Orchid paradise

is home to more than 8,000 species of orchids, three waterfalls, streams and a butterfly house.

Staff care lovingly for these delicate and beautiful plants, watching them bloom and flower and then fade away every three months, to start the cycle anew.

Another spot worth seeking out, near the port, is the Plaza de Toros, which isn’t the oldest, biggest or best in Spain but it’s one of a kind – the only asymmetrical bullring in the world.

tors more seating in the shade than under the hot Spanish sun, and it has hosted numerous sport and cultural events

Just a short hop from the bullring you will find the cella lighthouse, which has been blinking away its light to ships and boats up and down the coast in its present incarnation since ing for nature and green spaces, there are plenty of other beaches up along the coast, not to mention excellent tennis clubs, like Forest Hills, plus great golf courses, including El Paraiso, now 50 years old.