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Alicante|Where to Stay
Valencian Community
Alicante (Alacant) is the 2nd largest city of Valencia, we will find Alicante(Spain)on the Mediterranean sea, and thus its extensive coastline, south of the province of Valencia. It has a warm climate throughout the year and an economy based on tourism. This province has many places we should visit, Elche, Orihuela, Benidorm, Altea .. Each of these places with great southern spanish charm. The most important town we can visit in Alicante are are San Vicente del Raspeig, San Juan de Alicante, Muchamiel y Campello.
Alicante´s Old Town
Alicante has always been historically a walled city for fear of attacks. As in medieval times the city was conquered by the Muslims, and the walls were built to defend it. Despite having these defenses, Alicante destroyed in 1691, we can see the remains what the city was before and after.
Originally Alicante was built facing south, to protect the town from the cold winds from the interior of Spain.
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What to visit in Alicante | Where to stay| Valencia
In Alicante there are plenty of places to visit and things to do, from the beaches along the Costa Blanca, to a rural Alicante, with white houses villages, where we can visit museums, castles, nature ..
Tabarca Island: The small islands of Tabarca is composed of the islets of La Cantera, La Galera and La Nao. It has the curiosity of being the only inhabited island of the Valencian community and is located 11 nautical miles (about 20km) from the city of Alicante. It has about 80 inhabitants. We can go by ferrie from Alicante.
Alicante also has an important heritage, cathedrals, monasteries, basilicas, castles..
Alicante Fish Market(s. XX): From the early twentieth century, is an industrial building historicist style, which includes neo-Arab ornamental details. It´s used since 1992 as an exhibition centre.
Central Market Alicante. The Abastos Market: The Food Market in Alicante (Spain) is located at Avenida Alfonso X "El Sabio"(The Wise), is an eclectic style building ornaments it was designed by modernist architect Enrique Sanchez Sedeno and built in 1921. Inside we find plenty of stalls selling the products the Huerta Valenciana, spices, wines, foods..
Santa Bárbara Castle(Alicante): The Santa Barbara Castle is located in the center of the city of Alicante, on Mount Benacantil of 166 m. altitude. Dominates the Huerta de Alicante(Alicante Fields)and from there you can see the island of Tabarca. Old Arab castle was rebuilt by the Christians and consists of three patios of the fourteenth, sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.
Festivities | Traditions in Alicante | Valencia
The most important festival in Alicante is Easter, the feast of the Moors and Christians which carried out in 5 parts of the city at different dates and with a magnificent representation of the Spanish Reconquest, and the Cruces de Mayo, where the peoples of Santa Cruz decorate the streets with flowers.
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Museums of Alicante | Monuments
Contemporary Arts Museum: In the Old Town of Alicante, Dedicated to painting and sculpture of Alicante.
Santa Barbara Castle: Exhibition of contemporary sculpture.
La Dama de Elche(Lady of Elche): This Iberian bust carved limestone was found in 1897 by builders near the town of Elche. Emblematic figure will be found in the National Archaeological Museum of Madrid.
Benidorm What to Visit
Benidorm became popular from the '60s, when the city mayor at that time had a vision of what today is.
Thousands of tourists, mainly British visit this great city-hotel. Nightlife is unstoppable during summer season, bars, clubs, pubs make the nights endless. Benidorm is a coastal city north of the province of Alicante in the Valencian Community. Benidorm's appeal lies in its three famous beaches: Levante, Poniente and Mal Pas, which joins the small cove of Tio Chimo.
How to get to Benidorm
We can get to Benidorm by car by the N-332 and AP-7 motorway, which has two exits in the Benidorm toll, the Poniente-Terra Mitica (65A) and Levante (65).
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We can use Alicante´s Tram to get to the nearby town of Denia
Costa Blanca | Alicante | Valencia | Spain
La Costa Blanca es el nombre turístico dado a la costa del Mediterráneo situada en la provincia de Alicante(España), que comprende desde el municipio de Denia hasta el de Pilar de la Horadada. Está constituida por 244 km de playas mediterráneas, calas y acantilados.
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Transports in Alicante | How to get there
Alicante International Airport: Alicante´s airport is 10km from Alicante, in the town of Elche
Train Station Alicante. Railway: In Av. de Salamanca nº1
Alicante City Buses | Railway: Alicante is well connected by bus. Its central bus station is located in Calle Portugal 17.
Car Hire Alicante: With pick up and drop off points through out Alicante and Valencia
Port: Alicante has a port and ferries for Algeria, Morroco, and the north Africa spanish town of Melilla.
