Under the impressive cliffs of the Ifach Rock Nature Park, to the slopes of Cap d'Or, you can access a submerged world of overwhelming life
and colour. You can find arches that serve as original openings out into the big blue. It is a place where soft contours meet gleaming sea beds, where sharp crags invite you to descend swaying weightlessly and where there are remains of shipwrecks from unknown times, full of life. The seascapes blend the colours of underwater nature and offer a spontaneous picture of the best and purest Mediterranean.

The Peñón de Ifach, the emblematic one-kilometre-long rock that goes into the sea, is a reference point for sailors sailing around the Mediterranean.

Tabarca is the only inhabited island in the Region of Valencia and was the first Marine Reserve to be declared in Spain, in 1986.

Jardín de L'Albarda occupies an area of 50,000 m2 that recreates the old Valencian Renaissance gardens, which were strongly influenced by Arab culture. Symmetry and depth are two of their key characteristics and water fountains and features also play an essential role. Their design and management have made them a leading example of Mediterranean gardening.

In Montgó Natural Park and in San Antonio Cape and Marine Reserve the coastal landscape becomes more rugged and is dotted with cliffs, coves, islands and caves.

Montgó Natural Park is impressive, not only thanks to the quality of the waters surrounding this sea inlet, but also be

Gazing at the coast of the Serra Gelada Natural Park from the sea is a delight for any seafarer.

An extraordinary dive, where we can enjoy stunning back lighting effects created by a series of arches and rock gorges on the underwater islet. On this seabed, with rocky substrate alternating with sandy substrates, we can observe red scorpion fish, white sea bream and salema, and it is probable that we will run across slippery dusky
grouper. Small cracks and holes multiply on the islet's wall, where crustaceans such as lobster and slipper lobster, as well as meagre and moray eel, can be viewed.

Technical divers will have the chance to explore one of the shipwrecks or ships sunken during WWI in the waters near Vila Joiosa. There are 6 freight or passenger-freight ships, measuring between 68 and 122 metres in length, that fell prey to the German U-64 submarine's fire. They now rest at depths between - 65 and - 95 metres, and some of them are still in very good structural condition.

A small, picturesque cove, where we can dive from the coast. Using the left wall as a reference, at -3 metres, we go through a small rocky arch, and continue touring the numerous large rocks that flank the route, with hollows occupied by octopus and a few crustaceans, such as the slipper lobster. As we separate from the wall, the seabed is covered by posidonia (seed-bearing plants), home to species such as the needlefish and squid.

Almost on the outer limits of the Tabarca Marine Reserve, at the GPS point 38°09.231' N 0°25.902' W, the sounding line betrays the presence of a slab of rock, some 50 metres long by some eight metres wide, standing out on the bed of sand at a depth of 25 metres.