy mosaic of the Explanada, Alicante

Sunrise over the salt lagoons at Torrevieja

Up on the Vila Vella walls at Tossa de Mar, beach far below

Rooftops, pines and the Medes Islands out beyond Begur

Clear water at Llafranc, halfway round the Camí de Ronda

Empty square, big stone church, midday heat