HEADING INLAND FROM '80', YOU WILL FIND THE REAL SPAIN; TOWNS AND VILLAGES NESTLED WITHIN THE MOUNTAINS - SUCH AS THE QUAINT VILLAGE OF FINESTRAT, CALLOSA D'EN SARRIA WITH ITS FAMOUS FUENTES (WATERFALLS) OF ALGAR AND GUADALEST - THE SPECTACULAR MONASTERY VILLAGE PERCHED HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN PEAK. FOR CITY LIFE, BUSTLING ALICANTE IS ONLY 60 KM SOUTH AND VALENCIA - SPAIN'S THIRD LARGEST CITY - IS 100 KM NORTH AND OFFERS WONDERFULLY COSMOPOLITAN SHOPPING AND STUNNING MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE WHICH CONTRASTS WITH SANTIAGO CALATRAVA'S MODERN 'CITY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES'. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE, AND OTHER ATTRACTIONS, PLEASE REFER TO 'FURTHER AFIELD' ABOVE.