Guidebook for Alacant

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Guidebook for Alacant

Food Scene

Great place to have breakfast under the sun and just on the corner of my apart.
pasteleria Dulce Tentación
Great place to have breakfast under the sun and just on the corner of my apart.
Veggie restaurant at very reassonable prices, specially on weekdays lunch menu.
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Bodhi Green
46 C. San Fernando
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Veggie restaurant at very reassonable prices, specially on weekdays lunch menu.
La Spiga is a great italian restaurant with competitive prices.
Calle Mayor, 11
11 Calle Mayor
La Spiga is a great italian restaurant with competitive prices.
Lots of typical tourist restaurants. Paella, seafood and local dishes are served all along the street. Just have a look and you decide!
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Calle Mayor
Calle Mayor
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Lots of typical tourist restaurants. Paella, seafood and local dishes are served all along the street. Just have a look and you decide!
Tradition and modernity merge into their offer. Fresh mediterranean food at a good price.
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La Mary
5 Carrer Castaños
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Tradition and modernity merge into their offer. Fresh mediterranean food at a good price.
Great location in front of the beach and the port for this economic italian restaurant. The only con is you migh have to wait a little bit to be served. All along the Explanada you'll find lots of other restaurants... Up to you!
Restaurante Pizzería Tarantino
7 Passeig Esplanada d'Espanya
Great location in front of the beach and the port for this economic italian restaurant. The only con is you migh have to wait a little bit to be served. All along the Explanada you'll find lots of other restaurants... Up to you!
Vegan restaurant right in the heart of the city. Delicious food for a very competititve price! An average meal would be around 15€.
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Restaurante Lluvia
20 C. Poeta Quintana
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Vegan restaurant right in the heart of the city. Delicious food for a very competititve price! An average meal would be around 15€.

Arts & Culture

Interesting and vast arab fortification standing on Mount Benacantil! Just 5 min walking distance from my place! Psss... I'll tell you what the legend says: if you go down to the Postiguet’s beach, take a look at the castle. Can you see that strange face engraved in the rock? It's called the Face of the Moor.
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Castillo Santa Bárbara
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Interesting and vast arab fortification standing on Mount Benacantil! Just 5 min walking distance from my place! Psss... I'll tell you what the legend says: if you go down to the Postiguet’s beach, take a look at the castle. Can you see that strange face engraved in the rock? It's called the Face of the Moor.
An archeologycal museum to know more about ancient civilizations. Pay also attention to the temporary exhibitions! In case yoiu're not the cultural thing doesnt't convince you you can just have a coffe on their terrace and enjoy the sun!
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S/N Placa Dr. Gómez Ulla
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An archeologycal museum to know more about ancient civilizations. Pay also attention to the temporary exhibitions! In case yoiu're not the cultural thing doesnt't convince you you can just have a coffe on their terrace and enjoy the sun!
A short stroll from Alicante's central esplanade, the Volvo Ocean Race Museum is based in the city's bustling Port Area and offers a fascinating, family-friendly tour through the 42-year history of sailing's most prestigious race around the world.
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Museo The Ocean Race
10 Mlle. Levante
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A short stroll from Alicante's central esplanade, the Volvo Ocean Race Museum is based in the city's bustling Port Area and offers a fascinating, family-friendly tour through the 42-year history of sailing's most prestigious race around the world.
Main theatre in town. To consult the programm just go to their website (http://www.teatroprincipaldealicante.com/) . Opened in 1847, the main façade is neoclassical and next to it there's a fancy (and expensive, let's say it) terrace where you can have a stylish cocktail. It's a great venue to see.
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I-Teatro Principal de Alicante
s/n Pl. Ruperto Chapí
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Main theatre in town. To consult the programm just go to their website (http://www.teatroprincipaldealicante.com/) . Opened in 1847, the main façade is neoclassical and next to it there's a fancy (and expensive, let's say it) terrace where you can have a stylish cocktail. It's a great venue to see.

Shopping

With scores of shops, air conditioning and thousands of parking spaces, you can enjoy shopping with ease at the Plaza Mar 2. For sure, there are plenty of restaurants, a multicinema and a superstore.
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Plaza Mar 2
s/n Avinguda de Dénia
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With scores of shops, air conditioning and thousands of parking spaces, you can enjoy shopping with ease at the Plaza Mar 2. For sure, there are plenty of restaurants, a multicinema and a superstore.
A focal point for shops and retailers in the central business area. Here you'll find all top global clothes brands and designers...
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Avenida Maisonnave
Avenida Maisonnave
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A focal point for shops and retailers in the central business area. Here you'll find all top global clothes brands and designers...

