IF you stay in Spain for more than a year, better stay somewhere that is serene. Don’t settle for the urban cities such as Madrid because they’re too congested and dense already. Go somewhere either by the beaches or by the mountains. Denia offers both. Denia is actually a Mediterranean city in Spain and as such, it is an instant tourist magnet. If you want to stay here in Denia and live here for the rest of your life, you need to buy a residence here. So there are lots of things you need to do before you can even accomplish that.

First, you need to have a sampling. Take two vacations each year here in this place. It is better to live here rather than in the beaches of Palma del Mallorca or Ibiza because real estate there is too costly. So Denia can be an alternative when it comes to staying forever in Spain. Now, the earliest thing you must do is have all your travel and personal documents aligned. And before coming here, you must have reserved all your hotel deals. There are two reputable online travel agencies in the world which cater to that. One is Expedia and the other is Travelocity.

These travel agencies have local connections with the Denia tourism industry and so you can also automatically book with the hotels here. In fact, there is even a local Marriott here which doubles as a casino and as a golf course. The Hotel Marriott Denia Golf and Resort Spa have likewise installed a first-class nursery which is common throughout the Iberian Peninsula. This is intended for honeymooning couples who don’t want their bonding to be disturbed by children. You don’t have to worry about anything because the hotel’s nursery facilities are manned by reputable and competent child psychologists. That’s how first class a hotel’s accommodation here can be.

Also, the Hotel Marriott Denia Golf and Resort Spa have its own scuba diving services with experienced scuba divers and instructors. When you go to the dive site aboard Marriott’s own yacht, it also doubles already as your semi-Mediterranean cruise. You can see the majestic fort overlooking the port in Denia from the distance. The fort in Denia has been built by the Moors of old in the 15th century and later by the French in the 18th century to ward off invaders. Anyway, other spectacular features of the hotel include the golf course as I’ve said earlier. The golf course in Hotel Marriott Denia Golf Resort and Spa features PGA-certified golfing instructors and caddies so if it is the very first time you handle yourself in golf, then fret no more because the instructors there are very helpful. After all, this is Spain and tourism is its lifeblood. Everybody – from the taxi driver to the man in the street – will surely help you out and there rarely is a crime here. This Christmas season, it is not yet too late to come here in Denia. There are surely no more flights available but if you come here by land, then all you need is a companion driver and gas.