Alicante (Spain) > Reviews

Advantages: Beautiful,Clean city
Disadvantages: Expensive,hilly,hardly any English spoken

...having a day trip to Alicante a couple of years ago (Well actually 2 hours on a Thomson excursion) while staying in Benidorm,my wife & myself decided to use my last 4 days holiday entitlement to have a short break in Spain & found a really good value holiday in Alicante courtesy of Easyjet. The idea was that 4 days would give us plenty of time to have a good look around the city & as we are into that sort of thing,the castle. The flight went OK ... Read review

Advantages: beautiful sandy beach
Disadvantages: people trying to sell you things!!!

On a recent holiday to alicante spain i visited the south and went to a beach called guardamar. The beach itself is georgous with pale sands and plenty of loungers and unbrellas to hire but i prefer to lay on the sand as you can lay on a lounger anywhere!. The sea is clean but can be quite wavy as i done bodyboarding and i must say its quite a good beach for bodyboarding! but i wouldnt let children go in although there are lifeguards which patrol ... Read review

Advantages: the weather, the beach, the shops, airport near.
Disadvantages: thieves, may be offered drugs, cockroaches

I have been living in Alicante as a student for a few months and therefore have a rounded view of the place. Alicante is a heaven and hell in one! The beach is beautiful, with golden sand and a blue sea. The streets are lined with palm trees and street venders with all sorts. There is the castle on the top of a hill with an amazing view and for those who are interested in the culture. There are two "el corte ingles" which is a very well respected ... Read review

Advantages: good wheather, cheap prices,lots to do
Disadvantages: traffic noise

...get off the plane at Alicante most head for Benidorm. But Alicante has much to offer as a holiday destination. Alicante has 6 sandy beaches in all. hotels from 5 star to 1 star and cheap pensions. Also apartments near the beaches. Average temp 64f and 2,800 hours of annual sunshine. also 3 museums, a casino, 2 castles, many parks and gardens,a yacht marina and sports fields. If you like to shop theres large department stores, street markets twice ... Read review

Advantages: I am from Alicante
Disadvantages: Nothing

...consists of being walking from Alicante to Santa Faz, a small very pretty town. In April it is Easter. A celebration in which there is no school during 12 days. The summer in Alicante is wonderful. Many tourists come, many are English, like you, who you are wonderful. In winter he does not make cold, and people leave much to take a walk by sites like the Esplanade, the marine stroll, the castle of Santa Barbara... and tens of pretty places ... Read review