The Asia Gardens Hotel is a tantalising taste of the East on the south coast of Spain | Daily Mail Online

Jonesing for a trip to the tropics but not prepared to commit to the longhaul? The Asia Gardens Hotel is a verdant oriental paradise but with a more convenient location. An exercise in contradiction, the Asia Gardens Hotel is an opulent, upmarket hotel in Benidorm; a lush tropical garden on an arid coastline; an Asian-themed hotel in the heart of the Mediterranean. Yet the incongruous nature of its existence only adds to the surprising delight of a stay here. Langkawi pools at the Asia Gardens Hotel Little more than thirty minutes from Alicante airport, but a stone's throw from bustling…