The Valencia region doesn't really have an inland as such, it is all coastal.

Eh,... now you've got me scratching my head trying to think where on earth I must have been living for the past eight years.

If you can't see the sea, or can't drive to it within half-an-hour or so, you're not in Valencia.

Err that is incorrect.

I have to drive a bluddy long way to the tax office in Requena.

If that aint inland I dont know what is.

Ademuz-Valencia,.................147km, 2hr drive.
Aras de los Olmos-Valencia ....101 km, 1hr.45min drive.
Camporrobles-Valencia,..........105 km, 1hr.20min drive.

I'm only 25kms out and can't see the sea.

Exactly Bil, the only twats you see like that are the Brits that live in the UK and are on holiday.

My favourites are the ones that go around in big Mexican sombreros. You know, Mexico and Spain, close enough!

And why do old fat women always wear shorts...well old fat men too

Define your required BMI to count as fat (or I'll take it personally.... mind you I'm not old, I'm mature for the mother of a 9yo)

That's because they don't build the roads straight. If I drove inland for two hours I'd almost be in Madrid, and even if I doddled I'd be way past Albacete. Half an hour would take me well into Murcia.

If the Valencian tourist board got hold of your figures, they wouldn't have any.

Well I must admit thats really impressive driving that would even put Lewis Hamilton to shame.

From Alicante itself to Madrid is 420kms, so if you can average around 200kph
you'd likely make a hell of a living on the F1 circuits, providing the cops didn't feel your collar first.

The main routes from Valencia are every bit as good or possibly better than Alicante, incl. an excellent direct link to Madrid, the main North/South highway and in addition the superb new toll free Mudejar highway towards the North coast.

Unfortunately they haven't yet got around to building new motorways to every remote mountain village.

Maybe I should organise a petition and put in a complaint about that.

OK then, I'm four hours away from Madrid and the same time from Marbella. It's all motorway to Marbella and the new section between Murcia and Granada is usually empty and has astounding scenery.

Talking about motorways, I can get to one in five minutes and if I drive north and pay all the tolls and stay on it, it takes me directly to Calais.

Actually Madrid has always been famous for being full of Spanish from all over Spain (although recently it's more Rumanians and Ecuadorians moving in). Very common for people to head back to their "village" every time there's a puente, so I doubt they have this contempt. Although I do know they tend to annoy the folk back home with their praise of Madrid - I imagine they tend to have the same rep as Londoners do in Cornwall or Devon. I've also heard though that Catalans have a special word for migrants from Andalucia and Extremadura, and it isn't much of a compliment. Probably better than the "sudaca" that some Spanish use for south americans.