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While Benidorm is at the forefront of many people’s minds when it comes to the Spanish Costa Blanca coast, just 15 minutes up the road you’ll find a cultural and recalibrating spa experience.
But a little word of warning from the get-go: the Stansted to Alicante twohour, red-eye flight is an eye-opener! I haven’t seen the TV series (although my husband adores it) so, on a blisteringly early Friday Jet2 flight, I was totally unprepared