Hello, I'm RoadRunners.
We've lived in Alicante for 12yrs, having previously lived and worked in Andalucia. The surrounding countryside and opportunities for outdoor exploration are greater and, although it is a tourist area with all the usual facilities very close by, the local atmosphere seems rustic and less commercialised. We've always had domestic pets, but cats seem to grow on trees here, so we acquire a varying number of “abandonados” that we care for, 5 of whom we now own. Our household is pretty relaxed, the garden large but easy to maintain, the pool is big and we have a self contained fully equipped guest house as well as the main house. TV and WIFI fitted in both.