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Alicante
Alicante is a popular city with tourists in the Alicante Province in the Valencia Region of Spain.
Most of the town consists of 1960’s flat-roofed buildings, which make it reminiscent of a British inner-city council estate. This effect is further enhanced by the prostitutes and drug-dealers who operate in the streets parallel to the sea-front.
Get in
By plane
The Alicante Airport (ALC), connected by many international airlines, is located 11 km (6.8 miles) south of the city.
Bus No C-6, departing every 45 minutes from Bus stop No 30, takes you to the city in about 30 minutes for €1. Ask the driver to notify you when to get off, for example the Train Station, Estacion de trenes. Bear in mind that this bus follows a circular route and takes about 40 minutes to get from Alicante back to the airport, the extra 10 minutes can make all the difference in missing your check-in time.
By train
Trains run by RENFE from Madrid, Sevilla and Barcelona daily go to Alicante Train Station, located in the city centre.
Get around
One of the best ways to go sight seeing and enjoying is by a car. The roads are good, and the town can be better explored with the freedom that a car brings. Many tourist rent a car for their holidays in Alicante. Often you can book the car with the flight booking before arrival. Many companies like Europcar also sit at the Airport.
By bus
The main bus station is located close to the harbour at Calle Portugal 17
By tram
Since 2003 Alicante has a new tram line connecting the harbour to the suburb El Campello, where tourists residing downtown might want to go to the beach. Further connection into Benidorm is currently being constructed.
See
Visit the Santa Barbara Castle (Castillo de Santa Barbara) for an amazing sight of the town and harbour. There is an elevator that starts near the beach (Playa del Postiguet).
Do
The sandy beach is popular during the day and fairly busy during the evening when it's illuminated by sodium street lights. These give the beach and breaking waves a surreal effect.
Avoid the far end by the sea-wall unless your a gay man out cruising, otherwise you shouldn't have any problems.
Buy
You can still buy commemorative plates of General Franco from some souvenir stalls!
Eat
Try a paella from one of the sea-front restaurants, they're less than €10. Some of the smaller restaurants in the side-streets will do a 3-course meal for about the same price.
Spanish food is rather carnivorous so if you're a vegetarian you'll have to stick with chips or just starve.
Drink
Keep a lookout for the Irish pubs - they're run by Spaniards who don't speak English but they serve draught beer which is hard to get anywhere else.
Sleep
The cheapest place to sleep is on the beach! The police don't seem to move people on and in the summer mini hippy colonies spring-up. This seems to typify the easy going attitude in Alicante.
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Hotels in Alicante
 | Bonalba Golf Resort & Spa  |
Score 0 from 0 reviews | | Urb. Bonalba |  |
| The apartments have 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a terrace with views of the golf course and the mountains.
Cleaning service included. ... more | | |
 | Hotel Santa Faz  |
Score 9 from 2 reviews | | Plaza Santa Faz, 2 | |
| Located in the outskirts of Alicante, the Hotel Santa Faz is set beside a monastery of the same name. From here, the city’s beaches are only 5 minutes away.
You can easily reach Alicante’s charming city centre in only 10 minutes from this modern hotel. After a day spent there or on the numerous sandy beaches of the region you can return and enjoy a typically Mediterranean dinner in the hotel’s restaurant.
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 | Hotel Del Alba  |
Score 8.075 from 81 reviews | | Golf De Bonalba | |
| This new hotel is set in tropical gardens which surround a 1,500 m² pool, but if you fancy spending some time on the beach you can always take the hotel´s free shuttle. At the health and beauty centre you can pamper yourself with massages and sessions in the sauna or hammam, whilst children can be entertained in the children´s pool or by the supervised entertainment (July and August only). Bookings for the nearby 18-hole golf course can be made at reduced rates at the hotel reception, before you end the day with a drink at the night bar. ... more | | |
 | Montiboli  |
Score 8.725 from 17 reviews | | Pda. El Montiboli, s/n | |
| Committed to quality:
ISO 9001:2000 Certification awarded by AENOR, for quality management of "accommodation, restaurant and banqueting and events organization", and the international equivalent “IQNet Quality System”.
Qualitur Distinction awarded by the Valencia Regional Tourist Board.
Smoke Free Hotel / No Smoking (the hotel has a reserved area for smokers in the Alhambra bar-lounge). ... more | | |
 | Hotel Torre Sant Joan |
Score 7.05 from 22 reviews | | C/ La Huerta 1 | |
| The Hotel Torre Sant Joan is a small, friendly hotel, where you can enjoy the calm and relaxed atmosphere of a charming country cottage. ... more | | |
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A great day out for the young and the young at heart! Turn upside down at a hundred kilometers per hour on one of the park's rides that mix your emotions with the cultural nearby ideas. Tizona shoots adrenaline in 35 seconds of nose-dive falls, 360º loops and corkscrew turns, and Magnus Colossus the longest wooden roller coaster in Europe. The main rides have replicas for the smallest of visitors. More than 80 daily shows are represented at open air or prepared places for special scenic tricks. The public is the star of a park where there are five Mediterranean civilizations with an extraordinary climate and thousands of stories, myths and legends. There is shopping to be done while you take a break from the rides and shows. Among the products available you can find papyrus and resin goddess' directly imported from Egypt, kurois and kurais statues from Greece, statues from the Islands, Iberian orange blossom perfumed candles, clay and terra sigillate amphora's from Rome. Even the recipes of the restaurants of Terra Mitica come from the five different civilizations found in the park. There are four kinds of them: comfort, self service, fast food and bars or cafeterias with terraces. The best ones are the comfort restaurants, with table service and high quality cuisine.
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Sail on the Mediterranean Sea along the White Coast aboard a luxurious catamaran. Choose to spend the day however you please. Take a swim in the clear blue waters, or laze in the sun on the decks. Bring along your Scuba gear if you fancy a dive. The day is yours to spend how you wish. Your day includes a delicious lunch aboard the boat and the chance to sample the famous alcoholic specialty of Spain - sangria (wine, coca cola and fruits).
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A fun day out for the whole family on Spain's Costa Blanca! Kamikaze - the name says it all. Take the plunge and experience the pleasure of speed. Not one, but two crazy slides, do you dare try them both?Pistas Blandas - five fast aisles running in parallel for a refreshing ride between friends, and when you reach the bottom. Amazonas - a circular soft current, enjoy floating on a slow river ride. Adventureland - dedicated to the smaller ones. With their never-ending energies will be surpassed by slides, gushing fountains, pools with balls and a child's labyrinth. Rapids - enjoy the cool water as you ride the rapids. Zig Zag - Criss crossing paths of constant descent, wrap up the thrill with a stimulating zigzagging, you have to try them all. Each one of the five slides has its own path. Confused? Take the plunge and it will all become clear!
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