Seconding Valencia (source: living there for two years). You can buy a 3 bed flat for around 100k€, eat a three-course lunch for 9-15€ and generally enjoy life

Seconding Valencia (source: living there for two years). You can buy a 3 bed flat for around 100k€, eat a three-course lunch for 9-15€ and generally enjoy life. Weather in summer can be too wet though and the metro stops every 10-15 minutes compared to the ~2 in Barcelona. Also, tech jobs pay between 11k-45k€ only AFAIK.