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Alicante: Old Town, Sea & Castle Highlights
From the marble seafront promenade through the whitewashed old town to the great hilltop castle looking out over the Mediterranean.
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Welcome to Alicante, the sunny capital of the Costa Blanca, a warm and welcoming Mediterranean port city that blends a glittering seafront, a charming old town and a dramatic hilltop castle. Blessed with some of the best weather in Europe, Alicante is a city made for strolling, from its famous marble-tiled promenade to the whitewashed, flower-filled lanes of its old quarter climbing toward the castle. On this gentle loop we take in the lively port and the Explanada, the Baroque town hall and historic churches, the picturesque Santa Cruz quarter, the golden city beach, and finally the great castle of Santa Bárbara high above, with its sweeping views over the blue Mediterranean. Soak up the sun and the easy southern pace.
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Puerto de Alicante
Harbour
The lively marina and port at the heart of the waterfront, a bustling harbour of yachts, cruise ships and palm-lined quays that has been the city's gateway to the sea for centuries.
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Explanada de España
Promenade
Alicante's iconic seafront promenade, paved with millions of red, cream and black marble tiles laid in a rolling wave pattern, shaded by four long rows of palm trees.
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Casa Carbonell
Historic House
An elegant and ornate 1920s mansion overlooking the Explanada, one of the most beautiful buildings in Alicante, built by a wealthy textile magnate and wrapped in local legend.
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Ayuntamiento de Alicante
City Hall
The handsome Baroque town hall with its twin towers, home to a surprising benchmark: the very first step, from which the altitude of every point in Spain is officially measured.
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Concatedral de San Nicolás
Co-Cathedral
Alicante's co-cathedral, a dignified seventeenth-century church in the sober Herrerian style, crowned by a blue-tiled dome and sheltering a peaceful cloister.
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Barrio de Santa Cruz
Neighbourhood
The most picturesque quarter of Alicante, a tumble of whitewashed houses, steep stepped lanes and flower-filled balconies climbing the lower slopes of the castle hill.
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Basílica de Santa María
Basilica
The oldest church in Alicante, a Gothic basilica built over the town's main mosque after the Christian conquest, with an ornate Baroque doorway and two mismatched towers.
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MACA
Museum
Alicante's contemporary art museum, housed in the oldest surviving civil building in the city, displaying a fine collection of twentieth-century Spanish masters including Picasso, Dalí and Miró.
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Playa del Postiguet
Beach
Alicante's golden city beach, a crescent of soft sand and palm trees right beside the old town, overlooked by the castle hill and the starting point for the lift up to the fortress.
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Castillo de Santa Bárbara
Castle
One of the largest medieval fortresses in Spain, crowning the rocky Monte Benacantil high above the city, with origins in Moorish times and breathtaking panoramic views over Alicante and the sea.
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