Hotels in Alicante

Information about Alicante

Alicante overlooks the sea with the famous Explanada’s seafront, one of the city symbols and one of the most beautiful seafronts all over Spain. The city is an important seaside and health resort, where the sea, the sun and the mild temperatures are the protagonists and where it’s possible to enjoy the many beaches for all over the year. Alicante is also animated and lively, but it’s not only that, unlike the others cities in the coast, with its three thousand years of history is an authentic city that doesn’t live only on tourism. Its charm derives from its large avenues, the bar terraces and the overshadowing fortress that dominates the city.

The Santa Bárbara Castle represents the most emblematic building in Alicante. It’s located at the top of mount Benacantil, in the past it granted an enormous strategic value, because from its 116 meters above sea level, all the Alicante’s Bay and the surrounding area could be overlooked, even nowadays an incredible view over the coast can be enjoyed. Other interesting places that can be visited are the Santa María Basilica, constructed in gothic style upon the ruins of an old muslim mosque, and the San Nicolás Co-Cathedral, considered one of the most beautiful churches constructed in Spanish baroque style.