Camping Coelius

As Gandia's one of the biggest coastal towns on the Costa del Azahar, it's crammed with bars, nightclubs, restaurants and shops to keep you busy from dawn to dusk. While you're there, take a look at the Ducal Palace (where the Route of the Borgias begins), the Collegiate Basilica of Gandia, the Convent of Santa Clara and the archaeology museum of Sant Marc Hospital if you want to delve a bit into local history. Party town and Brit favourite Benidorm is less an hour's drive south, for attractions including the Aqualandia waterpark, Terra Mitica theme park and Mundomar marine zoo as well as heaps of pubs and cafés; if you seek an English fryup anywhere on the Spanish coast, your eggs and bacon will be found here. A bit further afield at 80 kilometres is Valencia, with its historic indoor market, Mercado Central; spectacular and swish science and culture park; a big zoo, and Europe's biggest aquarium, Oceanografico, with a dolphinarium and 500 species housed in reconstructions of the world's main marine habitats: go see.