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Because it is a gateway to the Costa Blanca, Alicante is a perfect touring base. Containing a pleasing mixture of ancient and modern culture and traditions, Alicante is found within the popular holiday region of the Costa Blanca. Visitors to Alicante enjoy a sunny and warm climate, a selection of the best beaches Spain has to offer together with the most remarkable of Moorish architecture.
Found on the coast between the resorts of Elche and Benidorm, The city sits below its mountain top castle. The city and the surrounding landscape are scattered with churches with the most recognised of all of them being the Iglesia de Santa Maria. This is the oldest church in the city and was built between the 14th and 16th centuries with the church at one time being a mosque. The Cathedral of Saint Nicholas was built in the seventeenth century to honour Alicante’s patron saint and is therefore one of the most significant buildings for miles around.
Alicante has a great selection of old buildings to please sightseers and historians alike and can be seen all around the area with statues and columns making a feature of many a formerly mundane location. Offering a keen watch out to Alicante Bay, the Castillo de Santa Barbara is recognised as one of the largest medieval fortresses in Europe. Easily reached by road or by lift (elevator) from the Paseo Maritimo, the fortress has unbeatable views of the stunning local scenery. In addition to the benefits the Castillo has on offer, Alicante offers more architectural treasures in the form of the nineteenth century bullring and the Provincial Gallery (formerly the Gavina Palace). The vast majority of the Alicante attractions are readily reached using a rental car from Alicante Airport. Online booking of your hire car would be expected to save you money as well as ensuring that the model of car that you want to book is definitely when you arrive at the airport.
Alicante is the perfect resort to come to enjoy yourself and the main reason tourists come back each year. With such a diverse range of accomodation on offer, there’s a great selection of of discounted Alicante hotels to suit all pockets and tastes. The beaches here consist of wonderful golden sand and offer a variety of both easy to get to and hidden bays ideal for private sunbathing. Make your way to Albufereta Beach where you will find outstanding range of water sports. It is a quiet spot that is relatively unspoilt by the tourist masses.
The perfect location for an after dinner stroll is provided by the Playa del Postiguet. You will be joined by local inhabitants along this enchanting seaside promenade – it’s a perfect setting for a romantic evening. Once the Port serving Madrid, Alicante Harbour offers a combination of sailing with fishing and is the ideal place to come to find the top fish restaurants in town. The harbour offers a perfect venue for activity day and night. Here is where visitors come to learn to sail, eat wonderfully fresh, delicious fish and enjoy a little clubbing into the small hours.
Nobody enjoys a celebration as much as the inhabitants and visitors of Alicante! Here you will discover an event of one type or another taking place throughout the year, no matter when you decide to go. One of the more serious of festivals in the Costa Blanca is that of the Easter Procession. Wearing black and carrying lighted candles, an effigy of Jesus is paraded on a cross through the streets. Every November, in honour of the Patron Saint Crist del Bon Encert, each town has an individual fiesta. Don’t be surprised to find that shops are closed all day, every day as everything stops for this wonderful event of dancing, singing and firework displays. On a less religious note, one of the most well known local festivals is the International Puppet Festival.
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