Calblanque feels like the Mediterranean before it was softened by promenades, beach clubs and rows of apartment blocks. Here, the coast is raw, quiet and full of contrast. Pale sand meets dark rock. Warm water sits below ochre hills. Salt pans shimmer inland while fossil dunes hold the shape of an older shoreline. Set in the Region of Murcia, close to Cartagena, Cabo de Palos and La Manga, Calblanque Natural Park is one of the most valuable natural spaces in south-eastern Spa