Ride the train
Before you get the wrong idea: Torrevieja doesn’t have a train station. Once upon a time, it had, but all that’s left today are a few rusting rails and a derelict building. Another of several eye sores which mar a town with otherwise a lot of potential for being really pretty. Sometimes I don’t understand the priorities of the town planners, but, not for me to argue.
You have to go to Alicante to go on the train trip I have in mind. No hardship, car or bus will take you there. Then, make your way towards RENFE, turn right into the Avenida de la Estacion (right opposite) until you see signs with a capital T in a red circle followed by the word TRAM. The station is called Luceros and there is another one, Mercado, but don’t follow if someone tells you you can get on on the beach. That stop is not in operation.
Descend to the station, buy your ticket and be on your way for a memorable day trip or even longer, as your fancy might take you.
The little train, which some call a tramway and others refer to as the gorge train(rightly so, as you will see later) is a light railway which leads along the coast all the way to Denia.
No better way to see the coast and one pretty town and resort after another. L1 takes you from Alicante to Benidorm, passing the incredibly beautiful and long beach of Campello.
Change train to L9 by just crossing over. Connections tend to be very good and, anyway, you will be given a timetable together with your ticket at Luceros.
From Benidorm onwards, it gets really nice. A highlight is Altea which you reach after approx. 30 minutes from Benidorm passing by the gorge. After that you can admire the peon of Calpe and then onwards to Teulada which is the stop for Moreira.
I didn’t go all the way to Denia yet, but I will on another outing and stay there over night. It really is the best way to see all the pretty coastal towns and villages on one side and the steep mountains on the other. And it’s cheap too.