DK Travel : Costa Blanca : Editor's choice

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Calp (Calpe)

Calp’s fast and furious fish auction is held from 5pm Monday to Friday, and features the latest technology.
Cartagena

One of the biggest ports in Spain, Cartagena is spread around a huge natural bay. Its sturdy red-brick lighthouse keeps watch over the endless flotillas of container ships.
Chocolate

Chocoholics should make a pilgrimage to the seaside town of La Vila Joiosa (Villajoyosa), which has been making chocolate for almost 300 years. A museum devoted to the subject is run by Valor, one of the biggest chocolate-makers in Spain. Best of all, it offers tastings.
Cordero Asado a la Murciana

A rustic dish of roast lamb with potatoes, parsley, garlic and pine nuts.
Cordero en Pepitoria

Lamb’s foot braised in a wine and herb sauce, delicately flavoured with saffron, bay leaves and parsley.
El Pastel de Cierva

A traditional meat pie of veal, chorizo , egg, brains and minced meat, wrapped in pastry and baked in the oven.
Elx (Elche)

Famous for its palm grove (see Hort del Cura, Elx (Elche)), Elx holds its weekly market on Mondays.
Embutidos

Inland Murcia is celebrated for its cured pork sausages (embutidos ), including a dark blood sausage known as morcilla , as well as countless other types of varying spiciness and flavour. They are easily found in butchers’ shops and markets, and regularly feature on the menu at tapas bars.
Empanada de Liebre, Arroz y Conejo

A hearty meat pasty made with chunks of hare and rabbit mixed with rice.
Empanadas

Empanadas , deliciously light pastry parcels stuffed with all kinds of fillings from tuna to ham, are common throughout Spain, but the best are made in Murcia. The perfect picnic dish, they are available in almost every bakery and tapas bar.