Santum

Challenge your nerves on zipwires and the glass bridge at Paso Del Angel adventure park (25 minutes’ drive), or go underground exploring at El Hoyo De La Romera (20 minutes) to see spectacular limestone stalactites and stalagmites. You can also go caving at La Cascada y Cueva Del Hayal (25 minutes), where a tumbling waterfall hides the mouth of the cavern. For more sedate couples’ trips out, Vineyard Ain Karim (20 minutes) is just the place for a leisurely afternoon with a glass of wine and a good cheese board, and you can tour the winery too. Backed by mountains and pine forest, Pozos Azules (30 minutes) is a romantic and secluded little spot overlooking a lake known for the changing colour of its water. Also well-worth a look is Casa Terracota (30 minutes), looking for all the world like a cross between an adobe hobbit house and a Gaudí church, and with a garden strewn by wacky contemporary sculpture.