Fornalutx

With that sort of billing, the reality is a minor letdown (though there area handful of lovely places to stay).

The village itself is tiny, with a small central square with a fountain and a set of steps where the residents celebrate the festival of Reyes Magos on 6 January by giving every child in the village a present. Beyond climbing the steps and having a drink in a café to recover, there’s not actually anything to do here, and it’s a well-worn stop-off on the tourist trail, so you’ll have plenty of company.

From Fornalutx, it’s about a 20-minute walk or a short drive to the even tinier, but equally pretty, hamlet of Biniaraix. There’s a memorable walk from Biniaraix up the vertiginous barranc above the village by way of a cobbled path to the rounded, iron cross-topped peak of L'Ofre (1,090 metres/3,576 feet).