The last pit stop id have with my friends before leaving for Denia. After eating at the excellent…read moreCa Consuelo for lunch, i had to load up on beverages for the long drive south. Got a couple of liters of Vichy Catalan. The drive along the Costa Blanca is beautiful but it sure makes you thirsty. Good thing for Mercadona snack stops!

This is the place to get cheap groceries and random toiletries. They've got everything from…read morepre-made salads, produce, snacks, make up, to a bakery. Not the highest quality but works if you are in a pinch. We ended up buying boxes of chocolates and cookies to bring back as gifts and later saw the same selections being sold at the airport for 2X as much.