For almost a century, the beach-houses of Guardamar del Segura have held out against time and tide, change and development, offering a living snapshot of the early stirrings of tourism on Spain’s Costa Blanca.
For decades, families from inland areas of Alicante province have come to the modest dwellings on Babilonia beach to spend the summer months together, eating, drinking, swimming and chatting. Enduring friendships and relationships have begun on their verandas and under their roofs.
