Transfer from Valencia Airport to Dénia

The mainland doorstep of the Balearics. The Balearic ferries leave from Dénia: the ferry terminal and Baleària's head office are here, with fast sailings to Ibiza, Formentera and on to Palma. That makes the port a working one, not decorative. Above it on the cliff stands the castle, Moorish in origin, with its oldest parts from the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and inside the walls the governor's palace and the archaeological museum.

Two completely different shores meet at the town. North of the harbour, Les Marines is flat, sandy and shallow for kilometres, which is why families book that side. To the south, Les Rotes turns rocky: low cliffs, clear water over flat slabs, better for a mask than for sandcastles. Behind both rises Montgó, the blunt massif that shapes Dénia's skyline, a natural park with marked trails to the ridge.

Food is taken seriously here, and there is paperwork to prove it. In 2015 UNESCO named Dénia a Creative City of Gastronomy - largely because of the local red prawn and the kitchens built around it, including Quique Dacosta's three-star restaurant on the Les Marines strip. The D*na food festival takes over the Marineta Cassiana seafront on the last weekend of September, and the old fishermen's quarter of Baix la Mar serves the same thing on an ordinary day.

From Valencia airport it is 113 km, ~1 hr 16 min on the AP-7. Dénia lies roughly halfway to Alicante, so it is worth checking in advance which airport your flight actually lands at.

• Flight tracking. We follow your flight number: if the plane is late, the driver brings the car to the actual landing time. No need to warn us, no surcharge.

• 60 minutes of free waiting at the airport from the moment of landing. At cruise ports the count starts when the ship arrives, at railway stations when the train pulls in.

• Name sign in the arrivals hall - option, €10. Tick it when you book.

• No prepayment. The amount is held on your card when you book and charged only after the trip is completed.

• Child seat free in every class, required up to 135 cm. Tick it when you book.

• WhatsApp support around the clock on +34 646 75 15 29, before the trip and during it.

• Fixed price per car, no hidden extras. Not per person, and it does not change with traffic, night hours or luggage. Toll roads are not included in the price.