Getting Around

Tram station with connections everywhere. You can go to El Campello, San Juan, Benidorm, etc.
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Marq - Castillo station
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Tram station with connections everywhere. You can go to El Campello, San Juan, Benidorm, etc.
Buses 6 and 9, among others, going to the city centre.
Calle San Mateo
Carrer de Sant Mateu
Buses 6 and 9, among others, going to the city centre.

Sightseeing

Reinasance co-Cathedral recently restored. The cool thing is it is located in the heart of the old town, which means party zone. El Barrio is known as a clubbing area.
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San Nicolas Cathedral
2 Pl. del Abad Penalva
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Reinasance co-Cathedral recently restored. The cool thing is it is located in the heart of the old town, which means party zone. El Barrio is known as a clubbing area.
The oldest church in the city, dating back to the 14th century.
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1 Pl. Sta. María
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The oldest church in the city, dating back to the 14th century.
The most symbolic promenade in Alicante. There's a huge pedestrian area where you have an ice-cream, buy little gifts or just walk an run freely.
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Passeig Esplanada d'Espanya
Passeig Esplanada d'Espanya
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The most symbolic promenade in Alicante. There's a huge pedestrian area where you have an ice-cream, buy little gifts or just walk an run freely.
Very charming and a bit hidden little place on the slopes of Mount Benacantil. Enjoy the colourful small houses with flowers and the views from the top. Worth the walk and as you can see it's very close to St Nicholas and El Barrio!
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Casco Antiguo-Santa Cruz
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Very charming and a bit hidden little place on the slopes of Mount Benacantil. Enjoy the colourful small houses with flowers and the views from the top. Worth the walk and as you can see it's very close to St Nicholas and El Barrio!
Altea old town looks typically Spanish with its pretty, narrow cobbled streets with white houses leading up to a beautiful central square. The whitewashed houses provide a clean canvas for the flowerbeds bursting with Mediterranean colours.
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Altea
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Altea old town looks typically Spanish with its pretty, narrow cobbled streets with white houses leading up to a beautiful central square. The whitewashed houses provide a clean canvas for the flowerbeds bursting with Mediterranean colours.

Parks & Nature

Located on the outskirts of the city on the way to Elche, here you'll enjoy a wide variety of palm trees and even rent a boat to do some rowing in the lake. There is also a theatre for children.
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El Palmeral
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Located on the outskirts of the city on the way to Elche, here you'll enjoy a wide variety of palm trees and even rent a boat to do some rowing in the lake. There is also a theatre for children.
This park is the place to go to discover the geography of Alicante region. It comes with lots of sport facilities.
Polideportivo Monte Tossal Alicante
This park is the place to go to discover the geography of Alicante region. It comes with lots of sport facilities.
El Postiguet beach is located in the heart of the city at the foot of Santa Barbara Castle. It is a beautiful beach, awarded the Blue Flag, certifying the quality of the EU. It has a tongue of sand over 900m in length and is noted for its fine white sand bordered by a fantastic full promenade of palms trees (the Esplanade) . El Postiguet beach is one of the best beaches near Alicante.
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El Postiguet Beach
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El Postiguet beach is located in the heart of the city at the foot of Santa Barbara Castle. It is a beautiful beach, awarded the Blue Flag, certifying the quality of the EU. It has a tongue of sand over 900m in length and is noted for its fine white sand bordered by a fantastic full promenade of palms trees (the Esplanade) . El Postiguet beach is one of the best beaches near Alicante.
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Playa Muchavista
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Playa de San Juan
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Platja de la Caleta

Entertainment & Activities

Another water park By the way, the have the highest toboggan in the world.
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Aqualandia
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Another water park By the way, the have the highest toboggan in the world.
A theme park based on Mediterranean civilizations where you'll have lots of fun going up and down in fun rides.
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Terra Mitica
s/n Partida del Moralet
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A theme park based on Mediterranean civilizations where you'll have lots of fun going up and down in fun rides.
It's hot in here, so why not going to a water park? Enjoy the sun!
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Aquopolis Torrevieja
s/n Av. Delfina Viudes
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It's hot in here, so why not going to a water park? Enjoy the sun!
Last generation cinema complex. OV sessions.
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Kinépolis
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Last generation cinema complex. OV sessions.