Alicante, Costa Blanca
The city on the coast: a hilltop castle, a palm-lined esplanade and city beaches.
Costa Blanca · Alicante
About Alicante
Alicante is the city we use for everything — the airport, the train, hospital appointments and a day out when we want something other than sand. Santa Bárbara castle sits on a rock above the old town, and a lift inside the hill takes you up.
The Explanada de España, with its wave-patterned marble, is one of the great Spanish promenades, and Postiguet beach is right in the centre.
Alicante sits on the Costa Blanca in the province of Alicante.
Open the larger mapThings to do
- Castillo de Santa Bárbara and the lift up through the rock
- The Explanada de España and the marina
- MARQ archaeological museum
- The Barrio de la Santa Cruz old quarter
Best beaches
- Playa del Postiguet — right in the city
- San Juan — long, sandy and a tram ride away
- Playa de la Albufereta
Restaurants
- Tapas in the Barrio
- Arroz in the port restaurants
- Mercado Central bars at lunchtime
Family activities
- The castle lift and the views from the top
- The tram to San Juan beach
- MARQ museum's family activities
Walks
- Up to the castle on foot through Ereta park
- The seafront to Albufereta
Markets
- Mercado Central, Monday to Saturday
- Thursday street market at Teulada
Hidden gems
- The Ereta park terraces below the castle at sunset
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