Emma & Maria

The place

Valencia & the Costa Blanca

Orange groves, rice fields around a lagoon, a city both old and new, and the coves and white towns of the Costa Blanca.

August works here with a little planning.

The light

How the light falls there

This coast faces east: the sun rises out of the Mediterranean, so dawn on the beach is a real option. In the evening the best light is inland and over the lagoon, where the sun goes down behind the mountains across the water. Summer haze softens the light; after autumn rain the air is crystal clear.