Gata de Gorgos

Gata de Gorgos is a town where a shop window can be a local history lesson. Baskets, woven furniture and other plant-fibre goods remain a visible part of its street life. They are worth looking at slowly: shape, handle and weave often tell you what a piece was made to carry, store or shade.

The craft tradition sits in a working Marina Alta town beside the Gorgos river, not in an open-air museum. Shops vary from family workshops to contemporary retail, and the materials and methods are not all the same. Look for makers who can explain whether an item is local, how it was produced and how it should be cared for; a useful object can carry a durable story home.