# What is the best town on the Costa Blanca?

> High-rise beach resorts, whitewashed hill villages and quiet wine country all sit within an hour's drive of each other here. Some towns live for summer; others barely notice it.

*By YPB Team · Published October 25, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-town-on-the-costa-blanca*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **L'Alfàs del Pi** — score 1000/1000
   Residential town with the Albir beach and the walk to the Albir lighthouse.
2. **Altea** — score 930/1000
   Whitewashed hilltop old town crowned by a blue-domed church above the Mediterranean.
3. **Benidorm** — score 930/1000
   High-rise resort city with two long beaches and the busiest nightlife on the coast.
4. **Xaló** — score 818/1000
   Wine village in the Jalón Valley, ringed by vineyards, almond groves and fincas.
5. **Santa Pola** — score 734/1000
   Port town with salt flats full of flamingos and boats to Tabarca island.
6. **El Campello** — score 734/1000
   Fishing town north of Alicante with a seafront promenade and a medieval watchtower.
7. **Finestrat** — score 734/1000
   Cliff-top village with colourful houses looking down to the sea and the Puig Campana peak.
8. **Villajoyosa** — score 734/1000
   Town of brightly painted seafront houses and a long tradition of chocolate making.
9. **Dénia** — score 636/1000
   Port town below a hilltop castle, known for its red prawns and ferries to the Balearics.
10. **Polop** — score 520/1000
   Hill village above Benidorm known for its fountain of 221 spouts.
11. **Xàbia** — score 520/1000
   Also known as Jávea, a town of coves, a fishing port and an old quarter under the Montgó massif.
12. **Guardamar del Segura** — score 520/1000
   Dune-backed beach town where the Segura river meets the sea, with a pine forest planted to hold the sand.
13. **Elche** — score 520/1000
   City of the Palmeral, a UNESCO-listed palm grove of some 200,000 trees.
14. **Guadalest** — score 382/1000
   Tiny mountain village built around a castle rock above a turquoise reservoir.
15. **Moraira** — score 382/1000
   Small upmarket resort with a marina, a watchtower and quiet sandy coves.
16. **Torrevieja** — score 382/1000
   Southern resort town famous for its pink salt lake and long promenade.
17. **Calp** — score 0/1000
   Seaside town beside the Penyal d'Ifac, the limestone rock that rises straight out of the sea.
18. **Alicante** — score 0/1000
   The coast's capital, with Santa Bárbara Castle above the Postiguet beach and the palm-lined Explanada.

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