2 days in Alicante

About the city

🗺️ Location: Capital of the Costa Blanca, located on the east coast of Spain.

💌 Receive an invitation to discover Alicante through all your senses: its fabulous beaches, its wide range of museums and its impressive monuments all constitute this city’s broad appeal to locals and visitors alike.

Bathing in the waters of the Mediterranean, at a crossroads of cultures, the city welcomes travellers and makes them feel at home.

Day 1 evening

Arrival to Alicante

Day 2

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Santa Bárbara Castle

Castle Sights & Landmarks

Spend the morning at Castillo Santa Barbara. Here you’ll get a wonderful bird’s eye view of Alicante’s Old Town.

💎 Castillo Santa Barbara – a fortress complex with ancient ramparts, tunnels and courtyards. On a cloudless day, there are stunning views out to the nearby island of Tabarca and along the coast.

Don't miss
✔️ Museum of the City of Alicante (MUSA)
✔️ A café and shop onsite for refreshment

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Casco Antiguo-Santa Cruz

👓 Walking back down from the hilltop you’ll end up in the Santa Cruz district which borders the Casco Antiguo (Old Town).

These two areas are full of narrow, meandering streets which are perfect for wandering.

Find plenty of tourist restaurants and authentic bars packed with locals.

🍽️ One of the famous place to dine in – both for tapas at the bar downstairs or for full meals in the grand dining room

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Concatedral d'Alacant Sant Nicolau de Bari

Cathedral Sights & Landmarks Parish Catholic Church Place of worship Sacred & Religious Sites Churches & Cathedrals

The Castillo de Santa Bárbara is located on Mount Benacantil, 166 meters above the sea, from where you can see the entire bay of Alicante and gives it great strategic value.

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MACA Contemporary Art Museum of Alicante

Modern art museum Museums Art Museums

🏛️ This large museum with a modern interior features works by Dali, Picasso and Chagall.

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Plaça de l'Ajuntament

👓 Keep an eye out for the impressive Plaza del Ayuntamiento square with its grandiose 18th century Town Hall.

Day 3

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Passeig Esplanada d'Espanya

Stroll along the iconic seafront promenade of Explanada de España.

Built in the 19th century for residents, the Esplanada is lined with palm trees on both sides and filled with pavement cafes and street performers.

Don't miss
✔️ Number 1, Explanada – aka the ‘Carbonell’ building – a frothy white palace built in the 1920s by a local industrialist.
✔️Giant-sized red prawns for lunch

Have your lunch here before heading out to the beach.

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Cap de l'Horta

🚋 Pick up the tram for a short but spectacular journey along the coast, past the charmingly named Cabo de las Huertas (Cape of the Orchards) headland to Platja de San Juan, the city’s own favourite beach.

🍦 Back in the city, head to the Marina and watch the sun across the yachts over coffee or ice cream.

Other places to visit

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